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Name, age & location: Festival stand out? out show at Barrowlands. And bearing in mind
Raz White, 50, Lockerbie, Scotland. I have absolute faith in Call Of The Wild Festi- this guy is equal to Joe Strummer in my opin-
val. Myself and the other directors have a vi- ion, the first thing I blurted out was "I can't be-
What do you do - or what do you aim to do? sion to make a rock festival that is truly about lieve how miserable you look considering
I'm a music promoter and festival director of a real fan experience. Kids getting to meet you've got a sold out show tonight". Luckily,
Call Of The Wild Festival. their he- Bruce Fox-
roes in ton saved
How long have you been doing it for - and b a n d s , me by put-
what made you choose this career? even sit ting a beer
I've lived and breathed music since I can re- and have in my hand.
call. Whereas most people are happy to enjoy breakfast Later that
music, I've always felt the need to shout about with them, night I man-
it to anyone who will listen. It all started many as some aged to
years ago with a fanzine called Neon Starz did this completely
and then progressed to live music promotion year when o f f e n d
at the Barbican, Lincoln. I put on bands such G i n g e r Johnny Bor-
as Jaimz Gang (Steevi Jaimz), Paradise Alley j o i n e d rell from
and Skintrade. Over the years I moved into them at Razorlight
band management and also spread my pro- their pic- (also stay-
moting wings into Glasgow, Edinburgh, New- nic table ing in same
castle, Manchester, Dumfries, Carlisle, at 9am. Jocke from HCSS had his photo taken hotel) but that was intentional.
Whitehaven and London. I've organised Rock- with lots of kids, as did the Kickin Valentina
mantic Weekender for eight years which is an and Bullets And Octane guys. We have a fab- Advice to others that may want to follow in
annual favourite and has seen many bands go ulous team behind us. It's very much genuine your footsteps?
on to very big things. Now, my main focus is music fans creating something for music fans. Good luck! Expect a rough ride. Don't do it to
Call Of The Wild Festival which was shortlisted make money ‘cause it has to be passion first
for Best New Festival at Highlight(s) of your ca- and foremost. Listen and learn from your
UK Festival Awards. reer so far? peers. Be nice, polite and helpful.
Call Of The Wild this year
What does a general was right up there. I'm very Where do you go from here? Plans for the
working day or week proud of Rockmantic and future?
usually consist of? the international bands The future is all about developing Call Of The
Most days are pretty hec- who've made debut UK Wild to become a must on the rock festival cal-
tic. Lots of emails. One shows at it. As a band man- endar. Increasingly improving attendance til
minute I can be booking ager I was really happy to we get to approx. 30,000 capacity.
an international band watch Falling Red perform
then the next dealing with at Hammersmith Apollo Website for more info:
Health and Safety Exec- (Steel Panther tour) four www.callofthewildfestival.com
utive. years after meeting them
playing in a small pub.
Have you had any pro-
fessional training or If you could meet one of
taken part in any your inspirations and ask
courses to improve them one question, who
your career along the way? would you like to meet and what question
No, not at all. I have passion and I believe I would you ask?
have a talent for discovering talent. I've met a few and to be honest I'm generally
pretty useless. I was sitting with Jake Burns
In your eyes, what makes Call Of The Wild (SLF) at their hotel in Glasgow prior to a sold

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