<sod>Shortly afterwards, the band had intentions of breaking up, but continued to fill contractual obligations in the form of already booked live concerts throughout 1998–1999. In this period, Aberdonian Ronnie Simpson joined the band on drums and Andy Simmers from [[Inverness]] played keyboards.<ref>http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart622.htm</ref> The band "split up" in 1998, where they found themselves £40,000 in debt as, throughout their career, "they had seen a lot of people make money out of the band, but very little of that ever trickled down to the band members."<ref>''Wolfstone: Honest Endeavour''</ref> Furthermore, the band could not "really plan any future work as Wolfstone" whilst still under the contract of their record label [[Green Linnet Records]]. A collaboration album between Drever and the band's bassist Wayne Mackenzie, originally released as ''Drever-Mackenzie'' in 1997, was re-released as Wolfstone album entitled ''[[This Strange Place]]'' in 1998 as a contract filler, presumably to close Wolfstone's discography without needing to record a new album.<ref>http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/glcd1188.htm</ref> The album, which features a much softer tone than Wolfstone, was released to mixed reviews when issued as a Wolfstone album, with many fans unaware that this was a repackaging of a side-project release and that the band had not "mellowed". Drever and the band's fiddlist Duncan Chisholm recorded the side-project album ''[[The Lewis Blue]]'' in 1998, before Drever himself left Wolfstone, leading Eaglesham to be the sole leading force in the band.<ref>''Wolfstone: Honest Endeavour''</ref><eod>
<sod>Shortly afterwards, the band had intentions of breaking up, but continued to fill contractual obligations in the form of already booked live concerts throughout 1998–1999. In this period, Aberdonian Ronnie Simpson joined the band on drums and Andy Simmers from [[Inverness]] played keyboards.<ref>http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart622.htm</ref> The band "split up" in 1998, where they found themselves £40,000 in debt as, throughout their career, "they had seen a lot of people make money out of the band, but very little of that ever trickled down to the band members."<ref>''Wolfstone: Honest Endeavour''</ref> Furthermore, the band could not "really plan any future work as Wolfstone" whilst still under the contract of their record label [[Green Linnet Records]]. A collaboration album between Drever and the band's bassist Wayne Mackenzie, originally released as ''Drever-Mackenzie'' in 1997, was re-released as Wolfstone album entitled ''[[This Strange Place]]'' in 1998 as a contract filler.<ref>http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/glcd1188.htm</ref> The album, which features a much softer tone than Wolfstone, was released to mixed reviews when issued as a Wolfstone album, with many fans unaware that this was a repackaging of a side-project release and that the band had not "mellowed". Drever and the band's fiddlist Duncan Chisholm recorded the side-project album ''[[The Lewis Blue]]'' in 1998, before Drever himself left Wolfstone, leading Eaglesham to be the sole leading force in the band.<ref>''Wolfstone: Honest Endeavour''</ref><eod>