Don McAvoy & The Great Whatever ®
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We are honored and humbled to be nominated for a few 2018 Homey Awards by the WSTW Hometown Heroes program hosted by Mark Rogers. This is our 4th consecutive year in being nominated for awards and we appreciate the CONSTANT support of the show, its host, and the community of musicians on the show!
This year we are nominated for Best Live Act and Best Concert (our May 5th show at World Cafe Live). While you are voting, please support Dawson Street Pub as Best Live Music Venue and Black Horse Motel (EP, many songs, best band, individual members - namely Ryann Lynch - violin). Please use this link to vote: https://www.wstw.com/hometown-heroes-homey-awards-ballot/
This is the ''popular vote'' round which narrows the field down to a few finalists in each category whose winners will be announced at their live event on Thursday, March 14 at Theatre N in Wilmington, DE. Voting is open through Thursday, Feb. 14. The final nominees will be announced Sunday Feb. 17 on Hometown Heroes.
You do not have to vote in every category, but you may only vote once in each category. Duplicate votes will be deleted. So please, one ballot per person / e-mail address - this includes the same IP address.
We are pleased to announce that our song "Best Little Christmas" has been included as Track #18 on the 2018 93.7 WSTW Hometown Heroes Holiday Album titled "Christmas Finds a Way"! This 22 song compilation, which features only local musicians, is available NOW for digital download for $10 with all proceeds to benefit Toys For Tots. We are honored and privileged to be included in this project! https://hometownheroes937.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-finds-a-way As this is a benefit for Toys For Tots, the entire compilation must be purchased (individual tracks are not available for purchase). Physical CD's will be available for purchase after the Thanksgiving holiday. "Best Little Christmas" was played on the Sunday December 16th edition of the WSTW Hometown Heroes Program hosted by Mark Rogers. This track is from the actual broadcast....
http://www.dmcgw.com.hostbaby.com/songs/s/best_little_christmas___wstw_hometown_heroes___12_16_18
Thanks to all of our friends, family and fans who attended our matinee show at DAWSON STREET PUB on Saturday November 17th! Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows in 2018 and we will see you again sometime in 2019!
Our thanks to Mark Rogers and WSTW 93.7 FM Hometown Heroes program for playing "Leave Those Clocks Alone" on Sunday night (11-04-18) and for promoting or November 17th show at Dawson Street Pub and for mentioning the 3rd anniversary of our CD "There's Time Between The Bridge And The Water"
Thanks to all of our friends, family and fans who attended our show at World Cafe Live on Saturday May 5th! It was a very fun evening! We appreciate your never ending support! Great opening set from Germany Hill, too!!
WOW! What more can we say about all of our loyal fans at our 03/17/18 show Dawson Street Pub? You all brought your "A" game yesterday and we hope we returned it right back to you! Most of you in the crowd have been following us for the last 25 plus years and have not wavered in your support of us that entire time! For that, we truly thank you and love you for it! Thanks also to Dave Wilby and his staff at The Dawson and thanks to Tom Berra and Philly Blind Pig BBQ for the scrumptious food! Please feel free to post any pictures and videos you may have of the show to our Facebook page and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come see us again at the World Cafe Live on Saturday May 5th!
Our thanks to Mark Rogers and WSTW 93.7 FM Hometown Heroes program for playing "Leave Those Clocks Alone" on Sunday night (March 2018) in conjunction with the in studio appearance of our friend Ryann Lynch’s band Black Horse Motel. Our fans may remember Ryann from her violin performance at our CD release show back in 2015. Thanks also to Mark for promoting our next two shows at Dawson Street Pub (03/17/18) and World Café Live (05/05/18). A 6-minute audio clip of the Black Horse Motel 2017 Homey Award winning song “Where The Money Comes From” (which features Ryann’s stellar playing and backing vocals), our song and our show plugs can be heard here...
All of our CD's are available for purchase below. They make great gifts! Or coasters, or frisbees...
"There's Time Between The Bridge And The Water" - www.cdbaby.com/cd/donmcavoythegreatwhateve4 - CD or Digital Download
"Sometimes The Characters..." - www.cdbaby.com/cd/donmcavoythegreatwhateve2- Digital download ONLY
"Peace, Love & Scrapple" - www.cdbaby.com/cd/donmcavoythegreatwhateve- Digital download ONLY
ALL three releases are currently streaming on SPOTIFY...
"There's Time Between The Bridge And The Water" - open.spotify.com/album/7rmJRKkGBhH2yIlItE3HPI
"Sometimes The Characters..." - open.spotify.com/album/2b3KbKfPAbHDtM6s3rrJcN
"Peace, Love & Scrapple" - open.spotify.com/album/3icznptDLM8hpIhy9u6oPy
Thanks to those who attended our August 6th show at the Bel Air, MD Summer Concert Series at the Humbert Amphitheater at Shamrock Park. Thanks to the Town of Bel Air for hosting the event and to Rebecca Chappell from 970AM WAMD for her introduction and for her interview segment the day before. You can listen to that interview here...
