In Praise of the Velvet Underground, In Celebration of a Tour with Withered Hand

Withered Hand and Woodpigeon go way back. In fact, Withered Hand played his first show with Woodpigeon at the Bristo Hall in Edinburgh ages ago, and since then we’ve shared the stage everywhere from The Ark at the foot of Prince’s Street to Union Chapel in the heart of London. Now, on the eve of our first extended tour together, a duet cover of the Velvets’ ‘I’m Set Free’, recorded 1/2 in WH’s Edinburgh apartment, and finished in WP’s Calgary living room (cello by the lovely Clea Foofat).

THE WP + WH ETERNAL TOUR 2011
16 January 2011 MUSA CHURCH Aberdeen, Scotland
21 January 2011 OLD BRIDGE INN Aviemore, Scotland
22 January 2011 THE STAR INN Stornoway, Scotland
23 January 2011 HOOTENANNY Inverness, Scotland
25 January 2011 STEREO Glasgow, Scotland
26 January 2011 CLUNY 2 Newcastle, UK
27 January 2011 WESTGARTH SC Middlesbrough, UK
28 January 2011 ALINGTON HOUSE Durham, UK
04 February 2011 TOLLBOOTH Stirling, Scotland

• I’m Set Free [The Velvet Underground]