Years active 1997–present Associated acts The Mad Bastards Music director Downtown | Labels Independent Name Kevin Quain | |
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Genres Cabaret, jazz, noir, rock n' roll Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, playwright, actor Instruments Vocals, accordion, banjo, piano, guitar, saw Role Musical Artist · kevinquain.com Albums Hangover Honeymoon, Winter in Babylon, Tequila Vampire Matinee, Dog Show Volume 1 People also search for Finny McConnell, Timothy Gully, Jerry O'Regan, Gene Hughes | ||
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Kevin Quain is a Canadian cabaret artist, who plays weekly shows the Cameron Public House, a major live music venue in Toronto.
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He is a self-taught musician, singer/songwriter, and award-winning playwright. He has written music for film, TV, and the stage, and has performed with scores of artists including The Mahones, Carnival Diablo, and Mary Margaret O'Hara. He describes his unique music genre with The Mad Bastards as "garage jazz cabaret noir" 1
Discography
Theatre
His own Tequila Vampire Matinee, an irreverent re-telling of the opera Pagliacci, opened in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille in November 2003 with Ted Dykstra directing. The show received six Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations in the General Theatre category. Kevin received the award for Outstanding New Musical2.
Songs
Picking Flowers
Crazy Little Girl
Winter in Babylon
King of Everything
Tequila Vampire Matinee
Let's Get Loaded
If You Don't Come Back To Me Now
Catch You in the Rye
Mr Valentine's Dead
Market Song
Coffee Dogs
The Bells of Hell
Hangover Square
Can't Keep A Good Man Down
Your Mother Remembers Your Name
Uptown Downtown
Monkey Boy Dance
Henrietta's Belfry
Seven Blue Sundays
You Can't Stay Here
Sailor Song
Hanged Men Dance
Thief of Dances
Born a Dog
Devil Song
No More Sunshine
Tequila Vampire Country
Roses & Gasoline
Bad Weather Friends
Another Little Angel / Foley's Lament
Jump Down; Maria
Bloodsucker Blues