Tanglefoot (band)
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| Tanglefoot | ||
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 Tanglefoot's 2006 lineup
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | South Ontario, Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Folk | |
| Label(s) | Borealis Records | |
| Website | tanglefootmusic.com | |
| Members | ||
| Steve Ritchie Al Parrish Terry Young Bryan Weirmier Sandra Swannell |
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| Former members | ||
| Joe Grant Bob Wagar Tim Rowat Rob Ritchie Frank Skrzeszewski Terry Snider |
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Tanglefoot is a folk band from Ontario, Canada. Formed in the early 1980s by schoolteachers Joe Grant, Bob Wagar, and Tim Rowat to play traditional music, they have become a five-piece band playing largely original music. They regularly tour Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Tanglefoot's 2006/7 lineup is: Steve Ritchie (guitar/whistle), the band's longest-serving member, Al Parrish (double bass), Terry Young (multi-instrumentalist inc guitar, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, whistle), Brian Weirmier (piano and guitar) and newest member Sandra Swannell (fiddle and viola). All the members sing and all of them write songs for the band.
The group performs to packed live audiences across North America and the UK with tonnes of raw energy that makes it almost impossible to stay in your seat. Anyone who has seen this band live will agree, this is a band that makes you feel all tingly inside and you simply can not resist to sing along. With song topics all deriving from history, mostly Canadian, this band captivates listeners with great folk tales about moments such as the Frank Slide, The War of 1812 and Laura Secord, the tale of Sir John A Macdonald's wife Agnes Macdonald riding the cowcatcher across Canada, and so much more!
[edit] Discography
Way More Live Released on DVD by Borealis Records in 2004; BDVD001
Dance Like Flames Released by Borealis Records in 2006; BCD-179CD
Captured Alive Released by Borealis Records in 2003; BCD-157CD
Agnes on the Cowcatcher Released by Borealis Records in 2002; BCD-143CD
Full Throated Abandon Released by Borealis Records in 1999; BCD-115CD
The Music in the Wood Released by Tanglefoot Media in 1996; TML14-0896CD
Saturday Night in Hardwood Lake Released by Tanglefoot Media in 1994; TML12-1194CD
Grain of Salt Released by Ooze River Music 1992; ORM11-1192CD
[edit] External links
- Official web site
- Jacey Bedford Tour Management Tanglefoot's UK agent's site
- The All Music Guide's article on Tanglefoot
