Mad Dog Mcrea Explained
Mad Dog Mcrea are a British folk band from Plymouth, Devon, England, their music blends a mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz and bluegrass.
In 2011 Mad Dog released their album The Whirling Dervish, and this won the band Best Album of the Year at the South West Music Awards 2011.[1] [2]
BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding heard the band sometime in 2011 and got in touch with Mad Dog to ask them to send over CDs, since then he has played them several times on the BBC.[3] He is quoted as saying "one of the most exciting discoveries of 2011" notwithstanding the fact that the band have three albums under their belt and many years of performance behind them.
The band are mates of Seth Lakeman and entertained fellow musicians, friends and guests at his wedding celebrations in 2012[4]
In addition to their usual local and national gigs, the official Mad Dog 'Happy Bus' tour of the UK took place in November 2012 and featured friend Cosmo Jarvis in support (who penned Waiting on the Hill from The Whirling Dervish).[5]
One career highlight for the band was performing The Rocky Road to Dublin with Mick Jagger on tambourine at a charity garden party for The Prince's Trust[6]
In 2013, Mad Dog Mcrea also performed on the Avalon Stage as part of the 2013 Glastonbury Festival[7]
Discography
Year | Album title | Track listing |
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2002 | Away with the Fairies- Released: 2002
- Formats: CD
| - Curly Wurly Jig
- Raggle Taggle Gypsy
- Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
- Turning Away
- O Keefe's Slide
- Black Fly
- Devil Went Down to Georgia
- The Bear Necessities
- Rocky Road To Dublin
- Hava Na Gila
|
2006 | Sophisticated Hat Manoeuvres- Released:
- Label: God Dam Records
- Formats: CD, download
| - Country Boy
- Am I Drinking Enough
- The Jolly Beggarman
- Gagged & Bound
- The Butterfly
- Back In The Nick O Time
- Coolie's Reel
- Dribble On The Pillow
- Whiskey Moon
- The Happy Bus
|
2011 | The Whirling Dervish- Released: 31 May 2013 [9]
- Label: God Dam Records
- Formats: CD, download
| - Climb A Hill
- Stupid Things
- Devil's Cauldron
- Rose in the Heather/Hanley's Tweed
- Man Was A Hero
- Bold Belinda
- Waiting On The Hill
- Duck Street
- Bee's Wing
- Sharav
- Tempus Fugit
- The Which
|
2014 | Alive EP- Released: 10 March 2014 [10]
- Label: God Dam Records
- Formats: CD, download
| - A Longer Road
- Black Fly
- Pikey Killed My Goldfish
- Am I Drinking Enough?
- The Happy Bus
|
2015 | Almost Home- Released: 15 March 2015 [11]
- Label: God Dam Records
- Formats: CD, download
| - Almost Home
- Talking Through The Walls
- I've Seen Things
- You Can't Find Me
- Cher
- The Sound
- The Devonside
- Heart Of Stone
- Mad Dog Coll
- Whiskey Man
- The Juggler
|
2019 | It's a Sign EP- Released: 17 December 2019 [12]
- Label: God Dam Records
- Formats: CD, download
| - Sugar Water Sunday
- Resurrection Man
- The Sundial
- Damnation Alley
- Going Up
| |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Wurzels confirmed for Watchet Live festival (From Somerset County Gazette). Somersetcountygazette.co.uk. 11 August 2016.
- Web site: legacygloucestershireecho.co.uk. Thisisgloucestershire.co.uk. 11 August 2016. https://archive.today/20120918235708/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Spend-night-Ben/story-15373387-detail/story.html. 18 September 2012. dead.
- Web site: BBC Radio 2 - Mike Harding, With Nuala Kennedy. Bbc.co.uk. 11 August 2016.
- Web site: Star Seth's wedding 'like a mini festival' Plymouth Herald. Thisisplymouth.co.uk. 11 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154359/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Star-Seth-s-wedding-like-mini-festival/story-16291120-detail/story.html. 4 November 2012. dead.
- Web site: The Happy Bus Tour – Autumn 2012 – Mad Dog Mcrea. Maddogmcrea.co.uk. 11 August 2016.
- Web site: Mad Dog Mcrea bring jiggery folkery back to their old stomping ground Western Morning News. Westernmorningnews.co.uk. 11 August 2016.
- Web site: Digital. Pretty Good. Glastonbury Festival - 2013 line-up revealed. 2021-09-18. Glastonbury Festival - 21st-25th June, 2017. en-US.
- Web site: Sophisticated Hat Manoeuvres by Mad Dog Mcrea on Apple Music . Itunes.apple.com . 2020-06-09.
- Web site: The Whirling Dervish by Mad Dog Mcrea on Apple Music . Itunes.apple.com . 2011-05-31 . 2020-06-09.
- Web site: Alive EP by Mad Dog Mcrea on Apple Music . Itunes.apple.com . 2014-03-10 . 2020-06-09.
- Web site: Almost Home by Mad Dog Mcrea on Apple Music . Itunes.apple.com . 2020-06-09.
- Web site: Mad Dog Mcrea - NEW 5 TRACK EP - 'It's A Sign' OUT NOW !!... . Facebook.com . 2020-05-17 . 2020-06-09.