Bang your Herd!
- yoursongband
- Oct 9
- 2 min read
Songband and food go together - it's an established fact. Here's a case in point:
In Extremo is a German medieval metal band that's been around for thirty years (basically since the medieval times). Their drummer, Specki T.D., is passionate about making food, and has the web-based cooking show to prove it. The name is Herdbanger, a pun on headbanger (Herd is the German word for stove).
Specki invites musicians on his show to make music to make and something to eat with him. Songband was asked to come to one of the tapings to accompany the guest singers for one episode. The guests were Micha Rhein (singer of the band In Extremo), and Joey Kelly from The Kelly Family, a music group famous in Europe since the 70s.
We had a great time playing their recent song "Aus Leben Gemacht" with them all, and it was a pleasure because they're very talented musicians, and so it all went very smoothly. Things got loud - these guys rock!
How it was determined that Songband in its accordion and banjo formation should be the instrumentalists on the show is unclear. Maybe because Specki plays in the group In Extremo, which is a medieval metal band that uses historical instruments like the hurdy-gurdy, hammered dulcimer, and the shawm, he was open to our quirky duo as collaborators. In any case, we had a great time recording the show, and the whole crew was friendly and totally pro.
Now it's available for all to see! Check it out:
P.S. Joey even gave us a cassette of his family band!
Hope you're all doing well. We love hearing from you on social media, so don't be strangers!
All the love,
Ethan and Elisabeth
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