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“Three Chords & the Truth”
A phrase has been often used to describe the rootsy songwriting style of Famous Framus (A.K.A. Michael Brent MaGarrey): "He is a throwback who plays how he feels, and feels how he plays". Born in the late 60’s in Hamilton Ontario, he grew up fast on the streets of the “Gritty City”. As a teenager he was mesmerized by a man who would come to family parties and play guitar and sing old country songs at the kitchen table all night. This left a lasting impression. He cashed the first “real” paycheck he ever got and bought an acoustic guitar. A couple of years of wood-shedding the basics followed. He put the guitar down for the next few years to concentrate on working in a steel mill, breaking things, and generally raising hell. Famous Framus picked up his guitar again in his late 20’s and began to get serious about songwriting and performing, playing solo acoustic shows around Hamilton and opening for legends like Willie P. Bennett, Ray Materick, Bob Snider, Watermelon Slim, and Arthur Brown. Framus' magic milieu is live performance, playing shows from Ottawa to Victoria and all points between since 2003. Having written well over 100 original songs his constant examination of self and surroundings, and the mining of the soul are the keys to his muse. DISCOGRAPHY; Famous Framus - Off The Floor (EP) 2003 Famous Framus - Rough Stuff (EP) 2004 Famous Framus - Love Songs? (EP) 2004 Famous Framus - Troubled Mind (EP) 2004 Famous Framus & The Cafe Band - Live @ The Staircase 2005 Famous Framus - Slim 2005 Famous Framus Band - Eight Ball 2006 Famous Framus Band - Down By Desire 2008 Famous Framus Band - ...on mortal love 2011 "...part
street punk, part folkie, part hellraiser, part poet...he's from
Hamilton and bangs away on an old Framus guitar (we know this because
the logo is tattooed on his neck)...Famous Framus has a new CD and a
voice crying to be heard."
- Graham Rockingham, Hamilton Spectator
"With On
Mortal Love, the latest CD from the Famous Framus Band,
the group unleashes and unique, edgy, powerful album...It's a work of
loud, rough, punk-like spirit that still manages to retain a
traditional country/delta blues sound. Despite the rawness of it, the
duo, which includes Famous Framus (vocals, guitar, banjo)
and Dave
Gould (drums, vocals) show off
their great musical skills"
- HAMILTON BLUES LOVERS
"Famous
Framus Band's new CD, Down By Desire, is a frantic, remarkable, howling
work."
- Graham Rockingham, Hamilton Spectator "...reminiscent of Social Distortion’s Mike Ness over a Jon Spencer type blues explosion, Famous Framus raises the bar with his latest outing..." - Ric Taylor, View
Magazine "...unique fusion
of feral punk-blues-rock...crank up the volume and blow your nasty
neighbors away!" -DD Rocker, Rockin'
the Blues.com "
I do not think I have heard an album that defines and
captures the
sound of Hamilton so effectively as Eight Ball...a
white-boy
blend of punk and blues that sounds like it was crafted together with
steel in east Hamilton!" -Shain Shapiro, View Magazine " Famous Framus took the stage dressed in a black suit, acoustic guitar in hand, and with a single spotlight providing illumination. Framus played a set of heavy blues, and watching him perform was like looking into an old black and white photograph." - The Silhouette |
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