Rävinwolf

With their eyes on the prize Ravinwolf takes great pride in giving every venue an energetic and professional show! With over 25 years of experience in the music world they are at once a fan and a promoter’s dream, having a wide variety of stylings to offer...plugged AND unplugged to suit your musical taste! At any given time Ravinwolf brings to the musical platform a wide variety of talented musicians. Don’t miss their next calendar date...lean on the wind and watch while their spirits dance for you!!!
Ravinwolf is currently working on a series of live recordings featuring the talent of world class drummers Garey Williams and Stu Anderson. Catch one of their summer performances and be on their audience track!
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In the soul’s pilgrimage there is, now and then, the chance to dance with ants in your pants. Chance a fancy glance amd take a stance with Ravinwolf! Flyin’ in the acoustic wind, rockin’ in the rain and bakin’ under a brand new Sun… Ravinwolf has been polished to performance perfection... They are a dynamic duo of tenacious talent driven by a long-lived love of live music. They are Acoustic Alchemists... magicians that have redefined the musical boundaries of your average game of tag you’re it, no touchbacks, between the Raven and the Wolf. Welcome to our corner of the woods! Enjoy the front porch blues, the homespun jams, the folk art... as sweet as honey, the spicy stories of well seasoned musicians, shakened and stirred, held high in the Sun, distilled with peace, love, hope, faith and strained through the eyes of the World.
Jamey - Guitars, Vocals
I was Born in the mighty mountains of Colorado and raised under my father’s piano with a plastic Roy Rogers ukele in my little hands. Destined for a life of music, I have enjoyed being a performing songwriter for as long as I can remember. From an early age, a guitar has been my constant companion. I have been entangled in the wicked art of song-crafting since I was 5 or 6 years old...writing better songs then than I do now. I grew up in Boulder Colorado listening to Donovan on my transistor radio where the wide-open wild moments of the sixties emptied into the thunder that was Led Zeppelin in the seventies. When we moved to Ellensburg, Washington State, I started writing with a lonesome abandon. My songs were born from Milky Moonsets and Sagebrush Sunrises... Broken hearts... Truck won’t start... the dog ran away with my pretty little cheerleader girlfriend... the usual skid-marks. After years of fairly fruitless wood-sheddin’, I was in involved in the formation of the Seattle band The Yarddogs. We opened for every two bit barely together dinosaur band that ever came thru’ town. We hung our crap on the wall for all to see and hear. I wrote the material and sang all the songs…that was the 80’s... and the early 90’s. When the Yarddogs finally broke their chain amidst the grunged-out-flannel-shirt explosion that defined Seattle back then, and started runnin’ from the dog catcher, I shed the shackles, raised my hackles, and went back out on the tiles…it was then that I became very pleased to meet a very talented little human being named FaeRaven. We moved to the mountains of Roslyn Wa, and Ravenwolf was born... with an over the shoulder reference to the symbiotic relationship between Ravens and Wolves. Shortly after, the word "Rävin" (it’s supposed to have a bleedin’ umlaut... OK?), was discovered in some ancient writings: "and Ye shall Ravin like the Wolves", and a quick nod to old Howlin’ Wolf, we became Rävinwolf. Now, we’re fourteen years and counting you guttersnappin’- cow-tippin’ mofo’s. What the problem is..."right"
FaeRaven - Keys, Guitars, Vocals
Ever since I was a young girl I can remember being surrounded by the sounds of music. My Mammy on the piano, Aunt Dar on the organ, Pop on the guitar…my fingers were taught early on how to navigate the musical note. Much of my childhood was spent in the rural South climbing trees, catching tadpoles, playing on dirt roads and chasing my friends around the woods near our favorite little pond…paradise. Builders & developers soon made our playground a distant memory but the sights and sounds from those days have made their mark on my music and my soul. I remember most spending many a day in imaginative worlds, making sense of my own solitude, transforming the experience into musical improvisation. I wrote my