Rabbit Mackay

Rabbit Mackay was a singer and musician from California who, with his Somis Rhythm Band, made an LP for MCA (Uni) Records, "Bug Cloth", in 1968 and a second LP in 1969 before returning to obscurity. Information on him is scarce, but he was said to be still performing into the 2000s, although the only other known recording by him is one track on a compilation album issued in 2006.
== Links to Peel ==
Rabbit Mackay (with his Somis Rhythm Band) was one of the more obscure of John Peel's 1968 enthusiasms. He wrote approvingly of the singer's album "Bug Cloth" in his column in International Times of 23 August 1968 ("In these days of very clinical recordings it is good to hear something that radiates happiness like this") Interestingly Peel refers to Mackay as Rabbit Brown. confusing him with another obscure artist, the 1920s New Orleans bluesman Richard "Rabbit" Brown, whose best-known song, "James Alley Blues", was included in Harry Smith's famous 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music compilation of rare 78s, and was later covered by Bob Dylan, among others. and played tracks from it on Top Gear - especially "Hard Time Woman" which was issued in the UK as a single. It is possible that the words of the song had a special relevance for Peel at a time when his first marriage had ended unhappily, but the rough and ready feel of the track undoubtedly appealed to him.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
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== Sessions ==
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== Other Shows Played ==
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*14 July 1968: Hard Time Woman (LP: Bug Cloth) MCA
*21 July 1968: Candy (LP: Bug Cloth) MCA
*08 September 1968: Mexico Town (LP - Bug Cloth) UNI
*22 September 1968: Hard Time Woman (LP: Bug Cloth) MCA
*Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 4: Hard Time Woman (LP - Bug Cloth) UNI
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: M
== References ==
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== External Links ==
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* Official site
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