"(Chrissy Boy) on guitar and Lee Thompson (Kix) on saxophone and vocals. They later recruited John Hasler on drums and Cathal Smyth (better known as Chas Smash) on bass guitar. Later in the year, they were joined by lead vocalist Dikron Tulane. This six-piece line-up lasted until part way through 1977, when Graham McPherson (better known as Suggs) took over the lead vocals after seeing the band perform in a friend's garden. Tulane went on to be an actor under the name Dikran Tulaine. Smyth, who left after an argument with Barson, was replaced by Gavin Rodgers, Barson's girlfriend's brother."
"Suggs (singer) Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor. In a music career spanning 40 years, Suggs came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which released fifteen singles that entered the Top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s, including ""My Girl"", ""Baggy Trousers"", ""Embarrassment"", ""It Must Be Love"", ""House of Fun"", ""Driving in My Car"", ""Our House"", ""Wings of a Dove"" and ""Lovestruck"". Suggs began his solo career in 1995,"
"members include or have included Keith Waterhouse, Richard Littlejohn, Noel Botham, Ken Stott and Brian Hitchen. Suggs is a fan of Chelsea F.C., made apparent by the FA Cup related song ""Blue Day"" which he wrote and then performed along with the rest of the 1996–1997 Chelsea squad. Suggs (singer) Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor. In a music career spanning 40 years, Suggs came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which released fifteen singles that"
"Dave McPherson (musician) Dave McPherson is an English singer songwriter from Harold Wood, London. Best known for his work as lead singer and principal songwriter in award winning British rock band InMe, he has also had some success as a solo artist in his own right. His style as a solo artist is far removed from his role in InMe in that the songs are primarily folky but still feature rich programmed orchestration. Dave started working on solo material as early as 2004 during down-time from InMe's touring cycle. He has released a long string of independent EP's, all hand"
"albums, ""Disintegration Blues"" in 2011 and ""Fireball"" in 2013, were released on his own Disintegration Records following the demise of both G7 Welcoming Committee Records and Smallman Records. ""Fireball"" was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. In 2017 MacPherson collaborated with Rob Gardiner in the project Figure Walking, whose debut album ""The Big Other"" was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize. Greg MacPherson Greg MacPherson (born 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MacPherson performs both solo and with a backing band. MacPherson's sixth album, ""Mr. Invitation"", was released on March 30,"
"album's first single, The Wilderness, is set for release shortly. Every song for the album will have an accompanying music video. Dave will support the album touring with his new live band ""The Make-Believe"", which features current members of InMe and former members of Fei Comodo. Dave McPherson (musician) Dave McPherson is an English singer songwriter from Harold Wood, London. Best known for his work as lead singer and principal songwriter in award winning British rock band InMe, he has also had some success as a solo artist in his own right. His style as a solo artist is far"
"Gordon McPherson Gordon McPherson (born 1965) is a Scottish composer. McPherson was born in Dundee. He studied at the University of York, England, returning there for his doctorate, continuing with post-doctoral research at the Royal Northern College of Music. MacPherson has composed almost 100 pieces (as of 2006). His work has been performed and broadcast widely throughout the world. Recent works have included ""Kamperduin"", a second work for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, commissioned to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the 1797 Battle of Camperdown; ""Friends in Strange Places"", a new chamber work recorded for the inauguration of Dundee Contemporary"
"has been in demand both as a teacher and lecturer and is currently head of composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Gordon McPherson Gordon McPherson (born 1965) is a Scottish composer. McPherson was born in Dundee. He studied at the University of York, England, returning there for his doctorate, continuing with post-doctoral research at the Royal Northern College of Music. MacPherson has composed almost 100 pieces (as of 2006). His work has been performed and broadcast widely throughout the world. Recent works have included ""Kamperduin"", a second work for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, commissioned to commemorate the 200th"
"Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work with the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. He also popularized what he called ""Cosmic American Music"", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. He recorded as a solo artist, and with the International Submarine Band, The Byrds, and The Flying Burrito Brothers. His relatively short career was described by AllMusic as ""enormously influential"" for country and rock, ""blending the two genres to the"
"instruments. He played on the CBC and won a Juno Award for Best Jazz Album in 1983. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1987. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s MacPherson was a first-call studio player in Vancouver, as well as leading the house band at the Cave supper club. He also taught briefly in the Jazz and Commercial Music department at Vancouver Community College, where his students included future Powder Blues Band baritone saxophonist Gordie Bertram and New Orleans based saxophonist and jazz educator John Doheny. ""Live at the Planetarium"", MacPherson's first album as leader of a small"
"James Macpherson James Macpherson (Gaelic: ""Seumas MacMhuirich"" or ""Seumas Mac a' Phearsain""; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the ""translator"" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems. He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation. Macpherson was born at Ruthven in the parish of Kingussie in Badenoch, Inverness-shire. In the 1752-3 session, he was sent to King's College, Aberdeen, moving two years later to Marischal College (the two institutions later became the University of Aberdeen); it is also believed that he attended classes at the"
