Upcoming CD of DARTS & ARROWS will feature:
Bill MacKay, guitar and songs.
Charles Rumback, drums.
Matt Golombisky, bass.
Ben Boye, piano.
Greg Ward appears on clarinet on 1 song.
BROKEN THINGS swim to the river CD features:
Bill MacKay, guitar and songs.
Greg Ward, alto sax.
Todd Hill & Jason Ajemian, bass.
Tim Daisy, drums.
SOUNDS OF NOW self-titled CD features:
Bill MacKay, guitar and songs.
Greg Ward, alto sax.
Kyle Hernandez & Todd Hill, bass.
Bud Melvin, banjo.
Charles Rumback, drums.
Influences
The Beatles, Sandy Bull, Laura Nyro, Nick Drake, John Coltrane, Victor Jara, Brigitte Fontaine, Jacques Brel, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Albert King, Leadbelly, Opal/Mazzy Star, The Who, Os Mutantes, Bela Bartok, The Doors/Robbie Krieger, Sylvia Plath, Roy Buchanan, Alice Coltrane, Velvet Underground, Georges Bolet, Jorma Kaukonen, My Bloody Valentine, Pentangle, Gram Parsons, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Jack Kerouac, Thomas Wolfe. Joseph Amiel, Sylvia Plath.
Sounds Like
QUOTE TAKEN FROM PREVIEW OF CONCERT...
WNUR 89.3 FM | Chicago’s Sound Experiment | Airplay Show:
'Broken Things, led by guitarist Bill MacKay, combines
elements of jazz and rock music with downright hummable melodies to
make songs that sound familiar even though you’re hearing them for the
very first time.
Instrumental pop music – if such a thing can exist – is rare
to hear played live, and played well, rarer still, but MacKay’s
compositions are much more nuanced than your typical jamband.'
Album Covers Lead to CDBaby.com
Discography...Including my roles
1. Colorlist | Photographs (2008) (guitar)
2. Broken Things | Swim to the River (2007) (all songs & guitar)
3. Who Cares How Long You Sink | Folk Forms...(2007) (guitar)
4. Colorlist | Lists (2007)
5. Bud Melvin | Escape from Eden (2007) ('Soul in Violet'/MacKay)
6. Savoir Faire & ESP | Running out of Time (2005)
(guitar)
7. Bill MacKay & Sounds of Now (2004) (all songs & guitar)
8. Atomic Cafe | Asylum Sweet Asylum (1993)
(guitar)
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Thanks for the friendship. Brotzmann 2009 USA Tour begins this week. Seattle, Houston, Austin, Grinnell, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lexington, Detroit, Philadelphia, DC, New Haven, Baltimore, NYC
Thanks for being our friend here Bill. The Shams will be touring Chicago this summer in preparation for their 2nd appearance at The Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival! Be sure to catch one of our shows!
-The Shams.
