here are some bands/music we love collectively:Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Radiohead, Bob Marley, Will Oldham, The Beatles, U2, Kieth Frank, The Band...
Here are some bands we have toured with and we love: Donna The Buffalo, John Browns Body, Sim Redmond Band, The Talktomes
Some shows we have played alongside the likes of(recent and long ago)
Rusted Root, Kate Voegele, Nada Surf, Ramblin Jack Elliot, The Avett Brothers,
.. CDBABY LINK for TREVOR MACDONALD: Porch Light -->
BIO-
In the days before the time when the oceans drank atlantis, men and women banged rocks and sticks to make a joyful noise. Following in the traditions of the ancients a man and his guitar have expanded upon the original horizons of Roots music. Let me tell of the days of high adventure...
“If you are discovering this burgeoning talent for the first time, you'll find a truly creative songwriter of intellect, sensitivity, and youthful audacity.” Chloe Mills -Latin Teacher
In 1993, at the age of 13, a fire completely wiped out the MacDonald family farmhouse and the farm was subsequently lost. The MacDonalds loaded into a truck bound for a new life in California. To escape the rigors of agriculture, under the scorching California sun, young Trevor began to play, write and compose his first songs on a guitar given to him by a family friend. A legend was born...
“Trevor MacDonald has been a key player in the Ithaca Music scene for the past decade” Jim Catalano- Ithaca Journal
At the age of 16 he returned to the east (a trip chronicled in his solo album Porchlight) and took work with the roots-rock pioneers, Donna the Buffalo. A year later, he made his first recording in Arlington, VA. His eponymous album Evil Genius displayed his diamond-in-the-rough talent. That same year Sunny Weather was formed and spent seven years traveling over 100,000 miles and performing over 500 shows. The road became his home…
“On “Porch Light”, his first solo release, the gravelly alt-country singer-songwriter lets a life time on the road and in the fields give his tunes an honest, rootsy feel that hard to find and harder to fake.” Editor’s picks ABC News
Trevor’s last album “Porch Light” on I-Town Records and Itunes - has received extensive radio play and rave reviews in the Netherlands and Australia. Trevor has also performed with the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show, The Waifs, John Anderson, The Avett Brothers, Tift Merrit, Odetta, Ramblin Jack Elliot, and Rusted Root. His music has been featured on MTV and NPR. With the taste of fame upon his lips…
With the exuberance of Sunny Weather and the dreaminess of Trevor’s solo work The Trevor MacDonald Band brings americana to new heights. Chris Predmore (bass) has been playing with Trevor since 1996 and James Bowman (drums) since 2002 with the welcome addition of Jason Shegogue (guitar) in 2007. The latest chapter in the Trevor MacDonald sound has begun…
“Here we have a demonstration of economy in writing and the result is delightful.”
Mark Phillips – Americana UK
Discography:
Trevor MacDonald Porch Light* I-Town Records 2005
Sunny Weather
EP I-Town Records 2002
Sunny Weather The Frontlines I-Town Records 2001
Sunny Weather Red Is The Color I-Town Records 2000
Sunny Weather Self Titled I-Town Records 1999
Trevor MacDonald Evil Genius** Impetus 1996
*Voted Top Ten Releases: Ithaca Journal
**independently recorded on cassette in Arlington VA. Modesto: Best Song of the Year D.C. Magazine
Compilations:
United States of Americana Vol.5 Shut Eye Records 2007
United States of Americana Vol.4 Shut Eye Records 2006
I-Town Records Compilation Vol.1-4 I-Town Records 2000-6
Production:
Urban Horse Thieves Tumbleweed I-Town Records 2007
Me and Juge Stretching Stones Ithaca Records 2007
The Sim Redmond Band Each New Day I-Town/Buffalo 2006
hey hun, whats up.. misss seeing you play at da bean, jellybeans, here in geneva.. but message me my friend having a lil jellybean get together, brian and janelle are finially coming home to visit, but its a surpise.. would love for you guys to come and party with us .. message me and i will give you the details..
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Hope to see you Saturday May 24th at Castaways for our CD RELEASE PARTY! Bring your dancin shoes and ass shakin pants! 5/24/08 10:00 PM Castaways - I-town CD Release Party! 413 Taughannock Blvd Ithaca, NY 14850 www. daylow. net
Hee hee you wrote on your profile "in a time before men and women banged..." hee hee.
Hey I like that California song why can't you put that on myspace too? So you are playing the greater Ithaca area four times between now and October. I think that the Taughonnock park will be the coolest.... I love that place in August. The bigger gigs are cool too but that park is just SPECIAL. MMM...I like that painting of Trevor in Gimmee he looks bigger than God. I just wanted to stop in b/c I think I almost ran over Trevor on his bike on Cayuga street a day ago. If wasn't him there is someone running around with his hair cut boys.
