Half-Witt Media

PRESS RELEASE AP, Richmond, VA) O’Halen signs with Half-Witt Media

Half-Witt Media announces the signing of Celtic rockers, O’Halen. The contract includes an overseas distribution deal (Ghana and Kyrgyzstan only), and a multi-year, multi-record, multi-dollar signing bonus. At a hastily arranged news conference, guitarist Johnny O’Halen said “We’re glad and excited to be with Half-Witt Media, and I cannot wait to tell my fellow bandmates.”

Rounding out the rest of the band are singer Joey O’Halen, bassist Dee-Dee O’Halen, and Seamus O’Toole on harp. The three O’Halen brothers hail from Ireland, although they were born, raised, and have always resided in Ohio. The band began playing high school dances almost 25 years ago in Central Ohio, despite living in Northern Ohio. “That was before Seamus joined”, remarked Johnny, although no one at the conference had asked a question. “Joey, Dee-Dee and I would have been happy playing on the road, barely making enough change for gas had it not been for Seamus”. And while music critics agree that O’Toole’s deft electric harp solos ignite the package that the O’Halen brothers bring to the front porch, few credit him with the success brought on by the band’s new direction to leave the road and simply stay home.

But their non-road to stardom was also a non-short one. O’Halen released over 15 albums, all recorded in the O’Halen basement studio. Without a distribution mechanism, even in their own neighborhood, all copies still remain in that basement — until today. “We’re ecstatic that our talent scouts have scoured the countryside, and rooted out these pearls”, says Half-Witt Media president W.P. Juddcoat. “We hope to release all 15 albums and many more as soon as possible.”
A fall tour is planned, pending the resolution of contractual issues regarding fuel reimbursement.