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Royal Fingerbowl Returns! 01-Jul-08 The members of Royal Fingerbowl Mach II (Alex McMurray, Carlo Nuccio, Matt Perrine, Bob Andrews) return for one special show. Interview with Carl Nuccio on Royal Fingerbowl and the upcoming show on Nola.com One Eyed Jacks is located just 2 blocks
from Bourbon Street in the French Quarter at: And just a friendly reminder - Alex
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| 007 Drops New Disk
- you only drop once! 05-May-08
007 release a new disk filled with rocksteady classics. Go to the
music page to check out the new
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| Tin Men & The
Valparaiso Men's Chorus play Pyatecon! 15-Apr-07 from Best Of New Orleans... The prolific local singer/songwriter Alex McMurray has made no bones about the fact that his latest project, the Valparaiso Men's Chorus, is not a pirate-related venture. The group " which was conceived during McMurray's stint as a shanty-singing sea captain at Tokyo Disney Resort " is a robust choir whose size can swell to nearly 20 members, backed by bandmates from the Tin Men and belting out time-tested songs of the sea. Their album, Guano and Nitrate, was one of the local favorites of last year. Though McMurray may frown on privateering, by odd coincidence his gig (part of One Eyed Jacks' fourth anniversary celebration, also featuring the Morning 40 Federation) falls smack in the middle of PyrateCon 2008. The three-day event is a convention of period-costumed pirate enthusiasts, historians and actors who play pirates on TV, gathering in the land of Jean Lafitte to celebrate all things buccaneer. The PyrateCon program includes activities such as rum distillation panels, sword-fighting demonstrations, wench auctions and even a sea shanty workshop. Concert tickets $12. — Alison Fensterstock Fri.-Sun., April 18-20 Various locations; www.pyratecon.com The Valparaiso Men's Chorus 10 p.m. Fri., April 18 One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 569-8361; www.oneeyedjacks.net |
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| Chaz Festival 2008
is On! 01-Apr-07
Chaz Festival will be presented again this year at the world famous 'Truck
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| Royal Fingerbowl - Now available! 15-Dec-07 - Alex has finally swung a deal with the fine folks at (record company to go unnamed) and he can now offer more of his back catalog - Royal Fingerbowl's legendary 'Happy Birthday Sabo!' and 'Greyhound Afternoons'. Go check out the music page for free samples and a link to get one of these fine disks in your hands. There is no sayin' how long the supply will last, so get them while you can! - Another run of Banjaxed was pressed and it is now available in disk and digital download. - A blogger named 'authur' attended the last Valparaiso Men's Chorus event at
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| Media Updates 25-Nov-07 - The Thursday evening DBA shows have been going well. There will be a great line up of guests for the December shows including: Bill Malchow, The Jackals (Cabral/Freilich/Garrison), John Vidocovich, Walt and Auroa, Simon Lott and Brian Coogan. Always something familiar. Always something new. Always something that you should not have missed. What else could you be doing on Thursday night? - Check out Zack Smiths Chaz Fest 2007 Photos. Nice Gallery of Chaz Fest gayety. Thanks Zack. - We have sold out of legendary 007 CD 'Studied Rudeness'. Never fear rock steady fans, the new 007 disk is in final production and will be available in Jan or Feb ohh eight. Don't miss out on this one. Buy early and buy often. - The folks at NolaFunGuide.com
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| THE VALPARAISO MEN'S CHORUS is proud to present An Evening of SEA SHANTIES at the SATURN BAR 3067 St. Claude Ave. 9th ward, USA 11pm on the night of FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2007 View Show Poster |
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| The ACT 1-Oct-07 So people have been asking me more and more when I'm
going to crank upthe act again. Looks like I'll be taking over for Paul Sanchez over at
the DBA Thursday evenings from 7-10. No cover, hassle free entertainment on a school
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| Chaz Festival review and video in New Yorker Blog - The
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| 007 New Orleans Jazz Festival Live recording is
available! 11-Jun-07 The fine people at Munck Music have made this years 007 performance available both on disk and as a digital download. Get it at Munck Music Set List: |
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| Interview in Antigravity
Magazine - Your New Orleans Music and Culture Alternative 01-Jun-07 Alex McMurray talks sea shanties, The Tin Men, bringing back Royal Fingerbowl, and of course, crumudgeons. - by Jason Songe |
