Duncan Mackay (musician)

Duncan Mackay
Duncan Mackay
	MacKay performing with Elkie Brooks in 1983.
Background information
Born	26 July 1950 (age 73); Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Occupation(s)	Musician; composer;
Instrument(s)	Vocals; keyboards;
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Vertigo; EMI; Edge; Themes International; Virgin;
Website	duncanmackayrecording.com

Duncan Mackay (born 26 July 1950)^[2] is a British composer, singer, arranger, and keyboard player who has recorded eight solo albums as well as collaborations. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

He played with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel from 1974 to 1977 and 10cc from 1978 to 1981, and also played on Kate Bush's first three albums, The Kick Inside, Lionheart (both 1978) and Never for Ever (1980), as well as Camel's 1981 album Nude, and Budgie's 1982 album Deliver Us from Evil. In the early 1980s, he was briefly considered for the keyboard player position in Yes.^[3]

In 2004, he completed an album with South African singer/composer Greg McEwan-Kocovaos, The First Time. This indie album received its first airplay on Radio Caroline by the veteran UK DJ Martin Turner and was reviewed by the official 10cc fan site.

Mackay's daughter Fawn James is the maternal granddaughter of Paul Raymond.^[4]

Discography edit

Solo

Chimera (1974)
Score (1977)
Visa (1980)
The Heart of the Machine (1988)
The New Explorers (1988)
Forward Vision (1988) (EP)
Data First (1988)
Russell Grant's Zodiac (1990)
A Picture of Sound (2017) (1993)
Kintsugi (2019)

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

The Alan Parsons Project

I Robot (1977)
Pyramid (1978)
Eve (1979)

10cc

Bloody Tourists (1978)
Look Hear? (1980)

Kate Bush

The Kick Inside (1978)
Lionheart (1978 )
Never for Ever (1980)

Camel

Nude (1981)
The Single Factor (1982)

Budgie

Deliver Us from Evil (1982)

with Greg McEwan Kocovaos

The First Time (2004)

with Georg Voros

For Johann (2015) (EP)
The Bletchley Park Project (2017)

with Fluance

Lunacy (2020)

Rebeka Rain, Mick Evans, Duncan MacKay

Painted Secrets (2018)
7 Whispers (2018) (single)
The point (2019) (single)
Not Meant For Me (2019) (single)
Gone Insane (2019) (single)
Your life (2019) (single)
Learn To Live (2020) (single)
As The Sun Goes Down (2020) (single)

References edit

^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 424–425. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
^ "The Best Years of Our Lives Tour Programme - Page Ten". myweb.tiscali.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
^ Yes: "90125 Was A New Beginning For Us, Not Just Another Chapter", Malcolm Dome, Loudersound, 7 November 2016
^ Prynn, Jonathan (12 April 2012). "Fawn, 22, set to take control of Raymond empire | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

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[The_Great_Rock_Discography-1] Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 424–425. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.

[2] "The Best Years of Our Lives Tour Programme - Page Ten". myweb.tiscali.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[3] Yes: "90125 Was A New Beginning For Us, Not Just Another Chapter", Malcolm Dome, Loudersound, 7 November 2016

[4] Prynn, Jonathan (12 April 2012). "Fawn, 22, set to take control of Raymond empire | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

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