Name James Canty | Role Multi-instrumentalist | |
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Spouse Larisa Justine Heilner (m. 2011) Siblings Brendan Canty, Kevin Canty, Dennis V. Canty Music groups The Make-Up, The Nation of Ulysses, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Cupid Car Club, French Toast (Since 2001) Similar People Michelle Mae, Brendan Canty, Ian Svenonius, Kevin Canty, Amy Farina | ||
James Canty - Love
James Canty is a Brooklyn, New York-based multi-instrumentalist musician from Washington, D.C.
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Canty is currently known for playing guitar in the band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and guitar and keyboard with The Make-Up. Before forming The Make-Up, Canty was the drummer for Nation of Ulysses, a political punk band that existed from 1987 to 1992. Other groups Canty has played in include French Toast, All Scars, Georgie James, Cupid Car Club, Ideal Forms, Chain & The Gang, Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds, and Dust Galaxy.
Most of Canty's work has been with the bands signed to Dischord Records; however, he has also released music with K Records, Lookout Records, Kill Rock Stars, Matador Records and Drag City.
Canty is the younger brother of Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and writer Kevin Canty.
In 2008, Canty recorded a digital EP called Rapid Response with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. The EP was created as a benefit for Democracy Now! and the Minneapolis chapter of Food Not Bombs, in response to police brutality during the 2008 Republican National Convention.
In 2014, Canty became the fill-in keyboardist for the television show Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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Bottled in Cork
Counting Down the Hours
Me and Mia
The Ballad of the Sin Eater
The Gold Finch and the Red Oak Tree
Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
Parallel or Together?
The One Who Got Us Out
Timorous Me
The Toro and the Toreador
Little Dawn
Biomusicology
Heart Problems
Bridges - Squares
BombRepeatBomb
The Crane Takes Flight
Woke Up Near Chelsea
Shake the Sheets
Ativan Eyes
Stove by a Whale
A Bottle of Buckie
First to Finish - Last to Start
The Mighty Sparrow
Better Dead Than Lead
Even Heroes Have to Die
One Polaroid a Day
The High Party
Walking to Do
The Unwanted Things
Loyal to my Sorrowful Country
Bartolomeo and the Buzzing of Bees
Where Was My Brain?