first instrumental song by the age of 12. It was then I realized that I needed music for self-expression. After studying piano & theory for 9 years and later enrolling in the College of Music at the University of Oregon, I abruptly put my instrument down for 10 painstaking years. I couldn’t look at a piano without shrinking in pain from the demands of perfecting my musical technique! It was during this musical hiatus that I first heard the songs of Joan Baez and hesitantly picked up an acoustic cat-gut-strung guitar and sat down to play on the front porch of my moldy rental home in Eugene. Many front porch songs emerged and notebook after notebook of lyrics seemed to flow from beyond the horizon into my pen and onto the blank page of my life as I stumbled around and into a series of bad relationships, bad choices and deeper still into the musical wasteland of my 20’s. At the end of the road, face down upon my studio bed, I wandered into a small desert sage-tossed town called Ellensburg. There, along the parchment of my own musical exile, an oasis appeared. A man called James with an acoustic 12-string lead guitar flung across his back. Like the morning air across a lake of glass there awoke somewhere inside of me the feral urge to create music again. We met, we touched, we seamlessly transformed our lives into one vision of music…a powerhouse of male and female harmonies… Rävinwolf.When a song is born into the light we can feel the contractions as tentacles of stories wriggle and writhe for expression. Together we stand as the singer-songwriters of Rävinwolf to birth these songs, fortunate enough to have toured to the distant reaches of Alaska and survived…fortunate enough to have battled our own demons there and survived…the stolen tour bus fiasco… the analog studio sessions…15 bass players & 12 drummers…the hijacked songs…the giftings of star-struck fans…getting paid in hamburgers…the tableside serenades to the rich & eccentric…the chicken-wire tour…the blown bus tires…the ketchup bottle slide bars…playin’ the streets…brand new dreams…and the comings apart at the seams… the steep climb up and the slippery slope of all the falling downs along the way of our tender years together make Rävinwolf the force of nature I have grown to be unable to live without. .."RIGHT"
Garey Williams - Drums
With a Master’s degree in Percussion Performance and Jazz Studies at Central Washington University, drummer Williams has been a steadfast fixture in the Northwest music scene, having performed with such musicians as Diana Krall, Kristin Korb, Bud Shank, Barney McClure, Howard Roberts, Joe Williams, Bobby Shew, Jay Thomas, Clay Jenkins, Milt Jackson, Cedar Walton, Ray Brown and Dizzy Gillespie. In 2001 he re-formed Ecstasy In Numbers with guitarist Mike Mattingly and bassist Rick White. The band became a hit on the underground scene and for three years have toured and performed in Seattle and the Northwest to standing-room-only crowds. The bands progressive-jazz/rock sound has been gaining the attention of clubs and promoters, as well as the ears of a small but growing European fan base. As of late, Garey has teamed up with Rävinwolf for their latest recording project and has been actively contributing to their live calendar dates with his usual reliable and professional flair. Modern Drummer said: "Garey Williams displays a beautiful touch and emotion in his drumming. He performs with a strong technique and a keen sense of what to play in a studio situation to achieve the correct balance within a jazz/rock trio setting. His cymbal work is very expressive...possesses noteworthy chops...".."RIGHT"
CC - Bass Guitar
Chris, a long time honorary family member of Ravinwolf born and raised in the mountains of Roslyn, Wa., home of the hit TV show Northern Exposure and birthplace of Ravinwolf, is joining the band again for our latest recording project. During the early years of Ravinwolf he was there every step of the way... like the old growth tree he stands in the shadows of the stage lights, riding every bump in the in the road on the old touring school bus "Rosinante"...responsible for Ravinwolf’s low end. His interests are music, music and more music. He is especially known for being involved in a numerous projects throughout Washington State, to include ’the Nortons’, and ’Mr. E’...however he is most importantly devoted to his loving and loyal K-9 pal "Rocky" the pomeranian. We’re lucky to have Chris on board with us, keeping the basement pure!.."RIGHT"
