AUGUST 2007: CARLOS MAGEE 6-TRACK E.P. AVAILABLE SOON! HIS FIRST RECORDINGS SINCE 1979 WILL BE RELEASED AS LEGAL DOWNLOADS AND ON CD - MORE DETAILS AND FINAL TRACK LISTING TO FOLLOW ASAP.
JULY 2007: CARLOS MAGEE IS RECORDING! CARLOS (EX-HOT ROD GANG, THE SABREJETS & THE FIREBIRDS) IS PUTTING DOWN SOME ROCKIN' TRACKS AFTER BUYING HIMSELF A TASTY NEW GUITAR. HE'S BEEN WORKING ON HIS SOUND, AND TO ME IT'S QUITE CLOSE TO THAT OF TOMMY ALLSUP (LOTS OF CHORD SOLOS). WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING AN ALBUM'S WORTH OF SONGS READY ASAP, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS A CD FROM CDBABY, iTUNES, RHAPSODY AND MOST GOOD LEGAL DOWNLOAD SITES. STAY TUNED!
JULY 2007: ROCKIN' TIA SAYS "HI CATS!"
APRIL 2007: CARLOS RETURNS TO ROCK AGAIN!
CARLOS 'FIERY GOB' MAGEE, MY FELLOW SINGER/GUITARIST WITH THE HOT ROD GANG, THE SABREJETS AND DIESEL & THE FIREBIRDS HAS EMERGED FROM HIS LONG RETIREMENT GREASED AND READY TO KICK ASS, ALL SET TO RECORD SIZZLING NEW TRACKS WITH LYNNETTE & I. IF WE ALL LIKE WHAT WE HEAR (AND KNOWING CARLOS WE MOST CERTAINLY WILL) WE'LL BE TAKING THESE SONGS ON THE ROAD AS SOON AS WE CAN - MORE DETAILS LATER!APRIL, 2006: I HAD A FANTASTIC TIME PLAYING WITH BETTY & THE BOPS AT THE SALLE PHISA BALLROOM IN PARIS, AS WELL AS SINGING AT A FIVE-HOUR ACOUSTIC SOIREE WITH TONY MARLOW (GUITAR/VOCALS) AND TONY SASIA (DRUMS/PERCUSION), MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH 59 CLUB AND HOSTS CLAUDE ET MARTINE SPEISSER. PHOTOS TO FOLLOW SOON - THANKS TO ALL THE PARIS GANG! 'MILE AFTER MILE' AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM THE I-STORE! CLICK FOR iTunes TO PREVIEW, BUY AND DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL SONGS OR THE WHOLE ALBUM.
DECEMBER 2005: JUST BACK FROM THE FRENCH 59 CLUB STAND AT THE SALON MOTO LEGENDE MOTORCYCLE SHOW IN PARIS - PLAYED AT LE CAP'S WITH FRENCH BAND BETTY & THE BOPS (THANKS, BETTY, TONY M & TONY S!) AND DID A SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW AT A HOUSE PARTY HOSTED BY CLAUDE & MARTINE SPEISSER OF THE 59 LEGEND CLUB, FRANCE. I HAD A FANTASTIC FEW DAYS AND I HOPE TO TOUR WITH BETTY & THE BOPS AGAIN IN EUROPE DURING 2006, IN THE GOOD COMPANY OF THOSE FABULOUS FRENCH, BELGIAN AND SWISS 59'ers - MY THANKS TO EVERYONE!
SUMMER/AUTUMN 2005: THE NEW 21-TRACK JAPANESE ALBUM NEON REELS IS NOW WIDELY AVAILABLE, FEATURING ORIGINAL SABREJETS SINGLES, THE 1979 AND 1998 RECORDINGS OF ROCKIN' AT THE ACE CAFE AND MUCH MORE!
CLICK HERE to read about NEON REELS, preview tracks and even buy the album from CDBaby.
You can also get it directly from RAUCOUS RECORDS. NEON REELS has been compiled, designed and released by the multi-talented Munetoshi Tagaki of Japan's REVEL YELL MUSIC label. Other good distributors/online sales outlets include HEPCAT RECORDS (USA & Worldwide) BE BE'S RECORDS (Germany & International) and OLD ROCK RECORDS in Sweden. The album features 21-tracks by Martin and his bands THE SABREJETS, DIESEL & THE FIREBIRDS and MG & LYNNETTE as well as 5 new recordings.
Martin says: "Many of my songs are drawn from my own life in Britain; born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1946 and growing up mainly on Tyneside in the North East of England during the post - WWII era."
"In my early teens I latched onto the Rocker culture of the late fifties/ early sixties, visited the Ace Cafe in '61 as an awestruck 15 year old and went on to found, record and gig with bands such as the Hot Rod Gang, the Sabre Jets, the Firebirds and the Kindness of Strangers, as well as performing solo and in two duos live, on CD and on radio."
"An acoustic solo CD of my 'English Road Stories', 'Mile After Mile', is available from many outlets including CDbaby, Tower.com, audiolunchbox.com, i-Tunes and others."
"My latest album, 'NEON REELS' was put together in 2004 by Mune Tagaki of Revel Yell Music in Japan. It features 21 tracks that cover all stages of my rock'n'roll life, from 'Rockin' At The Ace Cafe' (written in 1973) through vinyl singles, studio out-takes and live recordings right up to 5 new tracks recorded in 2004."
