Ginny Mac (accordion, piano, vocals, clumsiness), Glenn McLaughlin (the Shia Labeouf of the guitar), Matt Skates (bass, brings the BD), Austin Smith (fiddle, hippiedom)
Influences
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, Billy Joel, TOMMY ALLSUP, TOMMY MORRELL, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, LENNY BREAU, WOODY PAUL, Patty Loveless, BUDDY SPICHER, TOMMY NASH, Coleman Smith, Buddy Emmons, Jackie King, ORANGE TULIP CONSPIRACY, Ricky Turpin, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Riders In The Sky, Estradasphere, Clint Strong, Alison Krauss + Union Station, ROSS PEDERSON, Tom Russell, James Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Tim Goynes, Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies, Brave Combo, MIKE PATTON, Regina Spektor, Crunk Brothers, Eminem, John Mayer, Rufus Wainwright, Johnny Gimble, Jason Schimmel, STEFAN KARLSSON, John Whooley, Timb Harris, Johnny Cash, HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, Glen Campbell, The Band, Grady Don Sandlin, BILLY CONTRERAS, Queen, Gypsy Pompe (Derek Pell, Zander Wyatt, Geoff Henderson, Noah Denney), Willy Dyer, Bobby Holland, Jacob Chrisman, Austin Smith, Glenn McLaughlin, Matt Skates, coffee, whiskey, cowboys, the beautiful outdoors, geckos
Hailing from Fort Worth, TX, Ginny Mac fronts a high-energy group that packs a ton of energy in a small package. The group is comprised of Ginny Mac on accordion/piano, Glenn McLaughlin on guitar, Matt Skates on bass, and Austin Smith on fiddle, including vocal stylings in the Country, Americana, Western Swing, and Hot Jazz genres. The band has featured the instrumental talents of amazing guest musicians, including Woody Paul (from the two-time Grammy Award-winning group Riders In The Sky) Ricky Turpin (Asleep At The Wheel), George Uptmor and Ronny Ellis (Bob Wills' Texas Playboys), Murl Allen Sanders (Seattle, WA), and many more. Bandleader Ginny Mac says, "I try to concentrate all day long, but the music in my head won't leave me alone...." Mac. a graduate of Texas Christian University, has three albums under her belt, having received awards from many prestigious organizations including the Academy of Western Artists and the Western Music Association. Glenn is a Jazz Studies Major for guitar at the University of North Texas. Matt plays with a variety of groups in the DFW area, including fronting his own project, a house/electronica group, Shuttle. Austin is a versatile musician, holding a Violin Performance degree from Marywood, and is also a music teacher at the Music Conservatory of Texas. Catch this swingin' group in your hometown.
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"Ginny Mac is a throwback of sorts. The slight, shy twentysomething Fort Worthian lives somewhere between her laptop and the vintage Western wear she finds at secondhand stores. Her original compositions draw on Western swing, country, and big-band music, but the singer, pianist, and accordionist prides herself on her ability to modernize hip sounds of yesteryear rather than merely recreating them."
- Caroline Collier, Fort Worth Weekly
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For bookings, please contact: 817.915.0070 and/or ginny@ginnymac.com
BELLA, baby! Love your firey version of "Blue Bayou." My husband was on the original Orbison version. Did you know Spicher did the fiddle parts on Ronstat's "Long Long Time"? Killer genius. Love that man.
thank you for the kind words ginny. you have quite an amazing voice. i'll do my best to see yall at the grotto saturday. if ya get a hankerin' i'm playing @ fred's tues @ 7pm. have the best day imaginable.
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