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Woods Tea Company is an American folk music group based in Vermont. They perform a wide variety of songs, including sea shanties, folk songs, Irish drinking songs, and Celtic music. The group is known for their energy, musical talent, and their dry sense of humor between songs. == History == Woods Tea Company was started in 1981 in Burlington, Vermont by Bruce Morgan and Rusty Jacobs. The band got its name from a wooden storage box owned by Jacobs that had "Woods Tea Co." printed on its side.〔 Mike Lussen joined the band several years later. Bruce Morgan left the band in the late 1980s. Howard Wooden officially joined the band in 1992, and Tom MacKenzie followed a year later. In 2000, MacKenzie left the band, and was replaced by Chip Chase. The band became a regular feature at Colgate University, where the students knew the band's material. Between songs, students often shout 'Arrgh!' to poke fun at the group's sea shanties. To honor this, MacKenzie wrote a song called "Aargh!" for the students.〔Woods Tea Co. "Live!" CD. 1999. Tracks 7, 8.〕 The band suffered several losses in its third decade. On October 6, 2006, Chase died from a massive pulmonary embolism. He had been hit by a pickup truck while riding his motorcycle several weeks earlier.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Chase )〕 A year later, on August 15, 2007, Jacobs died of a heart attack.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rusty Jacobs ) 〕 Following the deaths, MacKenzie started touring with the group, and eventually rejoined the band〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tom MacKenzie - Links )〕 full-time. In late 2008, Patti Casey became the band's newest member. In June of 2010, Mike Lussen retired from the group. Tom MacKenzie once again left the band in the fall of 2013 and was replaced by Pete Sutherland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woods Tea Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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