Fiddler's Green (band)

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Fiddler's Green
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Fiddler's Green in 2010
Background information
Origin Erlangen, Germany
Genres Irish folk, Folk rock, Folk punk, Speedfolk
Years active1990–present
LabelsDeaf Shepherd Records
Members Ralf Albers

Tobias Anton Heindl
Rainer Schulz
Stefan Klug
Frank Jooss

Contents

Patrick Prziwara
Past members Dr. Robert Oppel (1990–1991)

Eric Obst (1990–1995)
Wolfram Kellner (1995–2000)
Tobias Rempe (1991–1995)
Tobias Schäfer (1995–2000)

Peter Pathos (Peter Müller) (1990–2006)
Website www.fiddlers.de

Fiddler's Green is a German band that plays Irish folk music. 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. [1]

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. [2]

Fiddler's Green performing at the "Folk am Neckar" folk festival 2013 in Neckarelz FaN 2013 4738.jpg
Fiddler's Green performing at the "Folk am Neckar" folk festival 2013 in Neckarelz

Members

Current lineup

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitle German album charts [3]
1992Fiddler's Green
1993Black Sheep
1995King Shepherd
1996Make Up Your Mind
1997On and On61
1998Spin Around
2000Another Sky
2002Folk Raider
2003Nu Folk
2007Drive Me Mad!74
2009Sports Day at Killaloe52
2011Wall of Folk24
2013Winners & Boozers7
201525 Blarney Roses30
2016Devil's Dozen22
2019Heyday7
20203 Cheers for 30 Years91
2022Seven Holy Nights40
2023The Green Machine5

Live albums

YearTitle German album charts [4]
1993Stagebox
2005Celebrate!
2005Jubilate! (DVD)
2010Folk's not dead (DVD)76
2012Acoustic Pub Crawl (unplugged)
201525 Blarney Roses: Live from Cologne

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References

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