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- Version: 1.35
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- WOLFSTONE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
-
- Maintained by Gabe Helou (gabe@mystery.com)
-
- Version 1.35, September 30, 2003
-
- Welcome to the Wolfstone FAQ. This document provides basic
- information about the band; it is intended for unfamiliar with
- Wolfstone as well as current fans.
-
- The latest version of this FAQ can be obtained by sending the
- following message to Majordomo@angus.mystery.com:
-
- get wolfstone FAQ
- end
-
- The most recent version is posted monthly to the Usenet groups
- rec.music.celtic, rec.answers and news.answers.
-
- Table of Contents
-
- General Information
- - What is Wolfstone?
- - What is new with Wolfstone?
- - Is Wolfstone currently touring?
-
- History
- - How did Wolfstone begin?
- - What Wolfstone releases are there?
- - What about "Wolfstone" and "Wolfstone II"?
- - What Wolfstone tours have there been?
- - Where can I get their video?
-
- People
- - Who are Wolfstone?
- - What happened to Struan Eaglesham, Mop Youngson and Ivan Drever?
-
- Fan Organizations
- - What is the address for the fan club?
- - How can I get announcements about the band?
- - How can I participate in on-line fan activities?
- - Does Wolfstone have a home page?
-
- Informational Resources
- - How can I use the on-line archives?
- - Can I get a more readable copy of "The Half Tail" lyrics?
- - What other informational resources are there?
- - What other bands might Wolfstone fans like?
- - Where can I hear Wolfstone live?
- - Where can I get booking information?
-
- Credits
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- General Information
-
- What is Wolfstone?
-
- A band from Scotland (The Highlands, Perthshire & Glasgow)
- that brings together the drive of rock-and-roll with the melodies
- of Celtic music. They produce a style of Celtic rock that many
- find irresistible.
-
- Described as "bagpipes with an attitude," the energy and vitality
- that Wolfstone brings to the stage is infectious; their audiences
- are often brought to their collective feet with the opening notes
- of the first tune.
-
-
- What is new with Wolfstone?
-
- After disbanding for about a year, they have reformed and recorded
- a new album. Check your local record store for Wolfstone's "Seven"
- from Green Linnet Records (www.greenlinnet.com).
-
- In 2000 they recorded a live album entitled 'Not Enough Shouting'
- on their own record label, Once Bitten Records, (Available, Feb
- 2001). The band recently released "Almost an Island," their most
- recent studio album, in May, 2002.
-
-
- Is Wolfstone currently touring?
-
- They toured extensively throughout Scandinavia, Britain, Europe
- and the USA in 2002. Details for future tour dates will be
- announced as they become available. You can check the Wolfstone
- mailing list or refer to:
-
- http://www.invernessonline.com/wolfstone/gigtest.shtml
-
- for up-to-date information.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- History
-
- How did Wolfstone begin?
-
- In 1989 Duncan Chisholm found himself recording a solo album
- in his native Scottish Highlands. Until this point, although
- having interests in most styles of music, Duncan had been a first-
- class exponent of the traditional Scottish Highland fiddle style,
- studying under the expert tutelage of the late Donald Riddle, but
- here surrounded by an array of studio toys, he began to see the
- means to scratch the itch which had begun to bother him for some
- time. Duncan had met Stuart Eaglesham at a session in a local pub
- and a short time later and ask him to join in forming a band.
-
- Stuart`s brother Struan, working on the west coast at the time and
- playing keyboards was given a similar offer. Piper Alan Wilson
- blew in from Bonar Bridge to back Duncan up on the tunes and Roger
- Niven from Avoch on the Black Isle provided lead guitar, soon to
- be replaced by Andy Murray.
-
- A couple of years later the songwriting talents of Orcadian
- Ivan Drever completed the embryonic Wolfstone line-up who, with
- sequenced drums and bass, performed their launchpad gig at the
- first Highland Traditional Music Festival held in nearby Dingwall
- in 1989. Playing tunes and songs the way they wanted to hear
- them, the band were offered further gigs as a result of their
- H.T.M.F. appearance and embarked on what was to become several
- interesting years of playing the village halls up and down the
- length and breadth of the Highlands and Islands.