"James Macpherson James Macpherson (Gaelic: ""Seumas MacMhuirich"" or ""Seumas Mac a' Phearsain""; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the ""translator"" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems. He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation. Macpherson was born at Ruthven in the parish of Kingussie in Badenoch, Inverness-shire. In the 1752-3 session, he was sent to King's College, Aberdeen, moving two years later to Marischal College (the two institutions later became the University of Aberdeen); it is also believed that he attended classes at the"
"Gerard McMahon Gerard Thomas McMahon, also known as Gerard McMann and G Tom Mac, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV. McMahon is also the founder member of the band G TOM MAC. Whilst McMahon has undertaken many different musical projects throughout his career, he is probably still best known by many for the gothic rock anthem ""Cry Little Sister"", a song which he recorded in 1987 for the soundtrack album of the cult horror film ""The Lost Boys"". Gerard McMahon, who lists amongst his musical influences Liam Mullen, John Lennon,"
"sound for bands he was in such as The Poison Okies and The Starkweather Boys. He studied visual arts in college, earning a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa, and later worked as an art and technology teacher. After deciding to pursue music more seriously, McPherson sent a demo to Jimmy Sutton of the small independent record label Hi-STYLE Records, which specialized in roots music. Sutton agreed to produce McPherson's debut album: this became 2010's ""Signs and Signifiers"". On 19 November 2012, ""Rolling Stone"" labelled McPherson an ""Artist to Watch"" in a 3½ star (out of 5)"
"Greg MacPherson Greg MacPherson (born 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MacPherson performs both solo and with a backing band. MacPherson's sixth album, ""Mr. Invitation"", was released on March 30, 2010 and was longlisted for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. In addition to his musical career, MacPherson co-owns Canadian indie label Disintegration Records, and works as a community organizer in Winnipeg's inner city. He has previously released albums on G7 Welcoming Committee Records, and more recently Smallman Records. The independent record label play/rec, based in Copenhagen, has released a compilation LP in Europe. His two most recent"
"James Macpherson (1736–96) was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation, claiming to have found poetry written by Ossian, he published translations that acquired international popularity, being proclaimed as a Celtic equivalent of the Classical epics. ""Fingal"" written in 1762 was speedily translated into many European languages, and its deep appreciation of natural beauty and the melancholy tenderness of its treatment of the ancient legend did more than any single work to bring about the Romantic movement in European, and especially in German, literature, influencing Herder and Goethe. Eventually it became clear that the poems were not direct"
"JD McPherson Jonathan David ""JD"" McPherson, born April 14, 1977, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues music of the 1950s. Among influences such as Little Richard and Fats Domino, McPherson also draws inspiration from artists as diverse as the Wu-Tang Clan, Pixies, and Led Zeppelin. McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up"
"Magnoliafest at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. A Cleveland, Ohio area band, New Soft Shoe, performs as a tribute band to Parsons' music. A St. Paul, Minnesota band, The Gilded Palace Sinners, is another Parsons' tribute group. Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973), known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work with the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. He also popularized what he called ""Cosmic American Music"", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. He"
"Charles McPherson (musician) Charles McPherson (born July 24, 1939) is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin, Missouri, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, who worked intermittently with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1974, and as a performer leading his own groups. McPherson also was commissioned to help record ensemble renditions of pieces from Charlie Parker on the 1988 soundtrack for the film ""Bird"". The following is sourced from the Jazz Discography website of Michael Fitzgerald. With Pepper Adams With Toshiko Akiyoshi With Kenny Drew With Clint Eastwood With Art Farmer With Barry Harris With Sam Jones With Charles Mingus"
"Matthew Sharp as performer, singer and cellist, and Clare Haythornthwaite as violinist/performer. It was premiered in Amiens, and has been performed in Kendal. In 2016 it was performed in Rye, Ashford and at Tate Modern. McKean founded the record label Feral Records with saxophonist Iain Ballamy. McKean has won numerous awards and accolades. Over the years, he has been nominated five times for a World Fantasy Award in the category of ""Artist"", and he won the award in 1991. His graphic novel ""Cages"" won the Alph-Art, Pantera, and Harvey Awards for best Graphic Novel. He has been nominated six times"
"Harmony"" (1894), ""Form in Music"" (1908), and ""Melody and Harmony"" (1920). Also a composer, he wrote a Symphony in C (1880), a Mass in D (1898), and a ""Concerto alla fantasia"" for violin and orchestra (1904). He died in the British capital, London, on 27 March 1941. Stewart Macpherson (Charles) Stewart Macpherson (29 March 1865 – 27 March 1941) was an English musician of Scottish descent. He was born in Liverpool, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1887, he joined the RAM staff, and taught harmony and composition. He founded the Music Teachers' Association in"
"landmark albums like ""Harvest"" and a considerable string of hits over more than four decades of writing, recording and performing. He is referred to by some as the Godfather of Grunge, having inspired grunge pioneers like Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder; and he remains one of the most influential Canadian musicians of all time. Former Guess Who guitarist Randy Bachman started up a band called Brave Belt not long after he left the Guess Who. Brave Belt was later renamed to Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO for short). Bachman–Turner Overdrive became hugely popular worldwide with such hits as ""Takin'"
