John McDonald and Friends Friday, October 28, 2022, at 7 pm John McDonald: Singer-Songwriter - Blues, Americana and Country John Mcdonald is returning to No. 3 Railroad Street for the fifth time! His friends tonight for an acoustic set are Glyn Denham, Adam Poulin, Mark Maxwell and Janis Maxwell. 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. John's recent album, with Mark Maxwell, is "Touched by the Blues". Blues & Roots Radio featured it as their "album of the week". They recently interviewed them for a radio show that can be accessed on John's website below. Just click on the "music" tab. Artist Website: johnmcdonaldbluesamericana.com John McDonald and Friends in Concert, Friday, October 28 2022, at 7 pm Please donate $10 to the musicians back to top Modified 14 January 2022 by Glenn Galau   |   Web Design by Glenn Galau