| Featuring Heather Alexander, Cat Tayler, Mark Ungar, Larry the O, and John Land |
| PHOENYX Keepers of the Flame (Songs on You-Tube) |
| Last modified: Sept. 27, 2010 |
| Heather Alexander and her collected works are Copyright © 1995-2010 Sea Fire Productions, Inc. This is a fan site page dedicated to one of my most beloved entertainers. It is a pure labor of love. My business, Shanawolf Studios, does sell Heather and Alec's music CDs as well as those of Prometheus Music at events, shows and conventions. If you wish to purchase their albums on line I suggest going directly through their respective websites to do so. |
| Thank you Heather, for sharing yourself with us for as long as you could. I understand, but I will still miss you. Your sister in spirit, Shanawolf |
| Keepers of the Flame is no longer available from any legitimate source except possibly the used music market. Heather's original CDs can be purchased through: Sea Fire Productions Inc. Do not steal from the musician's tip pot! |
| King of Elfland's Daughter |
In the late 80’s, Heather began to
experiment with blending her
original compositions, electric
instruments and traditional Celtic
music, which led to the formation of
Phoenyx, her first Celtic Fusion
band. Together, they performed
original and traditional music with a
solid rock and roll sound, eventually
producing one album, Keepers of
the Flame, which was released on
Heather’s own label, Sea Fire
Productions, Inc., early in 1990.
Both the album and the band
achieved a high degree of local
popularity, and fame. In 1991, when
Phoenyx disbanded, Heather
returned to her acoustic roots and
embarked on a solo career.
(Excerpt from Heather's official Biography
available at: www.heatherlands.com)
experiment with blending her
original compositions, electric
instruments and traditional Celtic
music, which led to the formation of
Phoenyx, her first Celtic Fusion
band. Together, they performed
original and traditional music with a
solid rock and roll sound, eventually
producing one album, Keepers of
the Flame, which was released on
Heather’s own label, Sea Fire
Productions, Inc., early in 1990.
Both the album and the band
achieved a high degree of local
popularity, and fame. In 1991, when
Phoenyx disbanded, Heather
returned to her acoustic roots and
embarked on a solo career.
(Excerpt from Heather's official Biography
available at: www.heatherlands.com)
| The Phoenyx Story |
| Keepers of the Flame Copyright © 1991 Sea Fire Productions, Inc. COO1 1. Banish Misfortune, Lark in the Morning 2. King of Elfland's Daughter 3. Cat and the Fiddle 4. Marley O'Reilley 5. Voices of the Sea 6. Creature of the Wood 7. Stormbringer 8. Musical Priest, Butterfly, Swallowtail Jig 9. Black Unicorn 10. March of Cambreadth 11. Up in the Loft 12. Concentration 13. Yo Ho |
| Creature of the Wood |
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| Yo Ho! |
| Black Unicorn |
| Over the last several years, OK many years, since Keepers of the Flame was released there have been rumors and pleadings that the album be re-released. In May of 2010, during a brief bout of personal excitement by your humble hostess at the prospect of such a thing by Prometheus Music. (Please see "More KOF Saga" Below Left.) I stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest on the AlexanderFans Live Journal group. In response Alec has given his final take on the prospect. "NOT!!" AJA Kore Bromelli of Sea Fire Productions has graciously given permission for me to re-print her posting to the AlexanderFans Live Journal group of Alec's official position on the subject. Please see below: |
| Keepers of the Flame reprinted--NOT [info]ryuuaja 2010-05-11 06:28 am UTC (link) Sorry all of you hopefuls out there for a reprint. It will not happen without major renegotiations. The amount of work the Bard put into that album musically would not be compensated in any fair fashion--the band wants an equal split in proceeds, when the Bard put in the largest effort. Plus, songs on that CD that belong to Heather Alexander/Sea Fire Productions have gone on to a career separate from the band, and the Bard feels that the other band members simply want to re-release songs such as March of Cambreadth. Either Sea Fire will be allowed to one day publish the re-release and negotiate fair royalties to the other band members, or KOF will simply remain out of print. CeltiCougar (Reprinted with permission from a post by Kore Bromelli on AlexanderFans Live Journal Group) |
| More KOF Saga As there are always two sides to every story I feel it is important to learn from both. Eli Goldberg of Prometheus Music has asked that I link to two pages on their website to give the Prometheus prospective on the re-release issue. First is the Prometheus site statement regarding the attempted re-release: Statement on Keepers of the Flame (Phoenyx) reprint The next is a post Eli made to the AlexanderFans Live Journal Group: Our Keepers of the Flame re-release effort: a second perspective. |
| My final thoughts; For those of us who continue to love and embrace this grail-stone of early modern Celtic Rock, the understandings from all sides only make the story more rich in its entirety. Considering that a rare unopened copy of the original CD went for several hundred dollars on e-bay in mid 2010, the value, quality and influence of this work can not be underestimated, either by we the fans of Heather, Cat, Mark, Larry and John, nor by the larger explosion of celtic-fusion since the release of Keepers of the Flame in 1991. |
| Much like the band Pentangle from England; Though slightly obscure, Phoenyx will continue to influence and inspire devotes, musicians and listeners who stumble onto its path for a long, long time to come. Yours in music, Shanawolf. |