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Best Blues-Rock Cd of 2008, and tours news!Hello everyone,
This is just a quick note to let you all know that John Vermilyea (Blues Underground Network) has picked Wild T & the Spirit "Fender Bender" CD as his best blues/rock album of 2008. That is cool! Check it out: http://www.bluesundergroundnetwork.com/2008_Year_End_Review.html And, once again the band is hitting the road from Feb - May 09. We be playing a few show around the Toronto area in early Feb, but then the Canadian tour will take across Canada again. The tours starts on Feb 25/09, is Sault Ste. Marie, ON, and will take the band through Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, The tour will finishing up on Mar 28/09 in Saint John, NB. After a few more shows in London & Windsor, ON, it's back over to Europe for our European tour. We will be performing concerts in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Holland. Please visit our schedule page for the complete tour dates. We look forward to see y'all on the road. Tue, Nov 11th, 2008 4:23 PM EST
"Fender Bender" CD available in Canada & USA!Good news everyone,
Our latest CD "Fender Bender" is now available in Canada & the USA via 'Cold Rawk Records'. http://www.coldrawkrecords.ca/ Many of you have waited along time for our new album. Now here is your chance to get the new CD! ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Fri, Sep 19th, 2008 9:56 AM EDT
HelloSo far the year for the band has been busy!
We released the new album "Fender Bender" in Feb, and we hit the road. We toured through Canada & Europe from Feb - May, and we had a great time. In Aug, we performed at many festivals in Ontario & Quebec and played up at "The Surf Club" in Grand Beach, MB a few times. In Oct the band will be touring in Europe again for 3 weeks.We'll be playing a few shows in Germany & Austria with our friends, the "Steve Fister Band". More updates coming soon. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Fri, Mar 28th, 2008 12:12 PM EDT
Hello Wild T fans!
The new CD "Fender Bender" was released in Canada & Europe in Feb 2008. Many commercial & online radio stations have playing songs from the new CD. The CD is also beginning to receive its share of reviews. Here are a few. WILD T & THE SPIRIT Fender Bender Jazzhaus JHR 013 (2008) Wild T & The Spirit come as something of a pleasant surprise. For having expected some over-cooked post Hendrix fare, 'Fender Bender' offers a surprising depth of variety to the material as well as some fine singing and above all a real band album topped by Tony 'Wild T' Springer's excellent guitar playing. There is of course a core Hendrix vibe to the whole project, but it's the way 'Wild T' searches out new ways to lend expression to his playing that is impressive. In many respects the title of the album 'Fender Bender' is a tad misleading. For while guitar fans will enjoy the various inspired guitar workouts, there are enough strong songs here to set the band ahead of most of their contemporaries. The story of 'Wild T' is that of a Trinidadian native Tony Springer who has made a name for himself in his adopted Canada and who aside from being championed by Jeff Healey now finds himself signed to the prestigious German Jazzhaus label. Throw in recorded appearances for the likes of Davis Bowie and you quickly realise this is a guitarist of some substance. But perhaps the biggest accolade that can be extended to this album is that 'Wild T' stamps his own personality on proceedings. 'Fender Bender' is nicely topped and tailed by impressive two guitar led instrumentals and the remaining eleven tracks consist of strong self penned songs and well chosen covers. Of the original material there's an undoubted Hendrix feel to 'The Best I Can Do' - complete with a sinewy guitar solo and plenty of wah wah - and there's an acoustic guitar/piano break down and a strong melody line on the impressive 'Life Goes On'. 'T' then goes on to explore some low down blues on 'Finders Keepers'. Perhaps the two contrasting ends of his expansive style are best exemplified by the juxtaposition of the lovely mellifluous groove of 'Keepin' It Real' with the altogether brasher psychedelic wah wah of 'The Hard Way'. Musically the latter comes close to the muscular playing of Eric Gales and is one of the few occasions on which 'T' slips into lyrical cliché, as in 'drinking whisky on the bad part of town'. 'T' also adds some Albert King style licks on a cover of 'I'll Play The Blues For You' and the band works up a fine groove on Rick Estrin's humorous and well chosen 'My Next Ex-Wife'. Overall the material is strong and refreshing and the band is anchored by the well marshalled rhythm section of Guenther Kapolei on sumptuous bass and the deft touch of Chris Lesso on drums. 