Mad Dog Mcrea
Mad Dog Mcrea | |
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Origin | Plymouth, England |
Genres | Folk Rock, Celtic, Gypsy Jazz |
Labels | God Dam Records |
Associated acts | Seth Lakeman, Cosmo Jarvis, Sheelanagig |
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Mad Dog Mcrea are a British folk band from Plymouth, Devon, their music blends a mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz and bluegrass.
In 2011 Mad Dog released their album The Whirling Dervish, and this won the band Best Album of the Year at the South West Music Awards 2011.[1][2]
BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding heard the band sometime in 2011 and got in touch with Mad Dog to ask them to send over CDs, since then he has played them several times on the BBC.[3] He is quoted as saying "one of the most exciting discoveries of 2011" notwithstanding the fact that the band have three albums under their belt and many years of performance behind them.
The band are mates of Seth Lakeman and entertained fellow musicians, friends and guests at his wedding celebrations in 2012[4]
In addition to their usual local and national gigs, the official Mad Dog 'Happy Bus' tour of the UK took place in November 2012 and featured friend Cosmo Jarvis in support (who penned Waiting on the Hill from The Whirling Dervish).[5]
One career highlight for the band was performing The Rocky Road to Dublin with Mick Jagger on tambourine at a charity garden party for The Prince's Trust [6]
Discography
Year | Album Title | Track Listing |
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2002 | Away with the Fairies
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2006 | Sophisticated Hat Manouvres |
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2011 | The Whirling Dervish |
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2014 | Alive EP |
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2015 | Almost Home |
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References
- ↑ http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/9471886.Wurzels_confirmed_for_Watchet_Live_festival/
- ↑ http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Spend-night-Ben/story-15373387-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019cqz2
- ↑ http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Star-Seth-s-wedding-like-mini-festival/story-16291120-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://www.maddogmcrea.co.uk/the-happy-bus-tour-autumn-2012/
- ↑ http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Mad-Dog-Mcrea-bring-jiggery-folkery-old-stomping/story-20115299-detail/story.html
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sophisticated-hat-manoeuvres/id443021302 Sophisticated Hat Manouvres on iTunes
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-whirling-dervish/id443082443 The Whirling Dervish on iTunes
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/alive-ep/id839214169 Alive EP on iTunes
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/almost-home/id971713157 Almost Home on iTunes
External links
- Official Mad Dog Mcrea Website
- Mad Dog Mcrea on Facebook
- Mad Dog Mcrea on Twitter
- Mad Dog Mcrea discography at MusicBrainz