Born in Belfast Northern Ireland, David (Ludwig) O’Neill spent most of his childhood in a city very much ravaged by sectarian violence and political turmoil. However his escape came in the form of music with a harmonica given to him at the age of 6 and in the secret sessions spent making one-string noises on his older brothers guitar the guitar he wasn’t allowed to even look at.
Having played for the last 10 years in various bands with some measure of local success, Ludwig then began to experience a more mellow, darker, sometimes Celtic influence creeping into his song writing. In some ways this aspect made them unsuitable for the bands he was currently working with.
The release of the full 14 track album, due by late 2006, will feature some of Ludwig’s best recent work and will be released on Folkwit Records (UK) http://www.myspace.com/folkwit
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Ludwig - The story so far...
Born in Belfast Northern Ireland, David O’Neill spent most of his childhood in a city very much ravaged by sectarian violence and political turmoil. However his escape came in the form of music with a harmonica given to him at the age of 6 and in the secret sessions spent making one-string noises on his older brothers guitar the guitar he wasn’t allowed to even look at.
His risk of his brother’s wrath back then was a measure of the determination still found in his approach to music today.
During a song writing episode at the age of 15, David’s friends had called to see if he was gonna hang out… the song was more important than going out to look tough on a street corner, so he declined their offer. Later that evening he was walking past the same group of friends when they derided him with taunts of; look there goes Ludwig the composer. The name was subsequently adopted as a two-fingered salute to those so-called friends.
Having played for the last 10 years in various bands with some measure of local success, Ludwig then began to experience a more mellow, darker, sometimes Celtic influence creeping into his song writing. In some ways this aspect made them unsuitable for the bands he was currently working with; Reeferadio. a rock/blues outfit and Apartment a jazz/soul band.
The turning point had arrived; Ludwig found that the only course of action was to allow this exciting new musical direction take over. In the last two years the songs have grown into a very heady mix of raw emotion and tempered rage against the tribulations and trials that life has had to offer him so far.
Ludwig is in the studio currently working hard to craft those songs into something special - after which the debut release from one of Irelands best kept secrets will be on its way!
A release is due by late 2006, the full 14 track album will feature some of Ludwig’s best recent work and will be released on Folkwit Records (UK) http://www.myspace.com/folkwit
There will be no stopping this man once he gets started, already a back catalogue of songs is growing daily and subsequent albums are more than guaranteed.
and with assistance from some of Northern Irelands finest musicians, Ludwig is about to arrive centre stage!