Artist description The Stones are a US band dedicated to the world wide expansion of the traditional Celtic sound. We play a dizzying array of instruments: fiddle, concertina, button accordion, melodeon, wooden flute, tinwhistle, bouzouki, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, harp, banjo, guitar, bodhran, to name more than a few. We play traditional dance tunes in the Irish ceili style, as well as our own arrangements of traditional and original material. We cover a broad range of traditional folk songs, sea songs, and ballads. We hail from Iowa City, in the heart of the Midwest. When confronted by a request for some down and dirty Old-Time American tunes, we are more than willing and able to comply. Our primary objective is to cut loose, relax, and have fun with tradition Celtic music and to relay a large helping of our enthusiasm for this music to our audiences along the way.

Music Style Celtic

Musical Influences Planxty, The Bothy Band, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Paddy O'Brian, Kevin Burke, Seamus Tansey, Paddy Carty, Bob Dylan, Joe Cooley

Similar Artists The Chieftains, The Clancey Brothers, Planxty, De Dannan, The Dubliners, The Bothy Band, Touchstone, The Battlefield Band, Stockton's Wing, Altan, Dervish, Beginish

Artist History We have been together in some form or other since the mid 1980s. The three original members, Dennis Roseman, Guy Drollinger, and Dave Hicks, were joined by Keith Reins in 1995. A number of illustrious members have passed through out midst over the years. Currently we are down (or up) to the four of us.

Group Members Guy has performed with several bands and is a member of the Drollinger family, which has produced more than seven generations of fiddlers and jazz musicians. Keith Reins also comes from a musical family and is a well-known solo performer in the Eastern Iowa music scene. Dave Hicks and Dennis Roseman performed together as 'The Rose in the Heather' in the early '80s, playing for a variety Irish and Old-time audiences.

Instruments Dave Hicks: fiddle, wooden flute, whistle, guitar, vocals; Dennis Roseman: concertina, accordions, harmonica, bouzouki, banjo; Guy Drollinger: fiddle, mandolin, hammer dulcimer, vocals; Keith Reins: guitar, whistle, bodhran, vocals.

Albums 'Come Singing, Come Dancing,' 'Stone Soup'

Press Reviews "Stones in the Field are a bonafide regional treasure, and 'Come Singing, Come Dancing' is the longawaited proof of their valued presence on our sod." Jim Musser, Iowa City Press-Citizen

Location Iowa City, IA - USA

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