Hey…
I’m now saying that Silly Wizard is one of my favorite bands. Even though they haven’t played together for a while, I want to see if anyone knows any of their emails and stuff. Just for the sake of getting in touch with one of my favorite bands, really. Not an emergency or anything.
Thanks
-Ross
I doubt you’d be able to get in touch with the band per se. You might want to search the ‘net for individual members’ sites. I know Andy Stewart records on Green Linnett, and they have tour info, etc, possibly a way to get in touch with his management folk.
Charlie
Yeah, I know that Andy M Stewart and Phil Cunningham have personal sites, but there isn’t email on them or anything. I was actually wondering if there was someone here who knows or knew them…
At one of the past Fringe Festivals here, one of the groups wanted to perform a couple of Andy M Stewarts songs. They were able to contact him through the record company address on the back of the CDs. They received a lovely personal letter from Andy giving his permission. So give that address a go…
OK, thanks!
-Ross
Bob Thomas and Gordon Jones went on to start up Harbour Town Records. Here is there email
records@hartown.demon.co.uk
Here’s something on the current(?) status of the members.Enjoy Ross
Johnny Cunningham, fiddles actively throughout the world, most recently with Nightnoise and the Celtic Fiddle Festival. He also gigs on his own and handles production and music-writing when at home in the Boston area.
Phil Cunningham, keyboards and accordions, lives near Inverness and operates one of Scotland’s foremost production studios. Occasionally he performs, though many would proclaim not often enough. Scottish critics continue to proclaim that he plays too fast and misses the point of the tradition.
Andy Stewart, the Wizard’s vocalist and banjo/whistle player, spends most of his time on lighting and theatrical projects in Scotland, taking some time each year for jaunts to North America, writing new songs and sharing them. He resides in a small village near Edinburgh.
Gordon Jones, guitar and bodhran, has returned to his English homeland and operates HarbourtownRecords with original member Bob Thomas. The focus of Harbourtown is traditional and singer/songwriter material. The emphasis is on quality production.
Only Martin Hadden has truly remained at home. He operates a tape duplication service in the wilds near Blairgowrie. With his wife and family, he dwells amid roving deer and running streams, just as the Wizard songs always proclaimed. It could easily be the cover from their early release, Caledonia’s