JOHN McDONALD and FRIENDS Friday, January 21, 2022, at 6:30 pm John Mcdonald is returning to No. 3 Railroad Street for the fourth time! His friends tonight are local musicians Glyn Denham and Adam Poulin. John McDonald has been playing and singing the blues for over 40 years. He began in his native Massachusetts playing in local coffee houses in Boston, Cambridge and Worcester. He moved to Bloomington, Indiana in 1980 to attend school and continued to play solo locally including opening for Muddy Waters at a local concert. John next moved to Davis, California to attend graduate school and started a band called "Buddy Funk" that became popular in the Sacramento/Davis and San Francisco Bay area. He next moved to Athens, Georgia to take a faculty position at the University of Georgia (Genetics) and started a blues band called "the unforgiven" that played regularly in the Athens/Atlanta area. In 2016 the band broke up ("...we got sick of hauling equipment around and not getting to bed until 3AM and then having to get up to attend our day jobs the next morning..."). Since 2017, John has been playing and recording solo in the Athens/Atlanta area. His music is still rooted in the blues but he also enjoys playing music by Guy Clark, John Hiatt, Ry Coder and, his good friend, Eric Dahl. John had a release party for an earlier album "Even Cowboys Get the Blues" at No. 3 Railroad Street on January 10, 2020. Outside music, John currently spends his weekdays serving as Director of the Integrated Cancer Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He is happy to spend most weekends at his house on Lake Oglethorpe in Arnoldsville. Artist Website: johnmcdonaldbluesamericana.com "One Red Rose" and Earlier Albums: johnmcdonald.hearnow.com John McDonald and Friends in Concert, Friday, January 21 2022, at 6:30 pm Please donate $10 to the musicians Events this winter are expected to be inside unless unexpectedly nice weather. Having a full vaccination is required both outside and inside. Masks are requested outside and are strictly required inside unless at a table and eating or drinking. We are serious and we know you to be as well. back to top Modified 14 January 2022 by Glenn Galau   |   Web Design by Glenn Galau