This is painting that our friend Christoph painted for us. He is a amazing Artist and has designed CD and LP covers for big time Artists all over the World. Check out his page. www.christophheuer.com
The Band:
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Olaf Mesenbrock - Vocals, Ac. guitar
George Spellerberg - E.Guitar, Accordeon, Mandolin, Fiddle.
Michael Künzel - Low Whistle, Tin-Whistle, Flute.
"Offri" Pohl - Bass.
Hans Steinforth - Drums.
Christal Wegener - Bagpipes
Willi Wegener - Bagpipes
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Keith Bailey - Management & Bookings:
Bailey@baileysmusic.de
Tel: 0(49) - 2361-14194
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Check out the Folk Festival. www.folk-im-schlosshof.de.
This is a Video that our friend Winni made for us a good few years ago. I thought it was interesting to see how young they used to be. Some of you will notice that our old Bass player was still with us as the Video was made. Hope you enjoy watching it. Keith.
This Video Winni made for us in 1998. Mostly filmed in Galway plus plus a few shots from the studio.
This is a Video sent to us from our Friend and Fan Wolfram. It was taken Live at the Folk Festival in Volmarstein and lets you listen to the Band with our Bagpipers. Thanks Wolfram.
This is another private film that Wolfram took at our Christmas Party. 29.11.08.
Connemara Stone Company play a mix of Folk Rock songs, using old Trad material and their own songs. Our sound is sometimes similar to the Pogues, Runrig and Co.
Most of the time they sound like the "Connemara Stone Company"
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I have added the Reverbnation Player to give you the opportunity to listen to a lot more of our Songs. I hope you like them. (Keith)
Here you can have a look at our 3 Videos. They were all made by friends of ours. Through using the Reverbnation version, you can now copy them on to your own page if you want by hitting the share button.
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The „CONNEMARA STONE COMPANY“ have been together since 1995, and all played previously in various Folk-Rock Groups, which is soon obvious when you see them live on stage. Right from the start they decided to rearrange Traditional Celtic music into modern Folk-Rock songs and tunes. Apart from that, it was very important to them to bring Folk music to the younger generation.
To their surprise not only did the younger generation like their music. This was more as apparent as they played a concert with “Wishbone Ash”, the audience being (putting it mildly) a little bit older.
At the start of 96, and a change in the line-up, the Band persuaded Micheal Künzel (one of the best German Flute and Tin-Whistle players) to join the Band. It was at this stage that their own individual sound started to develop and just as important, the singer Olaf Mesenbrock started to gain the reputation as one of the best Folk-Rock singers on the German circuit.
They brought out their first CD “From Celtic to Rock” in the spring of 97 and spent the next two years playing up and down the country in Clubs, Pubs, Open-Air Festivals and Town Halls. The audiences soon realized that they had at long last found a Celtic Folk-Rock Band that, although they were Rockin’ it from town to town, hadn’t forgot their Celtic Roots.
1998 saw the release of their second CD “For one Ireland”, which up till know has turned over about 4,000 copies. In that respect they enjoyed the admiration of many a Band in Europe. This year was also the year they started writing some of their own songs, and playing some of the larger venues, amongst others as support for “Stoppok” (a well known German musician), and as mentioned before with “Wishbone Ash”.
1999 + 2000 saw the Band playing on most of the major Folk Festivals and Open-Airs. Most of the two years they spent having a good time playing to an ever increasing Fan Club, especially when they were billed with fellow musicians such as “Fiddlers Green”, “Bardic”, “Claymore”, “Perfect”, “Lack of Limits” and “Tears for Beers”, to mention a few.
2000/2001 was the year that Connemara concentrated on writing new material. In this period two of their most popular songs were written, “Cast a cold eye” and “Maid on the Shore”. On St. Patrick’s Day 2001 their third CD was recorded live at a Gig in Mülheim (Germany). From the three hour program 12 Songs were selected for the new CD, including their latest song “Wild West Wind”, and was released in July 2001. The year 2001 ended with a bang, as they were asked to play for VW (the car people) just before Christmas. They agreed of course, and the concert put the finishing touch to a successful year.
2002 – The Band were on the road most of the year. At the same time they were in Studio again where their first single was produced. “The Boys from the Ruhr”, which was basically just for fun. Surprisingly enough it was quiet a success with our Fans, and was billed as “The Summer Hit” on a couple of Radiostations.
2003 – Was time for taking a deep breath and working on new songs, or giving the “Connemara” touch to old material we had discovered. We were still on the road up to the end of November. After that we disappeared into “The Hole”, our practice room to start work on the new CD, which was released in July 2004.
2004 / 05 / 06 - The Band is on the Road most of the time.
2007 - We played a fair few Gigs in 2007. One thing to remember was our Gig with Barclay James Harvest. Basically the audience were fantastic, and BJH are a really nice crowd.
2008 - We concentrated mainly on our live Gigs and looking for new songs.
2009 - We are back on the road again. New Gigs are being added all the time. So check back regularly to see if we are near you.
“Birds & Beasts” - recommended by GUINNESS
Further CD’s:
“ From Celtic to Rock ”
“ For One Ireland ”
“ Live in Ringlokschuppen ”
“ The Boys from the Ruhr ”
haha you had to comment on the trousers didn't you! Just for the record its a transitional photo - half pjs half cat! And yeahh I am really liking the music (and I'm not just saying that!) Hope you guys are all good xxxx
schön, daß Ihr mein profil so aufmerksam lest, daß Ihr wißt, welche Bands Ich liebe, siehe Oysters, Seth Lakeman and so on. Aber so richtig habt ihr mein Profil dann doch nicht studiert, denn sonst wäre euch nicht entgangen, daß Ich in Bonfeld dabei war (nur samstags). Euch habe Ich auch gehört, ihr habt echt Potenzial. Weiter so, ihr seid eine richtig tolle Band. Hoffentlich sieht man sich mal wieder.
I love all types of music . Denis Carey's music is so beautiful . I bet he is a really wonderful person to meet . I especially love his song " Moving On " I will be adding a few of your songs to my playlist. I will tell my daughter she is also into different types of music . Believe it or not she's 15 . Not your typical teenager..lol Thanx for commenting . Talk soon..xo
Herzlichen Dank für die Geburtstagsgrüsse.*smile* Wir hatten vom Sonntag in den Montag reingefeiert und viel getanzt zu Mittelalter und Folkdance. Es war wunderschön :)