'Fender Bender' is a good album and for those of you as yet unaware of Wild T & The Spirit', a fine introduction to a cracking band. **** Review by Pete Feenstra ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** WILD T & THE SPIRIT Fender Bender Jazz Haus JHR 013 www.wildt.ca www.jazzhausrecords.com/ An apt title and name as this contains some heavy, high-energy blues-rock with guitar playing by Wild T that frequently does border on the wild. On this CD he works chiefly in a power trio format – there are some guest keyboards players but they are very much in supporting roles – and the overall sound is sometimes similar to Jimi Hendrix, sometimes to Led Zeppelin, and sometimes very original. The songs are indeed almost all Wild T or bass player Guenther Kapelle compositions or collaborations except for covers of ´I´ll Play The Blues For You´ (most often associated with Albert King) and Little Charlie & The Nite Cats´ Rick Estrin´s pointed ´My Next Ex-Wife´. It is also good to see a little humour creeping in: ´The Pink Panther Theme´ crops up on the tour-de-force ´Twilight Zone´. Tony Springer a.k.a. Wild T is a dread-locked Trinidadian raised in Canada who was inspired to take up the guitar after hearing Steve Howe from progressive rock superstars Yes. Hardly the stereotypical background for a powerhouse blues-rocker but listen carefully and you will hear slight traces of jazz, funk and even reggae, giving this a little different twist from the norm. Very interesting indeed. ----- Norman Darwen ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* The band has just completed a western Canada tour in Feb-Mar with great success. The band now begins it's 4 week European tour on April 03 in Austria. The band will also be performing concerts in Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Holland. We look forward to performing for our fans, and seeing old friends again. More updates coming soon. Peace & Love Sat, Dec 1st, 2007 6:19 PM EST
New Wild T & The Spirit CD!Hello everyone,
It has been a while since we have updated the news. We have been very busy in the last few months. The recording of the new CD is now complete. We are now in the process of designing the the Cd artwork, etc. The new Cd will be released in Canada & Europe on JazzHaus Records in Jan 2008. You will be able to find the Cd in retails stores as well as online. Our CD release party in our hometown of Toronto will be held at "Healey's Roadhouse" on Feb 02, 2008. Then, we begin a 4 week tour of Canada, starting on Feb 12. We will also be heading over to tour Europe again for 5 weeks in April & May. Please check our concert schedule regularily to get all the lastest info on all of our tour dates. Well, that's about it for now. Peace & Love, Wild T & The Spirit Thu, Apr 19th, 2007 12:27 PM EDT
Hello Wild T fans!Hey everybody,
I hope everyone is doing well. Here is a bit of an update about 'Wild T & the Spirit'. We are now in the final stages of locking down our new record deal with a great label based in Germany. We planning to release the new CD in Oct 2007 in Europe, and in Canada & USA in Jan 2008. The band has also recently secured endorsement deals with Dean Markley Strings and Sonor Drums. The band will also be hitting the road again. We tour across Canada again from Apr 23-May 27/07. We will be performing as the "Wild T Experience"....an all "Jimi Hendrix" show. It's always great fun playing the Jimi stuff! We head over to Europe for 2 weeks in June to play some concerts in Germany & the UK. We will be one of the headliners at the "Blues On the Farm Festival" in Chichester, UK. Then, we are back home in Toronto area to begin recording our next CD and perform at some Blues & Jazz festivals between July-Sept. We hope to see all all there! Peace & Love Wild T & the Spirit Tue, Jan 2nd, 2007 11:19 AM EST
Hello Wild T fans!Hey everybody, Happy New Year! We hope that 2007 will successfull year for everyone.
It has been a while sinse we updated this page...so here is what has been happening. We did quite a bit of touring in 2006. We went across Canada 3 times, and toured in Europe twice. We performed concerts in Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Denmark & Norway. In 2007 we plan to gig in the UK again as well as the rest of Europe and Canada. Also, we are working on new songs for our new CD. We hope to begin recording in the spring and have a release by the summer just in time for the summer festival scene.The new material is heavy in the blues/rock vein! We will keep you posted on latest developments Peace & love, Wild T & the Spirit Thu, Jun 29th, 2006 10:49 AM EDT
Hello Wild T fans. You rock!This is just a quick update to let you all know that we have been experiencing some program problems with Wild T web site. People have been asking, "where are guys playing?"...We have now fixed it, and the schedule page is now completly updated. If we should experience problems again in the future, I ask that that everyone check out http://www.myspace.com/wildtandthespirit This site will always have the complete schedule.
