HOMEHOMEhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011-12-19T14:07:10ZSquarespaceCreeping up on 2012http://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/12/19/creeping-up-on-2012.html[Your Name Here]2011-12-19T13:48:03Z2011-12-19T13:48:03ZI just posted a new video for the song "Into The Woods."  It was filmed this past October by Randy Scott Carroll at Prismatic Canvas Productions in Lynchburg VA.  Randy set up a house show for a tour I was on with PJ Bond and Brian Bond.  He feed us home made pizza, hosted a great show, put us up for the night and filmed a video for each of us the next day.  Randy is one generous human being.  You can view the video in the Video page.

In Plow United news:

We will be rehearsing next week for our show at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ w/ The Bouncing Souls, Leftover Crack and Detournement on 12/30.  The show is part of the Home For The Holidays series and SOLD OUT!

The other show we are getting ready for is our New Years Eve show at The Note in West Chester, PA!  We will be playing with three bands from the 90's who are reuniting for this show-The Crash, Jake & The Stiffs, and Third Year Freshman.  DJ Arik Victor will be spinning tunes as well.  Tickets for The Note can be purchased here:

PLOW UNITED NYE

*We will also have our first ever hoodies for sale at these shows.

Joel, Sean and I (plow united) have also been writing and demoing new songs for the next Plow United record.  We will be playing some of these new songs at our year-end shows.  To say we are excited about making another Plow United record is a total understatement.

In solo news-I'll be playing a set at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar on January 3rd.  And there is also a show in the works for January 12th at The Stanhope House in Stanhope, NJ.  These shows will feature new solo songs as well as new Plow United songs.

Alright!  Onward to 2012!  Thanks for all your support this year and I look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

best,

Brian

]]>Decemberhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/11/16/december.html[Your Name Here]2011-11-16T13:05:35Z2011-11-16T13:05:35ZHere is a list of things happening now and coming up:

-Writing new songs for the next Brian McGee release and the next Plow United album.

-Working at Russo Music in Asbury Park.  I've been apprenticing to be a guitar tech doing set-ups and repairs.  If you are in the area-stop in and say hello.  If you are not in the area-make a trip and bring your guitar in for a set-up.  Check out Russo Music on line HERE.

-Prices in the Brian McGee store have been lowered!  Visit the store page and do a little Christmas shopping.

-For Plow United Merch, you can visit Plow United Store.

-A couple reminders for shows coming up in December:

Friday, December 2nd-Joel Tannenbaum and I will be playing as a duo at The V Lounge in Somerset, NJ.  We will be playing Plow United songs that we rearranged and performed this past September on WXPN's The Key and at Drexel University's KDU.  We will also work some of my solo song and a cover or two into the set.

Bryan Thomas Baxter and The Brigantines perform as well.  Here's a link 12.2.11 V Lounge

 

NEW YEAR'S EVE!!!!!!

Plow United will be playing at The Note in West Chester on New Year's Eve.  Also on the bill are three bands who will be reuniting especially for the event-The Crash, Jake & The Stiffs, and Third Year Freshman.  And Arik Victor, who started Creep Records and recorded all of these bands will be DJ'ing as well.

Get your tickets here PLOW UNITED at The Note on NYE.

Hope to see you before 2012!

 

]]>FEST 10 tour with PJ Bondhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/10/21/fest-10-tour-with-pj-bond.html[Your Name Here]2011-10-21T13:46:04Z2011-10-21T13:46:04Z"Lo and behold, lo and behold, looking for my lo and behold, get me out of here, my dear man..."  Oops sorry, stuck on the Basement Tapes again.

 

Well yeah, Lo and Behold I'm heading out on the road again.  With PJ Bond again to!  PJ and I are touring our way down to FEST 10 in Gainesville, FL.  We are making several stops along the way in VA, SC, NC and so on.  

 

This time I will have THE TAKING OR THE LEAVING on vinyl as well as some Plow United loot.  I'm still waiting on a couple addresses which I will gladly post on my Facebook and Twitter.  Here's a list of the shows we will be playing:

 

Sat, 10/22, College Park, MD, $7 address TBA

Mon, 10/24, Loft E, 1009 Jefferson St, Loft E, Lynchburg, VA

Tue, 10/25, Paul Eric Jansen's House, 30 Perry St, Greenville, SC

Wed, 10/26, House concert, 108 E. 40th Street, Savannah, GA, FB event page.

Thr, 10/27, The Peacock Room, 1321 N Mills Ave., Orlando, FL 

Sat, 10/29, FEST 10 @ The Lunchbox, 104 SE 1st AVE, Gainesville, FL (my set time is from 7:50 to 8:20)

Sun, 10/30, The Mill, North Charleston

Mon, 10/31, New Brooklyn Tavern, Columbia, SC (Dead songwriters Halloween show)

Tue, 11/1, Tir Na Nog, 218 S Blount St., Raleigh, NC

 

Hope to see some familiar faces!

