Buckler's Reel offers a unique blend of folk-rock, traditional, international, pop and cover music, all featuring the ultra-modern electric Viper violin. We are based in Sussex and focus on live events, whether it be in a pub, open-air, stage, or hall, celebrating and enhancing all kinds of special occasions.
We cater to a wide range of music styles and tastes - from traditional Irish to pop classics down the years. All our musicians are highly experienced and talented, mixing 4-part harmonies with instrumental excellence and our live performances are always a hit with our audiences. If you are looking for a live band full of fun, energy and providing great music, Bucklers Reel is the band for you.
SONG LIST
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Uncensored. The Christmas favourite, only for December.
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Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys - 1980s Irish folk-rock.
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Beautiful Day - The Levellers - Our version of the Brighton rockers favourite.
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A Horse with No Name - America - The American folk-rockers anthem.
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Just Can't get Enough - Depeche Mode - part of our 80s homage.
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Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division - 80s sadness but enduring.
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Shetland Medley - traditional lament, hornpipe and frantic reel to finish.
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Streams of Whisky - The Pogues - we like songs about drinking.
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Take On Me - Aha - Norwegian folk done Buckler's Reel style.
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Copperhead Road - Steve Earle - one of our favourite artists.
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Og's Eye Man - Faustus - our own take on a mysterious song and lyric.
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Weather With You - Crowded House - our Australian offering to world music.
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Wake Me Up - Avicci - one of our more modern songs lol.
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Galway Girl - Steve Earle - trad Irish version rather than Ed Sheeran's.
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Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash - our punk offering.
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Boys From the Bluehill - a medley of violin jigs and reels.
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500 Miles - The Proclaimers - sing-a-long favourite from our Scottish friends.
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Drowsy Maggie - traditional Scottish reel.
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Don't You Want Me Baby - Human League - a bluegrass imagining.
Hotel California - The Eagles - think Latin but we’re not changing that iconic guitar solo.
Star of Munster - nothing traditional about the way we play this Irish jig.
Young at Heart - The Bluebells- a hit in 1984, then again in 1993. We don’t want that Volkswagen advert to go away.
Mad Tom - the story of a psychopathic inmate of London’s Bedlam hospital.
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac - the famous hit kept alive by F1 and yours truly.
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners - dungarees and Northern soul from the 80s
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels - a violin competition between Sue Buckler and the Devil.
If I Should Fall from Grace - The Pogues- more moshing material from the celtic punks.
Irish Rover - traditional- our tale of that wondrous sailing ship with 27 masts, and it’s untimely end.
New York Girls - a traditional sea shanty and timely warning about certain ‘ladies of the night’.
Come Up and See Me - Cockney Rebel 70s fun.
Mr Blue Sky - ELO - they needed a stageful of musicians but we do it with 4.
Dixieland - Steve Earle - a tale of Irish immigrant participation in the US civil war.
It Must Be Love - more Labi Siffre than Madness.
South Australia - traditional sea shanty - Pogues style.
End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys - our tribute to the supergroup.
Boys from Ballycastle/Lannigan's Ball/Soldier's Joy - traditional dance tunes.
Wishful Thinking - China Crisis got to No.1 in Sweden with this. Our new-wave tribute.
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How Long Will I Love You - A Waterboys love song with an awesome violin finale.
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I Used To Love Her - The Sawdoctors - a rollickin' Irish tale of love gone bad.
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Sally MacLeanne - The Pogues - One of their first in a long line of songs about booze and boozers.
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Whiskey In The Jar - our version of the Irish classic highwayman's tale.
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Mason's Apron - a traditional Celtic reel.
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Walk of Life - Dire Straits - their biggest hit in the UK, and a great dance number.
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Yarmouth Town - another sea shanty story of a young lady who loved sailors.
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​Tam Lin - aka Glasgow Reel - a traditional reel and a great gig starter.
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​Rose Tattoo - Dropkick Murphys - a 2012 celtic punk song recalling the many and various reasons for getting a tattoo.
Johnny Come Lately - Steve Earle - a tribute to those who fought and sacrificed their lives during the Vietnam war.
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash - a 50s rock'n'roll classic.
Going Home - Mark Knopfler - a cracking theme tune from a cracking film.
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Lark in the Morning - Fairport Convention - showcase instrumental for the Viper.
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