Will Currie & The Country French

About Me

For booking, press, general inquiries and encouragement/recipe swapping, email us at: [email protected]
Will Currie & the Country French was originally conceived in the early part of 2006 as a few songs written in a small glass room in the basement of the Music Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University. Will later assembled a small troupe of friends (and luckily wicked-bad musicians) to form an actual band. They began to tour around southern Ontario and over the course of a year, developed a fair amount of indie-buzz and an enthusiastic cult following. Their piano pop and energetic stage shows have resulted in packed clubs and dance parties wherever they play. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on their debut EP A Great Stage which is set to be released in early 2008.
Will Currie & The Country French is:
Will Currie: the blonde kid at the keys and founder of the group.
Dan Beacock: the only non-percussionist of the bunch. Classical guitar whiz and classic rock afficianado.
Daniel MacPherson: bass guitar and dry wit. And glasses. Officially gives the band the most Dans per capita of any band in the world.
Steve Wood: percussion section leader. Elder and wisdom provider to the band in times of strife.
Aaron Mariash: lives upstairs from Will. Tune in Tuesdays at 8 for all the laughs. (Also plays drums every now and then.)
Amanda Currie: pro voice gal. she is the band's Martha, and every band needs one.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/12/2006
Band Members: Dan Beacock (Guitar, Vocals), Amanda Currie (Vocals), Will Currie (Pianoforte, Vocals), Daniel MacPherson (Bass, Vocals), Aaron Mariash (Drums, Vocals), Steve Wood (Percussion, Fender Rhodes, Vocals). Union Scab: Paul Levaque
Influences: Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Wilco, The Beatles, Elton John, Puccini, Nico, Steely Dan, Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem
Sounds Like: somebody's got a case of the mondays.
Record Label: Murderecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Things in the works!

Alllllrighty kids,it's been a while, I know. Sorry.Much has happened since I last wrote. So much in fact, that I'm not sure I can even remember where to begin. We've played some really great shows, t...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:23:00 PST

Over the Top and Under the Hill

Sorry, I did that thing where I forget to write about shows we've played. I apologise to anyone who requires my blog for sustinance.Anyway, way back near the beginning of May, the Country French playe...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:27:00 PST

Will's 50 favourite albums at the moment

So i was bored and i was trying to decide my favourite things to listen to, but my favourites of all time is really tough cause i can't remember everything, but i thought of my favourite 50 albums tha...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:13:00 PST

2 Nights + 2 Cities = 1100 kM.

Hello again! Sorry it's taken me a while to get this post written, I've been pretty sick for a few days. But I'm back in action now and ready to write.So!On Tuesday, February 6th after renting the wor...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:01:00 PST

Site Overhaul!

Hey everyone, if you hadn't noticed (and I think it'd be hard not to), we've completely redone the MySpace! We've got new photos (c/o Greg Stevenson), new music (with the CD being due some time in mi...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:44:00 PST

London Called...

So! After a nice holiday with friends and family, the Country French jumped right back into the swing of things with a show in London at the Alex P. Keaton. However, it was close to being a disasterou...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST

Guelph, ON Rocks!

Hey Kids! So, Friday, December 1st, we hit the stage at Vinyl. First off, I have to say, the sound guy there is phenomenal. I couldn't thank him enough times. Even when we had a near...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:11:00 PST

Laurier Last Band Standing

On Thursday, October 26, The Country French played to a sold out crowd at Wilf's restaurant for the Laurier Last Band Standing event. All the bands played their souls raw and the crowd was a-bumpin' t...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:21:00 PST

Sneaky Dee's

On Friday, Sept. 29th, we took the stage at Sneaky Dee's to open up for Tokyo Police Club. The response from the crowd was incredible. Without them, we wouldn't have had the energy to rock as har...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:06:00 PST

Upcoming Appearances And Book Signings

So I don't have any shows coming up but if you want, I will be performing theory tests and skills exams again this year at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. I hope to play shows around Waterloo and beyo...
Posted by Will Currie & The Country French on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:58:00 PST