As side from that......the band is now preparing to head out to western Canada again for a great summer tour from July 10 - Aug 14/06. Some of the dates are still being confirmed, so please check our schedules for all the details. We will be performing around Ontario in August & September, and then will head make a tour of the Maritimes in late September/early October. Then it's back to Europe in October & November. We are also writing some new songs, and plan to begin recording a new Cd in January 2007! Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri, May 19th, 2006 1:34 PM EDT
Wild T Rocks!Hello everyone,
We'll, it has been awhile since we have updated this news page. But now, we've got some stuff to tell y'all! First off for 2006, the band has returned to the power trio format. We have parted ways with our good friend, keyboardist Robert Angelow. It was a real pleasure to be on stage and on tour with this guy. His playing is top-notch and he's always got some killer tones! We wish him the best of luck. Also joining the band is drummer, Chris Lesso! This Toronto based, powerhouse, heavy hitting, groove monster has replaced the "Russian Rocket" Boris Andranov, who is unable to consistantly tour with the group. We wish Boris well. Chris joined us for our Euro tour in March & April, and has made a huge impact with the fans. It was the first time for Chris in Europe and he was able to fully enjoy and appreciate the experience. Chris has also built up quite a reputation on the Toronto music scene as a real bad ass drum bum! His playing creative, fluid and inspiring, with great time & feel. A real treat for a bassist. He is also a real easy going guy to tour with....(For those of you in touring bands....you know what I mean!) So, please visit the band bio section on the web site to check out Chris's bio & photo. Also, Wild T is now using B52 (Stealth series) Amplifiers exclusively in Europe. Please visit http://www.earth-music.de click B-52 Professional, then click B52 Stealth Gitarrenanlagen. These are some cool amps with killer tone. The European tour was real success. It was great to see all of our friends and fans again and make more & more new ones. We will see you all again in October/November. In May & June, we will be playing some shows in the Ontario area. We'll be in London at The London Music Clubthis weekend and in Ottawa at Tucson's next weekend. We are also doing our "Jimi Hendrix" show in Toronto on May 27 at Healey's and in Huntsville Ont. at The Algonquin Theatre on June 16. We'll then be at the Barrie Jazz & Blues Festival in Barrie, Ont. on June 17 and we will also be doing a few shows up north for our fans up there. In July, we head to western Canada again for some cool music festival and bike events. Then it's back to Europe in Oct/Nov. We may even sneak in a few dates in the USA if all goes well. Our pals in New England and in the New York/New Jersey area having asking for us for quite awhile. We'll see what we can do about all the "red tape"! As always, please visit the schedule page of our website for all the full details. Well, that's about it for now..... Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu, Mar 9th, 2006 11:18 AM EST
Hello Wild T fans!
Another tour of Canada is behind us. It was quite a successful run. As usual, it was great to see all of our friends and fans again. We'll see you all again in the summer. Now, we preparing to head back to Europe again from March 28 - April 25. We'll be gigging in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. It will be a lot of fun and wonderful to see everyone again. We will be back at 'The Rother Blues Festival' again, this time perfroming a double bill with Texas guitarist Larry Garner. Coming up after that, we'll have some shows in Ontario and Quebec in May & June, then we head out west to perform at some great music festivals and bike events in July & August. Also, recently Wild T was asked to portray and old bluesman playing a 'busted up guitar' in Subway food comercial. The ad is airing in the US only, but if you live in Canada and receive US television stations, chances are good that you will be seeing this ad. As soon as we receive a copy of the commercial, we will posting it on out web site. Well, that's about it for now. Peace & Love Wild T & the Spirit ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 12:38 PM EST
Hello everyone,
Well it has been a while since we have updated the news page. So, Happy new Year to everyone! All the guys in Wild T & the Spirit are now back in Toronto, Canada after our 8 week tour of Europe. All of the show were excellent and we have made many new fans & friends in Europe. It was also great to see many of the same faces from our tour in April 2005. Right on! We made our touring debut in the UK, and it was a lot of fun. We hit it off with many of our British fans! We also had the pleasure of stopping by and recording at the BBC in London, England. The same studios where Led Zeppelin recorded their sessions.That was great! We'll get some of those tracks up on the site soon. When we were in Germany we recorded two of our concerts in Hanover and Wetter. We look forward to mixing those tracks, for a possible "live album"! We have many photos from this tour that we will post on the web site soon as well some great concert reviews. We would also like say thank you to Mick, Mario, Didier, Gunter and Sylvia for all of there help on this tour. What's up for 2006? The touring continues with our cross Canada tour in Feb. Then, we head back over to Europe for our April club & festival tour. We will also be performing at many music festivals and Bike events this summer. Please continue to check the schedule on the web site for all of our touring updates. We'll see you all again, Peace and Love.... Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thu, Oct 20th, 2005 12:20 AM EDT
