GAY QUITS STEELEYE I'm sure you've all read the statement on this site about Gay Woods leaving Steeleye. It's a big shock for me to. I've been doing her site only a short time but she always seemed, outwardly at least, quite happy with the band and it's music. Reading between the lines, I think she found touring quite hard work, especially as it meant lots of domestic arrangements had to be made and she was away from her family for quite a while. There were other reasons as well of course but now, as Steeleye continues, so must Gay's career. Many of you have sent in messages of support or signed the guest book. Please carry on doing this. I have already passed several of these on and will do very soon with the rest as I am in daily contact with Gay at the moment. Likewise, if you have any questions for her about what comes next regarding her future plans, fire away.She is most appreciative of your support and looking forward quite positively. January 2001 |
SOLO LP ON COURSE Gay's leaving of Steeleye Span shouldn't interfere with her plans for a solo record. She has said these remain on schedule, although now they are not constrained by Steeleye's timetable and the trip to the studio that was originally pencilled in around February is likely not to take place now until later on in the year. In the meantime Gay is continuing to write new material.The good news is she will definately tour to support the album. The latest I have on this is that Gay is now recruiting musicians to her backing band. January2001,updated February 2001 |
NEW STEELEYE INTERVIEW Gay has just recorded a telephone interview with Chris Boros of WCPN Radio in Cleveland Ohio. The station is putting together a Steeleye Span history using contributions from Peter Knight, Tim Harries and also hopefully Martin Carthy and Ashley Hutchings. The programme will be broadcast on the stations 'Around Noon' programme sometime in March and also worldwide via the internet on www.wcpn.org. This is likely to be Gay's last words on the subject of the band as she has said she won't speak about the group again..... February 2001 |
NEW GAY AND TERRY TRACKS 'FOUND' 'Full Moon' hears that a tape of Gay and Terry Woods tracks has been found by Terry recently. The hunt is on for recordings to be released on a proposed new record produced by the label Hux Records. They are planning a reissue of the duo's BBC recordings (first issued by Windsong in 1995) and are keen to add extra tracks. The ones located by Terry date back to the 1979-80 period just before the split. Gay would have to give her approval for any such record. The latest news I have on this is that Gay is very pleased to have this material out on CD. She's also very interested in hearing the new material so fingers crossed ! February 2001 |
RECORD COLLECTOR INTERVIEW NOW ON SITE Colin Harper's excellent feature on the career of Gay Woods is now available in the March 2001 issue of Record Collector. Colin interviewed her earlier this year and the chat also captured her views on her time with The Woods Band for use on the sleeve notes of the new reissue of that album. You can read the article on site now by going to our interview index or pushing this little button here - March 2001 |
WOODS BAND CD RE-RELEASE SLEEVE NOTES IN FULL ON SITE The new CD version of the original Woods Band album contains a 2,000 word history of the career of both Gay and Terry, written by Colin Harper and with comments by both of them. Colin's original article however, was 4,000 words and he has kindly allowed us to print it here in its complete form. You can access it by the button below ; - March 2001 |
'MAN OF MINE' PROMO LOCATED A video of the Auto Da Fe single 'Man of Mine' has fallen into the hands of 'Full Moon' courtesy of Phil Lynott fan Martin Stassen in Holland. It shows Phil and the group on a location shoot in Ireland and was filmed in 1983. A still taken at the time of Gay with Phil is already on this site. March 2001 |
WOODS BAND ALBUM RELEASED AT LAST ON CD |
The long-awaited first official release on CD of the Woods Bands' only album has finally happened. It has been produced on the EDSEL label, catalogue ED CD 687 and you can buy it immediately online from the folk music store Musikfolk. In due course we will be getting Gay's reaction to the new mastering of the record and giving it a thorough review. In the meantime you can read Colin Harper's sleevenotes in full on this site. |
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