An Incomplete History of Chuck McCabe's Career

Venues

• Drinking Gourd, Purple Onion, Coffee and Confusion (San Francisco, CA)
• Ice House (Pasadena and Glendale)
• Golden Horseshoe Saloon (Disneyland)
• Colorado: Vail Village Inn, Steamboat Village Inn, The Nu Gnu, Inn at Copper Mtn. (Denver Folklore Center)
• The Buddhi (Oklahoma City)
• USO Tours: Viet Nam, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Okinawa, Guam, Hawaii
• Sid's Blue Beet (Newport Beach, CA)
• Penny University (San Bernardino)
• McCabe's (Santa Monica)
• Altitude 38, The Lodge (Bear Valley, CA)
• The Woodshed, Lincoln Lodge, Improper Bostonian, the Oar and Anchor (Cape Cod)
• the Hose and Hammer, the Chuckwagon, the Windjammer
• 1984 Olympics (UCLA gymnastics venue)
• Freight and Salvage (Berkeley, CA)
• Strings (Berkeley, CA)
• Coffee Gallery Backstage (Altadena, CA)
• The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville, TN)
• Cocoanut Grove (Santa Cruz, CA)
• Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour

Festivals and Concerts

• Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR
• Mosquito Serenade concert series, Anderson, CA
• Mountain Garlic Festival, Angels Camp, CA
• Music in the Vineyard, Morgan Hill, CA
• Napa Valley Wine and Arts Festival
• Shasta County Arts Council Concert Series
• Shasta Damboree
• Shasta Lake City Celebration
• Lupin Songwriters' Festival
• Sierra Songwriters' Festival
• NARAS "Unsigned-Unplugged" competition
• Founders Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Salt Lake City
• Tucson Folk Festival
• The Wildflower Festival, Dallas
• Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Okemah OK

Other:

• Staff Writer, ABC Records
• Works-in-Progress Songwriting Workshop, Northern Calif. Songwriters' Ass'n... 15 yrs
• Songwriting class instructor, Showcase Music Institute, San Jose CA
• Americana Project Song Academy instructor, Sisters, OR
• Fingerpicking Workshop, "Story Songs and Funny Songs" Workshop
• Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR
• Host and MC, Night Owl Stage Sisters Folk Festival
• Host and MC, side stage, Music in the Vineyard Morgan Hill, CA
• 80-100 shows a year for the Young at Heart Project (music for seniors, convalescent hospitals and assisted-living venues)

Awards

• Third Place: "I Know You," Best New Folk Song, Just Plain Folks 2009
• Fourth Place: "Creatures of Habit," Best New Folk Album, Just Plain Folks 2009
• First Place: Woody Guthrie Songwriting Competition 2001
• winner: Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Competition 1998
• People's Choice Award, Boston Folk Festival (audience favorite by ballot)
• Just Plain Folks nomination: "Burgers and Champagne" best traditional folk song
• and numerous finalist, semi-final, or honorable-mention awards from:
• Northern Calif. Songwriters' Association
• American Song Festival
• USA Songwriting Contest
• Music City Songfest
• John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Discography

• 1967 single: "Tule Fog" Slippery Rock String Band, Dome Records
• 1968 album: "Six Penny Opera" Six Penny Opera, Capitol Records
• 1968 single: "You Took the Time", Metronome Records
• 1969 album: "Phoenix", ABC Records
• 1969 single: "Baby, I'm Sorry" Phoenix, ABC Records
• 1972 album: "Live at the Woodshed" (Cape Cod) Woodshed Records
• 1976 album: "Pensacola Flash" Woodshed Records
• 1976 single: "Travellin' Fever" Woodshed Records
• 1977 single: "That Old Pet Rock of Mine" GRT Records
• 1993 album: "Home" Hard Travelin', Gypsy Wind Productions
• 1996 album: "Making Tracks" Hard Travelin', Gypsy Wind Productions
• 1998 album: "Burgers and Champagne" BlahBlahWoofWoof Records
• 1998: BlahBlahWoofWoof Sampler #1
• 1999 album: "The World Needs a Melody" Hard Travelin', Gypsy Wind Productions
• 2000 track: "I Like Your Skin" Dr. Demento's Basement Tapes #8 compilation
• 2001 BlahBlahWoofWoof Sampler #2
• 2002 album: "Bad Gravity Day" BlahBlahWoofWoof Records
• 2002 BlahBlahWoofWoof Sampler #3 (2 tracks)
• 2003 album: "Blues Coffee House Collection Vol. I" IMS Records
• 2004 two cuts: Seamus Kennedy's album "On the Rocks" Gransha Records
• 2004 album: "Chicken Dinners" BlahBlahWoofWoof Records
• 2006 album: "Sweet Reunion" BlahBlahWoofWoof Records
• 2008 album: "Creatures of Habit" BlahBlahWoofWoof Records
• 2010: BlahBlahWoofWoof Sampler #4