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James McCann
Rock / Blues / Country

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Melbourne
Australia

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Member Since5/12/2006
Band MembersJames McCann's Dirty Skirt Band

James McCann - Lyrics, Music, Guitar, Vocals

Johanna Brockman - Guitar, Vocals

Jeff Hooker - Bass

Angus Boyle - Drums

Rui Pereira - Guitar

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Where Do You Go?
Live in Madrid at the Rock Palace, May 2008

Knowing Smile
Clip by Thom Corcoran
Record LabelTorn & Frayed/Shock
Bang!/Fuse
Beast Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Jul 9 2009 8:00P
James McCann’s Other Band @ The Lomond Htl melbourne, Victoria
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
Dirty Skirt Band Album Launch@Yah Yah’s more TBA Collingwood, Victoria

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James McCann's album Where Was I Then is available now thru Australian label Torn and Frayed. Also available is the album Last Night I Met The Devil on Spanish label Bang! Records. The album has been receiving glowing reviews across Europe. Bang! have also released albums by Spencer P Jones, Brian Henry Hooper, Roland S Howard, The Beasts of Bourbon and more.James McCann's new acoustic album"Sweet Casualty"[Torn and Frayed/shock]will be available from August 2008.Also look out for the Rockin album"Bound for the Blues"to be released on limited vinyl thru French[Bretagne]label Beast Records[Six Ft Hick,Double Agents],and on cd thru Torn and Frayed.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland and migrating to Australia in his 7th year to the South West Australian backwoods town of Albany, an old port town, coastal, big trees, big granite rocks, where your options were fishing, shearing, surfing or playing music, or occasionally all of the above, James started writing and performing locally in pubs at the age of 15 while still in high school and the writing was on the wall.

From Albany, James made his way north to Perth, again forming bands and performing around the city and in rural locations, recording a few demos. But the frustration of isolation encouraged James's move to Sydney at age 22, where he formed, wrote and performed in bands such as Harpoon, Nunchukka Superfly, and Lowdorados, playing constantly in and around Sydney while also playing the Livid festival '95, the Big Day Out '96 and '97, and a range of festivals taking James from Sydney to Melbourne Adelaide and Perth. Harpoon released the album Fork Tongued Pressed and Greasy on Black Hole/Shock.

On returning to Perth in 1998, James reunited with Gareth Liddiard and Rui Pereira on Christmas Eve after having crossed paths once before. They confessed that they had been looking for James and James for them. They formed the first incarnation of the Drones a week later. This line-up also played as the Gutterville Splendour Six, augmented with vocalist Maurice Flavel. The Gutterville released 500 copies of an EP that, after the band folded, ended up on the playlist of the late DJ John Peel. Henry Rollins and Tex Perkins are also cited as fans. Members of the Gutterville Splendour Six included Steve Joines and Brendan Humphries, both of whom moved on to form the Kill Devil Hills, while vocalist Maurice Flavel formed M.F. and his Truckload of Hope.

James headed back to Sydney as the Drones set out for Melbourne, keeping in contact up and down the coast. James gave Gareth Liddiard a song called This Time, which ended up as the closer on the Drones Australian Music Prize-winning album Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By (Infidelity/Shock). James played two shows with Damo Suzuki from Can as part of the Damo Suzuki Network. Moving to Melbourne two years ago has proved an invaluable decision. Where Was I Then was picked up by Andrew McGee's label Torn & Frayed and is now being distributed through Shock Records. The album was produced by Gareth Liddiard, Aaron Cupples (Dan Kelly & the Alpha Males) and James McCann. Torn & Frayed have released the new Kill Devil Hills album The Drought and have released albums by Townes Van Zandt, Tom Waits, and The Dirty Three. This guy has taste.

