Wes McDonald
Cuttin' up Rocks
© 2003 Wes McDonald (677516527927)
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Collection of Soul-tinged rock and roll that wails and weeps.
tracks
- 1 Water
- 2 Since I Did It Wrong. . .
- 3 Rose
- 4 Green Grass
- 5 You Could Own One Today . . .
- 6 Tell Me Why . . .
- 7 Gettin' Back
- 8 Foe
- 9 Cuttin' Up Rocks
- 10 It's in the Ocean
- 11 You're Gold
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notes
Cuttin' up Rocks is the third release from Magical Solution's Wes McDonald. Alarm Clock Recordings and Chandelier are McDonald's first two albums from 2000 and 2001. Cuttin' up Rocks is an 11-song collection of soul-tinged rock and roll that wails and weeps.
This album is mainly a one-manned affair as McDonald plays virtually every instrument and engineered. McDonald is also the singer/guitarist of Athens, GA rockers, The Ohms.
The Wes McDonald Plan, McDonald's Birmingham,AL based band, will be touring extensively in support of Cuttin' up Rocks, starting with a January 11th album release concert at Workplay in Birmingham. WMc Plan is also at work on their debut album. The Plan includes Birmingham's Jake Waitzman on drums, Drew Davis on bass, and Matthew Jackson on lead guitar. Enough chit chat, go listen to the album.
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he sounds like a bona fide Southern rocker
author: Score! Music MagazineI spend a lot of time sitting by the ocean and attempting to dissolve all my fears in the saltwater - so of course, a song called “Water” would be the first thing I noticed. The first few lines sounded like they could, in fact, become a new addition to my walking-in-the sand repertoire. Then the song crashed, like the waves over my feet, beyond easy listening into energetic, eclectic, guitar-filled funk and rock. I decided then and there that Wes McDonald was the male Mazzy Star. But then, as is my habit, I changed my mind - I was pleased to figure out that he sounds like a bona fide Southern rocker, a cross between Neil Young, The Black Crowes, and the Allman Brothers, all with an overlay of AC/DC. Southern rock (and even my new favorite genre, country music) is my lifelong obsession because it drips with emotion and passion - you can feel it coming off and out of every single line. The lyrics always tell a vibrant story that everyone can relate to, which is the most important thing to me - I am always looking for a way to find my life in music. Even though I don’t know from where Wes McDonald hails (and I am not certain he was purposefully aiming for a place in the legacy of Southern rock), he touches me in the same way that my favorite musicians in the genre do. I sit at the beach and try to “find myself” and some meaning in my life, and get rid of my frustration about the fact that I don’t know which road to take or where to take it to. Most importantly, I am finally figuring out that you can’t be everything to everyone, and I am sure Wes McDonald understands that. But he seemed to speak directly to me when he says in track 10, “It’s in the ocean/ a whole lotta soul there.” So I guess I am in the right place.