The Ultimate Celtic Rock Experience

Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy Folk Rock, fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The last 30 plus years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release eighteen critically acclaimed CDs and play more than 2,500 gigs. It's also enjoyed an evolving line-up that's enabled musicianship and creativity to progress in delightful ways with each new member. In 2022, the band released their new album "Going Home" and celebrated more than 30 years of Celtic Rock.

In January of 2000, I received a phone call from TEMPEST founder and vocalist Lief Sorbye. During the call, we both realized that we had met before in 1993 when I attended my first TEMPEST concert at STACHE'S, a music club and bar venue in Columbus/Ohio (closed in 1997). The result of our call was a concert date of TEMPEST in June of 2000 in Phoenix/Arizona. At that time, I was booking shows for Fiddlers Dream Coffeehouse, the longest running acoustic music venue in the Valley of the Sun.

In April of 2008, I received another phone call from Lief. This time, he asked me if I would like to introduce the band at a special 4-hour concert two weeks later at the Karfluki Fest celebrating 20 years of TEMPEST and Celtic Rock.

I accepted with honor. Giving this speech was one of my life's greatest music experiences.

The result of this experience was a photo book that I created, called "TEMPEST - 20th Anniversary - The Ultimate Celtic Rock Experience" - endorsed and authorized by TEMPEST. Now, many years later, it has become a rare collectible. It nonetheless can be viewed at BLURB and purchased on AMAZON.

Over the years, I continued to be one of the band's super fans and stayed in contact with Lief and the band.

The book can be viewed at BLURB and purchased on AMAZON.

 

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