rod
macdonald recordings
what's on this page:
1. studio cds with song list, link to more information, including lyrics:a. a tale of two americas
b. recognition
c. into the blue
d. and then he woke up
e. white buffalo
f. no commercial traffic
g. big brass bed "a few dylan songs"
2. dvds by title and descriptiona. walk in the highlands (Scotland 1998)
b. czech republic 1992 (documentary 60 min.)
c. house concert in tuscany (Italy 2007)
3. archival cds (cds unless otherwise noted)a. house concert germany 1998
b. original rod macdonald band 1976-78
d. unreleased 1970s: solo studio & and live on WBAI
e. live at the main st cafe, homestead, FL 9/11/03
f. guilty pleasures-unreleased songs, studio recordings 1991-2000
g. live at the outpost in the burbs, montclair, NJ october 2003
h. live at the speakeasy, NYC, 1984-86
i. lee harvey, the microdots, & me: various recordings NYC 1991-96
j. highway to nowhere 1992 studio recording
k. live at the florida, tucson AZ folk festivals may 2004
l. rod macdonald & the hitchikers-italy 1989-9
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what's that i hear: the songs of phil ochs,
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CDs
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a tale of two americas
wind river, brambus records 2005
ray and ron, terror, missing, the governator, my beloved enemy, smoke, treat you right,
i'm your dad, the lucky ones, don't let your dim light die, sacrifice, peace, here i stand, true love,
a tale of two americas, love is the common ground, i am bob dylan, with god on our side
acoustic guitar, voice, bass, 2d guitar, mandolin, dobro
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Recognition
(Brambus Records 2002, Wind River Records 2003)
You Who Sleep Beside Me, (The Man Who Dropped The Bomb On) Hiroshima, Just One Kiss, My Neighbors In Delray,
Doctor Gachet, Just A Video Game, When Angel Gets Blue, We Got it Good And That Ain't Bad, Mickey World,
Dance By Lightning, Ireland, Ireland, 137 Executions (Not One Innocent Man),
The Little Girls Love To Dance, Willie Jean, Now You're Talkin' Baby, For The Good Of America,
Mojo & The St Luke's Flukes
Rod MacDonald on guitar/vocal harmonica, Steve Eriksson on guitars, Mark Dann on bass,
Steve Holly on drums, Bernie Shanahan on keyboards and organ,
Susan McKeown & France Harper on harmonies
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Into The Blue
Gadfly (US) /Brambus Records (Europe) 1999
Seven Days, No Problem, Best Defense, Days Of Rain, Here's A Song For You, Tough Life, 6 Strings & A Hole Big & Round,
The Aucilla River Song, Deep Down In The Everglades, Lightning Over The Sea,
Into The Blue, Fear, Sun Dancer, The Cure For Insomnia.
"a bumper crop of mellow and up-tempo modern folk tunes,
tunes with passion and insight...."Soundsations
"a consistent and sensitive cd..." Dirty Linen
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And Then He Woke Up
Gadfly (US) /Brambus Records (Europe) 1996
Happy All The Time, Black-Haired Man, Any Old Sunday, Then He Woke Up, The Death of Victor Jara,
Me & Uncle Joe, I Can't Believe (How Good You've Been To Me), The Last Train To Pontiac, Love For All Seasons,
Out In The Country, I'll Walk In The Highlands, Keeper of the Flame,
Who Built The Bomb (That Blew Oklahoma City Down), Timothy.
"A strong record that, in a way, ambushed my expectations with its
fervor and drive. It really reaches out to the ears. And with Rod MacDonald's
songwriting, it is potent stuff." Sing Out
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White Buffalo
Gadfly (US) /Brambus Records (Europe) First released in 1986 as LP
Song of My Brothers, Cross Country Waltz, Sanctuary, Pretty Girls,
Sand Castle, White Buffalo, Water, Blues For The River,
Aliens in Business Suits, Stop The War.
"His high, clear voice and clean, honest phrasing, his catchy melodies and relaxed,
rolling rhythyms make for an album that is urgent in its poetry; yet always bopping,
pretty music." Boston Globe
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no commercial traffic
Solstice Records 2002
1983 LP remastered for cd
the unearthly fire, it's goin' to take some time, butter my bread, something beautiful, on the road (in new york town),
american jerusalem, dear grandfather, a sailor's prayer, what i wanted, every living thing
"the nearly 20-year old recording sounds timeless on cd"....Palm Beach Post 8/2/02
full review in Folkwax
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A Few Dylan Songs
The first cd by the popular Palm Beach County band, with From A Buick 6, Subterranean Homesick Blues,
One More Cup of Coffee, Mississippi, She Belongs To Me, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Lay Lady Lay, License To Kill,
Don't Think Twice, Shelter from The Storm, Tom Thumb's Blues
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dvds
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walk in the the highlands
A video of the Scotland
trip (summer 1998), produced by Gary Ashorn of Digital Memories,
Friendswood, TX.. includes 12 live performances of songs
from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, an intimate house
concert, and a Scottish pub, set to video and still pictures
of Scotland sites. With special guest Terry Clarke.
