gordon pollitt vocals, guitar
lee greenway vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums
tim spoon vocals, banjo, jews harp, saxophone,
joel thomas vocals, harmonica, whistles,
richard danks bass
chris lewis-jones accordian, percussion
mark shotter percussion, drums, vocals
tom parratt drums
nik acons fiddle, vocals
And occasionally.....
joe danks drums
beth danks fiddle, melodica and vocals
Sounds Like
It's hard to say what the Fish sound like - some people say the Velvet Underground gone Cajun, others say Van Morrison gone Klezmer.......but really it's the strangest melange of musicians who each embody the different styles of music they make. Then they come together as a band. It's weird and rare. Some amazing singers and musicians deliver an unforgetable night (or day or whenever) of kicking folk with a positive attitude that inspires people to get off their bums, dance, have some fun and just let themselves go.
You'll end up saying that it sounds like..........
the Wholesome Fish.
Cheers.
One of the things that makes the Fish stand out are the songs.....as it stands now there are up to 7 singers......and they play instruments like the fiddle, banjo, accordian, harmonica, guitar, whistle, sax, jew's harp, mandolin, mbira, every type of percussion, but particularly triangle, darabuka and tambourine, bodhran, kazoo, didgeridoo, bouzouki, bass guitar and drum kit. Then they write original music or take influences from celtic and gypsy-rooted folk through cajun and klezmer to rockabilly country blues & punk. Wholesome Fish create music to dance to.
The band have played festivals and venues, big and small, in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Holland and Czech Republic, supporting the Pogues, Transglobal Underground, and Jah Wobble along the way. More recently the band have been on the bill with Eliza Carthy, The Baghdaddies, Kitty Daisy and Lewis and Go Lem System. Veteran performers on the Glastonbury Blaggers’ stages and after-show parties, Rory McLeod once joined the band on trombone and John Peel broadcast a fishy knees-ups live at 4am!
Spreading dance-floor mayhem wherever they go, Wholesome Fish are a life-enhancing experience for anyone who hears them! They are currently available for gigs, festivals, weddings and parties.
From Folk to Funk, from Pop to Punk........The Wholesome Fish.
Hope to see you at a gig soon.
With love - the fish xxxx
Kumatage
Dave Anderson
Mable's Husband
Marc Block
Jake Bugg
Saturday 20th June
Roadblock
With DJ Daddio and friends
with live cave performances from
Hicks
Jody Kay
J Saverio
Mark Roberts
Kid Conventional
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st
I'm Not from London/Wire & Wool
The Filming for the 'I'm Not from London, The Movie' continues.
Performers will be filmed doing live versions of there best tunes over at the Art Organisation
then will be interviewed at the loggerheads.
The Bands playing include
The Money, Kogumaza, Love ends disaster,Stop eject, Swound,
Chris McDonald, Pilgrim Fathers, Yunioshi,
Captain Dangerous, Eviltone, Dog is dead, We show up on radar,
The Cult of Dom Keller, Nuclear Family, Gallo Viagra, The joy of Box,
Origami Biro, Overvibe, Black Fuzz, Frontiers,
Taken by the tide, Par excellence.
Hi guys, hope you are all well? just thought i would let you know that we are playing at junction 7 next thus and its free to get in. if you fancy a lot of rock n roll oh and me on flutes and fiddles! kate jwp xx
hey there Fishies, Thought I'd mention you guys should get yourselves an account on last.fm http://www.last.fm/ It's a bit like a cooler myspace and you can upload your free tracks and also short samples of the new recordings (excited!) for people to listen to. It's cool, and users can play a web radio station of tracks that are similar to the ones they listen to ( the user installs a bit of software that tracks what you play on your compter or ipod...). Anyhow, it's another great way to find listeners... I am here http://www.last.fm/user/loothi as an example. :-) Hope the mixing goes well!!
hi everyone, I had such a lovely evening on the folk train with you all.
what a gig !!
hope you all got home okay' I'll let you know when I've edited the piece out and its ready for the radio.
in the meantime I won't forget pulling into sheffield with most of the carriage singing anarchy in the uk and those who didn't know the words clapped along.
