About Wild T & the SpiritWild T & the Spirit have just released their 5 Th full length CD in Jan 2008 on Jazzhaus Records. "Fender Bender" is now available in Canada & the USA via Cold Rawk Records. www.coldrawkrecords.ca! The new album covers the whole spectrum with guitar ripping' blues rock, soulful melodies & psychedelic super jams. This is the album that everyone has been waiting for! Wild T & The Spirit is a powerful blues-rock jam band based in Toronto, Canada. The band has released 5 Cd's and is currently touring all over Canada and Europe. The band has built up a strong & loyal fan base of musicians and music loving fans over the years with it's powerful live show! Jeff Healey said, "I followed him around like he was the Messiah...Tony has been my idol for years!" Strong songwriting and musicianship has made Wild T & the Spirit a very in demand act! Originally, the band came together in 1990 with guitarist Tony 'Wild T' Springer, drummer Danny Bilan and bassist Nazem Lakay. The band was signed to Warner Music Canada and released 2 albums (Love Crazy 1991, Givin' Blood 1993). "Givin Blood" was nominated for best hard rock album at the 1994 JUNO (Canada's Grammy) awards. In 1993, Wild T & the Spirit was also hand picked to perform on a 14 city tour across Canada opening for Bon Jovi on the "Keep The Faith Tour". During this time, guitarist Springer was also asked to tour & record with David Bowie. "A absolute delight to work with...a lyrical, lilting take on Hendrix" says David Bowie. Springer appears on the CD "Back Tie, White Noise" and performed with Bowie in concert all over the US. After the tour with David Bowie, Tony continued to tour Canada & US with his band. However, frustrated with the lack of effort by his record company at the time, Tony decided not to renew his contract. The band broke up, and that was that! Tony then left for Chicago, USA where he continued gigging as a sideman with many great blues bands. For a short time, he also had a Chicago based version of Wild T & the Spirit that toured throughout the mid-west & Texas. One of the highlights during this period, was opening up a string of concerts for "Deep Purple" in places like Detroit, Chicago & New York City. But, like all great blues songs, there were a few disappointments in the "Windy City", so Tony returned to Toronto. By late 2002, the band Wild T & the Spirit' was reformed by Springer and bassist Guenther Kapelle. (Kapelle had spent many years gigging and recording in the Los Angeles music scene and had toured all over Canada, USA and Europe with 'The Blazers' and other top acts). With addition of drummer Brian Lass and veteran Toronto keyboardist Peter Nunn, the group recorded the CD "True Bliss", which was released in Canada, USA and Europe by Bullseye/Taxim Records in 2004. Wild T Springer is building a reputation for himself as the next premier guitarist to emerge from the Canadian music scene!" says Tom Richards of the Michigan Blues Society about the "True Bliss" CD. The band then began a relentless tour schedule of Canada and Europe with drummer Andre Tellier and keyboardist Robert Angelow, playing in all sorts of venues and at some of the largest festivals. This kept the band touring throughout 2004 & 2005. A compilation CD of the first two Wild T & the Spirit albums called "I've Got The Rhythm" was released in 2005. In August 2005, drummer Boris "The Russian Rocket" Andranov joined the band just in time for their 2 month, 7 country, European tour. This also included a stop at the BBC studios in London, England to perform live on "Paul Jones Blues Show" on BBC Radio 1. But in March 2006, the band made a few changes by recruited powerhouse Toronto drummer Chris Lesso and returned to the power trio form at minus the keyboards.The band kept touring and ended up up on some of same stages with Jeff Healey, "Canned Heat", Roger Hodgson of "Supertramp", Mick Taylor of "The Rolling Stones" & Joe Bonamassa to name a few. This line up of Springer, Kapelle and Lesso is the best yet, and have been receiving rave reviews from fans & press all over. The combination of blistering guitar blues-rock, stellar musicianship, soulful melodies and psychedelic super jams, have made their fans in North America and Europe go crazy for there live concerts! Check out brand new songs from their CD "Fender Bender" at:
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Über Wild T & the SpiritSeit Jahren begeistern die Kanadier Wild T & the Spirit Liebhaber der rockenden Gitarre auf der ganzen Welt. Auf zahllosen Festivals überzeugte dieses intensiv performende Trio Musikfans auf der ganzen Welt mit ihrer energiegeladenen Show. Sie fühlen sich überall zu Hause, wo auch immer die Musik sie hinträgt. Frontmann Tony ‘Wild T' Springer hat mit seiner Band Wild T & the Spirit nun die dritte und vielleicht wichtigste Platte aufgenommen. Bei dem Album mit dem Titel "Fender Bender", welches Ende Februar 2008 bei Jazzhaus Records erschien, bekommen die Zuhörer, was sie sich erhoffen - rockende und kraftvolle Blues-Rock Gitarren mit einer gewaltigen Brise Live-Energie! Bending the fender - Wild T versteht es, wie kein anderer seine Gitarre zu bändigen. Wild T & the Spirit hat ein Album aufgenommen, bei dem die Band das ausdrückt, was sie wirklich fühlen und vor allem, was sie fühlen, wenn sie live auf der Bühne agieren. "Fender Bender" bietet ein Mahl an rohem rockendem Blues-Rock mit der knackigen Gitarre, die nur Tony ‘Wild T' Springer auftischen kann. Dieses Album bringt die Energie der Live-Shows auf CD. Man versteht, weshalb Jeff Healey über Wild T meint,:"I followed him around like he was a Messiah...Tony's been my idol for years". Ebenso David Bowie, der Wild T "An absolute delight" nannte. Perfekt unterstützt von Guenther Kapelle am Bass und Chris Lesso an den Drums ist Wild T mit "Fender Bender" ein perfektes Album gelungen - ein Album wie Bluesrock eben sein soll. Und dass die Jungs Spaß dabei hatten, hört man jeder einzelnen Note an.
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