LEE vocals & drums
GORDIE guitar & vocals
TIM banjo & vocals
MARK percussion & drums
BETH fiddle & vocals
TRICKY bass
JAMES drums
Sounds Like
Hard to say what the fish sound like - people say Velvet Underground gone Cajun, but there is far more to it than that...A big fat wall of acoustic instruments with some amazing singers and harmonies delivered with a **** you attitude that inspires people to dance
With a raucous blend of traditional instruments (fiddle, banjo and guitar)
underpinned by a cooking rhythm section, Wholesome Fish create music to dance to. Their influences are whatever takes their fancy – from Celtic and gypsy-rooted folk through to rockabilly country blues & punk.
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!
Hope to see you at a gig soon.
With love - the fish xxxx
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.
Come along to the festival this Saturday and Sunday, it is NOT to be missed, we're making history right here this summer, a festival for the people, by the people! Wholesome Fish will be performing at the festival so be there...
Hey folks, we've got some new tracks up on Art for Lands Sake - come and have a listen!!
Rory McLeod 'Defending Our Homes' - voted Best Live Act at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002, a tour de force of British folk storytelling. 'Defending...' should be heard and rejoiced by all!
Stanton Delaplane 'Melpomene, Her Tragedy' - Bristol-residing songwriter with loop pedal and a lilting charm offensive means I can't stop listening to this track. I'm sure this guy's going on to bigger things!
Papa Chubbs 'She's Like A River' - I don't know too much about these guys other than this sounds like a song recorded by a band who've been around for years recording with people in expensive studios and I know that's not the case which makes this track all the more beguiling indeed!
krafla 'Synthesised People Cheering' - A project by two gentlemen called Simon Fox and Steve Hough, who may both be better known for recordings with Grover, Godflesh, Einstellung, James Summerfield and others, and released on Bearos Records and Static Caravan, it is no surprise this song kills in a gorgeous mixture of instrumentation and electronics kinda way. Barry Hogan of All Tomorrow's Parties is a fan, as am I!
Great music for your ears, buying land for future generations to enjoy, everyone's a winner!
Remember to come check us out at Big Green Gathering - we'll be in the Sustainable Homes section with some bongos, a revolving parasol and maybe a cake!
Great sets at the Larmer Tree - please to meet up with you and thanks for talking with GondwanaSound, we'll broadcast the peice as soon as I've done the edit with your music.
Just going through all my friends pages coz the budhook comment seems to have appeared on a few of them!! it wasnt me...whats goin on!! xx hope u guys are havin a great time. xx
That Tim is a party monster! My liver is still recovering... it should be dried out in time for the train. Speaking of dried out, we'll try and keep the urine out of your amp this time, eh?
Thanks for the add, so great that you're touring again - when're you going to come and introduce Devon to some fantastic live music? :o) Seagull is one of the best songs I've ever heard.
Hey Fish - ya gonna let me do support for ya sometime? - gotta sell some a these CDs or the nippers might starve - I think the Ol mans havin a mid life crisis said he might leave his job run off with the band and become a full time muso - oh no - well bout time I reckon - see you soon folks xxx
Thanks for a fantastic set on Saturday! Took some pics with my phone but they're a bit blurry (as was I, due to much Hophead bitter). I'm currently uploading them to flickr and will send you a link when they're done.
crikey, all the old crowd popping up out of the woodwork! great to see the Fish are back.
Maybe one day I'll get back on a Fish stage and heckle the crowd again. I can still do that thing with two swanee whistles y'know!
