Greg MacPherson

June 18, 2010

Greg — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:48:56 +0000

It was a good day yesterday. First I read this. Then I read this. Makes the post-tour blues a little easier.

June 16, 2010

Greg — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:26:59 +0000

Back home now after one of the best tours I’ve ever been on. So many good shows and old friends… Ryan and Cole were an excellent rhythm section to travel with and we’re already planning our return later in the year. See you soon eastern Canada. In the mean time, Sled Island in Calgary and the Folk Fest in Winnipeg are coming up in a few weeks to keep me busy. If you’re interested, I posted an old song on myspace… it’s called Crack Down, Jason Tait recorded it for me several years ago and I forgot all about it until now. I hope you like it.

April 18 2010

Greg — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:16:31 +0000

New shows added. Eastern tour almost booked. Winnipeg Folk Festival confirmed. Other festivals coming down the pipe. People seem to like my new record. Etc.

April 8th 2010

Greg — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:24:12 +0000

Our tour out west last week was excellent. It was the first time in two and a half years that the whole band went on the road together. I was a little nervous about that to tell you the truth but less than 30 seconds into the first song I looked around and realized that we’re actually better now than we used to be! This was a pleasant surprise.

Steve flew into town last night for our big hometown CD release show at the West End Cultural Centre this Saturday night. Two nights of rehearsals and one big crazy show… I guarantee we’ll do everything within our power to make this one count. If you’re in Winnipeg you should come to this show.

Otherwise, if you’re out in eastern Canada I have a tour booked and will be seeing you all at the end of May! I’ll post those dates in the next few days.

March 22. 2010

Greg — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:17:17 +0000

Welcome to my newly revamped and relaunched website!!! As if things weren’t exciting enough in my world these days with a new record coming out, a video in the works, tours coming together and more recording time booked… I want to thank Rob at Smallman and especially Derek Hogue at Amphibian Design for their efforts getting this website upgraded. Please have a look around.

There’ll be a new song from Mr. Invitation posted here and on our myspace site in the next few days… it’s called Outside Edge and features a Steve Bates guitar riff over Jason Tait beating the shit out of his vintage drum kit like only he can.

More tour dates to be announced in the next few days as well! Stay tuned.

March 1, 2010

Derek — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:52:53 +0000

It’s finally March! Another marathon Winnipeg winter in the home stretch and only 30 days until this new record of mine comes out. Our tour dates are finally solidifying too, please check the shows page for details.

There should be a new song up on our MySpace page soon. In the mean time, I’ve been keeping busy playing in a few side bands and one of them has a show on March 13th at the West End Cultural Centre here in Winnipeg. My friend Pip Skid, one of the most uncompromising, hardest hitting and original artists in Canada is releasing a new record that night and I have the honour of being in his live band and am a guest on a few album tracks. More details on that here.

January 26, 2010

Derek — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:24:08 +0000

Okay, this stuff is finally happening. Life is good. There’s a new song posted for free download on THIS site. Hope you like it. I’ll have some tour dates up soon too. About time!

January 23, 2019

Derek — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:33:27 +0000

So much news, so little of it posted on my website! My apologies friends, it’s been a hectic few months and I haven’t been as diligent about posting as I’d like to be. My excuse is that I’ve been busy preparing for the release of a new record, Mr. Invitation, which comes out March 30th. Mike, Ryan and I have been practicing a couple times a week for a while now getting back into shape and revisiting some of the old songs in anticipation of getting back on the road. Things are sounding better than ever and I can’t tell you how excited I am to get back on stage. I’ll have tour dates posted and some new music up on ‘myspace’ and here on my website in the next month, so please drop by again soon.

In the mean time, here’s an interview I just did with exclaim.ca. My first interview in while…

September 23rd, 2009

Derek — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:41:29 +0000

I got hit in the head with a board at work today and had to get stitches in my face… I’m fine but it’s been a long time since I got stitches or hurt myself to the point of needing medical attention. This got me thinking, I need to play music instead of working with my hands so I don’t lose a finger or something before my next record finally gets released! I also thought about how nice it would be to play some shows again after a long summer of working too much and concentrating on recording music instead of playing it. I blow off a lot of steam performing and when I take a long break from it I end up doing stupid things like getting hit in the head with boards. Needless to say I booked some shows when i got back from the hospital. See the ’shows’ page.

In other news, the new record is finished. I got the master back just the other day and it’s sounding as good as I hoped it would. Derek and I did the art work for it and will be putting the finishing touches on it within the next week or so. Hopefully we can get some new mp3s up on this site or at myspace.com/macphersonband before too long. No word yet on a release date, probably not until late winter/early spring at this point though as touring in Canada in December, January or February is even crazier than demolishing stuff without safety glasses on. Some of us learn these lessons the hard way unfortunately.

May 29,2009

Derek — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:20:58 +0000

I’ve got 14 new songs recorded and they’re about 95 percent mixed at this point. It’s been a long process with people flying in and out of town and me working a few day jobs lately but this new recording should be finished and ready to release by the fall. I’m not known for trumpeting the work that I’ve done but in this case I feel more excited than I’ve ever been at the end of recording a record and I’m really proud of what we’ve done… hopefully you will like it too. I’ll get some mp3s posted on the myspace page as soon as we have it mastered!

In the mean time, it’s spring, I have half a dozen new songs to try out live and some friends have been kind enough to help book a few shows down east next month. Please have a look at the Shows page for details.