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THE GRASMERE GUZZLER PART ONE TRACK LIST As usual a click onto the highlighted names will take you to the websites of the featured artistes, apologies for a missing title or two where this occurs it’s because there was no accompanying information with the CDs that I was most generously given. Wizardmarra – Angus’ Boogie Jack Broadbent – Unknown title but a damn fine piece of playing Rob Heron and The Teapad Orchestra – Rich Man Now Sad Eyed Puffins – Space Case Chuck Fish – Indian Joe Molly Warburton and The Shady Days – Unknown title Olivia Fern – Continue reading The Grasmere Guzzler→The post The Grasmere Guzzler appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:SQUIRRELKICKER BACK ONLINE WITH THE WIRELESS SHOW OTT BLACK BARN SPECIAL

Track List Sean Taylor – London Stuart Forester – Bramble Foot Hot Feet – Wood House MuHa – Let’s Talk About The Weather Strangeworld – Green Loch-Bouree De Aurora Sands Wizardmarra – Song Of The Ganges 5 Days Of November – Breaking In The Middle The Fallows – Cast The First Stone Two Man Ting – African Gospel The Po Boys – (couldn’t quite catch the title) Wizardmarra – Sailing In The Mellow Fruitfulness Of Autumn Some festivals need to keep a constant process of re invention on a yearly basis, most need to have regular change to keep things Continue reading Totally OTT→The post Totally OTT appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:SQUIRRELKICKER Who Needs A Pyramid!!? (when you have a Melodrome or a Barn) WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it.

Life has just been so bloody complicated recently. this has resulted in my having to put what should ideally be at least two blog posts into one. Hopefully the skill and quality of the writing will easily brush over any cracks that the hastiness of this verbal cobbling caused. First of all the podcast and it’s all important track listing. Derek Ashong and Soulfege – Another Day Stuart Forrester – Gitonyosse Biggles Wartime Band – And Then She Kicked Me Your Average Savages – Feeling Bad Blue Wallpaper Inc – Funky Patch Kelly – St James Infirmary Calum Read – Continue reading NOT The Drystone Stage 2013→The post NOT The Drystone Stage 2013 appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD

A taster of what’s to come at Stainsby Festival 2013 Jack Payne and Leslie Sarony – Mucking About In The Garden FOS Brothers – Tipping It Up To Nancy Merry Hell – Crooked Man Jack Hodges – Everything Is Fresh Today Wizardmarra – Periwig The Hut People Jiggery Pipery Elbow Jane – The Devils Hand Tim O’Connor – Following Swans Chas Ambler – My City Home First off apologies for the quality on one or two tracks they are YouTube conversions and not studio quality, though the music is good. I’ll not say much about the acts that will be Continue reading The Pint In The Sky, Stainsby Festival Taster→The post The Pint In The Sky, Stainsby Festival Taster appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:SQUIRRELKICKER

Here we are just a little later than intended, but I held fire on so I could combine acts from Off The Tracks with those from The Dock of the Bay minifest (the second smallest festival in the world, I have no idea which one is the smallest) and that Laurence my esteemed webmaster and I have been uploading all my podcast from past years since I started putting them together in 2008 (I’ve also enjoyed listening to them again myself, there is a hell of a lot of good stuff on there) you can find them all here. On Continue reading Who Needs A Pyramid!!? (when you have a Melodrome or a Barn)→The post Who Needs A Pyramid!!? (when you have a Melodrome or a Barn) appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:OTT BLACK BARN SPECIAL The Pint In The Sky, Stainsby Festival Taster SQUIRRELKICKER

WIZARDMARRAS WIRELESS SHOW KING REAL AND THE HOODLUMS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Intro – Marcel Steiner King Real Chant – Pete Moser & Cast Orchestre DC Dansette – Dancing Royal Property – Julie Clark & Marcel Steiner Blind As A Blizzard – Julie Lloyd Kafusalem/Smiffys Glass Eye – WSI/Dan Fox Dos Bauls – Aramenco Maximum Security Girls – Julie Lloyd/David Marcus/Alan Whittaker & Tom Lawrence Gaz Bridgens – The Bones Of Lady Thatcher Nothing – Tom Lawrence Camel March – WSI Bedlam Boys – Julie Clark & Cast Vision 2 – Kevin Wilkins Fire Music – Pez? Winster Gallop – WSI Continue reading Where it all began for me→The post Where it all began for me appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD All things must pass… Introducing Wizardmarras Wireless Show THE ONE WITH THE BIG ROCK