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| SECOND ANNUAL CHAZFEST COMES TO THE NINTH WARD 10-Apr-07 It's the party so nice we had to do it twice. That's right, you heard it here first and make no mistake the SECOND ANNUAL CHAZFEST will take place RAIN OR SHINE on THURSDAY, MAY 3 at THE TRUCK FARM located at 3020 St. Claude Ave in the fashionable Upper 9/LowBy area. The doors will be open at 11 and the bands will go from noon until 10pm. It's a must-see event you will find nowhere else! Chazfest is the only place you'll be able to see any of these great artists in a festival setting in the greater New Orleans area this spring. And this year there's even MORE Chazfest, as we've added a second stage. We've also got more great food this time around. Returning from last year are Pete and Jenny from The Joint with New Orleans' premier BBQ. Mz Gianna will feature a veggie "green" gumbo, and Karen Brady and Georgia Rhody will be serving burritos and margaritas. We will have plenty of beer and water and toilets available. Pat and Helena will be returning with their adult refreshment stand. Photo ID required. FEATURED ARTISTS SOUL ASYLUM SUPAGROUP TIN MEN MAGNETIC EAR DA TRUTH BRASS BAND SHATZY PALMETTO BUG STOMPERS NARCISSY WHY ARE WE BUILDING SUCH A BIG SHIP? CHAZFEST THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007 NOON-10PM THE TRUCK FARM 3020 SAINT CLAUDE AVENUE NINTH WARD NOLA More info at www.chazfestival.com |
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| New Press for Tin Men and Alex 15-Dec-06 Back to New Orleans, Gently - Tin Men - Mentioned in New York Times Article Southern rock downtown and McMurray continues his run - Nola.com Sounds of Vitality for New Orleans -
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| This Just In... 29-Oct-06 SEA SHANTY RECORD FINALLY MIXED AND GETTING CLOSER TO YOUR EARS STOP WILL KICK YOUR ASS EVERY WAY BUT SIDEWAYS STOP DEPP IN THE CROSSHAIRS STOP WE WILL TAKE HIM DOWN STOP HAPPY TALK RECORD IN PRODUCTION STOP |
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| Tin Men New York Mini-Tour 05-Jun-06 The Tin Men will be playing the great state of New York in June. Go check out the Tour page for all the details. New York Summer Tour Info |
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alex McMurray info@alexmcmurray.com www.chazfestival.com FIRST ANNUAL CHAZFEST COMES TO THE NINTH WARD In response to overwhelming demand to hear some of New Orleans finest musical talent in a festival setting, the first ever Chazfest will be held on Thursday, May 4 at The Truck Farm-- 3020 St. Claude Avenue in Americas own Ninth Ward. The fun begins at 12 noon and carries on all day until 10:00. Along with a veritable whos who of bands that wont be playing at the other music festival taking place in New Orleans at the beginning of May (as well as a couple that ARE!) there will be food served up hot and wet by The Joint, as well as Chef Yvette Yates (of Rio Mar). Weve even got port-o-lets. Heres some of the acts that will be featured: MORNING 40 FEDERATION, 007, TIN MEN, HOT CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS, THE HAPPY TALK BAND KIRK JOSEPHS BACKYARD GROOVE, INGRID LUCIA, SHATZY, AND MORE!!! CHAZFEST - THURSDAY, MAY 4 12:00 NOON10:00 PM THE TRUCK FARM 3020 ST. CLAUDE AVE. NINTH WARD NOLA MUSIC, FOOD, SUNSHINE, CHEAP BEER, TOILETS Come see it here, cuz you can't see it There. |
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| Introducing the First Annual - Chaz Festival 05-Apr-06 Between that 'other festival's' two weekends - Thursday 4-May-06 at "The Truck Farm" Come on out and get yer Chaz On! All you need to know right - here |
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| Adios, Micky's Blue Room 03-Jan-05 Howdy all...Micky's Blue Room is closing its doors on the 8th so come join us for one last Tuesday night tonight. I'll be with Greg Schatz and Rob Wagner, as well as special guest Deb Montgomery. I'll be joining Deb on her set. As always, 171 ave C. Starts around 9. De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum, Alex McMurray |
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| Alex and Kourtney get HITCHED! 15-Dec-05 Congratulations to the Happy Couple. |
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| NEWS 12-08-05 Lyrics Online Due to the tenacity of certain fetishists I have typed out the lyrics to all the tunes on “Banjaxed” and have posted them on this site. Go to the “music” page and underneath the picture of “Banjaxed” there’s a link to “mp3 downloads and lyrics”. Click on that and you’re all set. Guaranteed to bring you right down. I’ll try to type out more Tin Men and F-bowl lyrics soon. |
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| Going Back To New Orleans 03-Dec-05 Hello y’all. My wife Kourtney and I are going down to do a little recon in New Orleans. While we’re there I’ll be doing a solo show at the Circle Bar on Sunday, December 11. I guess there’s a curfew, so I’ll probably start before the old starting time of 11 pm. Just use your best judgment, I guess. Also I’ll be with Jonathan Freilich doing a Tom Paines-esque show at CafÈ Brasil on Sat 12/10. Come out and bring your Hang. |
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| 21-Nov-05 Alex McMurray is now available on CDBaby.com! |
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| 02-Nov-05 Hey there music fan, you wanna be my friend? |
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| 30-Oct-05 The Ninth Ward Ramblers will be
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| NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS JOIN JAZZ AT BARD FOR A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR VICTIMS OF
HURRICANE KATRINA 10-Oct-05 Concert Friday October 14th 2005 All-star musical lineup includes the Tin Men, Coco Robicheaux, and other special guests |
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| BREAKING NEWS! 23-SEP-05 Katrina has created a huge diaspora of New Orleans musicians, some of whom have ended up in the nyc area. There are now two weekly events designed to give musicians a place to blow and hang, and for those interested to listen and hang as well. ALEX MCMURRAY PRESENTS
ALEX MCMURRAY AND THE SAD BAND Playing dates in NYC. See the SHOWS section for all details. |
