Michael Cleary Band: News

MCB's 5th cd is chock full of their trademark harmonies and world class musicianship. Add in their catchiest tunes ever and you have a masterful disc that gets better with every listen. Funk, Folk, Rock, Country, World Beat, Latin...MCB Five has it all.

 The Michael Cleary Band has been performing for 20 years and their newest cd MCB Five is their finest yet. This disc is their first that is completely self produced and recorded in their own studio. Their efforts have resulted in a collection of songs described as an organic melting pot of great lyrics, catchy tunes, and sonic ear candy.

  The listener gets taken on a rolling journey from the opening chimes of the infectious “Mind Made Up” to the pulsing funk of “When you get back” thru poignant reflection in “Barfly” followed by the uplifting charm of “Cool Down”. 

 Then, “You Got My Love” kicks in with an epic rock jam capped off with the Latin feel and tale of longing in “Away-O”. “Free James Brown” is the country flavored story of an unlikely fan of the Godfather of Soul, while “Highlight of My Day” is a toe-tapping celebration of the simpler things in life.

 The album concludes with the epic “See You in The Morning”. A bombastic rocker based on the Heavens Gate UFO cult.

 The music will draw you in but it’s the lyrics that will keep you coming back. Each repeat listening reveals a little more charm, subtle innuendos, witty turns of phrase, and glimpses of life, love, and adversity.

 The songwriting shines as the star of this disc and its a reflection of a band that is musically mature, diverse and skilled at their craft. The quality of the recording is superb and MCB Five will surprise your ears with something new each time you listen to it.

 The Michael Cleary Band is MIchael Cleary - Guitar/ Vocals, Vin Delaria - Keys/Vocals, Lee Sylvestre - Guitar/ Vocals, Jedd Chlebowski - Bass, Edmund Peart - Drums/Vocals, Frank Bauer - Percussion.

You heard right. MCB will celebrate their new release MCB Five at The Main Pub on New Years Eve. See details below. Cds will be available at the special price of 5.00.

New Years Eve with MCB! - 9:30pm

This show has been cancelled. Come on out and see us at our next performance at Jakes October 22nd. Luv, mcb

Due to the weather, the MCB show tonight will be held at the Senior Center in Stafford Springs at 3 Buckley Highway (Rt 190). We start at 6:00pm

Download it or stream it here

http://www.archive.org/details/mcb2011-05-28.jz-bt201-sbd.flac16&reCache=1

1. Alive Again

2. Child Inside

3. See You Later

4. When You Get Back

5. Second Nature

6. What Goes On

7. Mind Made Up

8. Cayman Review

9. Oye Como va/ Evil Ways/ Soul Sacrifice

New pics from the last couple gigs are up as well as a new blog post talking about the last few shows in October/November.

Go to this link to check out our performance of "Mind Made Up" on Better Ct 10/22/10

http://www.wfsb.com/betterct/25475694/detail.html

Fun for the whole family... Here's another opportunity for the whole family to see MCB on Saturday, Sept. 4th, 7:00 PM at the Haddam Neck Fair in Haddam Neck, Ct. Special guest will be founding member Ed Corvo filling in on Bass. Details here http://www.haddamneckfair.com/

This Friday we will have original mcb member Ed Corvo filling in on bass. Be prepared for lots of fun as we take a few trips down memory lane. You can contact us at mcb@michaelclearyband.com to request any mcb tunes that we may not have played in a while.

The gig starts at 9.30 and is at 

Damons tavern

310 Prospect Ave

Hartford Ct 06106 860-233-9900

http://damonstavern.com/

MC will be playing with Jen Lowe tonight at Lucky Lou's in Wethersfield 6:30-9:30

Lucky Lou's Bar & Grill

 You will have two chances to catch the Michael Cleary Band this week. Friday night, June 25th, we'll be at The Main Pub in Manchester. This is a great live music venue with yummy food and a groovy vibe.

 For those on the shoreline, MCB will be at Donahues in Madison on Saturday night, June 26th. We had a great gig our first time thru and will be making several stops here during the Summer.

Our new mcb website is up! This will make it easier for us to keep you up to date with news, vids and music! If there is something you'd like to see, let us know. Enjoy, mcb

MCB at Fishbones this week is cancelled due to the club closing. Our next show will be June 4th at Jakes in Wallingford.

