The McDades
| Members: | Shannon Johnson, Solon McDade, Jeremiah Mcdade, Simon Marion, Bucky Wheaton |
| Genre: | World Music Jam Band Celtic Acoustic |
| Hometown: | Edmonton AB & Montreal QC |
| Record Label: | Free Radio Records |
- • The McDades on FolkAlley.com|5:52pm Jun 13

Hi, We're about midway through our summer festivals and have been having a great time. Last weekend we were playing at the Atlin Folk Festival in Northern BC. What a trip, we had to fly up to Whitehorse and then drive south a couple of hours into BC. It's an amazingly beautiful part of the county.
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| Current Location: | Edmonton & Montreal |
| General Manager: | info@themcdades.com |
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| Press Contact: | info@themcdades.com |
| Influences: | The Chieftans, Alan Stivell, Dave Holland, Stephan Grapelli, Solas, Robert Johnson, Dervish, Lunasa, Charlie Parker, Chris Potter, Duke Ellington, Bob Wills, Bach, Brahms, Mingus, Jaco, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Kate Rusby, Flook, Dexter Gordon, The Band, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Avishai Cohen, Zakir Hussain, Peter Gabriel, Don Grolnick, Ale Moller, B.B King, Muddy Waters, Doobie Bros, Howlin' Wolf, Alison Krauss, Oscar Peterson, Altan, Mark Turner, Martin Sexton, Daniel Lanois, Bob Marley, Pierre Bensusan, Don Messer, The Police, David Binney, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Hank Williams, Radiohead, Wayne Shorter, Bruce Cockburn, Edgar Meyer, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Edith Piaf, La Boitinne Souriante, Frankie Gavin, BTO, Varttina, Gjallarhorn, Mark O'Connor, David Bowie, James Jamerson, Ravi Shankar, Mom & Dad, Vasen, Broken Social Scene, Robert Cray, Tchaikovsky, Bill Monroe, Curtis Mayfield, Led Zepplin, The Carter Family, Fleetwood Mac, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Blondie, Jimi Hendrix, Depeche Mode, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Brian Blade, Ray Charles. Rolling Stones, Sly & The Family Stone, Brad Mehldau, Dave Douglas, The Who, Ray Brown, AWB, AC/DC, Ben Allison, Ricky Skaggs and so many more. |
| Band Interests: | cooking, traveling, good wine, Bananagrams, local food & drinks, music, art, films, sports, glow in the dark frisbee, poker, The Edmonton Oilers vs. The Montreal Canadians, |
| Biography: | 3 siblings & their friends make for good-time music. Original music in English and French that mixes all of our musical backgrounds in a big soup. |
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5:14pmThroat Singing & Jaw Harp Duet