Kevin 'Whipcream" McQueen - (Kevin Lisinski) -  Kevin joined The Brigands one year ago and has become a valued crew member in that short time.  Kevin has several unique musical tidbits about him. He plays left handed.  But unlike most leftie guitar players, he plays a right handed guitar, which means all his chord and finger work is upside down from a righties.  That makes for some interesting looks from the audience members who play, as they scratch thier heads and try to figure out what Kevin is playing!
Kevin has been performing country and classic rock,  around the Rhode Island area for years, doing mostly solo work.  We ran into him 2 years ago at the Connecticut Renaissance Faire, where he was working for Security ( as a traveling musician) ,  doing little jingles for various merchants and cleaning toilets.   We felt sorry for the toilets.   Kevin fit right in with The Brigands philosophy of bringing real tavern music, played with tavern style gusto and feel, to the stages of Renaissance Fires and Pirate Festivals alike.   Kevin has written some of our more memorable songs and we hope to continue doing so for many years to come

 Kevin McQueens character - well thats a story by itself  Mr McQueen has so many nicknames that it's hard to remember them all; Kevin Whipped Cream,  Dozer, G-String, Monkey Boy,   Traitor McQueen, and I am sure I left some out.   The Whipped Cream comes from Kevins part in our Bawdy Show, a Arrrgh Rated version of our stage show,   that we present when conditions warrant.  Kevin gets whipped cream licked from several body orrifices by the Sisters and winds up with a whipped cream discharge from between his legs.  All rather bawdy behaviour.  The rest of the names, well, you will just have to come to one of our performances.

 Mr. McQueen serves as bosun on the Hellion, who in addition to being responsible for the very fabric of the ship, also meets out puishment on the rare occsions when there is a defaulters list.  Oddly enough, it's usualy someone from the audience who runs afoul of McQueens cat. Accused of virtually every crime against civilized man, he is wanted by every country that owns sailing vessels.  As the last surviving member of the Irish Navy ( the dog died), he brings a strong tradition of staring adversity in the face and having another drink. And another.