Michael Cleary Band

Please bring an unwrapped toy to donate to toys for tots! Thanks mcb

This promises to be the most epic gig in the history of everything! Every musician that has ever been a member of MCB will be performing at this show along with several special guests! Honest...not kidding...for reals....Just be there!

MC will be playing with That 70's Band at The Main Pub in Manchester Ct Sat Jan 30th. Also Mc will be with Paul Bozzi and Eric Kuhn as The Bus at The Cypress in Middletown Ct Sat Feb 6th.

In their 6th release, MCB again runs thru a gamut of styles from rock to funk to country to pop. Their song writing continues to excel while the polish and execution on this latest disc results in a sonic wonderland that will delight and satisfy your ears

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelclearyband

The Bus will be playing at the Portland Fait this Friday with special guest Vin Delaria from MCB. The Bus is Mike Cleary, Paul Bozzi, and Eric Kuhn. http://www.portlandfair.com/Home.aspx

 

Mike Cleary, Paul Bozzi and Eric Kuhn will be performing as The Bus for a limited number of dates below.

May 14th The Back Porch, Old Saybrook 7:00pm

June 11th The Back Porch, Old Saybrook 7:00pm

July 9th The Back Porch Old Saybrook 7:00pm

July 11th The Cypress, Middletown Ct 8:00pm

July 21st Middletown Green 6:00pm

Sept 3rd The Back Porch Old Saybrook 7:00pm

Sept 26th, Red House, Deep River

 

 

Paul Bozzi, Eric Kuhn and Michael Cleary reunite as The Bus for a special Halloween show at The Winchester Cafe October 31st.

Due to the weather, MCB at Portland Riverfront Park is postponed to next Tuesday Aug 19th

Sorry folks, club is cancelling due to weather. sad face, mcb

This Friday MCB is at the Winchester Cafe on Rt 66 in Portland. The show starts at 8:30 and special guest filling in for Vin will be Chip Fenney on sax. Rumour has it there may be a percussionist or two in the house as well because it takes more than one musician to fill Vins talented shoes. So come on out for what is guarandamnteed to be a rockin good time!

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We would like to welcome aboard Zach Vetter on guitar and vocals. Zach is a founding member of a couple of award winning Ct bands, "Jive Miguel" and "Carfax Abby" and now brings his energy and vibe to MCB! As we say hello to Zach we'd like to thank Lee Sylvestre for his time with us and we wish him well with his current project The Auburn Mode. Check them out here  http://www.auburnmode.com/

Join us this Friday as we take our series of cd release parties to Black Eyed Sallys in Hartford. Our latest CD "MCB Five" will be available for just $5.00!

 This will also be the debut of Zach Vetter on guitar and vocals. Zach is a founding member of a couple of award winning Ct bands, "Jive Miguel" and "Carfax Abby" and now brings his energy and vibe to MCB! As we say hello to Zach we'd like to thank Lee Sylvestre for his time with us and we wish him well with his current project The Auburn Mode. Check them out here  http://www.auburnmode.com/

The reviews are coming in for "MCB Five"! 

http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=mclearyband4

 

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

306 Main Street
Manchester Ct 06040
860-647-1551

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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.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Cleary-Band/47712268434?ref=ts

 

Join us there and get instant updates as well as clips and pics from MCB events including a backstage look at the WFSB Better Ct show. Peace, mcb

 On March 6th MCB will be on the Better Connecticut show on WFSB channel 3 at 10:00 am. Join us as we rock out with Scott Haney, Kara Sundlun and the rest of their Better CT Buddies.

 Luv, mcb

 

Here is a link with a clip form the show. Enjoy!

http://www.wfsb.com/video/18871495/index.html

 

New videos up on Youtube We have posted some videos courtesy of BenjEvent Video/Ted Cappelan Audio from our last show at Black Eyed Sally's in Hartford on Youtube and on the video page of the mcb website. Just go to http://www.youtube.com/brendez12 and search for Michael Cleary Band, you may even see yourself in some of the crowd shots! Have Fun, mcb

