This post has no downloads of mp3, but links to videos, and is a tribute to one of the essential bands of the Folk-Punk scene of the 80-90´s, The Whisky Priests.
The Whisky Priests were founded in Durham (North East of England) in 1985 by the Miller twins, Glenn (accordion) and Gary (Lead vocals and guitar) plus some friends. The band was active till 2000 and although there were a lot of changes of personnel, they were able to release several EPs, six studio albums and 2 live albums. At the bottom you will find the link to mediafire where I have put the biography of the band, the links to the reviews of several albums, all the Newsletters from 1994 to 2000, some promotional photos and the links to some stores where some of their albums are available.
Recently, Gary has posted some videos to YouTube, one from the first album "Nee Gud Luck", (1989), a couple of songs from "Think Positive!" at a German TV show and 11 tracks from the "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live!" video (1999)
The first video is a promo video for "Street Paved with Gold" taken from "Nee Gud Luck" recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham, broadcast on "On the Edge" Tyne Tees TV on 1990:
"Streets Paved with Gold"
The Whisky Priests promo video for 'Streets Paved With Gold' (taken from the album 'Nee Gud Luck' on Whippet Records WPTCD4 1989 / WPTCD20 1994). Video recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, England - broadcast on 'On The Edge' Tyne Tees TV 1990
Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Mick Tyas - Bass, Backing Vocals
Pete French - Fiddle
Steve Green - Drums
Gary Price - Mandola
The last studio album, "Think Positive!", was released in 1998 and, apart from the five members of the band at that time (Glenn, Gary, Hugh Bradley, Andy Tong and Cozy Dixon), there was an important guest or part-time Priest, Chuck Flemming, who played in the seminal Scottish Folk Rock outfit The JSD Band.
The two videos show the band performing "Car Boot Sale" and "Side by Side" on TV Berlin on October 9th, 1998:
"Car Boot Sale"
The Whisky Priests perform 'Car Boot Sale' from their 1998 CD 'Think Poisitive!' live on TV Berlin on 9th October 1998.
"Side by Side"
The Whisky Priests performing 'Side By Side' (from their 1998 CD 'Think Positive!') on Grosse Freiheit, TV Berlin on 9th October 1998 (part 2 of 2).
Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Hugh Bradley - Mandola, Backing Vocals
Andy Tong - Bass, Backing Vocals
Cozy Dixon - Drums
The fourteen live videos are from the VHS version of "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live" (1999), recorded at the Markthalle in Hamburg on October 10th, 1998. The track list of the video is as follows (Click on the link to see the video of every track)
1- Backstage Footage
2- Ranting Lads
3- Widows of Hartley
4- This Village
5- Alice in Wonderland
6- Side by Side
7- Song for Ewan
8- A Better man than You
9- Workhorse
10- When the Wind Blows Billy Boy
11- Success Express
12 - Mother Waiting - Part I
12 - Mother Waiting - Part II
13- Grandfathas Fatha
If you want to hear more tracks from this amazing band, go to
www.lastfm/music/The+Whisky+Priests
All the discography can be purchased from Bandcamp:
http://whiskypriests.bandcamp.com
And, finally, the link with all the information about the band:
DOWNLOAD
www.mediafire.com/?yyyeoznznm2
The Whisky Priests were founded in Durham (North East of England) in 1985 by the Miller twins, Glenn (accordion) and Gary (Lead vocals and guitar) plus some friends. The band was active till 2000 and although there were a lot of changes of personnel, they were able to release several EPs, six studio albums and 2 live albums. At the bottom you will find the link to mediafire where I have put the biography of the band, the links to the reviews of several albums, all the Newsletters from 1994 to 2000, some promotional photos and the links to some stores where some of their albums are available.
Recently, Gary has posted some videos to YouTube, one from the first album "Nee Gud Luck", (1989), a couple of songs from "Think Positive!" at a German TV show and 11 tracks from the "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live!" video (1999)
The first video is a promo video for "Street Paved with Gold" taken from "Nee Gud Luck" recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham, broadcast on "On the Edge" Tyne Tees TV on 1990:
"Streets Paved with Gold"
The Whisky Priests promo video for 'Streets Paved With Gold' (taken from the album 'Nee Gud Luck' on Whippet Records WPTCD4 1989 / WPTCD20 1994). Video recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, England - broadcast on 'On The Edge' Tyne Tees TV 1990
Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Mick Tyas - Bass, Backing Vocals
Pete French - Fiddle
Steve Green - Drums
Gary Price - Mandola
The last studio album, "Think Positive!", was released in 1998 and, apart from the five members of the band at that time (Glenn, Gary, Hugh Bradley, Andy Tong and Cozy Dixon), there was an important guest or part-time Priest, Chuck Flemming, who played in the seminal Scottish Folk Rock outfit The JSD Band.
The two videos show the band performing "Car Boot Sale" and "Side by Side" on TV Berlin on October 9th, 1998:
"Car Boot Sale"
The Whisky Priests perform 'Car Boot Sale' from their 1998 CD 'Think Poisitive!' live on TV Berlin on 9th October 1998.
"Side by Side"
The Whisky Priests performing 'Side By Side' (from their 1998 CD 'Think Positive!') on Grosse Freiheit, TV Berlin on 9th October 1998 (part 2 of 2).
Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Hugh Bradley - Mandola, Backing Vocals
Andy Tong - Bass, Backing Vocals
Cozy Dixon - Drums
The fourteen live videos are from the VHS version of "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live" (1999), recorded at the Markthalle in Hamburg on October 10th, 1998. The track list of the video is as follows (Click on the link to see the video of every track)
1- Backstage Footage
2- Ranting Lads
3- Widows of Hartley
4- This Village
5- Alice in Wonderland
6- Side by Side
7- Song for Ewan
8- A Better man than You
9- Workhorse
10- When the Wind Blows Billy Boy
11- Success Express
12 - Mother Waiting - Part I
12 - Mother Waiting - Part II
13- Grandfathas Fatha
If you want to hear more tracks from this amazing band, go to
www.lastfm/music/The+Whisky+Priests
All the discography can be purchased from Bandcamp:
http://whiskypriests.bandcamp.com
And, finally, the link with all the information about the band:
DOWNLOAD
www.mediafire.com/?yyyeoznznm2
fantastic that you remember them. loved the cd I had, but to see them is much greater!!!
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