-
- Their teeth well and truly cut, the band were offered their
- first recording contract with the Lismore/Iona record label in
- Glasgow, and an opportunity to work with the legendary Silly
- Wizard accordion virtuoso Phil Cunningham as producer resulted in
- their first album Unleashed in 1991 The Unleashed album saw both a
- musical step forward and a chance to cast aside the drum and bass
- sequencer and work with a real drummer and bassist in the shape of
- John Henderson and Neil Hay. Both John and Neil, very experienced
- and respected session players, helped the band surge forward not
- only in the studio but also in a number of live gigs promoting
- Unleashed.
-
- During the recording of Unleashed the band were offered a support
- slot on the Runrig stage at Loch Lomond near Glasgow. The exposure
- to and experience of playing in front of the huge audience saw the
- band catapulted onto a new level of touring and playing larger
- gigs and festivals, not only in the UK but increasingly now in
- Europe, North America and Canada.
-
-
- What Wolfstone releases are there?
-
- The following CDs should be available at most well-stocked stores:
-
- 1991: Unleashed (Green Linnet - US; Iona elsewhere)
- 1992: The Chase (Green Linnet - US; Iona elsewhere)
- 1994: Year of the Dog (Green Linnet)
- 1996: Half Tail (Green Linnet)
- 1997: Pick of the Litter: The Best of Wolfstone 1991-1996
- (Green Linnet)
- 1998: This Strange Place (Green Linnet)
- 1999: Seven (Green Linnet)
- 2001: Not Enough Shouting - Live (Once Bitten)
- 2002: Almost an Island, May 2002 (Once Bitten)
-
- In addition to these albums, the following items were once
- available, have long been out of print, but may be
- re-released in the not-to-distant future:
-
- "Captured Alive" -- This concert video was recorded at the
- Music Hall in Aberdeen during
- 'The Chase' Tour, 1992
-
- "Burning Horizons" -- a three-song EP. Features the only
- version of "Battle" currently recorded.
-
- "Unleashed - The Preview" -- Four track sampler of the
- Unleashed CD, featuring different versions
- of "Erin," "Song For Yesterday," "Ready for
- the Storm" & "A Stoir Moi Chroi."
-
-
- What about "Wolfstone" and "Wolfstone II"?
-
- These are re-issues of old recordings that don't have anything
- to do with the current group. These recordings are being sold
- against the band's wishes. The band gets no royalties from them.
-
- Duncan Chisholm offers the band's word on these two:
-
- "We disown those two albums. The band we are in
- does not reflect what was going on then; a different
- line up with different ideas and objectives; anyone
- buying those two albums is not buying a Wolfstone
- recording. We would never promote them and we
- certainly wouldn't sell them to anyone."
-
- Some of the fans have been less reserved in their comments:
-
- A friend of mine went to Scotland and Ireland and
- bought the offending Wolfstone recordings there. I
- couldn't stop her ... they're not what I think of
- when I think Wolfstone.
-
-
- What Wolfstone tours have there been?
-
- With the release of _The_Chase_ in 1992, Wolfstone's touring
- schedule expanded to include Europe and North America. Highlights
- included the headline spot at the Avante Festival in Portugal
- where they played to over 70,000 people. Their success at the
- international Tonder Festival in Denmark caused them to be the
- only band ever to be invited to perform for three consecutive
- years. In North America, repeat appearances at California's
- Strawberry Festival and the prestigious Telluride Festival in
- Colorado brought them legions of new fans with their energetic and
- electrifying live performances. On the strength of their
- Green Linnet album, _Year_of_the_Dog_, Wolfstone embarked on
- an extensive tour of North America in 1995, beginning in February
- on the West Coast. Festivals appearances included The Winnipeg
- Folk Festival and the Vancouver Folk Festival.
-
- 1996 saw a tour of Europe in June and July, followed by a North
- American tour and the release of _Half_Tail_. With tour dates
- in Europe during the early part of 1997. Since 1997, Wolfstone
- have continued to play festivals and special events. In 2002,
- the band returned to the USA to the delight of their North
- American fans.
-
- In 2003, the band conintue to tour throughout Europe, but have
- had to postponed their North American tours due to logistics
- problems. Plans for touring the US/Canada are already in
- the works for 2004, however.
-
-
- Where can I get their video?
-
- The video is currently out of print, but will be re-issued in
- the near future.
-
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- People
-
- Who are Wolfstone?
