..Ravinwolf announces Winter Tour 2010...The long awaited announcement was posted early Wednesday, A 25 city tour was announced early Wednesday, Nov 18th by Ravinwolf spokesperson,
Gig Friendly.
MO' BLUES NEWS FROM RAVIN'WOLF
Ravinwolf T-Shirt Update:
The brand new Ravinwolf 2010 Winter Tour "Sun Valley Run" t-shirts have arrived and look awesome! We're working feverishly unpacking, folding, packaging, labeling, sealing and stamping in time for the holiday season. The first shirts will go in the mailbox today.
(Sun Valley Run Tour Cities Listed on Back)
Get your Ravinwolf T-shirts ordered in
time for the holidays!
Visit: www.shop.ravinwolf.com
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">EVEN MO'BLUES NEWS FROM RAVIN'WOLF
Ravinwolf Brit fan unveils footage of
Live Performance, never before seen...
rVw was recently contacted by their fans "the Ice Harbor Brits" concerning one of their recent live performances caught on home video. The footage captures the candid yet sizzlin' slide work of Sagebrush Jamey covering Howlin' Wolf's version of the Robert Johnson song "Dust My Broom" AND his own original "Hand in Glove" during their recent live appearance in Kennewick, Wa at Ice Harbor Brewery.
Barack & Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, God & Jesus, Billy Bilyeu, Underdog, Yogurt, John Lennon & Sir Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Donovan, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Prine, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, Brent Mydland, Jimmy Herring, Jimmy Smith, Carlos Santana, Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Anna Bartolet and Superman. Little Cloud the one eyed Kitty, Joni Mitchell, John Prine, John Denver, Wayne Bartolet, Dolly Parton, Ann & Nancy Wilson, Amy Grant, Aaron Moen, Matthew Smith, Walt Whitman, Enoch, Mary Jane, Vincent Van Gogh, Ken Kesey, Delbert Beach, Charles Dickens, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, Helen Keller, Washoe, Zora Neale Hurston, and The Entire Bilyeu Family, Marie Bartolet, Elaine Mengel, MLK, AIM, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Pretty Shield, Chief Seattle, The Allman Bros, Beethoven and the Essenes, CC Zain, Nelson Mandela, Great Spirit, Plinias the Younger, Yoga, Blue Green Algae, Yerba Mate', Heineken, Jack Daniels, SoCo and Batman. Christmas decorations, Keith Wolford, anything shaped like a pyramid, the book of Thoth, and the Mayan Calendar.
SHAMELESS RAVIN'WOLF VID...
Sounds Like
With an Acoustic Heart Rävinwolf is a powerhouse of talent with the drive it takes to succeed in the music business. Acoustic Alchemists, their signature style is soulful, sweet and solid... even dangerous...their refreshing and truly original sound takes you someplace new in rock music. Songwriters since childhood, the power duo Ravinwolf exemplifies the type of haunting original sound making it's way out of the ethereal desert sageland of Central Washington State and onto the national and international stage. Offering a refreshing lyrical and musical change Ravinwolf stands front and center emerging ready and steady from the American Roots Rock genre.
Ravinwolf featured on soundtrack to Leaning Wolf Productions 2009 full-length feature documentary "Back to the Farm" detailing the state of the family farm and the effects of factory farming on global agriculture and attitudes towards farming. (below)
"Ravinwolf has found out how to keep themselves alive as a business and still have plenty left to rock the clubs. They also know to rise above the crowd in the music world you have to have your own voice , your own style and your own music...that they do!"
- Homer Alaska News (Arts & Entertainment)
"...bands are nearly as numerous as beetle kill spruce trees ... Ones that can sing in harmony are less common, and ones with enough of their own stuff to put together an album worth listening to, cuts the number further. Add a sense of musical arrangement, a male-female singing duo that sound like they fetched their voices out of the same gene pool and you’ve got Ravinwolf!"
- Homer Alaska News (Arts & Entertainment)..
>"Ravinwolf takes you someplace new in rock vocals..."
>-Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seattle PI Interview
Seattle's 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival
Thanks to Brett Renville of Leaning Wolf Productions for the video footage, Barbie Hull of the Seattle PI for the still photos and Andy Lo for his production assistance.
