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fave it Jam-band | Celtic
15 tracks | 60 minutes
Released Jan 2006
on RAD / TRAD Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 The Green Groove lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 The Green Groove lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 The Green Groove
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:37 House of Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:37 House of Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:37 House of Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:17 Opera Reel lyrics BUY MP3 05:17 Opera Reel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:17 Opera Reel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 Beatrice lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 Beatrice lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 Beatrice
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:31 Drowzy Maggy lyrics BUY MP3 04:31 Drowzy Maggy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:31 Drowzy Maggy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle? lyrics BUY MP3 03:41 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:41 Say Old Man Can You Play the Fiddle?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Don't Stop Your Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Don't Stop Your Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Don't Stop Your Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 Down the Road lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 Down the Road lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 Down the Road
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Let Me Tell You This lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Let Me Tell You This lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Let Me Tell You This
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:03 Tater Patch lyrics BUY MP3 04:03 Tater Patch lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:03 Tater Patch
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:27 Niel Gow's Lamentation for the Death of His Second Wife lyrics BUY MP3 03:27 Niel Gow's Lamentation for the Death of His Second Wife lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:27 Niel Gow's Lamentation for the Death of His Second Wife
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:45 Morrison's Jig lyrics BUY MP3 02:45 Morrison's Jig lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:45 Morrison's Jig
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:36 It's All Over Now lyrics BUY MP3 03:36 It's All Over Now lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:36 It's All Over Now
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:12 Liberty Set lyrics BUY MP3 05:12 Liberty Set lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:12 Liberty Set
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:06 Lament for the Lasses lyrics BUY MP3 02:06 Lament for the Lasses lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:06 Lament for the Lasses
Fiddle-rock jam band.
Bio / Background
EJ Ouellette & Crazy Maggy
New England’s Finest Fiddle-Rock Jam Band
Led by EJ Ouellette on fiddle, guitar and vocals, Crazy Maggy rocks the roots of traditional fiddle music by blending ancient melodies with new arrangements, contemporary lyrics, and soulful grooves.
Ouellette is bringing fiddling into a new light. With respect and love for traditional music, EJ & Crazy Maggy are defining a new genre of music -- RAD/TRAD -- by blending traditional fiddle music with radical new arrangements, contemporary lyrics and musical influences. The result is a mesmerizing sound that rocks audiences with its energy and invention.
The Boston press has called Ouellette a “Celtic fiddle master,” with “a keening, propulsive edge, merging the jubilant and the plangent in a single verse.” A lifelong musician, EJ picked up the fiddle later in his career, fiddle being one of many instruments he has played professionally.
↓ more ↓He started his band, Crazy Maggy, while fusing his rock skills with his roots in Irish, French Canadian and Cape Breton music.
EJ & Crazy Maggy discovered that their blend of ancient melodies and syncopation, combined with a modern rhythm section, pop sensibilities and arrangements, attracts music lovers of all ages and backgrounds. The band’s tribal jams, known as “Maggy moments”, always bring down the house.
“We play ‘the tunes’ and then we jam. We suck the marrow out of every bit the tune has to offer,” says EJ.
Maggy music is showcased on the band’s debut CD, “Rock the Bow 5.0,” which features Ouellette on fiddle, vocals, guitar and mandolin. Ouellette has two other projects in the can, so keep tabs on this band!
Selected quotes:
Steve Morse of the Boston Globe:
“Ouellette is a Celtic fiddle master, but he has also pushed this group in exciting new directions. Dips into Jean Luc Ponty-style jazz and Celtic/world-beat fusion are some of the offshoots of this powerful band, which plays with precision and passion.“
Daniel Gewertz of the Boston Herald:
“EJ Ouellette & Crazy Maggy was a delightful electric fusion surprise. Fiddle and sax lead a fearless band. A stylish fiddler, Ouellette exhibits a keening, propulsive edge, merging the jubilant and the plangent in a single verse.”
Bruce Menin of the Newburyport Current:
“Ouellette and Crazy Maggy are among the most prominent practitioners of Rad-Trad, fusing traditional values and forms to modern, nay "radical" sensibilities… The combination of sax and fiddle is a revelation and a dream. The music itself achieves what Ouellette sets out to do. It marries the rootedness of tradition with the urgency of the outward edge… The band rocks.”
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