Watchhouse, The Wolves (live), Mountain Winery, August 5, 2022 (4K)

Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) play their song "The Wolves" live in concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California on August 5, 2022. The Wolves appeared on the Mandolin Orange album Tides Of A Teardrop (2019). Watchhouse is a folk duo from Chapel Hill, North Carolina consisting of married couple Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin. Joining them onstage were Clint Mullican (bass), Josh Oliver (guitar), and Nathaniel Smith (cello). Watchhouse appeared at the Mountain Winery, along with Punch Brothers and Sarah Jarosz, as part of their American Acoustic concert tour.
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The Wolves lyrics:
At my gate, I'll always greet you
At my door, you’re welcome in
There can be no transgression
As a means to an end
On the wind, the wolves are howling
Open arms are closed in fear
Helping hands are clenched in anger
Broken hearts beyond repair
Everything's so great, can't get better, makes me wanna cry
That I’ll go out howling at the moon tonight
There she stands, so tall and mighty
With her keen and watchful eye
And the heart of a mother
Holding out her guiding light
Well, it's a hard road to travel
Solid rock from end to end
The sun, it rises on her brow
And sets upon the great expanse
Everything's so great, can't get better, makes me wanna cry
That I'll go out howling at the moon tonight
There she stands, so tall and mighty
Her gaze facing the east
At her back, our doors are closing
As we grin and bare our teeth
On the wind, the wolves are howling
She cries to draw him near
Well, turn around, turn around my darling
Oh, the wolves are here
Everything's so great, can't get better, makes me wanna cry
That I'll go out howling at the moon tonight
Yeah, I’ll go out howling at the moon tonight
Written by Andrew Hardy Marlin
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Punch Brothers & Watchhouse - American Acoustic live tour dates (2022):
July 27 - Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
July 28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
July 31 - Portland, OR @ Pioneer Courthouse Square
Aug. 1 - Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheatre
Aug. 3 - Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Festival Fairgrounds
Aug. 5 - Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery
Aug. 6 - Rohnert Park, CA @ Green Music Center
Aug. 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 17 - Northampton, MA @ Pines Theater
Aug. 18 - New Haven, CT@ Westville Music Bowl
Aug. 19 - Upper Salford Township, PA @ Philadelphia Folk Festival
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Watchhouse official bio:
By the time 2019 came to its fitful end, Andrew Marlin knew he was tired of touring. He was grateful, of course, for the ascendancy of Mandolin Orange, the duo he’d cofounded in North Carolina with fiddler Emily Frantz a decade earlier. With time, they had become new flagbearers of the contemporary folk world, sweetly singing soft songs about the hardest parts of our lives, both as people and as a people. Their rise-particularly crowds that grew first to fill small dives, then the Ryman, then amphitheaters the size of Red Rocks-humbled Emily and Andrew, who became parents to Ruby late in 2018. They’d made a life of this.
Still, every night, Andrew especially was paid to relive a lifetime of grievances and griefs onstage. After 2019’s Tides of a Teardrop, a tender accounting of his mother’s early death, the process became evermore arduous, even exhausting. What’s more, those tunes-and the band’s entire catalogue, really-conflicted with the name Mandolin Orange, an early-20s holdover that never quite comported with the music they made. Nightly soundchecks, at least, provided temporary relief, as the band worked through a batch of guarded but hopeful songs written just after Ruby’s birth. They offered a new way to think about an established act.
Those tunes are now Watchhouse, which would have been Mandolin Orange’s sixth album but is instead their first also under the name Watchhouse, a moniker inspired by Marlin’s place of childhood solace. The name, like the new record itself, represents their reinvention as a band at the regenerative edges of subtly experimental folk-rock.
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Typo catcher: Watch House, Watchouse, Andrew Marlyn, Mandolyn Orange, The Wolfs

[@59markr]

Gorgeous! I especially love seeing Andrew smile during all these American Acoustic tour clips. Thanks so much for sharing the joy! 🇦🇺

[@Zion-18]

I think the vocal melody is different every time they play this, as are the solo sections. One of my favorite songs, period.

[@seamusmcfreak]

I still can’t believe I missed this show. The Mountain Winery is one of the finest venues anywhere. Thanks for sharing.

[@seanoflynn5180]

Thanks for this, Tim. Just love this band, probably never get to see them over here in Ireland, but you’re doing us a great service posting these vids. Like the way Andrew varies the vocal phrasing a bit on this version.

[@TimBracken]

Thanks for saying that, Sean! This is one of the main reasons I do this hobby (I don't monetize, so I don't make a penny here), namely sharing live songs with people who can't see the bands in person.

[@jeffbachman]

I got to see the Portland show. If they do make it to Ireland, may be what prompts me to visit your amazing country again. I will be traveling to see them and visit friends in Boulder, Colorado in April.

[@anthonandersson8807]

This song is 🔥🔥🔥

[@tjinnes]

Awesome song, thanks.

[@richardbrant4706]

Thanks again! This music is getting me through so much - including my recent bout of Covid! 🤓

[@TimBracken]

Thanks for the nice note, Richard. I've got a couple more songs I need to post from this show. Hope you get well soon!

[@arsminor]

I’m sorry about your husband, 😂😂 because he is a great musician. Emily you continue to be delicious, wonderful. You play and sing as an angel.