Dr. Smith - Mandolin, Cello
Bret Smith is a teacher educator, conductor, and cellist who specializes in instrumental music education. He holds degrees in music and systematic musicology from the University of Washington, where he worked with James C. Carlsen and Barbara Reeder Lundquist, and a Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy in music education from the University of Michigan, where his mentors were Robert L. Culver, James O. Froseth, Richard J. Colwell, and Anthony Elliott. He enjoys performing as a member of the Yakima Symphony cello section , on electric cello with the trio Uku the Mighty (with John Moen and Greg Vik), on tenor banjo in the early jazz duo RetroPotential (with Curtis Peacock), as the lead guitar player in the classic rock band Short Term Memory (with Dale Hubbard, Todd Pederson, and Jeff Lund), and on bass with the Irish folk band The Stout Pounders, and of course, his latest addition, the original singer-songwriter alt folk-rock group called RAVINWOLF. He frequently collaborates in other ensembles with CWU colleagues ..o, baroque cello, bass, guitar, and banjo. .."RIGHT"
Stu "Bongo Louie" Anderson - Drums
Stuart Matthew Anderson, started beating on pots & pans at age 9 on the kitchen floor. A year later Mom and Dad bought me a small Rodgers drum set. At that point it was 1970. My middle sister started dating a local drummer who was instrumental in supplying the piece of the puzzle that pretty much iced it for my being a drummer for the rest of my life. It wasn’t until I was 19 that I found a steady working band called ‘Fable’. We toured Canada and cut our teeth on the road until the band broke up. I then joined up with some friends and formed ‘Leonard The Dog’, we played our own songs and through our friendship with the late great Brad Zirkle, a local promoter, we opened for Robin Trower at the capital theater in Yakima, Wa. Substance abuse became an issue with ‘Leonard the Dog’, and it was at this point while visiting my friend Kurt in Central Washington, that I met Jamey Bilyeu, a long-haired singer-songwriter strolling around the lake with an acoustic guitar and a bottle of tequila. We tucked ourselves away in the Taneum Canyon with his old Gibson guitar and an old ratty drumset and the old ‘Yarddogs’ were born. The ‘Yarddogs’ soon became a household name through the ‘Bob River’s Show’ on KISW out of Seattle, Wa . We played drunk. We played naked. We played drunk and naked. We had the privilege of playing throughout the Northwest and opening for such acts as Anne & Nancy Wilson of Heart, Alice in Chains, BTO, Steppenwolf, Jefferson Starship, The Guess Who, The Marshall Tucker Band, Delbert McClinton, Eric Burden, Paul Rogers, Eddie Money, Ozark Mt. Daredevils, the Outlaws and Blue Oyster Cult. This latest collaboration with Jamey as ’Rävinwolf’ continues the ongoing musical connection that began so long ago..."RIGHT"
Rävinwolf Albums
Rävinwolf II: Buttons and Freedom
With their brand new, 13-song album, Rävinwolf II: Buttons and Freedom they have certainly set forth to define their signature sound. At once lyrical & punchy, it is a musical, if not mystical, journey that surrounds the listener with walls of soaring vocals. Nestled in the lush layerings of acoustic guitars and creative rhythms lie the thought provoking lyrics within the quality song crafting for which they’re known. Enjoy the front porch blues, the homespun jams, the folk art... as sweet as honey, the spicy stories of well seasoned musicians, shakened and stirred, held high in the Sun, distilled with peace, love, hope, faith and strained through the eyes of the World. A year in the making, Rävinwolf II: Buttons and Freedom was recorded at Cascade Productions in CleElum, WA, under the engineering expertise of Allen Larsen and features some of the Northwest’s finest musicians…Drums & Percussion: Garey Williams, Stu Anderson, Allen Larsen, Bass Guitar: Chris Cernick, Cello: Bret Smith. With an acoustic heart, "Buttons and Freedom" is a personal snapshot of their musical lives in the tumbledown sageland they’ve grown to know and love and is dedicated to the loving memory of their band mascot Spanky Abigail the wire-fox terrier whom many knew and loved. Available at their online store now! Available in retail outlets in Washington State! VISIT www.ravinwolf.com for details!.."RIGHT"
How Are You?