-
- Duncan Chisholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Fiddle
- Stuart Eaglesham . . . . . . . Acoustic & Electric Guitars
- & Vocals
- Ross Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass
- Stevie Saint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipes & Whistles
- Alyn Cosker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drums
-
-
- What happened to Struan Eaglesham, Mop Youngson and Ivan Drever
- and Wayne MacKenzie?
-
- Struan is plying an marine engineering trade and still playing
- fine music.
-
- Mop is still playing music including a stint with the Old Blind
- Dogs and more recently performing in a project with Ivan Drever.
-
- Ivan is kept very busy with his solo career and his duo
- performances with Duncan.
-
- Wayne's non-performing career no longer affords him the flexible
- time needed for touring and he's concentrating his efforts there.
-
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Fan Organizations
-
- What are the addresses for the fan club?
-
- The Wolfstone Fan Club has gone electronic. The official fan club
- is available via the band's web site (see below). Full details are
- pending, but the current information is as follows:
-
- The membership will be subscription only and will
- cost 12 Pounds per year. Some benefits from becoming
- a member will be 10% discount on merchandise sales;
- access to Wolfstone e-zine/fanzine; free CD quality
- downloads; free exclusive high res. photo downloads,
- exclusive slide show photo gallery; exclusive area
- within fans forum for members only; monthly competitions
- and exclusive access to uncut tour diary!
-
- Fan activities are also carried out via the Wolfstone mailing
- list and the fan forums at the band's web site.
-
-
- How can I get announcements about the band?
-
- Announcements will be posted to the band's web site as well as to
- readers of the Wolfstone electronic mailing list.
-
-
- How can I participate in on-line fan activities?
-
- Wolfstone is discussed on rec.music.celtic fairly frequently. You
- can also join the Wolfstone mailing list by sending the following
- message to Majordomo@angus.mystery.com:
-
- subscribe wolfstone
- end
-
- If you are using a mail system that tends to produce unusual "From:"
- headers, you may need to send the following:
-
- subscribe wolfstone user@some.site (Your Real Name)
- end
-
- For example:
-
- subscribe wolfstone gabe@fergus.mystery.com (Gabe Helou)
- end
-
- The Wolfstone mailing list is a discussion-oriented mailing list.
- If you are only interested in getting announcements about the band,
- you can subscribe to wolfstone-announce instead. Just substitute
- "wolfstone-announce" for "wolfstone" in the above instructions.
-
- The web-based fan forums can be found at the band's web site:
-
- http://www.wolfstone.co.uk/phpBB2
-
-
- Does Wolfstone have a home page?
-
- Yes. It is located at:
-
- http://www.wolfstone.co.uk/
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Informational Resources
-
- How can I use the on-line archives?
-
- You can get the most recent list of files in the archive by
- sending the following message to Majordomo@angus.mystery.com:
-
- index wolfstone
- end
-
- Can I get a more readable copy of "The Half Tail" lyrics?
-
- Send the following message to Majordomo@angus.mystery.com:
-
- get wolfstone notes.half_tail
- end
-
- What other informational resources are there?
-
- The Wolfstone mailing list and home page (see above) are an effort
- to get information out as fast as possible. If you want to keep a
- close watch on the band, check these out.
-
-
- What other bands might Wolfstone fans like?
-
- Wolfstone credits Runrig with paving the way for Celtic rock
- groups. If you've already picked up all of the available Wolfstone
- releases, you might want to look into some early Runrig.
-
- Some band member also try to catch Dick Gaughan or Dougie MacLean
- when they can.
-
- Great Big Sea, a Canadian group, brings a rock beat to
- Newfoundland tunes and has a spirit similar to Wolfstone.
-
-
- Where can I hear Wolfstone live?
-
- You can get the most recent list of tour dates by mailing the
- following message to Majordomo@angus.mystery.com:
-
- get wolfstone tour_dates
- end
-
- The definitive source for tour dates is:
-
- http://www.invernessonline.com/wolfstone/gigtest.shtml
-
-
- Where can I get booking information?