I decided it was time for a small change and so the podcast is no longer Wizardmarras Drystone Wireless Show merely Wizardmarras Wireless Show. I thought it was high time I ditched the Drystone altogether, no use hanging on to past glories that no longer have any relevance to the here and now. This also marks the first podcast episode and the first blog that can be accessed directly from wizardmarra.com, they’ll still be available from podmatic and blogger for the time being but in a month or two when any bugs that may surface have been ironed by my Continue reading All things must pass… Introducing Wizardmarras Wireless Show→The post All things must pass… Introducing Wizardmarras Wireless Show appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD

The majority of these acts appeared an the inaugural weekend of The Black Barn Stage at OFF THE TRACKS musical festival in September. Usual links to be found on my blog access it via my website www.wizardmarra.com BIGGLES WARTIME BAND – MIDNIGHT SPECIAL WIZARDMARRA – FORECAST ROUGHNECK RIOT – THIS IS OUR DAY THE BEEKEEPERS – DO YOU BEHAVE LIKE THIS AT HOME THE HANG PROJECT R CAJUN & THE ZYDECO BROTHERS – LA CREME DE FAIM. DREAM CIRCUIT – SOUL PLANTATION EARTHLING SOCIETY – THE GREEN MANALISHI FLORA GOLDEN – FLAMES YLEM LARSA WILLE & THE BANDITS – CHILLOUT Continue reading OTT BLACK BARN SPECIAL→The post OTT BLACK BARN SPECIAL appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:OFF FESTIVALS AND FESTIVITIES AND CATCHING THE INTERNET IN A JAR. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. Who Needs A Pyramid!!? (when you have a Melodrome or a Barn)

That’s what some would say as I sit here on my own while my good Ladymarra is partying on down at Solfest. Perhaps it is, but I don’t think so and I’m not entirely on my own as my good friend Jose is by my side and Snr Cuervo is such good fun, I may get philosophical or have a rant later, but for now it’s time for the annual fun that is Podcast…… ……and here it is! I had a LOT of fun putting it together and it enabled me to play some tracks by good people who I’ve Continue reading THE JOURNAL OF BILLY NO MATES→The post THE JOURNAL OF BILLY NO MATES appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:NOT The Drystone Stage 2013 SQUIRRELKICKER COMING AROUND AGAIN…

OK, Here it is the first NUTS IN MAY SPECIAL podcast. Not every track on it is by someone appearing at the festival but I’ll tell you here who they are and in every subsequent podcast there will be more as they are announced. By the time the next one goes up the website for the festival will be fully up and running and not the “holding page” that you’ll see at present. Anyhow, here’s the running order for the current podcast… THE BOAT BAND – CUMBERLAND REEL THE POLYJESTERS – THOMAS BUILDER MISHAPED PEARLS – ODI EL AMO ACHISA Continue reading SQUIRRELKICKER→The post SQUIRRELKICKER appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:A FANTASY LINE UP FROM A SAD OLD MAN WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. The Grasmere Guzzler

Presenting the ultimate FANTASY LINE UP for a final farewell and to show my appreciation for everybody over the years who made THE DRYSTONE STAGE possible. WIZARDMARRAS NOT THE DRYSTONE STAGE 2011 THE TRACK LISTINGS WIZARDMARRA – ANGUS’ BOOGIE/GAYNES STAR MARK SAUL – JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE CELTS THE MYST – BURN DRAGONSFLY – ISHQ ALLAH (LIVE ON THE DRYSTONE STAGE SOLFEST 2008) MARY CUSTY – TALES FROM THE HEART OF CHUANG TZU JENNY MCCORMICK – ME, I PREFER THE MOON EVIE PLUMB – UNAFFORDABLE DAYDREAMS SWEETBEATS – ORANGE STREET (LIVE ON THE DRYSTONE STAGE SOLFEST 2008) HELEN Continue reading A FANTASY LINE UP FROM A SAD OLD MAN→The post A FANTASY LINE UP FROM A SAD OLD MAN appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:SQUIRRELKICKER WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008

Well as it’s high time I got this blog and my podcast updated I can’t have a better reason to do so than commemorate the 4th annual Spinners Arms sponsored cycle ride for Cancer Research and both the blog and the podcast are dedicated to this. As well as dedicating this and the podcast to all my fellow riders I must say a huge, Huge, HUGE HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored me. I raised £175 (I’m still waiting for £15 you know who you are!) and I’ve learned from a visit to the Spinners and this why a Continue reading FROM PEDALS TO PODCAST→The post FROM PEDALS TO PODCAST appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:THE BIG NUMBER TWO (Podcast that is) UNTIL THE NEW PODCAST……. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008

Adventures in time, space and public houses. The multi dimensional adventures of Jib Longwilly and Swanky Morris, Jabberlique and Smiggleb Banjax, as they attempt to set things right in all dimensions. Along with other tales from the “Stand Up Chameleon” an Inn in the small town of Nexus that stands at the insection of all the worlds. The first chapter read by Wizardmarra with background music “Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. In which all worlds are created, and we meet some of our protagonists (The Young) Jib Longwilly, the yet to become an undead Morris Continue reading Tales From The Stand Up Chameleon→The post Tales From The Stand Up Chameleon appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:FROM PEDALS TO PODCAST WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it.