 

Brian

]]>It's Been A Whilehttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/9/21/its-been-a-while.html[Your Name Here]2011-09-21T12:04:29Z2011-09-21T12:04:29ZJeez, so much has happened since I've updated the site, and so much more will be happening.  One month ago today my wife and I moved to New Brunswick, NJ.  Here's what has been going on:

-I took a job at Russo Music in Asbury Park, NJ as a guitar tech.  I'm apprenticing under Scott Engel of The Holy Mess.

-On September 8th, I opened for The Horrible Crowes which is a side project of Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem) and his longtime friend Ian Perkins.  The show was at the Bowery Ballroom and sold out!  Here is a review of the show (with photos) from theaudioperv.com.  It was a total blast to play to a New York crowd of 600 people.

-Plow United reheasing has begun!  We are playing a festival this weekend called RIOT FEST EAST at Festival Pier in Philadelphia.  Joel and I have been going over songs and rearranging a few to perform on the radio as a duo.   Last Sunday we played live on Drexel University's station WKDU.  And this Thursday you can listen to our performance at WXPN on The Key.  Joel and I also got together with Mike Bardzik (Super Hi Five, The Boils) at his studio Noisy Little Critter, to run through out Riot Fest set list before Sean gets into town from Oregon. 

-Plow United is also releasing a DOUBLE VINYL and CD called SLEEPWALK : A RETROSPECTIVE on Paper + Plastick records out of Gainesville, FL.  It is a collection of songs from all three full length records plus singles and an unreleased instrumental track.  The limited edition CD will be available at Riot Fest.  The vinyl will be released in October.  And we are also working on another album for next fall!

-Plow United is playing New Years Eve at The Note in West Chester PA.  The line-up includes THE CRASH, JAKE & THE STIFFS (both of whom are reuniting for the show), TWO DAYS AGO I TURNED PUNK ROCK (Tom Martin) and DJ'ing by Arik Victor.  Tickets go on sale this Sunday at noon!

 

For my solo shows-I will be heading down to FEST 10 in Gainesville FL at the end of October.  I'll be touring down and back with PJ Bond.

]]>Farewells, Moving and Reunionshttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/7/12/farewells-moving-and-reunions.html[Your Name Here]2011-07-12T13:52:54Z2011-07-12T13:52:54ZHello and I hope summer is treating you well.

This summer has been rolling along with some pleasant surprises and it's going to end with big goodbye.  So here is what's happening:

Reunions:  While I was on tour with PJ Bond this past June (which by the way was awesome) I received a phone call asking if my old punk band, Plow United (facebook,twitter) wanted to play a reunion show in Philadelphia on September 24 during the one day Riot Fest East festival.  The festival's headlining bands are The Descendents, X, and The Dead Milkmen.  If any of you know these bands, then you understand what a big deal this show is.  If you don't know those bands, the show is a big deal.  So after working out the details and talking it over, we agreed that the timing was right and we got on board.  We are really looking forward to playing together for the first time in 13 years and we are talking about writing new songs.  This is going to be fun.

Moving:  My wife and I are leaving the Old North State.  We will be moving to the Garden State known as New Jersey.  Graduate school calls and my wife answered and no it's time to go.  I've lived in Western NC for 11 years and I will miss this great state.  We were reminded what a great place it is geographically this past weekend when we drove from mountains to sea... cardinal to pelican.... dogwood to palm.  We leave in August right after I play a 

Farewell show:  On Saturday August 20, 2011 I will be playing a farewell show at The Grey Eagle.  I will be playing with full band and will do some solo stuff.  Also playing the show and sitting in on my set will be The Electric Owls and PJ Bond.  This will be a great way to play my last show as a NC resident at my favorite venue in Asheville.

Vinyl:  The Taking Or The Leaving is now available on vinyl and you can purchase it here-Vinyl

Thanks once again for all your support and see you all soon!

Brian

 

]]>Plow United Reunion 9/24/11http://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/6/20/plow-united-reunion-92411.html[Your Name Here]2011-06-20T23:25:38Z2011-06-20T23:25:38ZMy old band, Plow United, will be playing a reunion show this September 24th at Riot Fest East.  We are honored to be sharing the stage with bands like The Descendents, X, The Dead Milkmen, Hot Water Music, Naked Raygun and more.  Here is a link to the festival page-

http://riotfest.org/news/2011/jun/20/descendents-dead-milkmen-x-plow-united-nr-and-hwm-/

We are very excited about this and hope to see old friends & old fans as well as make some new friends and fans.

Thanks for reading and see you down the road.

