What is the Catherine Wheel Cover Compilation [CWCC]?
The Catherine Wheel Cover Compilation is a multi-disc album of Catherine Wheel cover songs submitted by fans of the band. Originally conceived as a professionally-produced multi-CD set, it is now being released as an mp3 compilation on the Web. The project was started in August 2000, shortly after the band’s North American tour in support of Wishville. Four members of Texture, the Catherine Wheel email list, have been involved from the beginning: Jeff Elbel (El Segundo, CA), Heather Parsons (Tucson, AZ), Marsh Portmann (San Jose, CA), and Aaron Tapscott (Bellingham, WA). Mike Garcia (Portland, OR) joined as webmaster later in the year, and Dan Loeffelbein (Stockton, CA) was selected to do the cover art in a Spring 2001 contest. The idea of a CW cover album had been batted around intermittently for years before Aaron decided he was going to start it up again, and this time see it to its conclusion. After he proposed the idea to Texture, Marsh emailed Heather, asking why the two of them
