Rusty McCarthy - Singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and one of the finest Blues and Jazz guitarist on the scene today, with a career spanning three decades and having shared the stage with some of the finest performers in the world.
As a free-lance guitarist Rusty has jammed and played with pop's Alanah Myles, Tom Cochrane, Bare Naked Ladies and played Blues with Jeff Healey, Jerome Godboo, The Blues Brothers, and also jazz with Bill Frisell, Holly Cole, Molly Johnson. His musical projects have him travelling the world, most often as band leader and guitarist with Mary Margaret O'Hara.
Most notable shows were in London, New York and L.A. with Mary, sharing the stage with music icons Sting, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful, Steve Earle, and Elvis Costello and TV appearances that include N.B.C.'s Night Music', BBC 'Top of the Pops," and Much Music.
Rusty's latest performances have been ATP festival Somerset, Edmonton Folk festival, Wexford Opera Festival, Pop Montreal and coming up, a season of summer concerts. Along the way Rusty has found time to hone his craft as a songwriter - and is devoting more time to finding his niche in the performance world, and it's being appreciated. In fact, Rusty's song "Baking A Cake" has been included in the upcoming film 'Autumn' - starring the late David Carradine, and written film scores for BRAVO TV's "A Taste Of Shakespeare."
Event date & time: 23.03.2012 at 20:30
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