We also want to thank HCN-TV - Hartford County Network for filming and broadcasting the show. You can see the FULL length broadcast here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-g_Hjxz2tM
Thanks to Angel Alamo for this interview post...
angelalamo.com/2017/06/29/interview-with-the-great-whatever/
DMCGW live interview and performance on WRDV - 89.3 FM - FM Auditions program hosted by Rock Hoffman on 02-04-17. Audio file is posted....
www.dmcgw.com.hostbaby.com/…/dmcgw_on_wrdv___fm_audi…
Thanks Rock Hoffman and Al Thompson for all or your support, going back to the days when we first started!
Thanks everyone for listening and texting in to our appearance Sunday night Oct. 16th, 2016 on Hometown Heroes - WSTW - 93.7 FM! Our thanks show host Mark Rogers for making us feel welcome and comfortable and for his amazing support of all local music! If you missed the show, please listen our edited post of the podcast....
www.dmcgw.com.hostbaby.com/songs/s/dmcgw_on_wstw_hometown_heroes_10_16_16.mp3
Our videos for "Happy Friday", "New Shoes","Yuengling" & “Like It Like That” and many others are posted on our Facebook and You Tube Pages!
www.youtube.com/user/greatwhatevervideos/videos
We are pleased to share with you a NEW SONG that does not appear on any of our CD's! This a ''bootleg'' LIVE recording of "Be Sure My Heart" from our performance at the World Cafe Live Philadelphia on February 13, 2016. Click on link BELOW. ENJOY!
www.dmcgw.com.hostbaby.com/songs/s/be_sure_my_heart_world_cafe_live_philly
Thanks to the following radio stations for playing tracks from "There's Time Between The Bridge & The Water" and from our other CD's:
WSTW - 93.7 FM - Wilmington, DE - MarkRogers - "Hometown Heroes" Program
WRDV - 89.3 FM - Warminster, PA - Rock Hoffman & Al Thompson
WPRB - 103.3 FM - Princeton, NJ - John Weingart - Music You Can't Hear On The Radio
WCLH - 90.7 FM - Wilkes Barre, PA - Cody Colarusso
WDIY - 88.1FM - Bethlehem, PA
WAMD - 970 AM - Aberdeen, MD - Rebecca Chappell
WHFC - 91.1 FM - Harford Community College - Bel Air, ND
Thanks Dave Davis and Independent Share for playing "New Shoes"on Independent Share #109
www.spreaker.com/user/davidbrucedavis/independent-share-show-109-5-9-2016
Thanks to the Marquix Global Newtwork for this article!
www.marquix.tv/features/DonMcAvoyAndTheGreatWhatever1.html
On Friday, February 19th, Fox 29 TV, played some of the video for our song “Happy Friday” and provided some very nice commentary…Please see the link below
We’d like to thank Karen Hepp and Mike Jerrick for their support and nice words! Also, a quick shout out of gratitude to Dave Wilby and The Dawson Street Pub in Manayunk, Roy Hausman and Josh & Amanda at Cinebard Films for all of their help with the "Happy Friday" video.
Our thanks to Brian Bingaman of 21st Century Media for this article in The Ticket.
Our SONG "Happy Friday" Wins Best Rock Song for October 2015!:
"A true weekend warrior's anthem, ‘Happy Friday’ will be the highlight of any week with its jubilant melodies, ripping solos and universal appeal.’
www.theakademia.com/october2015_bestsong_rock2.html
Our VIDEO "Happy Friday"Wins Best Rock Video for October 2015!
"Don McAvoy and band mates have created the perfect visual complement to their infectious rock anthem ‘Happy Friday’; we especially loved the hilarious last bit from the band”
www.theakademia.com/spinreports/DonMcAvoyAndTheGreatWhatever-HappyFriday-0C12C.html
Our song "Happy Friday" from "There's Time Between The Bridge & The Water" is in HEAVY ROTATION on the following internet stations!
http://www.theakademia.com/spinreports/DonMcAvoyAndTheGreatWhatever-HappyFriday-0C11C.html
Our thanks to The Akademia and the following for their Heavy Rotation airplay of "Happy Friday":
KXRL Radio Los Angeles, California USA
KEDG Radio Sydney, Australia
KHSX Radio Houston, Texas USA
WLDN Radio London, United Kingdom
WMIC Radio Miami, Florida USA
KVHT Hit XM, Las Vegas, USA
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KHTS Shanghai, China
KHTI Istanbul, Turkey
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A-Pulse Radio- Atlanta, Georgia
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AMP Radio- Tampa, Florida USA
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WBTX Chicago, Illinois USA
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WGBT Berlin, Germany
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WBBT Brasilia, Brazil
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KVTC Cairo, Egypt
KRSH Rush XR Stockholm, Sweden
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