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
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