Many of us knew Drew from his days in Hartford with the Monster Band and Mr. Right. Over the past 15 or so years he has been traveling the world making music with many great bands including The Silos,Tandy,Crash Test Dummies,Susan Tedeschi,Graham Parker,Chris Mills,Jack Grace Band,The Hold Steady,Down to Earth Approach,Grainne Ryan,A Don Piper Situation,David Roland,Mary McBride,Willard Grant Conspiracy,Tom Freund,John P. Strohm and many more. Here is some info from The Silos website: It is with the greatest sadness that we inform you of the passing of Drew Glackin. He was unaware of an overactive thyroid condition that led to severe heart damage. He was surrounded by family and friends during his final days and hours and we are all still in a state of shock and disbelief. Drew was adored around the world and his larger than life spirit and contagious jovial energy touched everyone he met, everywhere he went. He was a musician of the highest talent and made his mark in countless bands, record albums, and many thousands of live performances. He will be sorely missed and the memories of his music, his great humor, and his magnanimous generosity of spirit and love will be with us forever. A fund has been set up in Drew's name to help with funeral costs. Send a Paypal donation to: theandrewglackinmemorialfund@yahoo.com To send a check, make payable to: The Andrew Drew Glackin Memorial Fund Skylands Community Bank Lopatcong Township 201 Strykers Road, Suite 20 att: Sherri Abel Phillipsburg, New Jersey 08865 If anyone is interested in sending anything else, a sympathy card, etc, or in addition to, you can send that to Drew's mom: Margaret Glackin 819 Wilbur Avenue Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Check out these reviews/ comments raving about MCB Live! These guys have been dishing out their R&B/blues (with a bit of funk tossed in to get the rumps shaking) for nearly 20 years. Their latest album, recorded live at Black Eyed Sally's in Hartford, is a fine recording. It has lots of solos that actually work, some extend-o-jams that keep the crowd up. It's all that you'd expect from a established, polished band. 3/14 Craig Gilbert/New Haven Advocate MCB Live Live records are typically best saved for bands that have either a tremendous live show like Kiss or for bands that have a legacy that warrants as much ala The Rolling Stones. So reviewing a live record from Hartford act The Michael Cleary Band is a bit of a pre-loaded gun. The Michael Cleary Band has been carving out their niche as the areas preeminent blues-based rock band for almost 16 years now and they are great at what they do: check the solo at the tail end of Never Gonna Let, the harmonies on Stand, or pitch perfect classic rock stand-in Zydeco. The live setting suits them and it’s the relative coziness of the venue that yields a hominess as you have fans squabbling, the band’s inner dialogues and if you listen hard enough you can hear the clinking of pint glasses between sets. 3/21 David Lewis/Play New Haven magazine Michael Cleary Band ~ MCB Live For the uninitiated, MCB Live is a great introduction to the Michael Cleary Band, the closest you’ll come to experiencing them live. For area fans who’ve followed MCB’s near 16-year road of music-making in our region, it’s a cool souvenir to be savored, a colorful snapshot of these musicians completely in their element. Recorded at Hartford’s own Black-Eyed Sally’s, MCB Live delivers an evening’s worth of funkified songs capable of moving both hearts and feet. Brothers Ed and John Corvo lay down and power the grooves here with soul and precision, abetted by Paul Bozzi’s engaging percussion; keysman Vince Delaria at times conjures up the late great Kenny Kirkland with his wondrously colorful lines; and Cleary presides over his ensemble with soulfully agile vocals and guitar. Groovier than the Allman Brothers and more riffalicious than Tower of Power, MCB’s sound is an audibly tempting brew seasoned with skill and feeling. High points “Zydeco Girl,” TOP-esque groove-fest “Funky 16” and closer “Child Inside” joyfully illustrate their musical bond is as energetic and entertaining as ever. Catch them live in Middletown on April 6th at La Boca. Guy-Michael Grande/Ear Candy/Rare Reminder This disc RIPS!!! The solo on All To You is ridiculous. Alan Veniscofsky / Rane 5 Stars - Incredible live performance... This disc is a great example of a soulful, incredibly talented band at their absolute best. Mike and the boys sound so tight, you can feel the energy on this disc...it's a great representation of how powerful they are live! Lee Sylvestre / Bill Carlton Band I enjoyed the heck out of your live performance ...and certain parts really brought a smile to face. Elliott Randall / Steely Dan / www.elliott-randall.com/ The Michael Cleary Band MCB Live (self-released) I am dating myself when I say that the Michael Cleary Band is more my parents’ music than my own. Influences like Little Feat, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, and the Allman Brothers guide their tunes. However, where their previous discs left me cold, MCB Live has finally convinced me that these guys are worth noting. And you know what did it for me? The lyrics. They’re a great working-class band with a great live show. Dan Berry, Hartford Advocate

Available now! Click here to listen to and read about MCB Live.

due to popular demand our first cd, Call it what you like, is available for sale on cdbaby.com. click on the link below to check it out!

Thanks to everyone for coming to Black Eyed Sally's for our 14th birthday party! It was a great night and we had a ton of fun. Since we received such an overwhelming response from the the show we decided to include some of these emails in the news section. If you have any comments or reviews of any shows, email them to us at michaelclearyband@earthlink.net and we'll include them in the news section. Thanks, MCB Dear Mike,   What a thrill it was to see you and the band perform last night at Black Eyed Sally's.. You made me feel young and alive... The energy , drive and enthusiasm...the love of the music really came through....there is no other "sound" like the Michael Cleary Band.   Greg Holster Fellas, I just had to say how much I enjoyed the Black Eyed Sally's show. In my humble opinion it was the best I've ever heard you guys sound. Not only did everyone play their asses off, but Rowdie had the mix totally smokin'! Seriously, you guys sounded phenomenal and it was the most fun I've had at a live show in quite some time. Like I said that night, you guys proved, once again, to be the most bad- ass band in the state; great tunes, great players, great people. Keep it up. You've restored my confidence (for the mean time) in live music in Connecticut. Although on any stage, anywhere, MCB could hang with the best of them and have most of them running for cover! Thanks for a great show. Geoffrey Brown

Catch MC jamming with Jeff Pitchell on "Portland on the Move" on comcast channel 3 hosted by Dave Kuzminski. It should be replayed thruout October. MC ruins the punch line to jeff's joke, confesses that he learned to play guitar when he was grounded as a youth, and plays 3 songs with Jeff. A fun time was had by all....

you can listen to and write a review of "tales from the cup" by going to this site http://cdbaby.com/mclearyband . Click on any of the tracks to hear your favorite song or click "play all songs" to listen to the whole album. Scroll down to the bottom and click on "write a review" to post a review online!