by The Duke of Ingmar Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:42 am
Well, here´s what wikipedia says about it ... it might clear it up a bit ...
Jimmy George (band)
Jimmy George was a Canadian folk rock band, who blended Celtic folk with rock influences in a manner similar to Spirit of the West and Great Big Sea.
Formed in Ottawa in 1991, the band at the end of their run at the Duke of Somerset pub consisted of vocalist and guitarist J. Todd, electric guitarist Steve Donnelly, bassist George Jennings, Joel Carlson on mandolin, Jeff Kerr on banjo, Mickey Vallee on accordion, and Tom Werbowetski on drums.
Other members at various times included Eric Altman (drums, played drums live and on both Jimmy George CD's), Christine Chesser (fiddle, vocals - Chickpea), Michael "Spike" Lawson (electric guitar), Michael Eady (fiddle), Colin Burns (bass guitar - Rude Boy), Steve Barry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Rob Porter (drums - Polaris!, The Whirleygigs), Duncan Gillis (acoustic guitar, penny whistle, vocals).
Several of the band's songs have been performed by other bands, most notably Breakfast With St. Swithin which appeared on Vancouver band The Town Pants' CD. Other bands have performed the band's Token Celtic Drinking Song despite the fact that the song has no official lyrics and many of the words are improvised and undiscernable even on the recorded version.
Personally I´ve neither heard the song nor the band. Were they good ?
Well, here´s what wikipedia says about it ... it might clear it up a bit ...
Jimmy George (band)
Jimmy George was a Canadian folk rock band, who blended Celtic folk with rock influences in a manner similar to Spirit of the West and Great Big Sea.
Formed in Ottawa in 1991, the band at the end of their run at the Duke of Somerset pub consisted of vocalist and guitarist J. Todd, electric guitarist Steve Donnelly, bassist George Jennings, Joel Carlson on mandolin, Jeff Kerr on banjo, Mickey Vallee on accordion, and Tom Werbowetski on drums.
Other members at various times included Eric Altman (drums, played drums live and on both Jimmy George CD's), Christine Chesser (fiddle, vocals - Chickpea), Michael "Spike" Lawson (electric guitar), Michael Eady (fiddle), Colin Burns (bass guitar - Rude Boy), Steve Barry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Rob Porter (drums - Polaris!, The Whirleygigs), Duncan Gillis (acoustic guitar, penny whistle, vocals).
Several of the band's songs have been performed by other bands, most notably Breakfast With St. Swithin which appeared on Vancouver band The Town Pants' CD. [b]Other bands have performed the band's Token Celtic Drinking Song despite the fact that the song has no official lyrics and many of the words are improvised and undiscernable even on the recorded version.[/b]
Personally I´ve neither heard the song nor the band. Were they good ?
