Crystal Swing

Crystal Swing
Origin Lisgoold, Cork, Ireland
Genres Country and Western
Country and Irish
Years active 2007-present
Website crystalswing.com
Members Mary Murray-Burke
Dervla Burke
Derek Burke

Crystal Swing are a new wave Country and Western and Country and Irish musical group, from Lisgoold, County Cork, Ireland. The family group is made up of mother Mary Murray-Burke and her children Dervla and Derek Burke.[1]

The group rose to national fame in February 2010 when a video of "He Drinks Tequila" became a viral 'sensation'[2] after their video was posted by several well-known bloggers including Irish drag performer Panti[3] and comedy writers Robert Popper and Graham Linehan.[4] A few days later the video was posted by Sean Moncrieff on the website of Irish radio station Newstalk.[5] The video achieved 80,000 hits in four days and as of 2 April 2010 the group's video have collectively received over 1,000,000 hits on YouTube. "He Drinks Tequila" gained international recognition on 3 March when American chat show host and American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres[6] sent a link to the YouTube video on her official Twitter page. Despite being offered to perform on Newstalk, Crystal Swing opted to perform on the RTÉ flagship show The Late Late Show.

On 17 March 2010 (Saint Patrick's Day), U.S. TV host Ellen DeGeneres showed a clip of Crystal Swing on her show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[7]

On 18 March 2010, the single "He Drinks Tequila" entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 18.[8]

2010

In 2010, Crystal Swing appeared on satellite television show, Rural TV. A video of their appearance was then posted on YouTube, and immediately gained thousands of views daily. TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres tweeted about the group.[9] On 12 March, they made their first live television appearance on Irish television on The Late Late Show with Ryan Tubridy. On 15 March, they appeared on Newstalk 106-108fm with Seán Moncrieff, and on 16 March they appeared on The Afternoon Show. Later in the month they made appearances on Xposé and Ireland AM. On 6 April, they flew to Hollywood to make an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show was recorded on Thursday 8 April, and was broadcast in America on Monday, April 12.[10]

Since 2010

After their initial media exposure, the band undertook an extensive tour of the major venues in Ireland with a five-piece band and support acts. The band has appeared with stars such as Lily Allen and Bonnie Tyler as well as most of the home-grown Irish stars of the music industry.

Since 2010, Crystal Swing have continued to tour and have featured on many mainly Irish TV and Radio shows including Living with Lucy, Celebrity Bainisteoir, Driving me Crazy, Republic of Telly, Celebrity Head Chef, Charity ICA Bootcamp, Mastermind and many, many more.

The band have also performed in London, Portugal and the Caribbean.

Discography

Studio Albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
IRL
[11]		 UK
2008 Sweet Dreams
  • Released: 2008
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD
 — —
2010 The Best Years Of Our Lives
  • Released: March 19, 2010
  • Label:
  • Formats: CD, Download
 56 —

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
IRL
[11]
2010 "He Drinks Tequila" 18 The Best Years Of Our Lives
"The Hucklebuck" 42
"—" denotes a title that did not chart.

References

  1. ↑ "About Crystal Swing". Crystalswing.com. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  2. ↑ Una Mullally (2010-03-07). "Pocket Profile: Crystal Swing". Tribune.ie. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Panti's Blog Job". PantiBar. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. ↑ "You think you know wrong? You don’t know wrong.". Whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Crystal Swing- He drinks Tequila | Newstalk - Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster". Newstalk.ie. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  6. ↑ 05/03/2010 - 16:30:10. "DeGeneres keeps internet momentum going for Crystal Swing". BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  7. ↑ "Video of the Day: Ellen Celebrates St. Patrick's Day - The Ellen DeGeneres Show". Ellen.warnerbros.com. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  8. ↑ charts. "2fm Chart Blog". 2fm.rte.ie. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  9. ↑ "DeGeneres keeps internet momentum going for Crystal Swing". BreakingNews.ie. 05-03-2010. Retrieved 2013-01-12. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Eva Longoria Parker - Monday, April 12, 2010 - Promos". Ellen.warnerbros.com. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Steffen Hung. "Discography Crystal Swing". irishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-01-12.

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