Bio & Albuminformation
RODRIGUEZ & WILDERS
WORLD AWAY
Manuel Rodriguez (guitar) & Roy Wilders (voice) have known each other for many years , in the past working on recording projects together.
Manu helping Roy out on his first solo EP "Cold black Coffee " in the late 90's and Roy guesting on Manu's solo record "Catch The Light" in 2002.
The pair often talked about co writing an album together and finally here it is. "WORLD AWAY", so named because Roy (born in Dublin) now lives in Australia & Manu (Spanish born) grew up in Switzerland, both from a roots, rock back ground managed to record this gem !
The bulk of the recording done in Winterthur during Roy's once a year visit to Switzerland to tour, and the rest recorded in Australia.
The album contains ten tasty tracks, musically and lyrically very strong,
Nine original songs and a cover of a classic Thin Lizzy track.
Plus the boys produced a video clip for the acoustic track "no place like home".
The CD also features a host of international players ;
Richard Cousins, USA - bassist for Robert Cray / Eric Clapton
Peter Haas, Switzerland - drums for Ivan Neville / Krokus
Rick Fenn, England - guitarist and backing vocals for 10cc
Joe McHugh, Ireland - uilleann pipes for The Dubliners / Andreas Vollenweider
Felix Widmer, Switzerland - hammond for national acts
Mathis Keller, Switzerland - cello for national orchestras
Alex Klemke, Germany - backing vocals for international acts
Charles Mc`Neal, USA - tenorsax for international acts
Kurt Söldi, Switzerland - trumpet for national acts
All thats left is to sit back and the boys take you on a journey,
proof that distance can't stop you doing what you love.
Enjoy…