Murder the Stout formed at the end of 2004 after Gerard Bride wanted to get back to serious performing. He & Neil DuFour had already developed a decent setlist when Hugh Morrison joined ranks.
After the original drummer & bass player re-located the search was on for the perfect rhythm section. Along came Berkley Sisson & Jonathan Chamrad whose years of performing together across the state in country bands found them the perfect fit. Hugh had played with Jonathan in a previous band as had Berkley & Gerard in Houston’s first celtic band “On the Dole”.
All FIVE hit it off straight away and have been grabbing bookings at pubs, clubs & festivals ever since. A perfect combination, with Hugh & Gerard’s genuine Scottish & Irish traditions, along with an all Texan rhythm section sets this group apart. They have been described as an “a top notch international jam band” and amusingly “the first ever Celtic boy band”! You decide.
One thing for sure, the future is certainly bright for these Mu

Murder the Stout Bio

Houston-based, edgy, progressive, Celtic music & song…
“As a group, they draw from two very deep wells of Celtic tradition.
Hugh from a well which some would argue is not as deep as the Irish well, but none would argue that the water is just as sweet.
Gerard draws from the deeper Irish well.
Neil draws from an artesian spring which emits an effervescent Pogue flavored liquid.
Berkley claims to be Scots/Irish and he has two small buckets to prove it.
Jonathan bangs on the skins like a Crazed Celt so he is in.”