Dudes. And if a girl joins, she better at least, you know, be dudish. Members have included: Jon Mackey (dude), Casey Trela (dude), Dylan Jarrell (dude), Josh Kimbrough (dude), Ross Connolly (dude), Jonny Tunnell (dudeish), Jonah Garson (duder), Will Hackney (total dude), Clare Connolly (megadude), Jessie Ainslie (beardo).
Influences
Isaac's tales of misfortune and woe, Galaxie 500, Townes Van Zandt, Vetiver, Bedhead, Grandaddy, Return of the Grievous Angel and The Gilded Palace of Sin, Kerry Von Erich, Hotel Lights, The Robot Ate Me, Harley Race, Shuggie Otis, The Majestic Arrows, Outkast, Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, David Karsten Daniels, Beachwood Sparks, Megafaun, storytelling songs in general, 1913 Massacre, everything I heard on 93.9 as a kid when it was still classic rock, Lee Hazlewood, The Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy.
Wil Donegan and the Apologies are working on becoming a Fairport Convention-style folk-revue. We'll see how it goes.
For now, here's some solo folk on my friends' bus (this song might be actually be called Harley Race? Not sure yet):
Wil Donegan and the Apologies's Friend Space (Top 16)
Kudos on the nod to American Civil Liberties Union.
We need the ACLU more now than ever in my lifetime. (Okay, so I DO know about the McCarthy era. And the injustices of illegal discrimination; we're continuing to rise above that. But in the balance of it all, the breadth of threat today -from our very elected powers nonetheless, to our constitutional rights seem to be in far greater peril. )
What does "iyd" mean? I love the song and Dayn's recording of it, btw. Simple and sparse. But I really love the fuller sounds with others playing along as well. ...Which reminds me: have you looked at the Fotki fotos i'd posted from Cat's Cradle, probably ~4/5/08 Saturday? There's a photo of Jon playing the front drumset that I've captioned "singing from the shoe". You'd know why when you see it.
-Nice addition, having you play on the Rhodes tonight.
Here are some videos posted from the benefit for Connor. Good show!!!
I Was Totally Destroying It (6), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qg6Q9xSnp4 I Was Totally Destroying It (7) U2’s “New Year’s Day”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXizZcGE8ho
Wil Donegan and The Apologies (12), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fGjcsTG0e8 Wil Donegan and The Apologies (13)“Thinking Cap”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9xuSKDAx_U Wil Donegan and The Apologies (14), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1CthhncJn4 Wil Donegan and The Apologies (15)“A.M. Radio”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_aLkJrX_E Wil Donegan and The Apologies (16)“Dream Machine/ Shake You”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYmSQPhfufA Wil Donegan and The Apologies (17)“Christmas Catfish”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlfQHHDmoPM
Wil! Thanks for hanging out and playing, your songs are awesome and sound great whence played in living rooms! the picture of you with the bronze children is my favorite! see you in a living room sometime soon!
