This is me, Robert Andrew Wagner, founder of The Little Wretches, talking.
I am going to tell you some background about the three albums released today.
Consider these the liner-notes for albums you've yet to purchase.
Jun 15 2020
Jun 10 2020
International Musicians of Quarantined Origins Guild
Click here to go the the Facebook Page of International Quarantined Origins Guild
Click Here to Purchase I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR (POEM) at iTunes / Apple Music
Yes, I’ve scripted my performance.
Intro to I’ll Be Your Mirror
Three of…
Jun 5 2020
Streaming Live on Facebook
Keith Golebie (who currently pastors a church, teaches media-production at a public school in Western Pennsylvania, played bass on the SLAVE & BRAVES tape and ran sound for The Little Wretches for a significant stretch in the band's early days)…
Jun 1 2020
Chuck Yeager, Francois Truffaut and a Stick of Beemans
The name of our/my band, you may know, comes from a scene in Francois Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS.
I became acquainted with film as an artform by way of Bob Goetz, leader of a film workshop in the University of…
May 28 2020
Let's Do Something Gigantic
Click here to hear the song (Let's Do) Something Romantic by The Little Wretches
Upon learning of the passing of David Allen Flynn, artist and long-time friend of The Little Wretches, drummer Angelo George said without pause, "He and Chuckie…
May 18 2020
Bookends, kind of.
click here to see/hear WHY WERE THEIR POETS SILENT
click here to see/hear BURNING LANTERN DROPPED IN STRAW by The Little Wretches
Today, two albums by The Little Wretches, WHY WERE THEIR POETS SILENT and BURNING LANTERN DROPPED IN STRAW…
May 7 2020
UNDESIRABLES & ANARCHISTS
UNDESIRABLES & ANARCHISTS is the name of a collection of songs performed by Mike Madden, HK Hilner, John Carson, Rosa and Robert Andrew Wagner and recorded and mixed in 2001 at Dave Granati's studio in Ambridge.
Its working title all…
Apr 30 2020
Look, Ma! Ellen's in the Papers!!
Ellen Hildebrand was recently described as "the soul of The Little Wretches."
Here is a link to a profile of her solo-effort, SHIPWRECKED, published in the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE and authored by longtime enthusiast for the band, Tony Norman:
Mar 29 2020
Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance Event, Sunday, April 5
I have been invited to play at a Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance event. It was going to be held at a place in Swarthmore called The War3Hous3, but the quarantine-efforts have iced the prospect of a live-show. It is now…
Mar 29 2020
Northwest Tour Cancelled, blah blah blah
Robert Andrew Wagner had a handful of little gigs lined up in the Portland and Seattle areas in April. Those gigs are cancelled for obvious reasons.
Ellen Hildebrand and Robert Andrew Wagner were going to collaborate on a show to…
Jan 20 2020
The Threepenny Opry House Concert Series
Sunday, January 26, 4 - 6 PM
House Concert in the Mont Clare / Phoenixville-area.
Robert Andrew Wagner, Jessica Graae and Bevan McShea. Looks like we may also be joined by Labella & Poole!
contact-- threepennyopry@yahoo.com for address.
Jan 20 2020
Devilish Merry and The Little Wretches at Moondog's
THE LITTLE WRETCHES and DEVILISH MERRY at MOONDOG’S.
378 Freeport Rd, Blawnox PA 15238
412-828-2040
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2020
Doors Open: 7 PM
Showtime: 8 - 11:30 PM.
Tickets: $10
https://www.facebook.com/moondogspub/
http://littlewretches.com/home.html
https://www.facebook.com/thelittlewretches/
https://www.facebook.com/Devilish-Merry-299197817798/
The Story:
On…