Michael Marra - Quintet EP

(October 2007) 5 tracks: Schenectady Calling Peerie Willie Johnson * Peter * Thomas Fraser * If I Was An Englishman * Mac Rebennack's Visit To Blairgowrie.

Michael Marra's distinctive gravelly voice fronts this group of five musicians who created five songs about five musicians in five days...

Michael Marra (vocals, piano, guitar) with Dick Lee (clarinet), Steve Kettley (saxophone), Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle) and Gordon MacLean (bass) pay tribute to Peerie Willie Johnson, Martin Carthy, Peter McGlone, Thomas Fraser and Dr John.

"Marra's eloquently whimsical lyrics are shot through with humanity and affection... I regard the dolorous-voiced Marra as a fully paid-up sage of Dundee surrealism, up there with comic art genius Dudley D Watkins." (Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman)