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Willie Banger

About Me

I'm a Singer and Actor who found my favorite stage at the Renaissance Faire. Let's see where it goes from here. AKA: Willum Angus Kilgore of Douglas (when in a kilt) William Shakespeare (when dressed up) DW (outside of faire) "(DW) started acting in high school and continued through his college years. He appeared in independent movies and did extra work in some big name movies and t.v. shows looking for his big break. His love for stage led to shows at various theme parks, including Disneyland and Universal Studios. One day, he found the long lost home he had been searching for years to find, the Renaissance Faire. He was welcomed in by the Boar's Head Inn, singing, flirting, and telling jokes at The Royal Feast, and Willie Banger was born. After many, many years at the Boar's Head for both northern and southern California faires, Willie roamed and his story grew. He decided to spend time at sea so he joined the crew of the pirate ship, the Cukoo's Nest (one of southern's ale stands). Having expertly broken every rule as a pirate, he then joined the Constables of northern as a consultant on how peasants might break the laws of the shire. However, his advice proved only slightly helpful toward enforcing the laws. Rather, he seemed to serve only to increase the amount of ale the group could put away on a weekendly basis. So Willie was put to work in the constable owned ale stand, the Cat and Fiddle, to work off his tab. Upon his return to the southern shire, he was able to fool others into thinking he was a different Willie, one Master Shakespeare, whom he looks amazingly like. Under this guise, he was able to meet the Queen and hobnob with the nobles. In all his travels, he has bragged about "knowing" the Peeling sisters, and, whenever possible, he drops on by their tavern for a song and drink.
I have been fortunate to know and perform with many very talented individuals, so when i wanted to put together a CD, I invited them to record with me. The resulting CDs should be available on CDBaby soon!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/11/2007
Band Website: http://WillieBanger.Livejournal.com
Band Members: DW McCann as Willie Banger

Friends on the recent CD:|:
*Kevin "Skipjack" Conners - Vocals; Citern; Guitar; Musical Arrangements
*Stu Venable - Bass; Recording/Mixing Tech
*Matt "Caddy" Cadwallader - Bodhran; Vocals
*Mariano LaSpisa - Bodhran; Various Percussion
*Matt Bowes - Violin
*Phil "Schmeg" Schwadren - Various Percussion
*Jon "Snoball" Enge - Vocals
*Casey "Scroat" Conner - Vocals
*Christina Tappan Forst- Vocals
*Isaac Dealer - Vocals
*Taliesin Jaffe - Vocals
*Heather Green - Vocals

||Recording vocals soon:|:
Kathleen "Madge" Gabriel & Doug "Sherwood" Toby
Influences: Wolfe Tones; Jack McDermott; the Poxy Boggards; the Belles of Bedlam; Merry Wives of Windsor; Ray Stevens; Weird Al; Dr. Demento
Sounds Like: The Poxy Boggards; The Belles of Bedlam; Merry Wives of Windsor
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New Events for Last Weekend of Faire

Final weekend of the faire approaches, bringing a few new things with it.First off, Phil Dunbridge and I are debuting a new show, Two Players of Verona, at 2:30 at the Port Deptford Stage.  This is an...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 08:47:00 GMT

Election Results

as of 1AM tonight~997 of 997 precincts reporting~CANDIDATE~~~~~~~~~~     VOTES    PERCENT BRIDGID ''BRIYE'' MCCANN_ -54951-    (51.51%)BEN ECHOLS_____...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:09:00 GMT

Judge McCann in San Bernadino

If you live in San Bernadino County and are voting today, please vote for my sister Briye McCann for Judge.She has spent the last decade or so as a Deputy District Attorney (considered by some to be o...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Cool video

http://www.vimeo.com/993998
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:31:00 GMT

You might be a Ren Geek...

Thank you to all who gave to RESCU this weekend. The Rally was a lot of fun and i can't wait to hear the numbers.in the mean time, i was asked by a few people to put this up here, so for them and for ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:48:00 GMT

RESCU Rally this Saturday!

And I am one of the 2008 Mr. Ren Faire Contestants! do any of these phrases sound odd to you? then let me explain: WHAT IS RESCU? (from their website~ www.rescufoundation.com): "The RESCU Foundation...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Performance Announcement

I am extremely excited to announce that to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (or, more to the point, Night), Willie Banger will be performing at Koji’s Restaurant in Hollywood ! I will be follow...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:02:00 GMT