The ongoing tale of one mans life caught up in a “groundhog day” of festival preparation and execution… Read on… Well it’s that time of year again. So it’s time I wrote one of my accounts of how things are doing, who’s doing then and for a bit of spice, who’s doing it to whom. It’s odd though as I feel I’m watching the festival develop from afar, taking a back seat on the scary rollercoaster this year and yet still doing all the stuff I usually do. Although I have to say that I’m getting lot of help You Continue reading COMING AROUND AGAIN…→The post COMING AROUND AGAIN… appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:BACK ONLINE WITH THE WIRELESS SHOW A FANTASY LINE UP FROM A SAD OLD MAN SQUIRRELKICKER

WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 2010 NUMBER 1 Well, after a year of my podcast being offline it is such a good feeling to put one out there at last particularly so as its jam packed full of Drystone acts for this year’s forthcoming festival, with one exception and more about that in due course. I’m not actually going to say much about the tracks in this podcast as I’ll be talking more about some of them in later blog when they are officially announced as Drystone acts and some of the featured artists have already been mentioned in previous blogs. Continue reading BACK ONLINE WITH THE WIRELESS SHOW→The post BACK ONLINE WITH THE WIRELESS SHOW appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008

Yeah I know I should have had this one up a week or two (or three or four) ago. But sometimes life gets in the way of doing what you’d like to do. Anyway it here it is at last WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 Some of the tracks have been on the podcast already but as the casts in question have been taken off line it’s good opportunity to play some of my favourites from last year, some of the tracks are new ones but from artists that I really like and in the case of one Continue reading WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008→The post WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD

WIZARDMARRA’S DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW No:7 There’s fella with a BIG NOSE on it! Well my friends far too long has gone by since I last posted one of these, so I have decided that straight after this podcast I’m going to sort another straight away in the manner of a CHRISTMAS CLIP SHOW. That is put the best tracks from all my previous casts in one BIG BUMPER CHRISTMAS NUMBER with some cleverly crafted new linking material. But enough of that for we’ve just got a NEW one up and lets get right down to telling all about the fantastic Continue reading WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it.→The post WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it. appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD

WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 6 BUBBLES Well here it is after too long an absence for which I apologize, preparation for Solfest took more of my time than I’d expected (of which I should have been aware, Solfest always takes more time than I allow for) and post festival. Well one tends to get knackered during the weekend and there is always period of brain death were I just don’t want to do a thing. But getting grips with myself and putting onto the net edition 6 of the wireless show has done me a power of good and it Continue reading BUBBLES→The post BUBBLES appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD THE BIG NUMBER TWO (Podcast that is)

WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 5 THE ONE ON THE SLATE The penultimate podcast before Solfest! Kicking off with my latest piece of sequenced nonsense, “The Lonely Dancer” ’nuff said. It then kicks into a brilliant track by the first official booking for Solfest 2009 a terrific Irish band by the name of BUSHPLANT. “Go Make Somebody Happy Here.” myspace.com/bushplant Who got in touch with me via MySpace and have just played by all accounts a cracking set at Hawkfest. They are a truly hi energy band and you’ll have to wait an eternal 13 months before you get to see Continue reading THE ONE ON THE SLATE→The post THE ONE ON THE SLATE appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 THE ONE WITH THE BIG ROCK WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW

…and welcome to the blog of WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW numero 4 and before I say anything else this one is dedicated to my THIRD GRANDCHILD who made here way into the world on June 20th weighing 7lbs 12ozs her name is ELLIE GRACE ARROWSMITH and the most beautiful baby I have ever laid eyes upon. To the music now and the opening track is from a fine Klezmer band by the name of MINNIE MOOSIKA – CHAVA myspace.com/106581393 As any right thinking person knows Klezmer is the white mans reggae and Minnie Moosika are one of our (for my Continue reading WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD→The post WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 4 – HELLO WORLD appeared first on Alan Whittaker is The Wizardmarra.Related posts:WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW REVIEW OF 2008 WIZARDMARRAS DRYSTONE WIRELESS SHOW 7. There’s a fella with a BIG NOSE on it.