In a career spanning five decades, Brian MacDonald has performed up and down the East Coast, gracing the stage with the likes of James Taylor, Paul Simon, Don McLean, The Desert Rose Band, Al Anderson, Southside Johnny, Livingston Taylor, Ben E. King, and many more . His songs have appeared in major motion pictures, television programs and commercials as well as the stage. His album "Midnight in Nowhere", has received rave reviews and enjoys extensive airplay throughout Europe and Australia. In 2007 he signed a publishing/recording deal with Friday Records, an L.A./Nashville based company headed by Grammy/Oscar producer Rick Jarrard(Michael McDonald, Jose Feliciano, Nillson, Jefferson Airplane). A live CD, "Midnight Xpresso" was on numerous "Top CDs of the year" lists and also received extensive airplay. "Wasted Avenue", a dark, harder rocking collection of songs, was released in limited edition in 2010, and immediately got a buzz from industry insiders. In 2012 Friday Records/Rick Jarrard released the first in a series of recordings Brian made for them, beginning with a new take on Steve Earle's classic "My Old Friend, the Blues" featuring a signature Rick Jarrard string arrangement, and a sweeping, cinematic version of Bruce Springsteen's "Dry Lightning", featuring Country Music Hall of Fame pedal steel legend J. D. Maness. These recordings immediately started selling on iTunes, Amazon, and numerous other sites.
A live recording of Warren Zevon's "Carmelita" was released by Friday Records/Rick Jarrard in 2013 , which coincided with the release of "Lawyers, Guns and Photos: Photographs and Tales of my Adventures with Warren Zevon by George Gruel". ( www.biggorillabooks.com ) George Gruel was, according to Warren himself, the Excitable Boy's "best friend/aide-de-camp", and manager during the prime, crazed days. George and Brian had become friends, and George wore a "Midnight in Nowhere-Brian MacDonald" T-shirt on the cover of the book, and mentioned Brian in the final print, giving him two paragraphs! Brian then was asked by George to perform at many book signing/release events, which led to increased interest/sales, and streaming activity on Spotify, Amazon, iTunes and other sites for Brian's recordings. 2017 was a busy year, with the release of the live, solo, in-studio CD release "The Old Wolf Starts Looking Back", and hosting the East Coast Warren Zevon Convention "ZeConn One", a sold-out show held in Hartford, Ct. Fan demands led to ZeConn 2 (2018) and 3 (2019), folks coming from up and down the East Coast and as far away as Australia. 2019 saw the release of the introspective CD "This I How It Feels" which recieved immediate positive reviews, additions to radio playlists across USA and Europe. Late in 2021, Brian released "Before My Eyes", getting solid airplay and reviews pronouncing it his best album ever! Requests for live appearances are coming from around the country, England and France, where Brian has developed a loyal, "cult" following, complete with fan-made videos on Youtube. Brian just continues on like he has for a long time, taking his music wherever people will listen.....
