The Dady Brothers are skilled and versatile singers and fine multi-instrumentalists.
Performing professionally together for over 30 years,
The Dady Brothers have taken their talents to venues in
the United States, Central America, Canada, and Ireland.

John and Joe Dady have performed more than 5,000 concerts at churches, concert halls, nightclubs, music festivals, schools and libraries. Many thousand have enjoyed the range of music presented by The Dady Brothers -- from thoughtful, original compositions to traditional Irish Ballads. Their lighthearted humor and good-natured wit accompanies them on state for each musical performance.

They have recorded CD's of their own and have also produced recordings for numerous other artists in their own studio.

The Dady Brothers have been honored by:

• The Maplewood Neighborhood Association Lifetime Achievement Award
• The Rochester Irish Festival Irish Cultural Award
• The Bob Schwartz Memorial Songwriting Contest Humanitarian Award
• Comhaltas Ceoltiori (International Irish Musician's Organization by John McGraw

• The City of Rochester, New York, Mayor William Johnson proclamation of February 20, 2005, as Dady Brothers Day
• The City Council of Rochester, New York by Bob Stevenson

Discography

• Mind to Move, 1979 First Release. Original contemporary country/folk songs with traditional bluegrass instruments

• Music of Ireland, 1984. Irish instrumentals, folk ballads, and pub favorites

• Soul Lit, 1991. Instrumental recording, traditional Irish music, featuring mandolin, pennywhistle, guitars, fiddles and uillean pipes

• Live in Concert, 1995. Irish songs selected from Hochstein Performance Hall concerts with Mitzie Collins and friends

• Singing From The Heart, 1999. From rock to reggae, bluegrass to Dixieland -- this recording has it all!

• Songs of the Erie Canal, 2000. Songs that celebrate 175 colorful years on the Erie Canal

• Dady Brothers Christmas, 2004. Traditional holiday favorites combined with eclectic folk.

• My Conesus Cabin Home, 2005. Folk, country, contermporary and original songs selected and performed by Joe Dady.

• Irish Folk Fest, 2007. Collection of ballads dedicated to Tony Makem, the godfather of Irish Folk music.

• Winds of Morning
• School Days End
• Summer Roads
• The Winds are Singing Freedom
• We've Come a Long Way
• Ringsend Rose
• The Town I Loved So Well
• Dirty Old Town

• Dublin In The Rare Auld Times
• Farewell to Calingford
• Whiskey in the Jar
• The Leaving of Liverpool
• Biddy Mulligan
• Nancy Spain
• My Own Dear Galway Bay
• Potín

Quotes from other performers and reviewers

• Tommy Makem (The Godfather of Irish Music)
  "The Dady Brothers have it all -- taste, talent, and dedication. Taste to write and select good material; talent to perform that material excellently to the delight of their audiences, and dedication to keep their material and performances to the highest standards."
   
• Rick Danko (the late, of the legendary The Band)
  "You guys weren't just my opening act, but part of my show."
   
• Will Milar (The Irish Rovers)
  "These lads show a lot of charisma on stage...Joe's just a great banjo player."
   
• Mitzie Collins (hammered dulcimer wizard and president of Sampler Records)
  "The Dady Brothers bring genuineness and honesty, as well as humor and virtuosity, to their performances  - whether for a festial crowd or a classroom. They love folk music and they love to perform. Their song repertoire ranges from historic ballads to the most recently composed."

• Jeff McLaughlin (staff writer, Boston Globe)
  "The list of instruments The Dady Brothers command is al ong as Kevin McHale's arm."
   
• Chuck Cuminale (late leader of "Colorblind James" and writer for City Newspaper, Rochester
  "The Dady Brothers are a local treasure, a Flower City institution, and two of the best musicians you are likely to hear. Their playing is superb, but never flashy; theirs is a virtuosity that knows better than to call attention to itself...they have a fan base that transcends generations, and seem to be able to please all members of this age-diverse group simultaneously."
   
• Simon Pontin (senior producer WXXI-FM Rochester)
  "...when you think of Irish music, you think of The Dady Brothers. For 30 years, The Dady Brothers have devoted their lives to music and have become a preeminent band in Rochester."
   
• Rob Cullivan (City Newspaper, Rochester)
  "At this point in their career, The Dady Brothers seem incapable of producing anything but quality folk, traditional, and Irish music."