-
- Wolfstone uses the following booking agencies:
-
- USA
- Real Good Music
- Attn: Pat Gerrett
- 14461 E Rincon Valley Drive
- Vail, Arizona 85641, USA
- Tel 001 520 647 3851
- Fax 001 520 647 3069
- www.rgmbooking.com
- e-mail - rgmgarrett@cs.com
- or pat@rgmbooking.com
-
- CANADA
- Jensen Music International Inc (JMI)
- Bob Jensen
- PO Box 3445
- Charlottetown
- Prince Edward Island, C1A 8W5
- Tel 001 902 569 1955
- Fax 001 902 569 1024
- www.jproductions.com
- e-mail - jensen@pei.sympatico.ca
-
- SPAIN
- El Cohete Internacional
- Carlos Barral C/Mendizabal
- 4-1 IZDA, 33003, Oviedo, SPAIN
- Tel 00349 8520 5396
- Fax 00349 8520 5481
- www.elcohete.com
- e-mail - carlos@elcohete.com
-
- SCANDINAVIA
- Buks Booking International
- Thomas Hensen
- Gunlogesgade 15,
- 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
- Tel 0045 3296 1092
- Fax 0045 3295 9491
- e-mail - buks@worldonline.dk
-
- ITALY
- ITALY FRAME EVENTS snc
- (Legal Office)
- Corso Matteotti, 67 36071
- Arzignano (Vicenza), Italy
- Mr. Paolo Sgevano
- Tel 0039 444 676666
- Fax 0039 444 451422
- (Executive Office)
- Via Provinciale, 24 24024
- Gandino (Bergamo), Italy
- Mr. Gigi Bresciani
- Tel 0039 035 732005
- Fax 0039 035 732005
- All mail to:
- FRAME EVENTS snc
- Gigi Bresciani
- Via Provinciale, 24 24024
- Gandino (Bergamo), Italia
- e-mail - info@frameevents.com
-
- REST OF THE WORLD
- David Hogg
- PO Box 28632
- Edinburgh EH14 1YY
- Scotland, UK
- Tel 0131 443 2064
- Mobile 0790 986 8952
- e-mail - office@wolfstone.co.uk
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- Credits
-
- This information was provided by Wolfstone and others. Some bits are
- straight out of Gabe Helou's imagination.
-
- _________________________________________________________________
-
- --
- ---- --- -- - - - - - - - - - - -
- "People were leaving the seats of their otherwise sedate little folk venues to
- usashamedly dance in the aisles and, in some places, even on the tables."
- -- Dirty Linen Magazine
- last-updated: (BGH) Sun Nov 30 13:37:25 EST 2003
-
- It might be a good idea to call ahead to check on ticket availability,
- times, and exact locations before driving long distances to these
- concerts.
-
- Hope to see lots of you out there!
-
- Tour Dates
- ==========-----------------------------------------------------------------
-
- -- December 2003 ------------------------------------ Scotland
- 11 The Rothes Halls
- Rothes Square, Glenrothes, Fife 01592 611101
- | (with the superb Maureen McMullan in support)
- 12 The Tolbooth
- Jail Wynd, Stirling 01786 274000
- www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth
- 13 Fochabers Institute
- Fochabers, Moray 07770 636858
- | Tickets also available from:
- | Christies Chemist, Fochabers - 01343 821207
- | Red Lion, Fochabers - 01343 820455
- | Tourist Info Centre, Elgin - 01343 542666
- 19 Farr Community Hall
- Farr, Inverness-shire 01808 521333
- 20 The Kyleakin Hall
- Kyleakin, Isle of Skye 01478 611284
- (9.00am - 9.00pm)
- or from Portree Filling Station
- or Sutherland's Garage, Broadford)
- e-mail: Peperpuss69@aol.com
- (Accommodation Info - 0845 2255121)
- 21 Laggan Community Hall
- Laggan, Inverness-shire 01528 544383
-
- 31 Hogmanay (billed as 'Launch of the fantastic new
- 'Ice Factor' Indoor Mountaineering Centre)
- Leven Road, Kinlochleven, Lochaber
- www.ice-factor.co.uk
- (Tickets will be available from HOST, Scottish Tourist
- Board (Visit Scotland) Offices, via the Web address
- supplied and through specialist outdoor retailers
- - visit the Ice-Factor Website for full details)
- | *** Support Just announced ...
- | *** The Ghostriders and The Lush Rollers
-
- -- January 2004 ------------------------------------- Scotland
- 24 The Lemon Tree,
- West North Street, Aberdeen 01224 64 2230
- www.lemontree.org
-
-
- >>> Watch this space for more 2004 dates! <<<
-
-
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