The Wakami Wailers

Picton, ON

http://radio3.cbc.ca/artists/THE-WAKAMI-WAILERS

They have created the soundtracks of 2 award winning films, “The Winter Camp”,depicting life in a “turn of the century” lumbercamp, and “Places Out of Time”, which explores Ontario Park’s first one hundred years. The Wailers have produced 3 recording. “The Last of the White Pine Loggers” was recorded in 1987. The recording has since received wonderful responses from folkies, reviewers and historians alike. “Waltz with the Woods”, recorded in 1990, is a salute to Ontario’s heritage and to its Provincial Parks. Their most recent release, “River Though the Pines” revisits the lumberjack era with a wonderful selection of traditional songs and stories for the turn of the century.

Lineup

Name Role
Mark Despault lead group member

Influences

Bard, Chieftains, Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers, Tamerarck

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