Hello everybody,
Oct 25/05 marks the beginning of the European tour for Wild T & the Spirit! 33 concerts in 6 countries in 7 weeks! Some of the upcoming highlights on the tour will include performing at the "Famous Guitar Festival" in Basel, Switzerland with rock guitar phenom Uli Jon Roth! And, it will be great to see some familar faces again. You can always know where we are by viewing our schedule on the "Live" page. We'll keep you posted on all of our developments, and we will see you on tour. Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed, Sep 7th, 2005 7:31 PM EDT
Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce that Boris (The Russian Rocket) Andranov will now be handling the drums with the band! Our first show with Boris will be on Fri Sept 30/05 in London, Ontario Canada and it will be a lot of fun!. You can check out the profile of Boris on the bio page. Also, the fall European tour is now almost completely booked. Visit the calendar page for the full schedule. New shows in Canada are now coming together for 2006! We'll keep you posted with those developments. Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri, Aug 5th, 2005 5:28 PM EDT
Friday, Aug 05/05
Hello Wild T fans! Drummer Andre Tellier has parted ways the band to pursue other projects. We wish him the best of luck. We will be making an announcement soon about our skin basher! In the meantime, the great John Bouvette (Frozen Ghost, Our Lady Peace) will be filling in with us. We are now back home from performing at some great festivals in western Canada. Manitoba Summerfest was a lot of fun. We were scheduled to perform on Friday evening, but they had a severe thunderstorm which fried some of the massive P.A. gear. It blew up during the 'Cheap Trick' set. We had to reschedule for Sunday night, and we performed with Lou Gramm and Kansas! It was wonderful! We would like to thank Trent Schmiedge, James & Jay, Earl in Red Deer, Walter Kowalenko and Joe Potenza for helping us out in these past few weeks. Thank you! And now for some dissappionting news. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to perform at "The Fire On The Mountain Blues Festival" in Sonora, California this month. I would like to apologize to our American fans and I hope that we will be able to see you all soon again. But the tours continue! In October, we will heading back over to Europe for a 6-7 week tour. We will be performing shows in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and England. Please visit the live page to get the full details. Well, that's it for now. Peace & love..... Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mon, Jun 20th, 2005 1:08 PM EDT
Hello all Wild T fans!!!!
The touring has been wonderful so far this year. And, there is much more to come! Thanks again to all of our friends, fans, family and promoters! It was excellent to see you all again on this tour. We are now back home in Toronto, Canada for about 4 weeks. Before we head back out on the road, we'll be performing some concerts in Barrie, Toronto and in Ottawa, Ont. Please check the live page for all the concert details. We'll be heading out to Alberta in July to perform at the All Bike Rodeo with 'KIm Mitchell'. Then, were playing with 'Cheap Trick' at Summerfest in Grand Beach, Manitoba. That should be a lot of fun! The Oshawa jazz & Blues Festival and the Fire on the Mountain Blues Festival in California are coming up in August. We are looking forward to those shows as well. There is a lot more stuff on the horizon. We'll keep you posted with all of our developments. Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue, May 10th, 2005 11:48 AM EDT
May 10/05
Hello Wild T Fans! We are now back in Toronto, Canada after a 5 week tour of Europe. We performed in Germany, Belgium & The Netherlands and had a great time. All the shows went well and we made some great new fans and friends! We will be putting some of our photos from the tour up on the web site soon. We will also be returning to Europe again in November for a tour. Wild T & the Spirit would like thank these people for all there help & support with this tour. Mick Koppe, Sandra Weinberg and Sus at A.S.S., Illa Schuette at Taxim Records, Mario Brox at Concept Entertainment, Sylvia Staalman and The Greon Licht in Vlissingen (You are an amazing woman!), Gunter Erdmann in Wetter, Ad & Henrietta in Heeze (Thank you for your generousity) and Rene Thomsen at BRS Backline Rentals in Hannover. (Rene, have fun