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Molly McGinn
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Greensboro NC, United States (2007 – present)
Molly McGinn (born August 27, 1974 in Dodge City, Kansas) is an American singer-songwriter, living, writing, creating and performing out of Greensboro, North Carolina. McGinn has been the creative force behind Molly McGinn and The Buster Dillys since 2007, a band that morphs from a pure solo act to including a rotating-sized crew of Buster Dilly players.
In the mid-1990s McGinn fronted The Alan Smithee Band, whose debut album, Between Gold and Lead, released in 1995. At the time, McGinn’s songwriting was heavily influenced by the jam band styles of The Grateful Dead, Phish, and Frank Zappa.
In 1996, The Alan Smithee Band disbanded and McGinn moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. At night, McGinn played Raleigh’s open mike night scene at the Berkley Café, The Pour House, and the monthly Cypher festival at the now closed Expressions Café. The Berkley’s blues and southern rock influences, coupled with the Cypher’s improvisational freestylers, slam poets, and scratch deejays—helped form McGinn’s current songwriting style, one that combines jazz, blues, alternative country, and freestyle.
In 2000, McGinn joined a ska-funk reggae band Mars Bound Mind. Determined to find her own voice, McGinn later joined the alt-Country group Jostle Lee.
In the mid-1990s McGinn fronted The Alan Smithee Band, whose debut album, Between Gold and Lead, released in 1995. At the time, McGinn’s songwriting was heavily influenced by the jam band styles of The Grateful Dead, Phish, and Frank Zappa.
In 1996, The Alan Smithee Band disbanded and McGinn moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. At night, McGinn played Raleigh’s open mike night scene at the Berkley Café, The Pour House, and the monthly Cypher festival at the now closed Expressions Café. The Berkley’s blues and southern rock influences, coupled with the Cypher’s improvisational freestylers, slam poets, and scratch deejays—helped form McGinn’s current songwriting style, one that combines jazz, blues, alternative country, and freestyle.
In 2000, McGinn joined a ska-funk reggae band Mars Bound Mind. Determined to find her own voice, McGinn later joined the alt-Country group Jostle Lee.
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anudara wrote:
your music gets me through. if i were ever with someone like you, it wouldn't last because i would want you to sing for me every day and you would tire of me ;)
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rollarcoaster wrote:
Ooh! I have "Beautiful Ugly Man"!
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mddunnphoto wrote:
*bows before Molly* I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!! You rocked Friday night!
Featured Tracks
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Beautiful Ugly Man full track | 3:22 |
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Kill Devil Hills full track | 2:25 |
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Preachers and Thieves full track | 4:04 |
News
And Now You Know: Michael McQueen
19 Jun 2009 | from www.dotmatrixproject.com
Michael McQueen is the music video director for next week’s DMP show, featuring Kristen Leigh, Morgan McPherson and Randy Furches.
Over the past year…
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Grinding Toward The Morning
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While The Flashes Snapped And The Girls Clamored For More, It Really Was Just A…
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Harvey’s Kitchen: Molly McGinn & The Buster Dillys
17 Dec 2008 | from www.dotmatrixproject.com
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Recent Activity
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spcoon connected Molly McGinn to the group the dotmatrix project. July 2009
- Molly McGinn posted a news item ‘Harvey’s Kitchen: Molly McGinn & The Buster Dillys’. February 2009
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lgdossett and RobbySned added Molly McGinn to their libraries. January 2009
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spcoon unlinked Molly McGinn from the dotmatrix project. December 2008
- Molly McGinn posted a news item ‘Always’. December 2008
- Molly McGinn posted a news item ‘SC(wo)MODI’. December 2008
- Molly McGinn posted a news item ‘World Of Hurt’. November 2008
- Molly McGinn posted a news item ‘Molly McGinn & The Buster Dillys’. November 2008
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adazewa wrote about Molly McGinn in Songs About Jane. November 2008
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spcoon unlinked Molly McGinn from the dotmatrix project presents: Hammer No More The Fingers w/ The Bronzed Chorus.... October 2008
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Songs About Jane
by adazewa |
7 Nov 2008 | 4 comments
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18 Jan 2008 | Add comment
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Thacker Dairy Road wins the last Battle of the Bands at Ziggy's
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2 Sep 2007 | Add comment
