Greg McDonald
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Greg McDonald is a British singer-songwriter who announced the forthcoming release of his debut solo album in 2008. He was the frontman of The Dawn Parade, a Bury St Edmunds based British
indie band.
McDonald's songs have won awards from Rolling Stone
and The International Songwriting Competition, and he has been championed by DJs Tom Robinson
, Mark Radcliffe
, Steve Lamacq
and John Peel
, for whom he recorded two Peel Sessions.
-based indie label Repeat Records
, toured extensively, and recorded two Peel Session. In 2003 a new line-up of McDonald on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Jones (lead guitar), Mark Sewell (drums,vocals), and Steve McLoughlin (bass) recorded debut album "The Dawn Parade", released on Repeat Records. In August 2006 the band split, McDonald saying, "I wouldn't have missed it for the world and I didn't."
In late 2007 Greg McDonald's first solo outings marked a darker tone and new acoustic direction as he returned to playing live as a solo performer and with singers Catherine McDonald and Emily Jukes and musicians Jeremy Jones, Sam Inglis and Seymour Patrick.
In January 2008 McDonald announced the forthcoming release of his debut solo album.
As Greg McDonald
As Greg McDonald
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indie band.
McDonald's songs have won awards from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
and The International Songwriting Competition, and he has been championed by DJs Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...
, Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe
Mark Radcliffe is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains one of Britain's most recognised DJs. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week alongside Stuart Maconie, called...
, Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...
and John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
, for whom he recorded two Peel Sessions.
Biography
Greg McDonald grew up in a Suffolk village close to Bury St Edmunds, where he and school friend Nick Morley formed The Dawn Parade. Also featuring Barney Wade (bass) and Ben Jennings (drums), The Dawn Parade signed to CambridgeCambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
-based indie label Repeat Records
Repeat Records
Repeat Records is an independent record label, fanzine and music promoter based in Cambridge, UK.R*E*P*E*A*T fanzine was started in 1994 by Cambridge schoolteacher Richard Rose...
, toured extensively, and recorded two Peel Session. In 2003 a new line-up of McDonald on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Jones (lead guitar), Mark Sewell (drums,vocals), and Steve McLoughlin (bass) recorded debut album "The Dawn Parade", released on Repeat Records. In August 2006 the band split, McDonald saying, "I wouldn't have missed it for the world and I didn't."
In late 2007 Greg McDonald's first solo outings marked a darker tone and new acoustic direction as he returned to playing live as a solo performer and with singers Catherine McDonald and Emily Jukes and musicians Jeremy Jones, Sam Inglis and Seymour Patrick.
In January 2008 McDonald announced the forthcoming release of his debut solo album.
Singles / EPs
With The Dawn ParadeThe Dawn Parade
The Dawn Parade were a British rock band from Bury St Edmunds formed in 2000. Greg McDonald was the main songwriter, and also provided vocals and guitar....
- The Dawn Parade EP (2001)
- Good Luck Olivia (2001)
- Electric Fence Your Gentleness EP (2002)
- Caffeine Row (January 2003)
- Strung Out On Nowhere (August 2003)
- The Underground (November 2004)
As Greg McDonald
- Reclaim The Night (June 2009)
- A Little Strange (November 2009)
- Liberty Waltz (November 2010)
Albums
With The Dawn Parade- The Dawn Parade (2006)
As Greg McDonald
- Stranger At The Door (January 2008)
- Tomorrow England (March 2011)