touring with Accept!) A big thanks for all your help. We'd alo like to thank all the club and festival promoters for all your support and friendship. Also, a big hello to...Frank & Bianca from Wilhelmshaven, Charlie A'court and the band, Rob Tognoni & Mick Taylor, Ingo in Ahaus (partying with the Police!), Ad, Henrietta & Marko at De Zwaan, Sylvia, the gang at The Greon LIcht, Rud at The Bourbon St. in Zwolle, Geert Rombout (It was great to see you again!) from Brugge, Addy, Sophie, De Fokken and Monique from Brugge (You all rock!), Patrick Bonte (blowing harp with us in Antwerpen), Phillip in Zottegem, Marnix & Evelyn in Assen, Martin in Enschede, Yolla from Zwolle and Silke in Hamburg. We've made many new friends on this tour and the fan response was exellent. Thank you to everyone...We will see you all very soon! Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit Sun, Apr 10th, 2005 9:06 AM EDT
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April 9th, 2005: WILD T & THE SPIRIT- TRUE BLISS TRACKING APRIL 4th REPORT- 3rd Week of Tracking Canadian Campus Stations spinning the full CD: Just Added This Week:
CFBX- University College of the Cariboo- Kamloops, BC Still Spinning the CD:
CHMA- Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB April 6th, 2005: 'Wild T & the Spirit' have just released the brand new compilation CD called "I've Got The Rhythm"! It features a lot of great song from the "Love Crazy & "Givin Blood" Cds! The CD will be available at http://www.cdbaby.com and you can also purchase it at all of our live concerts. Check our live page to see where we'll be at! We'll see you on the road! Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit Mar. 22nd, 2005: Spring is here and that can mean only one thing! Lots of touring! . The schedule for the European tour in now complete. We'll be over there for about a month, playing a lot of legendary clubs and a few festivals as well. We'll see our pal 'Mick Taylor' again at the 'PEP 66 Blues Festival' in Belgium and play with a few other heavy weights at the 'Rother Blues Festival' in Germany! We'll take a lot of photos and post them on the web site as soon as we get back. And now, with the release of "True Bliss" by Taxim Records taxim.com in Europe, the 'Wild T & the Spirit' fan base will be getting bigger & bigger! The touring will continue in Ontario and western Canada as soon as we get back from Europe in May. We'll be touring out west until we get back to Toronto for our (coming home) show at Healey's on Friday June 24/05. We've also been invited back to the 'Manitoba Summerfest' this year. It's a big rock festival in Grand Beach, Manitoba, Canada and their will be a lot of rockers out there to jam with. We then head down to play at the 'Fire On The Mountain Blues Festival' in California in August. We'll be there with Robben Ford & the Ford Bros, and Elvin Bishop. That's the tour report for now. There are always new dates and news to report, so check the website for an update. Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit Feb 23rd, 2005: Hello everybody! Well, it's been a while since we've update the news page. Just a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on right now. However, the tour dates for the European trip in Apr/May 2005 are coming together. The dates that are posted, have been confirmed. It should be a lot of fun. The tour will begin in Germany and will last 4 weeks, visiting many countries. It will be great to see some old friends again, and to make some new ones. Visit the live page to see the dates. There are a lot more things in the works...so we'll keep you all updated with what's happening when it happens! Peace & Love, Wild T & the Spirit Dec. 7th, 2004: Merry Christmas everybody! Wild T and the Spirit would like to announce that we have officially signed a new record deal with http://www.taxim.com TAXIM RECORDS...a division of Skaudle Music! Taxim will handle all of our marketing and distribution for the European territories. The label is based in Hamburg, Germany and has many great blues and rock artist from Europe, Australia, Brazil, US and Canada. Taxim will distribute our latest CD "True Bliss" to all of western and eastern Europe. The CD is scheduled to be released in Europe in February 2005 and we will tour Europe again beginning in April 2005. The tour will have stops in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and possibly, France and Scandinavia. Visit our live page in the next few months for the full updated schedule. Prior to our European tour, the band will be performing at the 2005 SXSW Music Conference in March in Austin Texas, USA. We'll also be performing at a few clubs while we're in Texas. Check the live page for the full schedule. Also, you can now order "True Bliss" on line at CD Baby. cdbaby.com Check it out! Well, that's it for now. Continue to visit the web site for all your updates. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We'll see ya on the road in 2005! Wild T and the Spirit
Oct. 20th, 2004: Wild T and the Spirit's latest Cd "True Bliss" can now be found in the US at:
You can purchase the Cd online at:
And "True Bliss" is also available on EBay!
