[1] Blaggards are led by guitarist and singer Patrick Devlin, who grew up in Dublin, Ireland[2][3] listening to Irish rebel music and heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.
[3] After moving to Houston in 1994,[4] Devlin fronted an Irish rock band called On The Dole for several years [4] before starting Blaggards in July 2004 with bass player Chad Smalley (son of Nobel laureate Richard Smalley),[5] violinist Turi Hoiseth, and drummer Brian Vogel.
[6] Their music has been played on the Sirius Satellite Radio program Celtic Crush, hosted by Larry Kirwan of Black 47.
[10] The song "Big Strong Man" from Blaggards' first album Standards appears in the 2010 British film The Kid, directed by Nick Moran.
[11] “Big Strong Man” and "Drunken Sailor" (also from Standards) were both featured in episode 86 of the CBS series The Good Wife, aired on March 24, 2013.