The performing singer-songwriters, Ravinwolf, were born in the mountains of Roslyn in Central Washington State and broke sound barriers down the Eastern slope of the Cascades and onto the back porches
of the historic old western hitching posts of Ellensburg, Washington, a.k.a. 'Robber's Roost' ... Their creative approach to the acoustic blues is what they like to call "Sagebrush Blues" heralding the stylings native to old tumbleweed valleys and coal-stacked alleys...of shotgun weddings & outlaw bettings, of corn-fed back porch acoustic blues, lost cowboys and the dusty trails of rural America....yet they leave behind an ethereal musical legacy that expresses the disillusionment of the night sky and the rejuvenation of ancient truth.
Ravinwolf is dedicated to the blues. They have released 2 full-length studio CD’s and are currently working on a live all acoustic album entitled “Acoustic Champagne” to be released in 2009. Their tour schedule is robust with appearances scheduled this season at Seattle's Highway 99 Blues Club, The Rock Fish in Anacortes, Wenatchee's Apple Blossom Festival, Yakima Valley Folkilfe Festival, Caffe Mela Summer Concert Series and many more of the brews & blues venues, winery Summer Concert venues and premiere music festivals the great Northwest has to offer. They are also pleased to be offering their support to national talent such as Carrie Clark and Wa Blues Society's 2008 Award Winner Alice Stuart & the Formerlys and sharing dates this season with Sidestreet Reny & the Georgetown Orbits!.
"We are accustomed to presenting our music with the intimate musicality of showcase concert performers..." - Rävinwolf
Most recently, Rävinwolf has been featured on the film soundtrack to Leaning Wolf Productions’ 2009 documentary release “Back to the Garden” featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Dave Matthews. For the film, they debuted three new songs . . . ‘Family Farm’, ‘This Old Burg’ and the title track ‘’Back to the Garden’.
Ravinwolf actively supports the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and Farm Aid through their album sales, donated time & labor. Ravinwolf is a staunch supporter of efforts to keep the local Live Music scene alive in rural America.
Loosely tight...seamless...ethereal...haunting...intoxicating live...Ravinwolf makes distinctively clear the difference between guitar playing AND artistry. They rise above the crowd with their own voice...to produce a happy-hip, cowboy-tipping, acoustic bluesy phenomenon they call RAVINWOLF.
When a song is born into the light we can feel the contractions as tentacles of stories wriggle and writhe for expression. Together we stand as the singer-songwriters of Rävinwolf to birth these songs, fortunate enough to have toured to the distant reaches of Alaska and survived…fortunate enough to have battled our own demons there and survived…the stolen tour bus fiasco… the analog studio sessions…15 bass players & 12 drummers…the hijacked songs…the giftings of star-struck fans…getting paid in hamburgers…the tableside serenades to the rich & eccentric…the chicken-wire tour…the blown bus tires…the ketchup bottle slide bars…playin’ the streets…brand new dreams…and the comings apart at the seams… the steep climb up and the slippery slope of all the falling downs along the way of our tender years together make Rävinwolf the force of nature we have grown to be unable to live without. "
Jamey - Guitars, Vocals
A seasoned musician, songwriter and Ravinwolf's co-founder performing lead vocals and all lead work on acoustic and electric guitar is Jamey Bilyeu. Jamey is know for his soaring 12-string acoustic guitar lead work, sizzling slide blues and his agressive rock and roll approach to the acoustic guitar in general. Jamey was in involved in the formation of the Seattle based band "The Yarddogs"', touring as the opening act for such performers as the Outlaws, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Blue Oyster Cult, Steppenwolf, Marshall Tucker, the Guess Who, Jefferson Starship, Delbert McClinton and Eric Burden. His joint performances with Anne and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Eddie Money and Alice in Chains has given him a professional edge and countless hours of stage experience. Jamey has worked in conjunction with the Seattle based radio station KISW and KZOK. He has helped organize and performed for various charitable benefits and festivals, including "The Alliance for Peace Support The Troops Concert" during Desert Storm held at the Paramount Theater in Seattle and was KISW's first performer at the first ever-ground breaking Nudestock music festival in Issaquah, Wa. As a member of the mighty Ravinwolf Jamey has found his niche and is touring hard in support of their second album release: "Buttons and Freedom" Everything's Jake!