Now get out there, and buy our music!
Sept. 20th, 2004: Wild T and the Spirit have done quite a bit of touring since our CD release in April. About 30,000 km/18,600 miles worth of touring with the van and planes! We have had some great shows. Summerfest in Grand Beach Man. Canada was a lot of fun. We saw some old friends and made some new ones. Also, our recent shows in Barrie, Ottawa and Toronto, Ont. Canada were just crazy. Thanks to all our Wild T and Spirit fans for making it out to the gigs and supporting live music! We would also like to thank David Peacock in Toronto, Roy Anders and the Anders Family, Joe Potenza, Walter and Carol Kowalenko, Jaimie (thanks for the great T-shirts) Gordo, Brian Auxley, Cristy and Ashley in Winnipeg, Reinhard and Michelle Kapelle and the Kapelle Family in Kelowna, Trent Schmiedge In Saskatoon, and the guys in Disaster Man. You Rock!
Next up, we head out to Eastern Canada in November for some shows in Quebec, New Brunswick, P.E.I, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. We haven't been out there for a while, so it will be a lot of fun! Down the road in 2005, we'll be releasing 'True Bliss' in Europe in January, and then we will head over there for a tour in March-April. There are plenty of other things happening, so we will keep you posted on all the future developments. Peace and Love Wild T and the Spirit July 25th, 2004: Hello everybody. Well, 'Wild T and the Spirit' are hitting the road for 6 weeks in Canada and in Chile. Should be a lot of fun as usual! Just a reminder to everyone to check the live page to find out if 'WTS' are playing in your area.
. And for our American friends...."True Bliss" will be released on Aug 03/04 in the U.S. Please visit http://www.bdcdistribution.com blues section for more information! And finally, we can say that everything is being finalized for 'Wild T and the Spirit' in Europe. The European label (big announcement soon) will be releasing "True Bliss" in January 2005. More details on that topic coming very soon! That's it for now..... We'll see you on the road! Peace and Love, Wild T and the Spirit
On June 21/04 we headed off to Europe for our promotional tour. We layed it down heavy at The Bourbon St Blues Bar in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We made many new fans and friends. We'd like to thank Stan and the gang for having us. Hannover, Germany was next. The Blues Garage is an A-list stop on the European touring circuit. Great room, great sound, and great fans! We need thank Henry Gellrich. You're the best! Also, it was great to see Mick Koppe and Susan (Sus) Maentel. Thanks for coming all the way from Hamburg! Thank God for the Auto-Bahn! Being able to do 185 kph defiantly got us to the festival in Harelbeke, Belgium quickly. It was a beautiful festival. Well organized with great bands and great fans! Eric Hautekeete, Geert Rombout and Hilda defiantly worked hard. Thanks for having us at your festival.
Peace and Love Wild T and the Spirit
May 24, 2004:
Well, we just finished our 31 day tour of Canada
supporting our latest Bullseye Records release "TRUE
BLISS".
We had such a great time! All the shows were
excellent! All the Wild T fans were great! We saw some
old friends...and made some new ones!
Here are a few people that we would like to thank
for there help, generosity and just being cool on this
tour.
Thanks to:
Long and McQuade Music (Nation wide)
Jon Long (Toronto)
Lisa Phillips (Toronto)
Terry at the McKenzie Inn (Thunder Bay)
Roy Anders (Winnipeg)
Walter Kowanlenko (Winnipeg)
Joe Potenza (Winnipeg)
The Summerfest Girls...WOW! (Winnipeg)
Kapelle Family (Kelowna)
Sig Schnellert (Kelowna)
Dog Skin Suit (Kelowna)
Terry Cave (Red Deer)
Dario + Pat Notte (Red Deer)
Steve Traynor (Montreal)
And a big thanks to Lisa Millar and the Bullseye
crew!!!
We now prepare ourselves for our trip to Europe in
June. We expect to meet some cool people and make many
new friends and Wild T and the Spirit fans.
We'll see you on the road!
Apr. 29, 2004:
Hello from the road!
Today 'Wild T and the Spirit' are in beautiful
Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
All the shows have been going great. The fans have
been fantastic, and our latest CD "True Bliss" has
been selling extremely well!
CLICK THUMBNAILS
The tour continues.....
We will keep you all updated!
