| Woolly Wolstenholme | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Stuart John Wolstenholme |
| Born | April 15, 1947 |
| Origin | Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Genre(s) | rock classic rock progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instrument(s) | keyboards |
| Years active | 1960's – present |
| Label(s) | Harvest |
| Associated acts | Barclay James Harvest, Maestoso, Mandalaband |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| mellotron | |
Woolly Wolstenholme was vocalist and keyboard player with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chadderton (pop 33000 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Harvest Records was a Record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote Progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences
Biography
Stuart John Wolstenholme was born in Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire on April 15th, 1947, and went to school at North Chadderton Secondary Modern. Chadderton (pop 33000 is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea His first instrument was a tenor banjo, which he took up at the age of twelve, and he also played tenor horn for the Delph band. The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments Althorn redirects here For the village in Essex see Althorne. He met John Lees at Oldham School Of Art and Woolly played tambourine and sang with John in The Sorcerers, then The Keepers, where Woolly played whatever instrument was required, such as harmonica and twelve-string guitar. John Lees (born 13 January 1947, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English Musician who founded the rock band
The pair then founded Barclay James Harvest, together with Les Holroyd and Mel Pritchard, in 1967. Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences Les Holroyd (born Richard Leslie Holroyd on March 12th 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire) is the former Bass guitarist vocalist and songwriter with the British Mel Pritchard ( 20 January 1948 &mdash 28 January 2004) was the former drummer with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Woolly taught himself keyboards, first the Mellotron and then adapting to organ, piano and synthesisers. The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers His musical influences range from Love and Vanilla Fudge through Mahler to UK and Radiohead. Love was an American Rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s Vanilla Fudge was an American psychedelic band that recorded albums from 1967 to 1970 UK were a short-lived British Progressive rock supergroup active from 1977 through 1980 Radiohead Woolly remained with Barclay James Harvest until 1979, when he became frustrated and unhappy at the direction their music was taking. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
He recorded a solo album, Mæstoso, in 1980, and toured as support to Judie Tzuke and Saga, as well as writing film and TV music. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Judie Tzuke (born Judie Myers, 3 April 1956 in London) is an English Singer / Songwriter. Saga is a Progressive rock quintet formed in Oakville Ontario, Canada. A projected second album, Black Box, was shelved and Woolly lost interest in the music business, preferring instead to farm, initially in Lancashire and later in west Wales. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Tapes from the sessions for his second album were finally issued in 1994, along with the complete Mæstoso album, as Songs From The Black Box. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
Woolly returned to the music business in 1998 after meeting John Lees again, and this resulted in the Eagle Records album Nexus credited to Barclay James Harvest Through The Eyes Of John Lees. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Eagle Records are a leading independent Record label. Also trading as " Eagle Rock Entertainment " The album was followed by live shows in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and the UK, the first English concerts by any members of Barclay James Harvest for nine years, and Eagle released a live album called Revival. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A studio follow-up with the working title North was planned and recording began at John's Friarmere Studios, but after only a few days the project was shelved because John felt that due to a number of factors, the timing was not right to do justice to a new album.
A new CD of the Black Box sessions with previously unreleased material (including a brand new demo) was released in February 2004 as Black Box Recovered, and a new studio set, One Drop In A Dry World, followed in May 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A short UK tour was planned to promote the CD, but in the event only one concert, at London's Mean Fiddler, went ahead, on May 12th. The live set, including rarely heard BJH classics as well as Mæstoso material, was captured for posterity and released on a limited, warts and all live CD, Fiddling Meanly, released in February 2005. On 27th November 2004 Mæstoso played again in London, this time as support to Caravan at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre is a theatre on Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, owned by University College London At this show John Lees also made a surprise guest appearance for two songs.
This proved to be one of Woolly's most creative periods, with another Mæstoso studio album, Grim, appearing in October 2005, and a brand new album, Caterwauling, scheduled for late autumn 2007. Most of the Maestoso band also found time between recording commitments to perform as part of John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, including a full-scale UK tour in October and November of 2006.
Discography
- Maestoso 1980
- Black box (recovered) 1994
- One drop in a dry world 2004
- Fiddling meanly 2004
- Grim 2005
- Caterwauling 2007
External links
- Wooly Wolstenholme's Maestoso
- Woolly Wolstenholme at MySpace
- Barclay James Harvest discussion forum
- Barclay James Harvest (all branches) yahoogroups discussion list
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