Where Was I Then is raw, intimate, and intense. This album is the culmination of years of hard rockin yakka and hundreds of hours of songwriting. Where Was I Then is distinctive in sound, with a mixture of country, blues and rock and roll, a sound that can travel from solo ballads to the full band rocking out. These songs capture a sense of space and vastness; a product of growing up in the Australian bush. Last Night I Met The Devil features new tracks including the extended psych out She's Intermediate/Hoodoo Joe which has to be heard to be believed.

Remember the acoustic album 'Sweet Casualty"is out and available NOW!!!


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SOONERS





Jul 15 2009 8:27 AM

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Pete Ross & The Paesanos





Jul 15 2009 8:27 AM

Hi, hope you can make it to our last show, featuring the mighty Dynamo Horns as well as members of The Vandas and Deep Street Soul!

It's an early one too...we kick off around 9:30pm.

Wed 22 July at the Northcote Social Club.

Best PR

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kate reid





Jul 12 2009 4:56 AM

onya
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Jul 10 2009 3:30 AM

Hi!
I'm looking forward a new album!
When are you going back to Spain?
Chelsea Stewart





Jul 10 2009 3:29 AM

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Jul 8 2009 3:35 PM

Hi from the Cat,


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If your in town, hope to see you there!!!

BC
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Jul 7 2009 8:41 AM

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Jul 6 2009 9:48 AM

July Special on photo shoots - get in quick!



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Jul 6 2009 9:48 AM

Hello Sir. If you're at a loose end on Sunday...

sun 12th july!
vulturesofvenus





Jul 6 2009 3:28 AM

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Yo James McCann ! ! !
Don't sit around staring at Televission
THIS THursday 9th July, at the JOHN CURTAIN BAND ROOM 29 Lygon ST CARLTON
come get warm, drink beer and fill your ears the psychedelic soundz)))))))))))))))) of VULTURES OF VENUS, TECHNOLOGY and GOLD GULL.kick off at 9pm Were on at 10pm so it's not too late for the workers. Hope you can make it down , should be a riot ! cheers Simon Vulture
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Jul 3 2009 7:42 AM

hey James are you coming to our Espy front bar gig in July? Be great to see you there and say hello...it's been way too long between chats don't you reckon? :)
Pete Ross & The Paesanos





Jun 29 2009 4:40 AM

Hi, Hope to see you at one of the shows. Album Launch this Thursday 2 July at The Toff in Town, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne..Cheers PR

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Jun 27 2009 6:12 AM

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ashton





Jun 24 2009 9:30 AM

with Ashton on guitar & vocals - supporting the awesome ASH WEDNESDAY - love to see you there x



alicia bee™





Jun 20 2009 8:47 AM

I listened to your album.

xx alicia bee
Dead River Deeps





Jun 18 2009 7:51 AM

Hey James,



Cheers Dallas
unionradio





Jun 18 2009 7:50 AM

Starfucker





Jun 16 2009 8:24 AM

Hi!
I'm lookingo forward a nes album!
When are you going back to spain?
Tim McCormack





Jun 11 2009 7:46 AM

Friday Hangovers for a while hey??
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Sunbird





Jun 9 2009 7:44 AM

Hey fella, good to hear from you. Having a break in Bali at the moment, then back to Perth to record a new album. Then get the bloody hell out of there! Good to see you thriving in Melbourne, I'll look you up when next I'm there
Regards
Dave
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Jun 9 2009 7:44 AM

Dan Lethbridge continues his June residency at Wesley Anne this Thursday with support from one Tim Cannon. Come warm yourself by the open fire, have a drink and relax with some great music.

One Tiger Down





Jun 3 2009 7:40 AM

Hey, Hope your doing well.
We're heading over east and playing a couple of shows this weekend.
On Friday the 5th we'll be at Gertrudes Brown couch in fitzroy & on sat 6th we'll be at The Edinburgh castle in Brunswick.
Hope you can make it...
Cheers
OTD
Pete Cuthbert Drums and Percussion





Jun 3 2009 7:40 AM

Howdy James, enjoying listening to your stuff. Maybe see you at a gig sometime soon,
Pete
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