Mayor McCa is a Canadian musician, writer, cartoonist, animator, actor and onetime mayoral candidate from Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

. He mostly performs as a one-man band.

One of McCa's campaign pledges was to rename Hamilton as the home of Canadian rock and roll, Donut Rock City (a riff on Hamilton being the home of the first Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons Inc. is a Canadian fast casual restaurant known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada's largest fast food service with over 3000 stores nationwide. It was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, by Canadian hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade, after an initial venture in...

 store). McCa lost, polling eighth out of 12 candidates.

His music has been playlisted on CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...

, and appeared on the Sonic Unyon

Sonic Unyon

Sonic Unyon Recording Company is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The retail store is located on Wilson Street near James Street North)...

 anniversary compilation Now We Are 5

Now We Are 5

Now We Are 5 is a compilation album released in 1998 on Sonic Unyon Records, as a retrospective to mark the label's fifth anniversary.-Track listing:# Tricky Woo, "Teenage Hurricane"# The Mooney Suzuki, "Inspirational"...

.

Mayor McCa currently lives and performs in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He toured with Finger Eleven

Finger Eleven

Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...

, Noisettes

Noisettes

Noisettes are an English indie rock band from London, comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison...

, Feist, Slow Club

Slow Club

Slow Club is a folk-rock duo from Sheffield, England. The band formed in 2006, after the break-up of Sheffield band The Lonely Hearts.-History:The band is made up of Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor...

, Nick Oliveri

Nick Oliveri

Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...

 and Blag Dahlia

Blag Dahlia

Paul Cafaro , better known as Blag Dahlia, is an American musician, producer, and author.-Music career:Cafaro is a native of Highland Park, Illinois, and is most well known as the front-man of Dwarves, a punk rock band. With the Dwarves he has written and produced 10 full length records over a span...

, as well as appearing at the Secret Garden Party

Secret Garden Party

The Secret Garden Party is an annual independent arts and music festival which takes place in Abbots Ripton near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Part of the grounds of a Georgian farm house, the location has its own lake, river and landscaped gardens...

 festival. He recently toured with Bob Log III

Bob Log III

Bob Log III is an American slide guitar one-man band. During performances, he plays old Silvertone archtop guitars, wears a full body human cannonball suit, and a pilot's helmet wired to a telephone receiver, which allows him to devote his hands and feet to guitar and drums. The spectacle has been...

 and the The Magic Numbers

The Magic Numbers

The Magic Numbers are an English pop rock band comprising two pairs of brothers and sisters from Greenford. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their critically acclaimed debut album titled The Magic Numbers on 13 June 2005...

 in early 2009. He has also played extensively in Canada.

On February 15, 2010 McCa released his hand-made animated video for the song, "Drinkalottawater". The video was directed by Dean Chalkley

Dean Chalkley

- Early life :Dean Chakley's first years were spent on a farm in Essex where his parents were Labourers. At the age of seven the family moved to Southend-on-Sea where he eventually attended Fairfax High School for boys, in Westcliff-on-Sea....

 and Yemisi Brookes.

Discography

• Demo-lition- demo-cassette (1996)
• Busboy (1997)
• Welcome to McCALand (1999)
• Me is He (2001)
• El Limb Men Oh Pee (2003)
• Do's and Dues:Demo-lition 2 - 6 track demo (2005)
• Cue Are Es Tea You (2006)

Sources

• "One-man band: The singular style of Mayor McCA" thenewpollution.net
• "Mayor McCa Follows Sony Bono's Lead" "chartattack.com"
• "HATS OFF TO MAYOR McCA" "viewmag.com"
• "Mayor McCa Moving To The Land Of Tea And Pounds" "chartattack.com"
• "Mayor McCa Works Harder Than James Brown" "chartattack.com"
• "Mayor McCa Has Noisettes And Rumble Strips On New Album" "charattack.com"