pat mAcdonald: electric guitar, Lowebow (cigar box guitar), vocal, foot stomp, harmonica; melaniejane: cello, backing vocals, tambourine, shaker..
Influences
ricky nelson, dr. seuss, twilight zone, LSD, hillbilly music, the ants, stones/kinks/lennon/dylandylandylan, jOHN LeE hOOKER, T Rex, jj cale, tom waits, mark sandman, chris whitley, eric mcfadden, mo rose, john parish, pj harvey, all beautiful losers, misfits, and freaks i've known and loved...
THE LEGENDARY SONS OF CRACK DANIELS, Steel Bridge 2008, Red Room:
"In the interstellar desert there is a milky way bone man navigating a highway that does not exist. He speaks with a searing harmonica, setting the guitar lines on fire like the yellow breaks separating the highway at dusk as they pass in a rhythm of 33 and a 3rd, boot heels on the floorboards of a haunted car..." -EXOTIC UNDERGROUND (SEATTLE)
"A fuzzed-out, gut-thwack of a show" -MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
"MacDonalds ability to craft wry paeans to dislocation and disappointment and put them inside catchy, often upbeat tunes makes him one of rock musics enduring, well-kept secrets. There are very few people out there who have the longevity and still possess the kind of brilliant power he does." -PORTLAND TRIBUNE
"I've always been drawn to the lower notes on the guitar," says Macdonald when questioned about his sound. His trademark is a unique dirtch of dark and murky blues boogie and sex-swamp. He is the epitome of an old school one man show with his custom made boot stomp box, electric semi-hollow guitar and a voice that is at once angelic and evil...
The production aids in this definition of mood and Pat's records have the added blessing of John Parish (P.J. Harvey, Eels, Sparklehorse) as producer and sometimes player on his studio ventures...
Pat has the salt and pause of an elder statesmen when he speaks about his philosophy of music and life. When asked about his denial of over a million dollars in advertising, he makes a point to state that his own opinions on the subject should never condemn anyone else in their choices. "Everyone has to find their comfort zone," he says, "Music adds magic to a product being sold, but for me, (the product) robs magic from the music. I made a promise to myself a long time ago. It's good to keep promises you make to yourself."
-Jason Broome, PERFORMERMAG.COM
hey pat, really good to see ya again...sounds like a broken record hey? it was a nice time at the Riverside though and your buddy Paul Thorn is alot of fun, we had a great time !!! take care...
tell linnemans i said hello. do they have an internet contact? i wrote a song about william wilson. word on the street is, me and fresh are moving to sturgeon bay sometime next month, maybe i will see you there! really tell linnemans hi for me if you get this before the show. have fun.
hello!kisses to m.j. from me too! missed u guys in door county...but did get a fabulous tour of holiday...very impressed! this is my friend karen (flexx manager) history unplugged edutainment...flexx did the song...and wants to know if he will be invited to steelbrigesongfest next year??? take care...and hope my assistant photographer didnt bother y'all too much...i guess she got addicted to the holiday motel too! peace,
Hey man, saw you and talked to you a little bit at your show in Dubuque, you are great keep! up the good work! Let me know if you are coming back to Dubuque any time soon I would definitely make it back out. Hey I also write and record songs as a one man band check my tunes out if you get the chance, I do all genres. Take care man.
I really love the Purgatory Hill cd and all your work. You sure can make that Lowebow sing! Much love and respect from a cheesehead expatriot in Nuevo Mexico, j.d.
i hope you know how much i love you and appreciate you taking such good care of me!!!
your heart and your soul are an integral part of my foundation your music resonates through my hallways and your vision beams out from my windows shining upon a neon sign blossoming with a bright future....
Happy Birthday, pAt! Thank you for all that you do!
I'm thinking you, me, Mama and some cotton candy on the Merry-Go-Round Wednesday afternoon spells Happy Birthday, Babo!!! ...I'm sorry that I can't make it to your birthday bash at the Bayside in Fish Creek on your actual birthday, August 6th... with you, of course, melaniejane and special guests. Mama says they frown on toddlers in taverns 'round these parts :(
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hi man!!
.. great fuckin' songs Pat...
