Winnipeg based bluegrass band the Magnificent 7s are looking forward to supporting their brand new record, “All Kinds of Mean,” the long awaited follow-up to 2009’s “Dirty Roads” CD when they come to Lethbridge on their latest tour, Nov. 25 at the Owl Acoustic Lounge.
“The actual Cd release party is Dec. 15 in Winnipeg at the West End Cultural Centre, so we‘re making our fans in Winnipeg wait or it,” laughed guitarist/ vocalist Matt Magura.
“It is definitely the product of the last few years of songwriting and playing together,” he said.
He is very pleased with the finished product, noting the band basically spent two weeks recording it live off the floor at Winnipeg’s Private Ear Studios.
“We recorded it as a band live off the floor with lots of microphones. We recorded it more or less live, so if something went wrong, we’d have to do the song all over again,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to getting feedback from the fans about it,” he continued.
They don’t actually play a lot around Winnipeg, this year they have followed the road all over the country, out east to Niagara Falls for the Ontario Council of Folk festivals then down through the mid-west United States including Michigan, Chicago before coming back home.
“It was pretty fun. We played a whole bunch of shows. We were playing for people from all walks of the entertainment industry at Ontario Council of Folk Festivals.
They also recored an EP with B.A. Johnston at the beginning of last year.
“B.A. Johnston just came to the city to play a show with us. So we just did a record with him the next day. We did a 30 day tour with him. from Winnipeg to Whitehorse and Dawson City and Vancouver island. So we all got to build a bit of a relationship with him. He’s a great guy,” he continued.
They are looking forward to playing Lethbridge.
“The show will be full of new material. We’ll have a really good time,” he said.
They have been playing more shows with their fiddle player Andy Bart who will be coming to Lethbridge for the show.
“There will be five of us in the Magnificent 7s,” he said.
There is no cover for the show which is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m., Nov. 25 at the Owl Acoustic Lounge.
