The Permanent Cure
| The Permanent Cure | |
|---|---|
 7th Celtic and Folk Festival, 2008 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Irish folk , country , bluegrass , roots music |
| founding | 1975, 2007 |
| resolution | 1998 |
| Current occupation | |
| George Kaye | |
Mandolin , vocals, folk guitar |
Lars Möller |
| Thomas Gallagher | |
Singing, folk guitar |
Andreas Plate |
| former members | |
Accordion, vocals, bodhran |
Squeezebox Teddy alias Detlev Freier until 2000 |
| Pat Gibbs | |
guitar |
Leo Gillespie |
Mandolin, vocals, folk guitar |
Dermot O'Connor |
The Permanent Cure is a German - Irish music group founded in 1975 . She is best known for her handmade Irish and North American music. The quartet mainly plays traditionals from Ireland, Scotland and North America, but also has a few pieces of their own in their repertoire.
Band history
George Kaye, Dermot O'Connor, Leo Gillespie and Pat Gibbs formed the band Dr. Kayes Permanent Cure . She quickly gained prominence in the Dublin folk scene, performing in major concert halls as well as stadiums and Irish TV shows. Since 1993 the band has played in various line-ups in Germany. Among other things, The Permanent Cure played with the Dubliners and various other folk bands at Guinness concerts, city festivals and folk festivals.
The Permanent Cure performed more than 900 times in Germany and Europe (as of January 2010). In addition to folk music, the music also contains stylistic elements from the genres of bluegrass , country , Tex-Mex , Cajun and world music .
The Permanent Cure has appeared on several occasions as a support act or as an equal partner in concerts by artists such as The Dubliners, Five Alive O and Noel McLoughlin . The band had television and radio appearances, e.g. B. Gay Byrne's Late Late Show and Sonny Knowles Show on RTÉ .
The Permanent Cure sees their style as a link between classic Irish folk and roots music .
In 2008 the band was hired for the first time for the Balver Höhle Festival . Lars Möller has been the band's new mandolin player since March 2009.
Awards
In December 2008, the band won 1st place in the folk magazine Celtic Rock with the song How the Years Have Flown, and at the same time took 3rd place in the choice of "Band of the Year 2008".
Discography
- 1975: The Permanent Cure… Works! ( Chrysalis Records )
- 1993: Country Archives (SWOM Records, Braunschweig)
- 1993: Bottled (SWOM Records). DNB 355529335
- 1995: Live (SWOM Records)
- 1997: Four to the Bar (Media Casset, Nümbrecht)
Individual evidence
- ↑ of December 28, 2008, Your Bands and Songs 2008: The Results ( Memento of February 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )