From: canders@isr.harvard.edu (Carl E. Anderson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Re: TEMPEST review
Keywords: we saw the wolf, too
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:03:41 GMT
Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

In article <kaplan4.714922101@husc10> kaplan4@husc10.harvard.edu (Merrill Kaplan) writes:
>TEMPEST appeared at Johnny D's in Somerville last night, with We Saw the
>Wolf opening for them.  
>
>The Wolves (for those who don't know) are drums,
>bass, two voices (one male and one female), and guitar (switched often
>with a bailalaika).

	They're looking to pick up a fiddler too, if any Boston area
fiddlers are looking for work ;)

>Tempest played two sets after We Saw the Wolf, both of which were 
>excellent.  The band just picked up a fiddler on the last album (Michael
>Mullen, if I remember-),
[whoops deleted a bit:] Adolfo
>Lazo on drums (incl. bodhran), Ian (forgot the surname)

	Ian Butler

> on bass guitar,
>Rob Wullenjohn on lead, and Lief Sorbye on the double-necked electric
>mandolin.
>
>             A few songs not on the albums made an appearance, all good.
>Lief has remarked that the band has no lack of material, and that it's
>just a matter of recording it all. 

	They played a great new number called "Manifest Destiny", I'm
looking forward to hearing that on the next album!  Also a new one from Rob
called "Early Winter".  There was a very nice acoustic "Nottamun Town"
too.

>             One of the instrumentals (name escapes me) wandered off for
>a few moments and became an exceedingly crunchy 'Peter Gunn,' to 
>everyone's entertainment.  Lief took the opportunity to have a sit-down
>and a cigarette before rejoining the lot.
	 
	Actually it was during "Wild Rover".  A great Peter Gunn it was
too!


>Regrets:     They didn't play "Tom O' Bedlam."   -snif-

	Neither did they play "Barrow Man", one of my favorites from the
first album.  But they did play a good mix of stuff.  I didn't copy down
the setlist (hey, I was dancing, all right? ;) but I remember (not
inlcuding songs already mentioned) in no particular order:

Hal-An-Tow, Handsome Molly, Heather on the Moor, Cat in the Corner (another
favorite of mine), Queen of Argyle, Milligan's Fancy, Dance of the Third
Leg, House Carpenter, Tam Lin, Raggle Taggle Gypsy, and probably some stuff
I forgot!

>Good News for Tempest Fans (Tempheads? suggests Rob):
> 
>                Celtic Rock (1st album) due out on cd, with more tracks,
>        in March.  Also, the band should be back around here then.

	Here being Massachusetts.  The extra tracks will include some
acoustic pieces (Nottamun Town?) and some outtakes from the Bootleg
sessions.  Their next new studio album should be out around this time next
year.  I talked to Leif about a possible live album, an idea which he has
been thinking about, but apparently to make it properly costs too much
right now so their holding off.  So go out and buy their albums!

>CALL FOR SUPPORT:  HEY!!  Anyone out there interested in a Tempest
>e-mail list?!  Someone should set one up, eh?

	Definately a good idea!  I mentioned the idea to Leif, and he
seemed very interested in it - he even suggested that someone in the band
should try to get an account somewhere to post info on their doings.  Might
be able to get permission to make and trade live tapes too ;)

Cheers,
Carl

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