Gaelic Storm
Gaelic Storm is an international Celtic rock band from California .
Band history
Gaelic Storm was formed in 1996 as a pub band in Santa Monica , Greater Los Angeles . They became known - worldwide - in 1998 when they appeared in the Titanic film adaptation by James Cameron . They played traditional Irish tunes as a session on the intermediate deck . On the soundtrack album Back to Titanic , a set of the first two tunes was released under the title An Irish Party in Third Class . Were played in the movie Blarney Pilgrim ( Jig ), John Ryan's Polka , Kesh Jig and Drowsy Maggie ( Reel ). At that time the band consisted of Patrick Murphy, Stephen Wehmeyer, Steve Twigger, Samantha Hunt and Shep Lonsdale. The film became a box-office hit and the attention it gained helped the band sign a record deal with the Higher Octave label . In the same year they released their debut album Gaelic Storm . They came in at number 5 in the US world music charts and were in the top 15 for over half a year.
After that, they continued to regularly release albums that were successful in the world music charts. Tree (2001), the first best-of album Special Reserve (2003), and Bring Yer Wellies (2006) each reached # 2, and in 2010 they made it with the album What's the Rumpus? not only at the top of the chart for the first time, but also entered the official album charts . From then on, they were consistently top performers in world music, and in 2015 they came in 60th on the Billboard 200 with matching sweaters .
In the course of time the line-up changed, only singer Murphy and guitarist Twigger remained from the film line-up.
Members
Occupation 2016
- Patrick Murphy (born October 20, 1970 in Ireland), singer, accordion
- Steve Twigger (* in Coventry ), guitar, mandolin
- Ryan Lacey (from Bakersfield ) percussion , member since 2003
- Pete Purvis (from Ottawa ), bagpipes , tin whistle , tambourine , member since 2004
- Kiana June Weber (* in Michigan ), violin , member since 2012
former members
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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World Music
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| 1998 | Gaelic Storm | - |
World Music5 (35 weeks) World Music |
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| 1999 | Herding cats | - |
World Music12 (6 weeks) World Music |
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| 2001 | Tree | - |
World Music2 (18 weeks) World Music |
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| 2003 | Special reserve | - |
World Music2 (8 weeks) World Music |
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| 2004 | How Are We Getting Home? | - |
World Music3 (8 weeks) World Music |
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| 2006 | Bring Yer Wellies | - |
World Music2 (13 weeks) World Music |
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| 2008 | What's the Rumpus? |
US177 (1 week) US |
World Music1 (26 weeks) World Music |
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| 2010 | Cabbage |
US73 (1 week) US |
World Music1 (41 weeks) World Music |
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| 2012 | Chicken boxers |
US73 (1 week) US |
World Music1 (30 weeks) World Music |
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| 2013 | The Boathouse | - |
World Music1 (21 weeks) World Music |
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| 2014 | Full Irish: The Best of Gaelic Storm - 2004-2014 |
US169 (1 week) US |
World Music4 (29 weeks) World Music |
compilation
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| 2015 | Matching sweaters |
US60 (1 week) US |
World Music1 (26 weeks) World Music |
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swell
- ↑ Description of the album at Amazon.de Retrieved April 15, 2018
- ↑ Gaelic Storm in the US charts (Billboard)
Remarks
- ↑ Drowsy Maggy is the popular title in the film
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Homepage of Kiana Weber (English)
- Homepage Pete Purvis (English)
- Gaelic Storm at Allmusic (English)