ÿþ<html> <head> <title>The Wolfe Tones' Derek Warfield - Biography</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> window.location.href = "http://www.theyoungwolfetones.com/"; </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <table width="780" align="center" height="379"> <tr> <td width="565" align="left" valign="top" height="185"><img src="http://www.derekwarfield.com/logo.gif" width="543" align="left" height="201"></td> <td align="center" valign="middle" colspan="2" width="202" height="209"> <div align="center"><font face="Tahoma" color="#008000"><b><font size="5">BIOGRAPHY</font></b></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3" height="2"> <table width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#009900"> <tr> <td width="6%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="index.html">Home</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><a href="schedule.html"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Schedule</b></font></a></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/albums.html">Shop for CD's</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="16%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://b4.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?&amp;user=derekwarfield">Message Board</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> <a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/press.html">Press &amp; PR</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="8%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/reviews.html">Reviews</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="contact.html">Contact </a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="9%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/links.html">Links</a></font></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="849"> <table width="100%" border="0" height="544"> <tr> <br> <td width="23%" height="191" align="left" valign="top"><img src="http://www.derekwarfield.com/press/photos/300dpi/derekphoto.jpg" alt="Derek Warfield of the Wolfe Tones" width="168" height="216"></td> <td width="90%" height="191" align="left" valign="top"> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Derek Warfield is a historian, singer, songwriter, mandolin player and a charismatic founding member of the legendary Wolfe Tones. Performing with the band for over 37 years, he beguiled and entertained audiences worldwide, he has been their voice with stirring introductions and amusing antidotes that have endeared him to countless thousands of fans. He has written and recorded over 60 songs and ballads.  The Foggy Dew was the first of 16 albums recorded by the Wolfe Tones (1964) while the popular  25th Anniversary (1989) was their last album as a foursome. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Derek has kept the true Wolfe Tones tradition alive into the new century. His album,  Legacy was released in 1995 and followed with  Liberte  98 ,  Sons of Erin and this year on the prestigious Kells Music label, both  Take Me Home To Mayo and  Clear The Way . Derek also has to his credit a video  Legacy and two books,  The Songs and Ballads of 1798 and  The Irish Songster of the American Civil War . </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="2" height="345"> <br> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Derek s latest passion is performing his music and songs at American Civil War events and commemorations at such sites as Gettysburg, Sharpsburg and Harrisburg with his band  The Sons of Erin . His ability to weave together the history and the song has earned him much respect. Derek s 2002 release,  Clear the Way is the second in his Irish Songs in the Civil War series.  Clear The Way is a reminder of the mass exodus of the Irish race to America after the great famine. With careful and painstaking research Derek has brought to life the story of millions who departed Ireland for the New World from 1845 to 1865, only to become part of the bloodiest battle of the century. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The touching ballad  Take Me Home To Mayo was recorded as a duet with famed Irish American recording artist Andy Cooney and is the title track of another 2002 Warfield release. It is the perfect touch on this album that focuses on the musical and lyrical legacy of the colonial rule in Ireland. These songs and ballads express a great deal about the social, political and literary force, past and present. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Through his songs, music and lectures, Derek Warfield, has been forceful in reminding the Irish at home and abroad of their debt to patriots of past generations. His recordings are a must for any serious student of Irish or Irish American history. It is this respect of the past with an eye to the future, which in between concert performances, has made him a sought after principal speaker at many commemorations and monument unveilings around the world to those very same patriots. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Born the eldest of four in Inchicore, Dublin in 1943, he was educated at Synge Street C.B.S. and then apprenticed as a tailor. Life as a tailor was not to be, as the folk music revolution of the early sixties soon found Derek as one it s most popular entertainers. The rest is history. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">When not on tour, Derek calls Kilcock, Co. Kildare home. With his wife, Nuala, he passed his musical legacy on to their three children, six grandchildren and all of us. Sadly, Derek's wife Nuala passed away on March 1st, 2006. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Derek Warfield continues to tour the world, presenting the patriotic songs and ballads of Ireland as only he can. The description of 'legendary' is sometimes over used, however, it is never more fitting than when used to describe Derek Warfield - A True Legend of Irish Folk &amp; Ballad Music! </font></p> <br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td width="29%" height="218" align="center" valign="middle"> <p><img src="derek1970s.jpg" width="206" height="265"></p> </td> <td width="43%" height="218" align="center" valign="middle"> <p><img src="dereklaunch.jpg" width="283" height="217"></p> </td> <td width="28%" height="218" align="center" valign="middle"><img src="derek_gaybyrne.jpg" width="184" height="269"></td> </tr> <tr align="center" valign="top"> <td width="29%" height="18"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#008000">Derek in the 1970's.</font></td> <td width="43%" height="18"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#008000">Derek Warfield &amp; Donncha O' Dulaing at an album launch</font></td> <td width="28%" height="18"> <div align="center"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#008000">Derek with Gay Byrne</font></div> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="41"> <table width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#FF9900"> <tr> <td width="6%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="index.html">Home</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><a href="schedule.html"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Schedule</b></font></a></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/albums.html">Shop for CD's</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="16%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://b4.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?&amp;user=derekwarfield">Message Board</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="11%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"> <a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/press.html">Press &amp; PR</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="8%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/reviews.html">Reviews</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="12%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="mailto:webmaster@thewolfetones.com">Contact Us</a></font></b></div> </td> <td width="9%"> <div align="center"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.derekwarfield.com/links.html">Links</a></font></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <script language=JavaScript> <!-- //Disable right mouse click Script //By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive //For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com var message="Function Disabled!"; /////////////////////////////////// function clickIE4(){ if (event.button==2){ alert(message); return false; } } function clickNS4(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=clickNS4; } else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){ document.onmousedown=clickIE4; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false") // --> </script> </p> </div> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=755364; var sc_partition=6; var sc_security="c149da03"; var sc_invisible=1; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript> <a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c7.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=755364&amp;java=0&amp;security=c149da03&amp;invisible=1" alt="free web site hit counter" border="0"></a></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code --> </body> </html>