Sean McCue
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Sean McCue

Santa Barbara, California, United States | SELF

Santa Barbara, California, United States | SELF
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"Concert Review – Sean McCue with Michelle at SOhO"

Mr. McCue has a long history in Santa Barbara music scenes, going back to his old band Old Man, and then Summercamp, which was signed to the Maverick label for a few years. At SOhO, the assured performer, with a strong, clear voice and sense of the heart of a given song, channeled his back story by calling up songs from both those old bands, while also playing a fetching new tune, “Brightest Memories,” and other originals.

He also moved effectively into the cover song realm, with a faithful take on Paul McCartney’s ”Blackbird,” and a more inventive, McCue-ized read on Tom Petty’s “Learning to Fly,” replete with looping and applying a bow to his acoustic guitar. Incidental note: Mr. McCue and Mr. Petty have in common the fact that both have been victims of devastating fires, between Mr. Petty’s 1986 house fire and Mr. McCue’s studio having burned down in the Tea Fire.

Speaking of bowing, cellist Ms. Beauchesne played the ideal foil to Mr. McCue’s standard guitar-voice singer-songwriter context, serving as surrogate bass presence, melodic interloper and all-around expanded musical color factor. That was just one more pleasurable, unusual element in the mix on this SOhO Tuesday song night. - Santa Barbara News Press - By JOSEF WOODARD


Discography

Summercamp "Pure Juice"
(WarnerBros/Maverick)

Summercamp "Tonight!"
(Warner Japan/Maverick)

Sean McCue "apart"
(McCusic)

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Sean was a founding member of Summercamp who landed a recording contract with Madonna’s Maverick Recording Company in 1996. He shared lead singer/songwriter/guitar duties with Tim Cullen. Summercamp released their debut album “Pure Juice” in 1997 and hit the US alternative charts with the song “Drawer.” Sean’s track “Should I Walk Away” became a no. 1 hit in Japan. Summercamp toured the United States, Europe and Japan extensively throughout 1997, playing the Fuji Rock Festival on the main stage with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine and other popular bands. Summercamp also played Lollapalooza, as well as toured with Tonic, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Third Eye Blind, Failure, and Poster Children, to name a few.

Sean has worked with producers Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters), Chris Sheldon (Feeder, Foo Fighters, Radiohead), Chris Shaw (Bob Dylan, Ween, Red Kross), Luke Ebbin (Bon Jovi, Rival Schools), and Ben Grosse (Danny Elfman, Marilyn Manson, Ben Folds, Sinéad O’Conner, Filter). His music has been featured on television with an on-screen appearance in the hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and in film (Baseketball, Double Take).

For the last couple of years Sean has focused on a beautifully elemental way of getting his music across through acoustic guitar, cello and the voice.