"unless otherwise stated: McMahon has also contributed to all the following films and TV shows: Gerard McMahon Gerard Thomas McMahon, also known as Gerard McMann and G Tom Mac, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV. McMahon is also the founder member of the band G TOM MAC. Whilst McMahon has undertaken many different musical projects throughout his career, he is probably still best known by many for the gothic rock anthem ""Cry Little Sister"", a song which he recorded in 1987 for the soundtrack album of the cult horror film"
"for sale and developing the programme of lessons and courses. He left that post after falling out with Seumas MacNeill, and from then on refused to play in front of MacNeill, so never competed in the Glenfiddich Championships. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1986 for his services to piping. He died on 21 April 2012 in Edinburgh. MacPherson was one of the most successful competitive solo pipers of all time. In 1948, at his first outing at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban, he won the Gold Medal, and later the same day won the Clasp for former"
"and died from the disease at his home in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia on January 27, 2006 (one day shy of his 57th birthday). He was survived by his wife Barbara, two daughters, and two sons. Gene McFadden Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team of McFadden & Whitehead with John Whitehead. McFadden met John Whitehead as a teenager and together they founded the Epsilons,"
"John Graham (producer) John Graham is a British record producer, songwriter, vocalist who is also known under the pseudonyms Quivver, Skanna, Stoneproof and Space Manoeuvres. He was a former member of music production team Tilt and has recorded and toured with the Welsh electronic group, Hybrid in the past. John Graham began music production in the early 1990s. Originally, he produced and released several tunes under the name Globe before releasing several darkside jungle singles under the name Skanna. With Neil Barry, under the alias of ""Quivver"", he released ""Saxy Lady"" and ""Twist & Shout"" on A&M Records Lt. UK."
"back in the studio recording new material. ""Why Can't Man Be More Like Animals"" takes its name from a Pink Panther episode entitled Sink Pink. ""The sky on my Birthday"" takes its name from a photograph taken by photographer Francine Weiss which also features on the cover art of the album Rubyhorse Leftbank William Declan Lucey William D. Lucey is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member and key songwriter for Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Owen Fegan, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe.[1] More recently he has released two"
"Donald Macpherson (piper) Donald MacPherson (1922 - 2012) was a Scottish bagpipe player, and one of the most successful competitive solo pipers of all time. MacPherson was born into a large family on 5 September 1922 in Glasgow. He received all of his tuition from his father Iain, who was an army piper during the First World War, and had been taught by John MacDougall Gillies. Iain injured his hand when Donald was aged 5 and rarely played his pipes after that, but gave Donald instruction in all aspects of bagpipe playing. Donald joined the Boys Brigade pipe band at"
"not compelled to compose any pibroch. Donald Macpherson (piper) Donald MacPherson (1922 - 2012) was a Scottish bagpipe player, and one of the most successful competitive solo pipers of all time. MacPherson was born into a large family on 5 September 1922 in Glasgow. He received all of his tuition from his father Iain, who was an army piper during the First World War, and had been taught by John MacDougall Gillies. Iain injured his hand when Donald was aged 5 and rarely played his pipes after that, but gave Donald instruction in all aspects of bagpipe playing. Donald joined"
"Phil Spector Phillip Harvey Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector, December 26, 1939) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter who developed the Wall of Sound, a music production formula he described as a Wagnerian approach to rock and roll. Spector was dubbed the ""First Tycoon of Teen"" by writer Tom Wolfe and is acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in pop music history. Later in his life, he became notorious for the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson, for which he was convicted of second degree murder. Born in the Bronx, Spector began his career in 1958"
"With Don Patterson With Charles Tolliver With Dave Pike Charles McPherson (musician) Charles McPherson (born July 24, 1939) is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin, Missouri, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, who worked intermittently with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1974, and as a performer leading his own groups. McPherson also was commissioned to help record ensemble renditions of pieces from Charlie Parker on the 1988 soundtrack for the film ""Bird"". The following is sourced from the Jazz Discography website of Michael Fitzgerald. With Pepper Adams With Toshiko Akiyoshi With Kenny Drew With Clint Eastwood With Art Farmer"
"Graham Alexander (musician) Graham Alexander (born May 2, 1989 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American singer-songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur known best for his solo music career and for his roles in the Broadway shows """" and ""Let It Be"" and as the entrepreneur who founded a new incarnation of the Victor Talking Machine Co. in Camden, N.J. Graham Alexander became interested in music when he and a friend picked a music documentary VHS out of the trash. In middle school, he founded his first band, The Roadrunners, which developed a following in the New York City and Philadelphia areas."
"which despite promises of major distribution was never widely released. In 1998 Graham's popular song 'The Lord is Gracious and Compassionate' was recorded by Vineyard Music Group in the UK and Ireland, while Graham relocated to Canada and began a solo Career in Vancouver BC. His first Canadian release was an instrumental recording entitled 'Waiting' He then went on to record two CD's with producer and writer Brian Doerksen with the Vineyard Canada Music group. Graham has since travelled extensively around the world as a musician and has released eight solo albums to date together with several collaborative projects which"