The Michael Cleary Band is throwing their hat into the ring for the foxwoods theme song contest. Better late than never, but we need your votes. Please cick on the link to give it a thumbs up! You just need to put in a user name, password and email. You can also download our version at the bottom of our homepage. Thanks, mcb
http://www.bethewonder.com/artist_profile.aspx?id=33984f2b-48d9-4305-8aa5-bfe81f1cc683

 This week the Michael Cleary Band will be playing at Black Eyed Sally's on Friday December 11th. We will be collecting new unwrapped toys for our friends at Cubed Squared for their annual Toy Drive to be delivered to the pediatric ward at Central Hospital of CT (New Britain General). If you can't make it to the gig you can still contribute a toy by going here http://www.cubedsquared.com/specialevents.php

 Also of note, Orginal MCB drummer John Corvo will be filling in on drums at this show. John and bassist Jedd Chlebowski will also be performing with our opening act Jen Lowe and the Sensitive Dudes. Check them out here http://jenlowe.com/

Tis the season of giving so c'mon out, give a little and have yourself a great night of food, fun, and music! Happy Holidays from mcb!

We would like to give a sincere thanks to all the people who came out to our 18th anniversary party. It was quite the scene and we posted some pics here. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Cleary-Band/47712268434#/album.php?aid=113450&id=47712268434&ref=mf

 MCB is featured in the October issue of Hartford Magazine as one of Hartfords Best Original Bands. Grab a copy at your favorite magazine/bookstore. There is also a scanned copy on our facebook page for you to checkout here

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=2760252&id=47712268434

"The Michael Cleary Band - Refreshingly honest, no nonsense music. No cliches either. Best band we have heard in a long time. We play them in the U.K. on our show, and you know how fussy we are."
Stu and Kendall Radio show 102.3fm
http://www.harboroughfm.co.uk/index.html

We would like to introduce Jedd Chlebowski as the new Bass player for MCB. Lots of thanks go out to Tim Wilken for his performance above and beyond the call of duty for the last year and we wish him much success in the future. Jedds first "official" gig will be at Public in Middletown on September 18th but he will be with us for a private party at OLS this Friday August 28th for the lucky folks in Old Lyme. Welcome aboard Jedd!

Thanks to all of you for your support in helping us take the title of Best Jam Band in the 2009 Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam! Congrats to all the winners. Check them out here

http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14263

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Thanks to everyone for getting us nominated, now it's time to vote! The Michael Cleary Band is nominated for best Jam band and our very own Vince Delaria is nominated for best Keyboardist. Please write us in for the Best Band category as well. Also vote for our friends Fatgrip, Funk Brokers, Article 19, The Shinolas and Sue Menhart in their categories. Congrats to all the nominees!

click here to vote

http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/bandslam/index.cfm?pid=65

Our Friend Eamon Cronin from Ryders on The Storm and Midnight Sun suffered a head injury from a fall from the stage while performing in Spain recently and is in need of our support. Here is the latest update from Barry Seelen, Keyboardist for the Midnight Sun.

He's awake now, but he's still in intensive care. He's improving a little each day. He's going to have a long, hard recovery.

A lot of people have been asking what they could do to help out with any expenses. I'm sure that he's not going to be able to earn any money for quite some time.

I've been planning as trip back home @ the end of July and we booked a Midnight Sun gig @ Sully's on Fri. July 31. I doubt that he'll be able to play by then or even attend. I'm still going to play w/ somebody.We're going to get as many musicians as possible and give the gate to Eamon's family.

Also, I put the 2 songs that I wrote from the Midnight Sun c.d. on a online music retailer. You can go to my Myspace and the Midnight Sun myspace to purchase a download of both songs.
ALL proceeds will go to a certain head injured individual.
I believe that EAMON would really appreciate it if as many people as possible went to either

http://www.myspace.com/4themidnightsun

 or

http://www.myspace.com/4barryseelen

to download the tracks.

I hope that you and your family are doing well. And I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best,
Barry

June 23rd update:

Awesome news, Eamon is off the respirator and is expected to leave ICU today. He spoke to his Father today and wished him a Happy Fathers Day.