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| 007 and Tin Men - East Coast Shows added! 08.07.2005 Go check out all the details on the 007 - 'Shows' Page. Go check out all the details on the Tin men - 'Shows' Page. |
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| New 007 Jazz Fest Photos - Some very cool Jumbo Tron pictures. Check
them out on the Photos page. There are also some new ones of me and mad dog. 06.21.2005
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| Tin Men - Freaks For Industry reviewed in Offbeat 06.10.2005 "Only in New Orleans could an album
featuring jazz guitar, washboard, and tuba—and those instruments only, save for an
occasional short-order cook’s “order up!” bell—be most notable for its
songwriting." And be sure to go check out the new Tin Men web site at: www.tinmenmusic.com |
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| New Photo 06.10.2005 Just added a great new photo of me and Jonathan from Jazz Fest this year. check it out on the photos page here... |
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| Hey folks. Welcome to the new and improved alexmcmurray.com. 06.10.2005 The site’s going to do a lot more things now and should be more amenable to updates. And we all love for stuff to be current, don’t we? The coolest part will be that there will finally be song clips up for “Banjaxed” the Tin Men cds, the Fingerbowl stuff, 007 and anything else that comes down the pike. The only thing is I need to find some F-bowl cds so that I can sell them, and I don’t think the label that owns those masters are going to exhibit much largesse anytime soon. At any rate, I hope to have Fingerbowl cds available here soon. We’ll figure something out. Also we’re working on the photos page for all you aficionados out there. If you have a picture to post on the site, send it in to info@alexmcmurray.com. It doesn’t have to be of me or any band I play with, either. Send anything you want and I’ll post what I can. And that’s because I’m going to be posting this stuff myself. With less moving parts, the better our chances. As far as the diary page goes…let’s just say we’re going to try to make a go of it with a clean slate. The “shows” page will be 100% up to date, I swear. And I’m going to try to capitalize at the beginnings of sentences and wherever needed from here on out. Honest. Bear in mind that the site is under a bit of construction. Thanks for your patience but drop a line anytime with complaints/comments etc. I also have under construction new web
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| 007 Jazz Fest Live CD is available at www.jazzfestlive.com . 05.10.05 For those of you who missed this years Jazz Fest 007 performance (I know, it was an early 11am time slot), or if you caught it and want to re-live the experience over and over, you can get a cd of show for your very own rock steady self. They also have last years (2004) performance from the Lagniappe stage for sale as well. Buy them all, I say. Hell man, get your neighbor one too. And be sure to go check out the new 007 rock steady web site at: www.007rocksteady.com |
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| Tin Men - Freaks For Industry reviewed in Best Of New
Orleans - Gambit Weekly 04.23.05 "The album, though, features the band
at its irrepressible best. Recorded over four days last September and October, it explores
New Orleans' musical forms in original songs or covers that touch on jazz, blues, R&B
and rock. The Tin Men cover Danny Barker's "Palm Court Strut," the Dirty Dozen's
"Blackbird Special," and McMurray's "The Ballad of Cap'n Sandy," which
tells of the darkly funny drinking life of the character McMurray played while working in
a Japanese theme park for six months. That sense of humor and the band's unique
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| Hear ye, hear ye 01.22.2005 My new record is finally done and shrink-wrapped for your safety and protection. All you need to do is acquire it somehow (through this miraculous website, of course), grab the biggest bottle of cough syrup you can find, borrow a friend's car with a cd player, find a nice straight road and start driving. Better yet, get dumped or dump someone and hang around behind the bowling alley with a discman and a bottle of muscatel. You fingerbowl fans are in luck because, while the tin men and 007 are fine bands, there's just too much finger snapping for People Like Us. Working titles for The Record were "For the Aficionado" and "Too Bleak for Even the Fingerbowl". Indeed, I'm joined by Carlo Nuccio and Matt Perrine on most of the tracks, but we also got Bob Andrews, Joe Cabral, Debbie Davis, Sue Cowsill, Glenn Hartman, James Singleton, Grace Treffinger, David Torkanowski, Rick Trolsen, Clint Montz, Rene Coman, Dave Clements, Duke Heitger, and some others i can't remember right now (e-mail me here if you have been slighted). The record was produced by Jeff Treffinger, who did the legendary F-bowl "demo" back in the day. Its amazing how much better four grand of credit card debt sounds than $400,000.00 or so of TVT Records' Blood Money (sorry Steve! i know your heart was in the right place. Good luck with all the litigation! By the way, "The Man Who Couldn't Even Whistle" is for you. Enjoy!). So this is the website, which is a new thing for me. I'll be trying to keep a diary going, especially if I'm on the road. And the dates should be pretty current. Send along all suggestions, insults, rants and apologies. Team McMurray shall, as always, try to be diligent in our responses. As always, Alex |
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