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Daily Tribune Article Feb 2004 - Part 1

 Daily Tribune Article Feb 2004 - Part 2

-Daily Tribune Article
      Royal Oak, MI  (2/27/04) 


"...some of Detroit’s finest
 - Thornetta Davis, Jim McCarty
and Maggie’s Farm to name but a few..."

Brian Smith, -MetroTimes Article , Detroit, MI 3/13/03


Maggie's featured in Action! - "...sultry vocals and charming demeanor..."

 

    Spider
- Detroit Metro Airport Newspaper
Detroit, MI June, 2003


47 UMa

It’d be right to say that 47 UMa’s sound is all over the map. Founding members Gail Baker and Mike Friedman cut their teeth on Jamaican ska with the Skanking Voodoo Dolls. Vocalist and mandolin player Maggie McCabe’s known around town for preaching soulful explorations of American folk and blues with her other band, Maggie’s Farm. Percussionist Mahindi Masai’s has a thing for deep-pocket rhythms of African world-beat. Clarence Williams reshapes the canon of American lead guitar by borrowing from ax-wielding stylists of the last 40 years. And new addition Maureen Honore’s 3 1/2 octave range simply sets the harmonies afire. It’s reggae and ska, soca and samba, Africa and New Orleans, and a hint of classic rock ’n’ roll. It’s all over the place.

But the thread that binds this mess of influences is the band’s love of hard grooving dance floor faves — mostly based in spirited reggae and tangential worldbeat breakdowns. Somehow they sidestep the geyser of cheese that normally makes such genre blends unbearable to create fusions that are exciting, vibrant and goddamn catchy.

    Nate Cavalieri, -MetroTimes Article ,
Detroit, MI 3/3/04


Photo by Paula's Cousin 4-9-2003 Motor Dolls Logo Motor Dolls ready to Roll!
  -Royal Oak Daily Tribune Article
      Royal Oak, MI  (4/18/03) 

Motor Dolls are 'fired up' and rockin'!
  -Royal Oak Mirror Article
      Royal Oak, MI  (5/8/03) 




Paula Messner, Pam Tramck and Monic "TNT" Reynolds
Motor Dolls Bio below...and...check out the Vertical Pillow's Tribute page
Dolls...Dolls...Dolls...
Dolls...Dolls...Dolls...

 

“It feels good to be playing loud music again!” says Motor Dolls singer/guitarist Paula Messner of her recent dive back into the rock-n-roll pool. She’s never stopped playing her guitar, she’s just been playing at her kids preschool and on her porch. The Motor Dolls took a break from playing their crazy jackhammer brand of music in 1998, when Messner had a couple of kids. Now, it’s time for mommy to go out and play again.

The feisty Motor Dolls first appeared on the Detroit club scene in 1994 and chug-a-lugged it all over the Midwest and Canada for 4 years. Rave reviews followed the release of their two CD’s “All Fired Up” and “Burning Memories”. In addition to winning over their fans and critics alike, the Dolls have also received several Detroit Music Awards such as: Best Live Performance, Best Rock-n-Roll Act, Best Drummer and Best Rock Guitarist. Iggy Pop once wrote them a letter and said they had “a good tough sound”. In addition, the Motor Dolls toured the Midwest and Canada in the late nineties.

Their current line up consists of veteran Motor Dolls drummer, Monic “TNT” Reynolds and newest member Pam Tramck on bass guitar. Even though the lineup has changed, their sound has not. The Motor Dolls remain true to their straight forward in-your-face-rock-n-roll.

While many bands site the MC5 as an influence, few can lay claim that they actually jammed with one of them. Paula and Monic are alumni of the notorious Vertical Pillows. The popular Detroit band was as famous for the punk-tinged pop as for their relationship with legendary MC5 lead singer Rob Tyner. In the late eighties, Tyner took the Pillows under his wing, produced an EP for them and toured with the band internationally. Of the Vertical Pillows, Tyner declared, “They’re intense, like a thousand miles of attitude!” Tyner’s influence is heard in the Motor Dolls music. The band’s raw energy would certainly make the late MC5 front man proud!
 

The Beat Goes On The Max hosts third annual 24-hour Day of Music
By K. Michelle Moran - Sept 28th 2005, C and G Newspaper
Quote from the article -

....Royal Oak musician Maggie McCabe is the music booking agent for Drums of the African Diaspora. She said that group — which plays 2-3 p.m. Saturday — specializes in different styles of drumming, as well as storytelling. With so many local venues for live music drying up, McCabe said events like this fill a real need.

“This really inspires kids,” McCabe said. “A lot of them don’t get to see live music (otherwise).”...