Greg McDonald

Greg McDonald is a British singer-songwriter who announced the forthcoming release of his debut solo album in 2008. He was the frontman of The Dawn Parade, a Bury St Edmunds based British indie band.

McDonald's songs have won awards from Rolling Stone and The International Songwriting Competition, and he has been championed by DJs Tom Robinson, Mark Radcliffe, Steve Lamacq and John Peel, for whom he recorded two Peel Sessions.

Biography

Greg McDonald grew up in a Suffolk village close to Bury St Edmunds, where he and school friend Nick Morley formed The Dawn Parade. Also featuring Barney Wade (bass) and Ben Jennings (drums), The Dawn Parade signed to Cambridge-based indie label Repeat Records, toured extensively, and recorded two Peel Session. In 2003 a new line-up of McDonald on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Jones (lead guitar), Mark Sewell (drums,vocals), and Steve McLoughlin (bass) recorded debut album "The Dawn Parade", released on Repeat Records. In August 2006 the band split, McDonald saying "I wouldn't have missed it for the world and I didn't."

In late 2007 Greg McDonald's first solo outings marked a darker tone and new acoustic direction as he returned to playing live as a solo performer and with singers Catherine McDonald and Emily Jukes and musicians Jeremy Jones, Sam Inglis and Seymour Patrick.

In January 2008 McDonald announced the forthcoming release of his debut solo album.

Discography

ingles / EPs

*"Good Luck Olivia" (2001)
*"Electric Fence Your Gentleness EP" (2002)
*"Caffeine Row" (January 2003)
*"The Underground" (November 2004)

Albums

*"The Dawn Parade" (2006)

ources

* [http://www.myspace.com/gregmcdonalduk Greg McDonald on Myspace]
* [http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk/thedawnparade/index.htm Band page at Repeat Records website]

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/gregmcdonalduk Greg McDonald on Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thevisionsband The Visions on MySpace]
* [http://www.repeatfanzine.co.uk]