Mayor McCA
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Mayor McCA
- Genres: Rock
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When the noise/experimental group Gorp disbanded in 1996, lead singer Christian Anderson Smith was just a busboy (the rest of the group formed Golden Lake Diner). Months later, Smith was still a busboy, but he was also Mayor McCA, a one-man band with an eclectic folk sound. A strange yet fascinating hybrid of Ron Sexsmith and Tiny Tim, McCA plays guitar, harmonica, kazoo, bontempi, bass drum, maracas, and ukelele, and performs with a "shoe tambourine" (a tambourine attached to the bottom of his shoe). After releasing an independent cassette (Demolition), McCA was picked up by Sonic Unyon; the appropriately titled Busboy CD was released in 1997. It was followed up with Welcome to McCALand in May 1999. ~ Gina Boldman, RoviRelated Videos:
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Mayor McCA
| Mayor McCa | |
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 Mayor McCa playing at the 100 Club in London |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christian Anderson Smith |
| Also known as | CA, Dr. Furr, Mr. Handsome |
| Born | 5 January 1976 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Origin | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actor, cartoonist |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | We Are Busy Bodies |
| Associated acts | Rainbow Meow, Men Of Good Fortune, Mr. Handsome, Gorp, Sianspheric, |
| Website | www.mayormcca.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Epiphone Guitars Hummingbird | |
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Mayor McCa (born Christian Anderson Smith) is a Canadian musician, writer, cartoonist, animator, actor and onetime mayoral candidate from Hamilton, Ontario. He mostly performs as a one-man band.
One of McCa's campaign pledges was to rename Hamilton as the home of Canadian rock and roll, Donut Rock City (a riff on Hamilton being the home of the first Tim Hortons store). McCa lost, polling eighth out of 12 candidates.
His music has been playlisted on CBC Radio 3, and appeared on the Sonic Unyon anniversary compilation Now We Are 5.
Mayor McCa currently lives and performs in London, England. He toured with Finger Eleven, Noisettes, Feist, Slow Club, Nick Oliveri and Blag Dahlia, as well as appearing at the Secret Garden Party festival. He recently toured with Bob Log III and the The Magic Numbers in early 2009. He has also played extensively in Canada.
On February 15, 2010 McCa released his hand-made animated video for the song, "Drinkalottawater". The video was directed by Dean Chalkley and Yemisi Brookes.
Discography
- Demo-lition- demo-cassette (1996)
- Busboy (1997)
- Welcome to McCALand (1999)
- Me is He (2001)
- El Limb Men Oh Pee (2003)
- Do's and Dues:Demo-lition 2 - 6 track demo (2005)
- Cue Are Es Tea You (2006)
External links
Sources
- "One-man band: The singular style of Mayor McCA" thenewpollution.net
- "Mayor McCa Follows Sony Bono's Lead" "chartattack.com"
- "HATS OFF TO MAYOR McCA" "viewmag.com"
- "Mayor McCa Moving To The Land Of Tea And Pounds" "chartattack.com"
- "Mayor McCa Works Harder Than James Brown" "chartattack.com"
- "Mayor McCa Has Noisettes And Rumble Strips On New Album" "charattack.com"
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Now We Are 5
(1998 Album by Various Artists)
Mayor McCA
(Rock Artist, '90s, 2000s)
Me Is He
(2001 Album by Mayor McCA)
Welcome to McCAland
(1999 Album by Mayor McCA)
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