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He's been called "Ireland's own Christy Moore of Los Angeles",
Jerry McLean is not afraid to let go at his live performances, singing
Irish favorites and original folk to light rock songs. From the tips
of his toes he projects a vocal style that is swimming with heartfelt
warmth. Every note and word of every song is delivered with as much love
and/or pain as any author could possibly have wished for.
A native of County Mayo, Ireland, McLean acquired a natural affinity
for music from his talented singer/accordion-playing father. He began
tinkering with all things stringed at about five. When the family moved
to England he found himself on his thirteenth birthday with his first
real guitar, McLean explained, "one that didn't draw blood from my
fingertips." Through numerous bands in high school and to Australia
where he played on and produced on the BMI label, and finally to Los
Angeles.
McLean has been a prolific writer of music, lyrics and poetry all of
his adult life.
Two cd's are available on his website with more in the works, available
soon. Selections of music range from old and new Irish songs to light
rock/folkie McLean originals.
In hundreds of venues throughout the world you would have found McLean
entertaining a wide variety of audiences, these days however its
mostly California, where he now calls home.
The stage can have as many band members as an audience requires, any
instrumentation. Generally these days the lineup consists of Jerry and
the fiddler.
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Kenny Klein is a fiddler, guitarist, singer and all-around performer, a veteran of Renaissance Festivals, concert venues
and smokey Country bars.
Well known for both serious songs and for his tongue-in-cheek, spry lyrics, Kenny performs such original songs as
"Maria's Not A Catholic Anymore," "Goth Girl Blues," and his show ender "What Do You Do With An Old Dead Gerbil?".
His stories of renaissance festival life and of the streets of New York are seriously funny.
Originally from New York City, Kenny has traveled throughout the U.S.A. and Europe, playing and collecting fiddle tunes
and songs. He has played main stage shows and pub shows at Renaissance Festivals,including Colorado, Georgia, Maryland,
New York, Ohio, Scarborough Fair (Texas), Four Winds (Texas),and Northern California; He has performed in legendary folk
bars and venues including Folk City (NYC) and Speakeasy (NYC), Ramblin Conrad's (VA), and Marie Poll's (L.A.). He's played
with country bands in Missouri, Celtic bands in Belgium, and he's won fiddling championships in New York and Kansas.
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Bryan's roots are in the Southwest, New Mexico and Texas, but he was raised on the East Coast. Bryan has been living in
Los Angeles since 1991. At El Camico College he made friends with Jason Gajda who created the band Fred Wilson FBI. In 1997
he joined Fred Wilson and for the next 5 years they created a unique Hard Hittin Crime Rock sound that got them a lot of local
attention and landed some songs in movies, TV commercials, and they even scored a few films.
This also introduced Bryan to the world of producing and engineering music. Since 2002 he has recorded and/or produced music with the
likes of Doug Pettibone(Lucinda Williams),
Gia Shambodi(Bruce Springsteen), Glen Cornick(Jethro Tull), and local artists Cortney Leigh Heins, Jerry McLean, Tom Jasper, Deb Offner,
Keith Wolf, Mr. Mike Schadel, The LongGoners, The Lonely Years, and more.
He plays around town with several of these artists on guitar, bass,
mandolin, lap steel, and dobro, depending on the situation. In 2006 he met John Elliot (The Hereafter) and began recording and performing with
him. John and Bryan recently completed The Hereafter's second album 'Before We Fall' at his home studio in Redondo Beach.
As a life long Rocky fan Bryan auditioned last summer for the Frank Stallone Band and
passed it. He currently plays around town and across the country with Frank and the band, Ronnie Ciago and Mike Pachelli. Their next show TBA. In the
meantime Bryan is working on an album with Anita Mansfield with whom he's found a kinship in their Irish blood and sense of humor. They are currently
begining to play around this weird and spectacular town they live in, Los Angeles. Stay tuned.
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