Happy New Year everybody! In case you missed it, I’ve released quite a bit of music the past month as part of my Song-A-Week project. Before we get to that, however, I want to clarify the dates of my shows this week, as there were some typos in the previous post. Here are the correct dates: Wednesday 1/15: Sean solo at Newes from America, Edgartown, MA. 5-8pm. Classical guitar, folk, chill. Every Wednesday! Friday 1/17: Sean solo at Pathways Arts, Chilmark Tavern, Chilmark, MA. 7-9pm. With sets from Rose Guerin & Buck Shank, Rick Padilla + Phil McAndrews + Jonah Miller Saturday 1/18: Sean solo at Black Dog Cafe, Vineyard Haven, MA. 5-7pm. Acoustic, original songs, covers. Sunday 7/19: Sean provides music ministry at Chilmark Community Church, Chilmark, MA. 9-10am. Hymns, gospel, acoustic || (Note! No Holy Rock & Roll Revival Sundays as The Ritz is currently closed on Sunday til Spring). Ok — without further ado, in case you missed it, here’s the last several Friday’s worth of songs — going all the way back to Christmastide!Fixing Up The WagonThis past Friday’s release is a hilarious one. It’s a song about that wagon that most of us have owned at some point or another. For many of us, it was our first one. But alas, at some point, it was on its last legs — and it became a fixer-upper. This song goes out to our beloved, broke-down wagons!  PocketsThis song is very special to me. It is one of my first electronic productions. The poetry is dear to my heart — it is very much in the line of the Book of Job, where the singer is questioning God’s justice, particularly the economic type. I suppose that might be part of what resonated so much with people, as this song has been one of the most immediately popular of all my Friday songs, with over 2,000 streams in the first week. The mantra of the song, “let the sea split left from right / thousand lamps but there’s no light,” cries out for change — and by God, we know it is coming.  Christmas DayThis is Katie and I singing a wonderful Christmas song written by our friend TJ Dobel. He was worried I’d find it too irreverent because I’m a preacherman. Nah man, I get it! It’s all about wanting to go to Church on Christmas, not so much to hear a sermon, but to hear the music — to feel the nostalgia of ye ole Christmas hymns, and the magic that comes with it. “So deck the halls, sing ‘Hallelujah’ / and I will be the drummer boy / and sing you songs of hope and glory on this day of peace and joy / and I’ll believe if for a moment / that it’s all true and I am saved / by the Child born in a manger long ago on Christmas Day.”  It’s Not Actually ChristmasThis is a song I wrote back in 2013. While I’ve since come to align with the Church Fathers on their classical winter dating for the Nativity of Our Lord, back in ‘13 I was only starting to delve into this subject and I wrote this schmalzy, jazzy Christmas tune about whether or not Dec. 25 is actually the right date or not. Lol. Personally I think it’s a classic and I would love to hear Dean Martin sing it — if anyone’s got an AI module that can help me out with that.  Covid Christmas at the VFWTed MacInnes (of 2BOYS) and I wrote this song in 2021, in retrospect of Christmas 2020 — Covid Christmas. At the time, our local VFW was pretty much the only place willing to host a few of us musicians for some clandestine sessions while the totalitarian Covid regime was breathing down our necks. The song is half-true — that is, half-untrue — insofar as we never actually spent Christmas at the VFW, nor was there a superspreader event as the song suggests. However, the song sure gave us the warm and fuzzies as we sang it there throughout the holiday season, and the gift keeps on giving.  The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on and Open Fire)‘Nuff said.  You're currently a free subscriber to Sean McMahon. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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