Ravinwolf’s debut Album "How are You" is a snapshot of their early touring days in the Pacific Northwest... recorded at Gung Ho Studios in Eugene, Ore., under the engineering expertise of Billy Barnett, "How Are You" features Travis Yost on percussion and Grant Perry on Bass Guitar. A live moment in time, "How Are You" was recorded during a 2 week marathon session for Ravinwolf in the rainy Willamette Winter of 1998. Formally released in June of 1998, it is acoustic rock at it’s finest. Complete with enough folk stories, soulful serenades, sizzling guitars, and tumbling melodies to suit any mood. Capture the Raven. Capture the Wolf on this full length debut release, available at their online store now!.."RIGHT"
10% of all ’How Are You?’ album sales is donated directly to the World Society for the Protection of Animals, a cause near and dear to our hearts.
We urge everyone to visit WSPA and learn more about what’s being done to help animals in need...through disaster relief, rehabilitation & rescue programs and much much more.
Rävinwolf…a brand of Acoustic Americana Folk Rock Blues… is a blending of traditional and contemporary back porch storytelling styles with a luscious layering of harmonious vocals and an emphasis on rambunctious rhythms and gutsy guitar work.
Influenced by folk blues & gospel music from time spent in the Deep South… an Ozark & Appalachian mix of oral folk traditions in singer-songwriter format, coupled with a strong Northwest-native outlaw desert sage country influence paralleling their more recent experiences….all combined to produce a happy-hippy-cowboy-tipping acoustic phenomenon know as Rävinwolf.
FUNKY FOLKY ORGANIC BLUESY ROCK ’N ROLL
They have toured throughout the Northwest and Alaska, released two full length CD’s and performed with such acts as Heart, Paul Rodgers, Eric Burden, Alice in Chains, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Elvin Bishop, The Romantics, Jefferson Starship, Steppenwolf, The Guess Who, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Outlaws, and Blue Oyster Cult.
“Rävinwolf is a musical force of Nature …the yin and yang of an acoustic spiderweb”. -The Eugene Register Guard
Ravinwolf has found out how to keep themselves alive as a business and still have plenty left to rock the clubs. They also know to rise above the crowd in the music world you have to have your own voice , your own style and your own music...that they do! - Homer Alaska News (Arts & Entertainment)
...bands are nearly as numerous as beetle kill spruce trees . Ones that can sing in harmony are less common, and ones with enough of their own stuff to put together an album worth listening to, cuts the number further. Add a sense of musical arrangement, a male-female singing duo that sound like they fetched their voices out of the same gene pool and you’ve got Ravinwolf! - Homer Alaska News (Arts & Entertainment)
"...they are sooo cool...Rävinwolf is amazing! Rockin’ tunes...really cool, quirky harmonies...I’m impressed by Rävinwolf and I’d love to hear more from them in the future..." - 88.1 The Burg, CWU Student Radio, Ellensburg, Wa.
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History of Rävinwolf
1994
The Acoustic Rock Duo—Ravinwolf formation.
1995
Ravinwolf becomes an original music songwriting team.
1996
Ravinwolf tours throughout the northwest from Seatlle, WA to Eugene, Ore & Red Lodge, MT
1997
Ravinwolf releases their 1st studio album “How Are You?”
1998
Ravinwolf hits the Seattle scene with Southside Johnny Prod., opening for larger acts.
1999
Ravinwolf heads to Alaska to promote “How Are You?”
2000
Ravinwolf returns to the lower 48 to tour the Northwest & write cuts for next studio album.
2003
Ravinwolf releases “Rävinwolf’s Dead” a live tribute to the Grateful Dead.
2007
Ravinwolf releases their 2nd studio album Ravinwolf II: Buttons & Freedom”.
2008
Ravinwolf Tours the Northwest in promotion of their “Rävinwolf II: Buttons & Freedom”!