Fiddler's Green is a German band that plays Irish folk rock. Formed in 1990, their first concert under the name of Fiddler's Green was at the Newcomer-Festival in Erlangen in November 1990. Their debut album entitled "Fiddler's Green" was released in 1992 and featured both live and studio tracks, some traditional and some original material. It was released on their own label, Deaf Shepherd Recordings. The band has been signed to a major label, but chose to go back to being independent. The band members themselves refer to their music as Irish Speedfolk, as opposed to Folk rock or Irish folk.
The band has kept up the mix of traditional Irish or Scottish songs and self-written tracks, though the self-written tracks have progressively become less and less folky. The band's influences are wide and varied, but obviously heavily influenced by Celtic rock bands like the Pogues, the Waterboys and Great Big Sea. Recent albums also see a clear influence from Gothic rock music. Having enjoyed growing success in and around Germany, the band reached 1000 played concerts in 2004 (the only band member to play them all is bass player Rainer Schulz), which was celebrated with a concert at Castle Hoheneck. This concert was filmed and released on two DVDs: Celebrate! and Jubilate! The concert saw participation from former band members and other guest musicians. Main lyric and music writer Peter Pathos left the band in summer 2006 and was replaced by Patrick 'Pat' Prziwara. A live DVD Folk's not dead was released to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary in 2010.
Members
Current lineup Ralf "Albi" Albers - vocals, guitar, Irish bouzouki, mandolin (1990–present) Rainer Schulz - bass (1990–present) Stefan Klug - accordion, bodhrán (1991–present) Tobias Heindl - violin, vocals (2000–present) Frank Jooss - drums, percussion (2001–present) Patrick "Pat" Prziwara - vocals, guitar (2006–present)
Former members Robert Oppel - violin (1990–1991) Eric Obst - drums (1990–1995) Tobias Rempe - violin (1991–1995) Tobias Schäfer - violin (1995–2000) Wolfram Kellner - drums (1995–2001) Peter Pathos - guitar, mandolin, banjo, flute (1990–2006)
Discography
Studio albums Year Title German album charts 1992 Fiddler's Green — 1993 Black Sheep — 1995 King Shepherd — 1997 On and On 61 1998 Spin Around — 2000 Another Sky — 2002 Folk Raider — 2003 Nu Folk — 2007 Drive Me Mad! 74 2009 Sports Day at Killaloe 52 2011 Wall of Folk 24 2013 Winners & Boozers 7 2016 Devil's Dozen 22 2019 Heyday 7 2020 3 Cheers for 30 Years 912022Seven Holy Nights402023The Green Machine5
Live albums Year Title German album charts 1993 Stagebox — 2005 Celebrate! — 2005 Jubilate! (DVD) — 2010 Folk's not dead (DVD) 76 2012 Acoustic Pub Crawl (unplugged) — 2015 25 Blarney Roses: Live from Cologne —
Other albums Year Title German album charts 1996 Make Up Your Mind — 2015 25 Blarney Roses 30
References
External links
Official website Der grüne Geiger - Tobias Heindl
Not to be confused with Fiddler's Green also the name of an Indian jam band playing acoustic folk music from all around the world. Band members are Arko Mukherjee, Diptanshu Roy, Ritoban Das & Shamik Chatterjee Image https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037b73x/p037bbsl http://fiddlersgreen.in