Thank you for considering The
Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra for your 2012 festival. For
more information, please see
www.ttmo.ca
Chandler McMurray-Ives
Copper String Booking/Management
250 588 1346
info@ttmo.ca
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
"Big things in the future for this amazing band from the
west coast of Canada who look and play like they are from
deep Europe but sound like they were raised by Bill Monroe."
Dan Cowan - Skaspot Live Network
Griffiths, Ian: lead vocals, accordian
Loewen, Kurt: lead vocals, guitar
M'Gonigle, Patrick: vocals, violin, mandolin
Mynett, Peter: vocals, stand up bass
Wolda, Paul: vocals, percussion
Emerging as on of Canada's most exciting young multi-genre
roots band, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra's faithful
underground following has expanded to North American
awareness in 2011, and saw them playing festivals across
Canada and the US in 2010 and 2011.
TMO delivers their brand of acoustic, high energy
Gypsy-Roots-Folk-Grass with dedication and precision,
keeping it exciting and generating dancing fans with every
show. They've sold hundreds of albums at individual shows,
and tend to always be that name you overhear someone saying
"Did you see that band?"
The
Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra have consistently followed the
demands of their fans, taking them from a 4 month tour in
Europe in 2008, national and international tours in 2009,
2010 and 2011 that garnered much recognition, wining 2010
Monday Magazine “M” award for Most Promising Band, and
performing showcases at NXNE, Folk Alliance, and this year
at OCFF.
The
quintet recently recorded a second EP, September, 2011 in
Nashville, TN, directly after playing Universal Fairs in
Memphis, where they opened for Hanson. The EP was released
for promotional use only, featuring this years festival hits
“The Otter Song” (“Shine”) and “Mountains On Fire”,
as well as a new recording of “Home On The Water”,
which has been quoted by one young fan as being “the song
of our generation”, and a video of TMO headlining South
Country Fair.
With an absolute truth to their music that is immediately
recognized by audiences, The EP sees TMO experimenting with
purposefully plodding and visceral rhythms, described as
“like a heard of elephants being held back tight with
reigns”, interwoven with elemental break downs, jazz
flourishes, and often unadorned, but striking vocals . The
ballads have a nostalgic, romantic appeal and a developing
mastership of group vocals and 3 part harmonies. It is as
the band says, just a blueprint of the next album, to be
recorded in January, 2012 with engineer and producer David
Travers-Smith.
 TMO's long awaited new album, which promises to be the most
cohesive and developed to date (in no small way due to
Travers-Smith's proven ability in excellence with recording
acoustic instruments, group harmonies, and the binding of
various styles of song writing) will be available for CD
review May 2012, just prior to festival season. TMO will be
available to tour festivals across North America with their
new album, summer 2012, and will be following up with a hard
ticket CD release tour the fall and winter 2012.
Thank you for considering The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra
for your 2012 festival.
For more information, please see www.ttmo.ca
Chandler McMurray-Ives
Copper String Booking/Management
250 588 1346
info@ttmo.ca
Hear what others are saying
"Their infectious stage presence
is an irresistible assault of crazed gypsy-ska-folk-grass
mayhem!" -Ben Hood, New world Theatre
"...exciting musical growth and exploration that feeds off
the instant connection they establish with their audience
the minute they start playing. Gypsy Ska meets Bluegrass on
the dance floor and the crowd goes nuts!"-Dan Cowan, Skaspot
Live Network
"TMO delivered a great performance with an infectious and
positive energy to our Saturday night crowd. It is music
that gets you up dancing while still maintaining attention
to detail and finesse in the playing. At our festival, every
band has to be able to give a polished mainstage show that
keeps the audience going for the entire evening - TMO
certainly did that and more ending with standing ovations
for more. They were a pleasure to work with and professional
from beginning to end. I would recommend them to any
festival." - Dierdre Atkinson Artistic Director,
Hornby Island Festival. A Quick
Nomadic History
~ 4 months touring throughout Europe in 2008
~ Cross Canada/Pacific NW USA tour in both 2009 & 2010
~ Cross Canada/Western and Eastern Festival tour 2011
~ Released "The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra" Double EP
2009:
side A Vancouver Island 08 / side B Vienna, Austria 09
~ Released The Blanche Album (2009) naming it after their
touring converted short
bus with hardwood floors, a pot bellied stove and a piano
~ Monday Mag "M" Award for Most Promising Local Band 2010
~ Official Showcase, Folk Alliance 2011
~ Official Showcase NXNE 2009
~ Sponsored Showcase OCFF 2011
To be
~ To be releasing new EP Nov 2011
~ Recording LP Jan 2012
releasing April 2012 |
Listen Now!
New EP 2011
Otter Song >>
Home On The Water >>
Mountains on Fire >>
Xo Tango >>
Nose Hill >>
Listen to the Blanche album
released 2009
Listen Now >>
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Watch
Now
The Tequila Mockingbird
Orchestra Live at South Country Fair
Play >>
"These young boys are the real thing. They live their music
with a sincerity that is honest and conscious of what has
gone on before them. Wise beyond their years and dedicated
to the roots of great music...they have created their own
sound that is quite excellent"
Maureen Chambers
Artistic Director
South Country Fair
TMO had the top grossing merch sales at ArtsWells 2009, South Country Fair 2011, Island Folk Festival
2010, and sold over 600 CD's in one weekend at Folk Life,
and over 800 CD's in a single weekend at Toronto's Buskers
Festival.
Workshops
TMO are always excited to offer workshops and have hosted
the following:
Getting to Second Bass: Bass as a second instrument by Peter
Mynett
Tightening Tone and technique, djembie with Paul Wolda
Rhythmic Fiddle WorkChop with Parick MGonigle
Accordion for those who don't know anything....about
accordion with Ian Griffiths
How to work out the Kinks: Band Communication: The Tequila
Mockingbird Orchestra
Collaborations
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra's various musical
backgrounds and style makes them a favourite for 'workshops
collaboration stages'. Some of the most successful being an
impromtu collaberations with The United Steel Workers of
Montreal at North Country Fair, as well as a planned stage
with Oka. Other collaborations with TMO include The
Magnificent 7's, Fish & Bird, Rachael Cardiello, Carolyn
Mark, and many more.
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