With his imagination often dwelling in the very real places of his past and present, as well as in the possible future, McDougall’s songs may very well seat you by a coffee-can fire in the middle of a dry California river-bed, pull you up onto a freight train in the lush spring-time of the Pacific northwest, raise your voice in hymns with the entire family on a Thanksgiving afternoon, or haste your good-bye to civilization as you know it, as you ramble on with all you possess on your back.
Fact, fiction, and a little in between, McDougall carries on the relevant tradition of oral history and folklore, making it a part of everyday life and sharing it with those around him. Inspired by the word of God, his family, friends, fellow workers and fellow travelers met along the way, McDougall wishes to keep to the unwritten rule of using what was left by those before while leaving something of your own for those who will come after.
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Peter Yeates (guitar, lead and
backing vocals) is a veteran singer/songwriter/guitarist from Dublin, Ireland.
He has taken his early rock roots and combined them with his Celtic influences
to create a hard-driving yet soulful sound. Peter has toured much of the world
as a solo act and also with various Irish musicians, including James Kelly
(Planxty, Patrick Street), Noel Hill (Planxty), Tommy Hayes (Stockton's Wing)
and accordion player Paddy O'Brian.
Ken Larson (bodhrán, lead and
backing vocals) originally from Minneapolis, MN, has developed an inventive and
unique style in his three decades of playing bodhrán. He pulls an amazing range
of sounds from the simple Irish drum. He has toured the US with Peter Yeates,
in the two decades of collaboration, and has also performed and recorded with
some of the premier Celtic groups in the Portland area.
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