See Rod's
photos that are
used in the video!
This video was filmed as
part of the House Concert tour, a group that travels with
Rod to various locales for vacations...next trip September 2007 to Tuscany!
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A Week In The Czech
Republic
June 1992, in Prague and at
two festivals; live performances, interviews with Rod and
Pavel Lohonka, leader of Zalman a Spol and a pivotal figure
in the Czech democracy revolution. A one hour documentary
filmed by Rod and other participants in the festival,
professionally edited and duplicated. Live performances of
several songs, including For the People (Song For
Czechoslovakia), A Sailor's Prayer.
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Tuscany House Concert
A full-length, single fixed camera concert dvd, fro the Villa Ferro in September 2007. Includes photographs and video of Tuscany, Italy, and the
surrounding area and towns, including Pisa, Florence, Vinci and Montecatini. Songs are
Don't Let Your Dim Light Die, The Coming of the Snow, Terror, For the
People, I Am Bob Dylan, You Who Sleep Beside Me, It's Going To Take
Some Time, The Unearthly Fire, Blues For The River, Me & Uncle Joe,
Up On The Mountain, Stop The War, On Any Old Sunday, After the Singing,
For the Good Of America, The Ballad of Lee Harvey, and White Buffalo. |
archival cds
available at this site
these are live, and/or restored studio recordings
House Concert
live recording of Rod & Mark Dann Cadeberge, Germany spring 1998
Recorded by Wolfgang Hess
I Can't Believe (How
Good You've Good To Me), Keeper Of The Flame, Some Things I
Like About America, Ballad Of A Black Haired Man, The Death
Of Victor Jara, After The Singing, A Sailor's Prayer, Up On
The Mountain, The Aliens Came In Business Suits, Dallas, The
Man On The Ledge, I'll Walk In The
Highlands.
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Live At The Speakeasy
1984-86 recordings of live bands
w/Howie Wyeth, John Kruth, Mark Dann, guests
Meet Me Baby (After the Bombs Do Fall), Unearthly Fire,
Ode To The Pretty Girls, Baby Glows In The Dark,
Song of My Brothers, American Jerusalem, Rockabilly Wedding,
Nothing, The Man With The Hired Face,
Real Americans, Mojo & The St Lukes Flukes,
(I Left My Heart On) MacDougal Street.
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The Original Rod MacDonald Band
studio recordings 1976-78
Recorded by Mike Lobel and Mark Dann
remastered for cd 2002
w/Jeff Berman, Bernie Shanahan, Steve Miller, Mark Dann, David Ganelin
The Night's Still On Our Side, Ballerina, Sleepless Nights,
Island, Memories, Somebody Waiting,
All Of The Same Ole Saviours, City Lights, Hard Times,
Ernesto Miranda, (I Don't Believe) You Don't Want To Dance.
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Lee Harvey, the Microdots, & Me:
various recordings 1991-96
You Swallowed The Lie, The Ballad of Lee Harvey,
Some Things I Like About America, Hollywood Movie,
Honorable Men, Here's A Pretty Girl,Letter From A Fool,
Little Black Pearls, The Contract On America,
The Aliens Came In Business Suits
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Some tunes from the 1970s:
solo studio & and live on WBAI
Fifty One Years Ago, Here Come The Clones, Three Russian Violinists,
La Rue de la Fortune, Look Homeward Boy, Baby Blue, A Man Called Alias,
Misery Walks The Streets Tonight,
Miles The Frog,The Face of the Sun, Bury Me Deep,
Children of Paradise, All Done In His Name.
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Highway To Nowhere
(Original release 1992 Shanachie Records)
Norman, Now That The Rain Has Gone, The Coming Of the Snow,
Moonlight and Fire, After The Singing, So Many Songs, Love At the Time,
Distant Radios, Saving Grace, The Well, The Way To Calvary
(computer copy of original recording, with printed booklet)
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Live at the Main St Cafe 9/11/03
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Festival:
Live at the Florida, Tucson Folk Festivals May 2004
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Guilty Pleasures
Unreleased songs, studio recordings 1991-2000
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Rod MacDonald & The Hitchikers
Rod's band in Italy early 1990s
Auschwitz, Always The Highway, The Death Of Victor Jara,
What About The Angels, A Friend Like You,
Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open, Blue-Eyed Baby Girl,
Medicine Girl, The Far Side of The Street, The Sun's Gonna Shine Today,
The American Guerillas, Life Goes On, Simple Things,
Body & Soul, The Gypsy Melody, South Africa
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Live at the Outpost In The Burbs
October 2003
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