For full Jamey Bio please visit www.ravinwolf.com
..FaeRaven - Guitars, Vocals, Piano
On rhythm guitar, lead vocals and keys, songwriter and co-founder of Ravinwolf is 'FaeRaven'. FaeRaven's folk, & blues, classical and jazz background has given Ravinwolf the back-drop for their trademark sound. FaeRaven's musical experience reaches from a line of family ancestors and educators descending from the classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz, gospel songwriter Elisha Hoffman and the jazzy blues roots of Bessie Smith, Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald. She has been a solo & ensemble artist of live performance for over 20 years. Ravinwolf has given her an outlet with which to marry her acoustic folk, classical piano and vocal jazz backgrounds to bluesy rock and roll. With Ravinwolf she has experienced the big stage in support of international talent for performers such as Elvin Bishop, The Romantics, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys and most recently Carrie Clark. Her strongest songwriting influences are Lyle Lovett, Amy Grant, Neil Young, John Prine, Sue Ennis, Robert Zimmerman, Robert Hunter, John Barlow, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bessie Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. On the piano she is influenced by Gretta Butta, Vladamir Horowitz and Johnny Smith, while her guitar influences are inspired by the work of Wayne Bartolet, James Bilyeu, Leo Kottke and the late William Kent Bilyeu.
THE RHYTHM SECTION
>Geoff Middleton- Congas, Percussives
Geoff Middleton has been involved in marching band and drum corps activities in the Northwest for the past 13 years. He has experience teaching both high school, middle school drumlines, and also gives private instruction. Geoff has done everything from full band arrangements, drill design, marching and visual instruction, percussion composition and arrangement, percussion caption head, assistant band director and marching band judge. Above all Geoff simply loves to write and share his love for music and percussion. He is currently continuing his education at the School of Music at Central Washington University and has joined the Ravinwolf team on hand percussion and jazz kit this season. Geoff's sense of artistic merit and creative musical ideas have really brought a cushion of rhythm to Ravinwolf's front porch this summer and his contribution to the band promises to bring new adventure on many Pacific Northwest stages! Welcome Geoff. Check out his project at www.drumlinemusic.net.<
Bret Smith - Bass, Mandolin, Cello
Bret Smith is a teacher, educator, conductor, Deadhead, and cellist who specializes in instrumental music education and psychedelic improvisation. A dear lifelong friend and comrade of Ravinwolf he joined alliances with the band in 2007 during a recording project in which he was invited to lay cello tracks on their second studio album "Buttons & Freedom" ...thereby permanently contributing to their signature sound. After two years of playing live with Ravinwolf, Bret has become an integral part of their meanderings into the psychedelic blues and is a catalyst to their musical growth. Ravinwolf proudly features Bret on mandolin and cello and more recently he has stepped into the bass position where his talents shine most brightly. "Bret thinks that Pete Skjold makes amazing basses, and feels happy when he plays his." http://www.skjolddesign.com/
Garey Williams - Drums & Percussion
Garey Williams has steadily built a reputation as both a world-class drummer and uniquely gifted educator. With over thirty years playing experience and over twenty years teaching experience, Garey has received attention from International publications and well known drummers. With a Master's degree in Percussion Performance and Jazz Studies at Central Washington University, drummer Williams has been a fixture in the Northwest scene, having performed with such musicians as Diana Krall, Kristin Korb, Bud Shank, Barney McClure, Howard Roberts, Joe Williams, Bobby Shew, Jay Thomas, Clay Jenkins, Milt Jackson, Cedar Walton, Ray Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. In 2001 he re-formed Ecstasy In Numbers with guitarist Mike Mattingly and bassist Rick White. The band became a hit on the underground scene and for three years have toured and performed in Seattle and the Northwest to standing-room-only crowds. During the past couple of years Garey has joined forces with Ravinwolf again, during their most recent recording project and second studio album "Buttons & Freedom" and for a number of high profile live appearances on the Seattle blues scene. World class performer & time keeper, Garey smiles through the rough patches and the not so rough patches in the creative process with Ravinwolf. This season the band is pairing him for the first time with Dr. Smith the fretless wonder in hopes of taking the psychedelic blues experience to new heights. Watch for Garey's appearance on their schedule where the full tilt-boogie blues act is featured. Visit Garey website at www.gareywilliams.com
