Maureen "Moe" Loughman Instrument: Bodhran (we affectionately call it the Moehran), Guitar, Vocals, Percussion and Kazoo Favorite Bands: Favorite Bands Favorite Songs: Favorite Songs Favorite Quote: "Favorite Quote"

Once upon a time in the town of sunny sayreville, a fairy child was born by the name of Maureen Loughman. Her mum was from Paisley Scotland, and it took her a few years to find out her name wasn't really "bloody wee bugger". The biker dudes up the street called her moe-moe from kokomo when she was three, which was shortened to "moe". Her dad was from Kearny, NJ and played the bagpipes. Most know him as "Uncle Frank" or Mr. L. (he's sort of a celebrity...)

Any way, being the fourth of five children, Moe was often free to roam the woods and the claypits of the old Sayre-Fisher Brick Co. She spent most of her childhood walking thru woods, streams, hills, collecting rocks or toads or frogs or tadpoles or whatever else nature sent her way. Or else bike riding around the neighborhood or on the hills of the forbidden hills of "Alcapulco"-the most famous of the Sayreville claypits for it's great ba-ha-ing hills and man made swimming lake.

Well it wasn't long before she took up the Highland Dancing that her mum always wanted her daughters to do. And stuck it out the longest-till she was about fourteen-about the time she discovered alcohol. (I hope her Dad isn't reading this!) Ach, well. And then she began to party in the woods and claypits she knew and loved so well. She also learned to play the guitar, and had friends that shared her interests- drinking and playing music. They would take turns raiding each others parents' liquor cabinets. Then they'd proceed to learn some Stones or Zepplin tunes.

Eventually she returned to her Irish-Scottish roots and drank and played Irish music! Then she learned to play the Bohran that her mum and dad bought her for Christmas one year. Which brings us to the present time, when one day Dad invited her to go to Molly Maguires because he heard they were having a session. So she took her drum and away they went. She met three more illegitimate cousins who welcomed them with "Hey Uncle Frank!". After she tilted a few, she joined in with the other musicians and was drumming away when John (founder of Celtoids) walked in with a friend sporting guitars. They invited her to start up an Irish Band with them doing old and new Irish songs. And by then she had a good buzz going on so of course she said yes! When she sobered up and realized what she was getting herself into she decided she should just have another drink and go with the flow.........to be continued.