192 pages of photographs -  an inside view of Canadian music and musicians.

Now it can be shown!      Evidence of Ecstasy      The Motherlode!
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Thanks to everybody who came out to the Tranzac Club
on March 22 for the Official Book Launch!
It went well!

If you'd like a copy, let me know at davidwoodhead@bell.net.
The price is $49.95, plus shipping - $24.85 anywhere in Canada (making $74.80).
eTransfer  works (to davidwoodhead@bell.net), and be sure to send your mailing address.
...or pick it up from me a live gig!

Or use paypal!  

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David Woodhead takes us through a lifetime of images from his
experiences as a working musician, looking behind the scenes at
recording studios, folk festivals and travel adventures while
working with many original and influential musical artists.

With side trips to 70s West Coast counterculture and Toronto's
80s Queen Street scene, there is a special emphasis on those
times and places where photography was definitely not as
common as in the present cellphone era.


CONTENTS:
Intro.
Verse 1: Early Times in Montreal and Ottawa
Verse 2: The Black Swan and Perth County Conspiracy, 1974-1976
Verse 3: With Stan Rogers - 1976-1978
Verse 4: The West Coast - 1978-1979
Chorus 5: Folk Festivals
Verse 6: Scenes of the 1980s
Verse 7: With Oliver Schroer - 1988-2008
Coda 8: Kids, and a few scenes of the 1990s and beyond
The Button.
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More about the book:

Not just the story of one person, David Woodhead's Evidence of Ecstasy is a photographic window into a generation of Canadian independent musicians. It traces his journey through a lifetime of images, inviting us behind the scenes at recording studios, folk festivals and touring adventures while working with many original and influential musical artists.

Through the lens of his camera we catch glimpses of several different transitory communities of musicians, mostly through the 1970s and 80s and mostly in black and white. There is a fierce sense of uncompromised creativity here, and each photograph is chosen to highlight that sense of being somewhat off the beaten track, and not part of the ”star-maker machinery” of commercial culture.

From a Montreal family that valued music in everyday life though teen-age influences from Brownie McGhee to the Fugs and Zappa, we see David progress through his first band experiences to a breakout to Stratford, Ontario's Black Swan coffeehouse and the counterculture collective that was Perth County Conspiracy (does not exist). The next chapters follow his adventures as bassist with Stan Rogers, with another breakaway to Canada's rustic West Coast and back east for a taste of Toronto's Queen Street scene of the 1980s. Working with inspirational fiddler/composer Oliver Schroer is featured, and we close with a short chapter bringing us all the way from starting a family in the late 80s to recent events.

But the emphasis of Evidence of Ecstasy is on earlier times when people were not armed with cell phones and much less was documented visually. David did not intend to be a documentary photographer, but he certainly managed to capture some memorable images and has assembled them into a compelling story.