Douglas Wood & The Wild Spirit Band
Amazing music, stories, and humor
If you want your audience to experience a show filled with amazing music, stories, and humor, hire Douglas Wood and The Wild Spirit Band.
The Wild Spirit Band draws you in with a variety of musical styles. Incorporating American standards, bluegrass, jazz, folk songs, commercial hits, and original compositions into their show, these extraordinarily talented musicians build rapport with the audience and bring fast-paced, high-energy music that draws you in and makes you want to move. You will feel like you’re part of something special when this group performs – Douglas Wood and the Wild Spirit Band can make a crowd of one thousand feel like they are gathered around the campfire with family and friends.
Doug, his son Bryan, and his friend Steve are masters of their music. Doug was trained in classical piano and violin and later taught himself guitar and banjo. He is a picker’s picker and every concert is alive with different styles, moods, and hot licks. Each song is enhanced by the instruments he plays: a classic 1969 Guild extra-large body 12-string guitar, a Taylor 6-string, a well-seasoned banjo, dobro, and a sweet-singing mandolin. Steve Borgstrom is side-man guitarist extraordinare and is one of the best flatpickers in the state. They recently received First Runner-Up in the recent Minnesota Bluegrass “Race for a Place” state band contest at the annual Harvest Jam Festival, and each play multiple instruments.
Have some fun, light a spark with your audience, and give them something to take with them…bring Douglas Wood and The Wild Spirit Band to your next event!
 About |
 Kudos |
 Photo |
 Intro |
 Rider |
About
Douglas is best known as an author and has written 29 books with over two million copies in print. Old Turtle and Grandad’s Prayer of the Earth are well-known international classics and New York Times best-sellers.
Among his many honors and awards are the Christopher Medal, ABBY Award, International Reading Association Book of the Year, Minnesota Book Award, Midwest Publishers Association Book of the Year, Parent’s Choice Award, Barnes and Noble Star of the North, recognition from the Smithsonian Institute for one of the best children’s books for 2009, and the Story Telling World Award. In 2004 he was invited to the White House to read his books.
Douglas has released five CD’s including:
- Earth Songs
- Solitary Shores
- Deep Woods, Deep Waters, selling over 100,000 copies
- A Wish for the Wilds
- Alive and Pickin’ (CD and DVD)
Reviews
“After a lengthy sabbatical to become a famous author, Doug has returned to his musical roots with more vigor and enthusiasm than ever before. I am so glad he has returned. It is personally a great joy watching him energize and inspire new audiences.”
–Director, J. C. Hormel Nature Center
Intro
The following is a sample introduction you might use when introducing Douglas Wood and The Wild Spirit Band to your audience:
“Douglas Wood is best known as an author, having written 29 books for children and adults with over two million copies in print. A New York Times best-selling author, he has received many awards, including the Christopher Medal, ABBY Award, International Reading Association Book of the Year, Minnesota Book Award, Midwest Publishers Association Book of the Year, Parent’s Choice Award, Barnes and Noble Star of the North, and the Story Telling World Award. Douglas Wood has released five CD’s, and in 2004 he was invited to the White House to read his books at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
Doug, his son Bryan,and his friend Steve Borgstrom make up The Wild Spirit Band. They recently received First Runner-Up in the recent Minnesota Bluegrass “Race for a Place” state band contest, they are classically trained, and each are masters of multiple instruments.
Please join me in welcoming Douglas Wood and The Wild Spirit Band!”
Rider
In order to give you the best performance possible, The Wild Spirit Band provides the following information as a technical rider to their contract:
Artist requests
- Flatbed cart or extra hands for load-in and load-out
- Two bottles of water for a solo performance, or six bottles of water for The Wild Spirit Band performance
- Four chairs on stage
- A table for merchandise sales
- The artist typically supplies his own sound system