Oh-and if you want to follow the Plow United on Twitter, our handle is @PlowUnited

Best,

Brian

]]>June Tour with PJ Bondhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/6/2/june-tour-with-pj-bond.html[Your Name Here]2011-06-02T17:13:59Z2011-06-02T17:13:59ZThis Friday's show kicks off the 23 day East Coast tour that PJ Bond and myself will be heading out on.  We will begin in Asheville at The Lab, make our way down to Florida, up the coast into New England and then back down again.  Both of us will be playing solo and maybe even collaborate on some songs.  

You can check the tour schedule to see if we are coming to your town, or one of your friends town.  Either way, wish us luck and keep up with us on Twitter and Facebook.  It's going to be a pretty fantastic three weeks of song.  Hope you can make it out to a show.

Vinyl-will most likely be here by the end of June or early July.  Thank you for your patience and talk to you all later.

best,

Brian

]]>Kickstarter VINYL campaign!http://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/3/24/kickstarter-vinyl-campaign.html[Your Name Here]2011-03-24T14:21:06Z2011-03-24T14:21:06ZAttention everyone!  The Kickstarter campaign to release "The Taking Or The Leaving" on vinyl is entering into it's last three weeks (almost 23 days).  I still need to raise $1,600 to reach that $3,000 goal.  Here is a link to the campaign page-

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852114289/brian-mcgees-the-taking-or-the-leaving-on-vinyl?ref=email

The nuts and bolts of this machine are as follows:

-Vinyl pressing will be limited to 500 numbered copies.  Each record comes with a digital download code of the album

-At certain donation levels there are house concerts available, both solo and full band

-There is a t-shirt available that is specific to this campaign.

That is just a short list of what is available.  Please visit the link above and pass it on to any vinyl enthusiasts that you may know.  Let's get this done TOGETHER!

 

Thank you for your time and see you down the road,

 

Brian

 

]]>Upcoming Tours and Vinylhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2011/1/11/upcoming-tours-and-vinyl.html[Your Name Here]2011-01-11T19:50:54Z2011-01-11T19:50:54ZHappy New Year.
 
I hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday season and are staying warm as winter rolls on.  I kicked off 2011 by going out to see The Reigning Sound and Brooklyn NY's, The Legendary Singing Stars.  It was a  great way to bring in the new year and I highly suggest you look up these two bands.
 
Ok, now onto official business.  I will be hitting the road playing lots of solo gigs in the first chunk of this year.  This upcoming weekend will take me, myself and I down to Georgia and South Carolina.
 
In a couple weeks the band and I will head up to West Virginia, Ohio and Bristol, TN.

And in February, I will continue the solo adventure up into the northeast to follow up on some of those cities that the band visited last November.


Vinyl
What's the vinyl part of the subject mean, you might ask yourself?  Wellllllll, I am in the process of putting together a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to release The Taking Or The Leaving in a limited edition pressing of 500 vinyl records.  This will look a lot like donating to public radio or public television, where at different donation amounts, you receive different awards for donating.  This will all make a lot more sense once the campaign is launched.... which should not be to far from now.
In the meantime, you can check out Kickstarter.com by clicking here.

No Depression

Please check out the recent blog on www.nodepression.com for a story about Brian McGee.
 
That's all for now and I'll see you down the road!

]]>Decemberhttp://www.brianmcgeemusic.com/home/2010/12/1/december.html[Your Name Here]2010-12-01T19:44:00Z2010-12-01T19:44:00ZI am pleased to say that we will be wrapping up 2010 with a string of shows in both North & South Carolina.  Here is a list of where the band and I will be:
 
Fri. Dec. 3rd-Jack Of The Wood, Asheville NC
 
Sat. Dec 4th-The Garage, Winston-Salem, NC w/ John Howie Jr. & The Sweethearts and The Bo-Stevens
 
Mon. Dec 6th-Horizon Records, Greenville, SC-Brian solo in-store performance
 
Tues. Dec 7th-Jack Of The Wood, Asheville, NC-Brian solo part of Songwriter Night
 
Sat. Dec 11th-Stone Soup, Landrum, SC-Brian solo
 
Wed. Dec 15th-Wild Wings, Asheville, NC-8pm to 10pm
 
 
The band and I also had a great time on this past November tour.  Over the course of 3,500 miles and 9 states, we shared the stage with John Oates and Sam Bush (you can watch the video here: Music City Roots), played a show with Sam Quinn and Josh Oliver, keep my joking chops in check with teenagers and early 20 something's in Massachusetts, saw comedian Gilbert Gottfried in a diner in Brooklyn, and played a homecoming show in Philadelphia.  Minus getting sick and losing half my voice, we had a great time.  And plans are being made now for a return solo tour into the northeast for February.
 
Remember to let us know where we should book gigs in your home town.  And look for us at festivals in 2011.  And if there's a festival that you'd like to see us at, please contact the festival and request that they contact us.  See you in 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Here's a video from Shakori Hills festival from October 2010-Diving Horses.

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