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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
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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

  • Hangover Honeymoon (1999)
  • Tequila Vampire Matinee (2000)
  • Dog Show vol 1 (2006)
  • Winter in Babylon (2008)
  • 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

    References

    Kevin Quain Wikipedia