L. Bow Grease
| L. Bow Grease | |
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 L. Bow Grease |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Folk , Country |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | www.lbowgrease.de |
| Founding members | |
| Guntmar Feuerstein | |
Guitar, vocals, harmonica , mandolin |
Dave Jackson |
| Current occupation | |
Singing, mandolin, guitar, guitjo |
Guntmar Feuerstein |
Guitar, vocals, harmonica, mandolin |
Dave Jackson |
Double bass , vocals |
Alexandra Krings |
Fiddle , vocals |
George Kaye |
L.Bow Grease is a German-British folk band . Their style varies from English / Irish folk songs to American bluegrass , old-time and acoustic country.
history
L.Bow Grease was founded in 2004 in Dortmund as a duo by Guntmar Feuerstein and Dave Jackson. In the 1980s Guntmar Feuerstein was the singer and lyricist / composer of the pop band Strandjungs, later he worked as a comedy writer for Atze Schröder , Rüdiger Hoffmann and Mario Barth , among others, and wrote music for TV series, including for Rita's World . Dave Jackson wrote songs with his brother Mick Jackson, including Blame It on the Boogie , a title that later became a global hit for Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five .
L.Bow Grease toured from 2007 to 2010 as a quartet with Guntmar Feuerstein (vocals, guitar, mandolin and guitjo), Dave Jackson (vocals, guitar, harmonica and mandolin), Alexandra Krings (double bass, vocals) and Sascha Loss ( Violin, harmonica and vocals). In 2009 her current album Let's Call It Home was proposed for the German Record Critics' Award .
In 2009 Sascha Loss left the group and was replaced by the Irish fiddler George Kaye ( The Permanent Cure ). Since the end of 2010 the duo has been playing in the original line-up again.
Discography
- 2005: Pickin 'on the Porch (Album - Ruhrfolk)
- 2007: Greased Lightning (Album - Ruhrfolk)
- 2008: Spam Mail (Maxisingle - Ruhrfolk)
- 2009: Let's Call It Home (Album - Ruhrfolk)
