Galleon (Irish band)
Galleon | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Irish folk |
founding | 1979 |
Website | www.galleons.de |
Current occupation | |
Guitar , vocals |
Mick Manganese |
Guitar, drums , vocals |
Tim 'O Sullivan |
Ger Walsh | |
Bodhrán , singing, vocal noises |
Declan Lynch |
Guitar, vocals |
Andy Dunne |
Keyboard , vocals |
Paul Seymoure |
Bass guitar , vocals |
Johnny Campbell |
former members | |
Bass guitar , vocals |
Mick Harte († 2006) |
Guitar, mandolin
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Michael Looney |
Galleon is a 1979 founded Irish folk band from Cork .
Band history
Galleon was founded in 1979 by five colleagues who worked in a hospital in Cork. The band's first recordings, the albums From Stern to Stern (1983), On the Crest of a Wave (1985), Anchors Aweigh (1987) and An Ocean of Folk (1991) were only released on compact cassette and during their numerous appearances marketed in Ireland , the United Kingdom and Germany (especially in the Cologne area ). A box set was released that included these albums on CD for the first time. In 1998 the album Hearts on Fire followed , which was released via Crowd Records (distributed by edel ). In addition to their live appearances, the band was also seen on television, a live concert by the band was broadcast on n-tv . They were also guests on Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show and the Canadian show Live at 3 . In 2002 the band took a break.
In 2005 she returned with a new line-up. Andy Dunne (guitar) joined the four founding members Mick Mangan (guitar), Tim O 'Sullivan (guitar, drums, vocals), Ger Walsh (guitar, mandolin , banjo , flutes and vocals) and Declan Lynch ( bodhran , vocals and voice) and vocals), Paul Seymour (keyboards and vocals) and Johnny Campbell (bass and vocals), two other musicians were eliminated. A long-time member of the band, Mick Harte, died in 2006.
Music genre
The music style of the band is Irish Folk, whereby Galleon is not a pure cover band , as is quite common in this area. Galleon present their own songs live and on their albums. The selection is not limited to traditionals , songs by songwriters and from rock music are also performed.
Discography
Albums
- 1983: From Stem To Stern
- 1985: On The Crest Of A Wave
- 1987: Anchors Aweigh
- 1991: An Ocean Of Folk
- 1993: The Collection
- 1995: On my Mind
- 1997: Thank You (Live)
- 1998: Hearts on Fire
- 2000: Until we Meet Again
- 2005: Revisited
- 2010: The BOX-Set - Collection of the first four albums that were only available on cassette.
- 2012: Singing the Spirit
- 2015: We came as Strangers
- 2016: Good to see you