Peace and love,
Wild T
Apr 16, 2004:
The CD release party for the new album TRUE BLISS was last night, and it was QUITE a show! See the CD Release Party page...
CLICK TO ENLARGE:
Apr. 15, 2004:
'Wild T and the Spirit' are pleased to announce that
drummer Andre Tellier and organist Rob Angelow have
joined the band. They will both be part of all of Wild
T and the Spirit's future touring and recordings. To
find out more about these guys, visit the bands bio
page.
We'll see ya on the road!
Mar.14, 2004: ONLINE RADIO INTERVIEW
Hello Wild T fans!
Well, the new CD is finally complete. As you all know our new CD will
released on Thurs Apr 15/04, but if you get a
chance, check out 'Wild T and the Spirit' on an internet radio show called
RADIO GETS WILD! You can hear Tony 'Wild T' Springer talk about the new CD and you'll be
able to listen to some brand new, never heard
before song by Wild T and the Spirit! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN (3 HOURS).
Mar. 6th, 2004:
Well, the new CD is FINISHED!
3 months of recording and mixing. We have added 3
new (never heard before) song for our fans to check
out before we release our CD on Apr 15/04. The songs
are:
Peace and love, Wild T
Jan 22, 2004:
Hello Wild T fans!
There is a lots of news to report.
First off, Jeff Healey has just finished his guitar
parts for our upcoming new CD! He recorded a guitar
solo on a song called "CAN'T GET YOU OUTTA MY MIND"
and it sounds great! Check out Jeff jammin' here!....
We have our CD release date -
Thursday April 15, 2004
Nov. 27, 2003: Hello fans!,
We've been recording at Acrobat Sound in Pickering, Ont. Canada
with producer Wayne Brauer and engineer Jim Morgan. These guys and
this studio rock! The new album is going to sound great!
We have recorded 14 tracks and have also taken a few photos to document
the session, and to share with you.
Also, guitar great, Jeff Healey is scheduled to record on a track
for the new CD next week. We'll keep you updated on
that. Well that's about it for now...and if you're in
the Toronto, Ontario area, please come and see us
perform our new music at a advance listing/Christmas
party on
MONDAY, DEC 22/03 at JEFF HEALEY'S NIGHT CLUB - TORONTO, ONT. no cover...
Nov. 4 2003: Greeting's from Loveland! First and foremost, we'd
like to send much love and thanks to all of our friends and fans both in
town and on the road. It's a pleasure to make music for all of you and we
look forward to future shows! Here's just a quick note to keep you all updated
with all the great stuff goin' on with Wild T & The Spirit!
The official album release is planned for March 2004, in which we will be fresh off a mini tour of South America in February! And, of course, always drop us a line in our website guest book as we love to hear from you all! As well, we'd like to welcome a new face! Peter Nunn, keyboardist extrordinaire of Canadian rock legends Honeymoon Suite, will be joining the band! You can be assured that our live performance will reach even higher boundaries than already!!! We'll catch ya'll on the rebound and keep checkin' the site for details! PEACE AND LOVE!!!!!
Wild T & the boys jamming Sat. Sept. 20th '03 at Long & McQuade 651 Stafford St. Winnipeg, MB
"Well, the guy sitting in the
middle in front of me is Alpo Suhonen....does his name
ring a bell?
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Dec 10, 2003: It's Official!
Wild T and the Spirit have signed a new recording
contract with Bullseye Canada Records! The new album
which will be released in April 2004 will be
distributed throughout Canada and the U.S. The band is
very happy with their new label and looks forward to
long and prosperous relationship! It's the first new
full-length album for Wild T and the Spirit in 8
years! The fans have waited long enough!
The band is also in the final stages of closing a
new deal with a label in Germany which will distribute
the new CD throughout Europe! This will mark the first
album by Wild T and the Spirit to be distributed
internationally!
Tours of Canada, Europe, South America and U.S. are
already in the works for 2004 with the possibility of
going to China and Japan in late 2004/early 2005!
It's a very exiting time for the band.
Well if you're a Leafs fan...for 8 years he
was the Assistant Head Coach of the Toronto Maple
Leafs and for 1 year he was the coach of the Chicago
Blackhawks! He is the first European to head coach in
the NHL! He and Don Cherry would always get into big
arguments! He is now retired but is the President of
the Pori Jazz Festival in Pori, Finland. He and his
wife really loved the band. He is quite famous in
Finland and we were hanging out at his place."
