Stuff The Mangledwurzels
 Stuff
The Mangledwurzels For Charity!
Somerset-based
Scrumpy & Western band The Mangledwurzels have teamed up with
the Royal Agricultural Benevolent
Institution (RABI) to release Stuff The Mangledwurzels,
a charity Christmas single to raise money for farmers hit by the
recent outbreaks of Foot & Mouth and Blue Tongue.
The
Mangledwurzels recorded three suitably festive tracks at Handsome
Llama Recording Studios in Frome at the end of October. One
song is being made into a video by students from the Media Department
at Frome Community College
which will be posted across the Internet to help raise the profile
of the campaign.
Keyboard
player Jethro Tool said: “We are all country boys at heart,
and it upsets us to see so many farmers struggling to keep their
businesses afloat through no fault of their own. Foot & Mouth
is bad enough – I remember the 1967 outbreak vividly; I was
a little kid at the time, but you never forget the fear across the
whole community. But this new Blue Tongue disease could be even
worse! So, we felt we should do what we can – and a charity
single with all the profits going to RABI seemed the best option.”
The
band has chosen three songs for the EP – Santa’s
Coming To Somerset, which is a self-penned song which always
goes down well at the band’s Christmas gigs; Lonely This
Christmas – the 1970s Mud classic with ‘mangled’
lyrics and the mystery celeb on vocals; and The Twelve Days
Of Christmas – with new lyrics and the video by the Frome
College students.
Stuff
The Mangledwurzels EP was released on 10th December
at a press launch at the Bath Pavilion in front of the ITV
West cameras. It is available on CD or as a Download. CDs
can be bought online at our Mail
Order shop or at any Mangledwurzels gigs.
The
band is currently looking for major sponsors to help boost the charity
coffers. Please call Frank Blades on 01225 723768 for more details.
You can also make a donation online through Paypal.
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