The Mad Maggies are several crazy musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area who careen across the musical map whipping up dance-inducing tunes in a startling array of styles - celtic, ska, POLKA, klezmer, cajun/zydeco, surf, cabaret and more. It's roots driven, rowdy fusion folk - upbeat enough to keep an all-ages crowd happy, intense and energetic enough to rock a nightclub.
Composer/singer/accordionist, Maggie Martin, formed this corky ensemble in 2004. Her credits include writing music and directing for "Mixed Company", a performing arts ensemble active for five years in the San Francisco Bay Area and thirteen years as accordionist/vocalist with Polkacide.
Cool Notes
AS HEARD ON TV: "Sleepy Maggie" from the "Crazed and Enthused" cd is used in "The Black Donnellys" pilot. About 7 minutes into the show there's a bar scene --"Sleepy Maggie" plays throughout the scene. This series is created by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash, Casino Royale) and written by Robert Moresco (Million Dollar Baby, Crash).
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Johny Blood: tuba
Adrian Gormley: alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Ian Luke: drums, percussion
Maggie Martin: accordion, vocals
Rhian Robinson: whistle, clarinet
Tim Sarter: bass guitars, acoustic and electric
Gary "GDub" Wium: guitars, acoustic and electric
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Mad Maggies SPECIAL - first 4 cds
$35.00
SPECIAL - get ALL 4 of the first Mad Maggies cds for $35
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Mad Maggies : Flashbacks - the Mad Maggies play vintage hits 2010
$15.00
The Mad Maggies dipped into the past and found 9 musical gems
and gave them their special musical touch.
Track Titles & Notes:
Twine Time -- Chicago R&B / Alvin Cash 1965
Twisting the Night Away -- the dance crave classic / Sam Cooke 1961
A Message to You, Rudy -- Ska / Dandy Livingstone 1967
Give Him a Great Big Kiss -- Pop / George Morton 1965
Dead Air -- a Maggie Martin original 1986
Searching for My Love -- Muscle Shoals soul / Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces with Chico Jenkins 1966
Vitamin A -- instrumental Ska / Baba Brooks 1965
Get Ready -- Motown R&B / Smokey Robinson 1965
Pipeline -- Surf / The Chanteys 1962
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Wally Sound, Oakland, California.
Analog, 2 inch tape, 16 track. Digital mixdown.
Cover design and layout Media Rare.
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Mad Maggies: Skull and Magpies 2009
$15.00
Their third album inspired by the high seas and piratical riff-raff. 12 salty-flavoured tunes.
Track Titles & Notes:
Seaborne -- open sea ska
For the Love of Pete -- a sea-going adventure, celtic, pop, swing hybrid
Navigate -- ska, to see where you are take a look at the stars
Dark Matters -- ska/swing
High Seas Lament -- slow and sad, the ocean's edge stretches wide ahead
The Folly of Fame -- a Black Sea rogue
Sandglass -- atmospheric, times past
Rough Music -- ballad of a roving man and a discontented crew *
Morning Star -- mad maggiefied traditional reel
Fair Winds -- love
Il y a un Bal -- cajunesque
Where to Next? -- ska, reminiscent of bluebeat**
Recorded at Wally Sound, Oakland, California.
Analog, 2 inch tape, 16 track.
Mastered by J. J Golden, Ventura, California.
Cover and disc illustrations by illustrator and fine artist, Dale Horstman.
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Mad Maggies: Magdalena's Revenge 2007
$15.00
The Mad M's second album with 11 tunes stretching this way and that, celtic, klez, ska, swing and more.
Track Titles & Notes:
1. Musical Priest S - a crazy take on a traditional Celtic reel
2. Pica Pica Polka - easy going border style polka with a long tail. Pica Pica is the Latin name for magpie.
3. Sparky's Romp - a speedy little ska-like number
4. Chance to Dance - move around the dance floor with someone you love
5. Surely, Shirley - a tale of desire with a retro swing
6. Mad Mod Vlad - polka. Imagine a taxi cab driver in a former eastern block country who watches too much 70s American TV
7. Kirghiz Eyes - mixed meter moody. Kirghizstan is an area of central Asia
8. Magdalena's Revenge - How sweet it is! This frailach-inspired tune blazes.
9. Are Ye Sleepin', Maggie? - a mad version of the Scottish classic
10. Cal's Waltz - sweet waltz Mags wrote for her Dad who was a horn player
11. Fanfare for Eva - canon with tuba, trombone and accordion
Recorded at Wally Sound, Oakland, California. Analog, 2 inch tape, 16 track.
Mastered by J. J Golden, Ventura, California.
Cover illustration by illustrator and caricature artist, Doug Shannon.
HONORED "Pica Pica Polka" and "Musical Priest S" from "Magdalena's Revenge" were nominated by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009 in the polka song categories.
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Mad Maggies: Crazed and Enthused 2004
$15.00
The Mad Maggies' debut album.
1. Up North - polka
2. Luna Marie - love and fate in a cold dark sky (cabaret)
3. La Pachulera - klezmer musicians at the border
4. Street Dog - looked who showed up one Mardi Gras night
5. Heaven on this Earth - supposin' there's no home on high
6. Furey's Polka - polka
7. Barefoot Kate - love in time of war (ballad)
8. Our Hearts Ride a Big Wheel - poetic rock
9. Sleepy Maggie - rousing urban take on a trad Celtic reel
10. Short and Sweet - about that size thing - a very, very short blues tune
11. Where's Diana? - circus polka
12. Friday Night - dancing side by side
Recorded at Wally Sound, Oakland, California. Analog, 2 inch tape, 16 track.
Mastered by J. J Golden, Ventura, California.
Cover design and layout Media Rare.
HONORED "Luna Marie" & "Street Dog" from "Crazed and Enthused" were nominated by the Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2006 in the cabaret and cajun song categories respectively.
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