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W. Dire Wolff

we came down the rivers and highways...

About Me


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Five Riders
Princess Rodeo
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w. dire wolff - musician and song writer currently living and recording independently in northern california. vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, slide guitar, steel guitar, bass
"princess of the rodeo" - 2006 - a musical album by w. dire wolff with mario cipollina, kurt huget, neal carson, phil richardson, and ed michaels
"princess of the rodeo" a long playing musical album presented by w. dire wolff. the musical collection features 12 songs written in october 2003 in montana and cody, wyoming. the album was designed to be a "far eastern psychedelic spaghetti western" musical experience. the music is inspired by basic american music styles such as rock, folk, country, western, blues, and good old hillbilly music; but is influenced by travels to tibet, japan, and other far eastern countries.
w. dire wolff plays various guitars, lead guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, etc. , sings lead vocals on the tracks, and plays bass on various tracks. mario cipollina helped with the album, "princess of the rodeo". mario started out playing a couple of bass lines and then he produced some of the songs and helped with setting the theme for the recordings. kurt huget of "moonlight rodeo", plays mandolin, banjo, piano on the album; but he's actually a guitar player. neal carson contributes some fantastic rock guitar tracks to the project. phil richardson plays the fiddle on the western songs. ed michaels, the drummer.
"12 string guitar" - 2004 - a musical album by w. dire wolff - 12 string acoustic guitar instrumental - temple music / spirit music
find out more at the w. dire wolff music web site - click here
for more info, lyrics, and samples for songs on mySpace / SNOCAP store - click here
main wdirewolff.com website - click here
Envision the Planet's Survival - click here
"rough around the edges and that's it's charm... reminds me a bit of dylan's bootleg days." The Global Virtual Home Made Music Radio Show - click here

"pretty nice girl is so beautiful... your music reminds me of just how much i really love country & western music..." Monterria - click here
"you sound like gram parsons and lou reed all rolled around on a drunken afternoon!" Hummingbird - click here
"really digging your music too! i'm sure hank williams (not ,jr.) and gram parsons are smiling down on you...." Andy - The Whatevers - click here

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Website: wdirewolff.com/music/
Band Members: w. dire wolff - vocals, guitars, bass
Influences: jerry garcia, gram parsons, jim morrison, john cipollina, duane allman, jimi hendrix, john lennon, george harrison, the beatles, lowell george, johnny cash, cibo matto, grateful dead, hank williams, chet atkins, bob dylan, woody guthrie, jefferson airplane, hot tuna, john hartford, ry cooder, pink floyd, yuka honda, hamsa lila, azam ali, southern culture on the skids, the cramps, traffic, joni mitchell, bob marley, neil young, john coltrane, emmy lou harris, patsy cline, count basie, bonnie riatt, junior brown, nancy griffin, duke ellington, miles davis, miho hatori, john hiatt, new riders of the purple sage, flatt and scruggs, bill monroe, willie nelson and the outlaws, stray cats, sean lennon, ernest tubb, buck owens, leon russell and the shelter people, butter 08, son volt, frank zappa, john mclaughlin and the mahavishnu orchestra, dan hicks and his hot licks, beach boys, julie cruise, lush, pj harvey, my bloody valentine, enya, sonic youth, bow wow wow, nirvana, janis joplin, big brother and the holding company, led zeppelin, james burton, doc watson, the who, norman blake, vassar clements, naomi eisenberg, papa john creech, rolling stones, roy rogers and dale evans, david bowie, doors, quicksilver messenger service
Sounds Like: a far eastern psychedelic spaghetti western
Type of Label: None

My Blog

W. Dire Wolffs CD "Princess of the Rodeo" released on TTH Label

W. Dire Wolff's CD "Princess of the Rodeo" released on TTH Label, produced by W. Dire Wolff and Mario Cipollina.   Now availabe on-line at the TTH Store.  The album features five other ...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:55:00 PST

Neil Young's - Living with War

Neil Young's "Living with War" list of protest song includes W. Dire Wolff's song, "Blind Man's Stick".  You can find the "Living with War" list at  http://neilyoung.com./lwwt...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:28:00 PST

fameCast.net and youTube.com video for w. dire wolff

the folks over at famecast.net asked for a video for the song, "new day coming". now on youTube at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPVjRCtOCWI...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Tue, 22 May 2007 05:40:00 PST

Virtual Radio Show and Country Start Page

http://www.virtualradioshow.com The Virtual Radio Show selected the song "New Day Coming" by W. Dire Wolff for your use in their April 29, 2007 show. Mario Cipollina plays bass, sings background ...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:26:00 PST

mySpace Store and more free downloads for W. Dire Wolff

                   W. Dire Wolff -  Online SNOCAP / MySpace store - To find out more about the songs...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:11:00 PST

ARTIST Direct - Ultimate Band List

ARTIST Direct - Ultimate Band List - selected me as a Featured Country Artist the week of January 12th, 2007 - http://www.ubl.com/genres/country/ Here's my listing at Artist Direct http://www.ubl.com/...
Posted by W. Dire Wolff on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:37:00 PST