Wheelers & Dealers - Full House - 2007

Alternatively, the CD is also available from the following web stores :

Folktrax

Trad and Now

Indie-cds.com

Or you can order a copy direct from us for $25.00.
email : chris@wheelersanddealers.com.au

In August, presenters of folk and roots music on radio programs around Australia voted ‘Full House’ their choice of best new CD for 2007.  Our second CD contains some absolute gems. This time around we’re covering other people’s songs, and very strong songs they are too, with one lovely and unusual original instrumental from our award winning fiddle player, Mike. Chris Wheeler - vocals, whistle, Ged Corben - guitar, mandolin, Mike Kerin - vocals, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, Michael Vidale - bass. Plus guests Luke Robinson - percussion, Tinker Hungerford - accordion and Iain McLeod - accordion.

Track List and MP3s

1. Saltwater (M. Spiro, J. Lennon, L. Spiro)
2. The Island (P. Brady)
3. The Old Maid of Galway (trad.) / Tommy's Taburkas (A. Fraser)
4. The Days When We Went Swimming (C. Kempster, H. Lawson)
5. Don't Listen To The Wind (J. Miller)
6. Calling My Children Home (D. Lawson, C. Waller, R. Yates)
7. Cold in the Doorway (A. Legg)
8. The Exile of Erin / Drag Her Round the Road / The Maids of Castlebar (trad.)
9. Nagasaki (H. Warren, M. Dixon)
10. Never Be The Sun (D. Long)
11. Blue Diamond Mine (J. Ritchie)
12. Hard Times (S. Foster)
13. Lay Down Your Weary Tune (B. Dylan)
14. Mac’s Delight (M. Kerin

Click on the underlined track for a sound sample.

Reviews

“That’s how I recommend listening to this work, malt in hand, feet up, a ‘Don’t Disturb’ sign on the door of wherever you take your intravenous music, read the bank statement with its two dollar forty error then throw it on the floor. It’s not important. Music like this is.”
Geoff Green, Springboard Media Editor, UK

“If they remind me of Colcannon, my personal benchmark for really great traditional music, it's for all the right reasons, strong singing, a range of styles held gently and treated with real respect.”
Ewart Shaw, Adelaide Advertiser

Wheelers & Dealers - Self Titled CD - 2003

Order a copy direct from us for $20.00.
email : chris@wheelersanddealers.com.au

The CD is also available from the following web stores :
http://www.folktrax.com

http://tradandnow.com

Indie-cds.com

Features the original band line up of Chris Wheeler - vox, flute, whistle, Ged Corben - guitar, mandolin, Tony Pyrzakowski - fiddle, vox, Luke Robinson - percussion and Michael Couvret - bass. Track 11 'Woomera' won the Musicoz award for best original folk song 2003.

Reviews

"This CD has both musical and social integrity … there isn’t one disappointing track" Kim Salisbury, Dept of Education Library.

"I enjoyed your CD very much, well produced and some nice playing there. It's strange you know, but of all the recordings of my war "epics" by far the best have been done by women." Eric Bogle.

"‘Christine’s remarkable voice, Ged’s brilliant guitar playing and Tony’s amazing fiddle …top performances." Cornstalk Gazette.

"A fantastic CD (even our "soooo cool" teenagers have pinched it to play in their bedrooms!!)" Peter Laybutt.