Rävinwolf Discography
Rävinwolf II
Buttons and Freedom
With their brand new, 13-song album, Rävinwolf II: Buttons and Freedom they have certainly set forth to define their signature sound. At once lyrical & punchy, it is a musical, if not mystical, journey that surrounds the listener with walls of soaring vocals. Nestled in the lush layerings of acoustic guitars and creative rhythms lie the thought provoking lyrics within the quality song crafting for which they’re known. Enjoy the front porch blues, the homespun jams, the folk art... as sweet as honey, the spicy stories of well seasoned musicians, shakened and stirred, held high in the Sun, distilled with peace, love, hope, faith and strained through the eyes of the World. A year in the making, Rävinwolf II: Buttons and Freedom was recorded at Cascade Productions in CleElum, WA, under the engineering expertise of Allen Larsen and features some of the Northwest’s finest musicians…Drums & Percussion: Garey Williams, Stu Anderson, Allen Larsen, Bass Guitar: Chris Cernick, Cello: Bret Smith. With an acoustic heart, "Buttons and Freedom" is a personal snapshot of their musical lives in the tumbledown sageland they’ve grown to know and love and is dedicated to the loving memory of their band mascot Spanky Abigail the wire-fox terrier whom many knew and loved. Available at their online store now! Available in retail outlets in Washington State! VISIT www.ravinwolf.com for details!
How Are You?
Ravinwolf’s debut Album "How are You" is a snapshot of their early touring days in the Pacific Northwest... recorded at Gung Ho Studios in Eugene, Ore., under the engineering expertise of Billy Barnett, "How Are You" features Travis Yost on percussion and Grant Perry on Bass Guitar. A live moment in time, "How Are You" was recorded during a 2 week marathon session for Ravinwolf in the rainy Willamette Winter of 1998. Formally released in June of 1998, it is acoustic rock at it’s finest. Complete with enough folk stories, soulful serenades, sizzling guitars, and tumbling melodies to suit any mood. Capture the Raven. Capture the Wolf on this full length debut release, available at their online store now!
10% of all ’How Are You?’ album sales is donated directly to the World Society for the Protection of Animals, a cause near and dear to our hearts.
We urge everyone to visit WSPA and learn more about what’s being done to help animals in need...through disaster relief, rehabilitation & rescue programs and much much more.
Hey, it was wonderful to meet and hear you at Sirens! You guys sounded great. Super tight arrangements, sweet guitar and wonderful vocals. You can tell you two are way connected.
Thanks again for saving my musical life by sharing your gear with me. My evening would've been a supreme challenge with out it. Looking forward to seeing and hearing you again.
Nice ! We'll talk! I hope the birhtday girl receives the t-shirt before Saturday, but no worries she will have fun either way! Her name is Cartwheel Kim :) Thanks, Len
Been wanting to stop by and say hello for awhile now. Been a very busy summer and now it's the last day of summer!! Stop by and holler at me. Take care -Spady
Hello. Nice talking to you on the phone today. Yes I was able to download the mp3's. Thank you again for your help. Hope you come and play a show in Nevada City, CA, Grass Valley, CA or both. I saw you play in the town of Seward, AK. I don't remember the place. Again, glad to see that you are still playing your spiritual music. Be well.
Ravinwolf’s debut Album "How are You" is a snapshot of their early touring days in the Pacific Northwest... recorded at Gung Ho Studios in Eugene, Ore., under the engineering expertise of Billy Barnett, "How Are You" features Travis Yost on percussion and Grant Perry on Bass Guitar. A live moment in time, "How Are You" was recorded during a 2 week marathon session for Ravinwolf in the rainy Willamette Winter of 1998. Formally released in June of 1998, it is acoustic rock at it’s finest. Complete with enough folk stories, soulful serenades, sizzling guitars, and tumbling melodies to suit any mood. Capture the Raven. Capture the Wolf on this full length debut release, available at their online store now!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
