Explore the traditional Irish music of Pay the Reckoning,
a band that brings vibrant, authentic Irish tunes to life.
Live at Whiskey Thief, Chattanooga, TN
St. Patrick's Day - 2026
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of reels including "The Silver Spear".
Live at Whiskey Thief, Chattanooga, TN
St. Patrick's Day - 2026
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of reels including "George White's Favourite".
Live at Whiskey Thief, Chattanooga, TN
St. Patrick's Day - 2026
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of reels including "Maude Millar" and "The Congress Reel".
Live at Whiskey Thief, Chattanooga, TN
St. Patrick's Day - 2026
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of jigs including "I Buried My Wife and Danced On Top of Her"
Projects
I Am Stretched On Your Grave
This is a live recording of Sarah singing I Am Stretched On Your Grave at a Pay the Reckoning performance at The Celtic Cup Coffee House in Tullahoma, TN on January 25, 2020.
I Caught Her With Her Bloomers Down / Contentment Is Wealth / Pay the Reckoning
Pay the Reckoning performs at the Gala Concert for the 6th annual Tune Junkie Weekend in Oak Ridge, TN in February, 2014.
This is a selection of double jigs, the first of which was written (and named!) by Mark Pitner. The last of which we named the band for.
The Month of January
Pay the Reckoning performs at the Gala Concert for the 6th annual Tune Junkie Weekend in Oak Ridge, TN in February, 2014.
Mark sings The Month of January, a sad and very old Irish ballad about a young maid in trouble who has been turned away from her family.
The Blackbird / McMahon's Hornpipe / The Maids of Mt. Kisco / The Dunmore Lasses / Old Cuffe Street
Pay the Reckoning performs at the Gala Concert for the 6th annual Tune Junkie Weekend in Oak Ridge, TN in February, 2014.
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of two hornpipes and three reels.
The Sweet Pea / The Hare In the Corn / The Spotted Dog
Pay the Reckoning performs as the opening act for the legendary Irish musician Andy Irvine at The Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga, TN in September, 2012.
Pay the Reckoning performs a set of three double jigs, the first of which, called The Sweet Pea, was written by Mark Pitner.