Mike Dugger
Kansas City, KS
'I haven't been right since!' is how Mike Dugger describes his introduction to Irish traditional music. Mike, a commercial artist, designed the poster for a De Dannan concert in Kansas City and received complimentary tickets. Mesmerized by that performance, Mike has since pursued guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin, fiddle and button accordion. As a founding member of Scartaglen, Mike toured extensively playing most of the major venues in North America with band mates Connie Dover, Roger Landes and piper Kirk Lynch. He has also taught intermediate fiddle at the Swannanoa Gathering in North Carolina for four years and was engaged by Seamus Connolly of Boston College to lead the slow sessions at Gaelic Roots and be a stage manager for 3 years. Mike has since formed the band Sunrush and Glen Road with the great Northern Irish flute, whistle and banjo player Turlach Boylan and occasionally Connie Dover.