Imagine Hunter S. Thompson and The Beastie Boys sitting at the bar - they’d
be drinking Jamie McCarthy’s funky rock brew blended in the inspiration of
G. Love and Special Sauce, Jack Johnson and Citizen Cope. Jamie McCarthy is
back for round two with Salvation, the follow up album to 2006’s Strange
Town. Salvation features Gotta Be, his soulful ballad, and Call Me Crazy,
quite possibly the funniest, sing-a-long song ever written about wanting to
kill someone. Because don’t we all feel that way every once-in-a-while?

EUR SPIN magazine and WDET FM 101.9, sponsored Jamie’s release for Salvation
in Detroit.

Here's how that went! http://spin.com/artists/jamie-mccarthy

EUR Jamie’s song Meant 4 Me appears in the new independent film Sometimes in
Life, directed by Anthony Vallone. Sometimes in Life also features music
from two-time Grammy winner Ozomatli, Modest Mouse and Michael Franti and
Spearhead.

EUR Jamie recently appeared in a cameo role as The Repo Depo Guy and as the
musical guest in Episode 8 of Ced N Teri, the popular new web series
directed by Mikey Brown.

EUR Marlon Young of Kid Rock’s band and Vinnie Dombrowski of Sponge both
played on Strange Town, Jamie’s debut album.

EUR Jamie has done everything from jamming with Harry Connick Jr. to producing
rap tracks for an artist in Chicago.

EUR Key dates: Watch for Jamie at the Chicago Taste on June 30 and an
additional festival date is pending. Detroit’s leading alternative
commercial rock station, CIMX FM 88.7, recently invited him to play a show.

EUR Key press: Jamie recently visited WDET FM 101.9 (Detroit) for an in-studio
performance/interview, garnered airplay on WKQL FM 107.1 (Ann Arbor) and has
taken the ink with several media including Real Detroit, one of Detroit’s
two leading arts and entertainment weeklies.
Click here for additional photos and to see what Jamie’s been up to lately:
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What’s up with Jamie McCarthy?
June, 2008

Jamie McCarthy was 20 years old when he earned himself the role of lead
vocalist of the early 90s alt. rock band Modern Cocktail Party. After a year
of touring and a fallen deal with Warner Bros. records he was swept into the
world of commercial production and voice over work. In 1995 as he was about
to embrace the music industry once again when his father, legendary Hall of
Fame Radio host J.P McCarthy, passed away. Jamie then spiraled quietly into
the depths of a Dewars bottle for 6 years. Appearing occasionally on the WJR
radio show “Happy Hour” where he would perform experimental tracks that he
had written under the influence, often quoting Charles Bukowski, and then
leaving the show.
In the fall of 2001, he sobered and returned from a 10 year hiatus from the
music business. He began writing music again after a trip to Santa Monica,
California where he'd seen a homeless person hang himself from a tree on
Ocean Ave. Deeply moved by the tragedy, he wrote Strange Town and it was the
beginning of a project that he swore he would see through to completion. It
was then that he vowed never to take himself or life too seriously.

His confessional storytelling lyrics are thought provoking, authentic and
honestS and at times even comical. The listener will travel to some pretty
dark places, but will often be left with a positive message and hopefully a
smile. His sort of "life is short, so don't sweat the small stuff" message
is something we can all relate to. You get the feeling listening to his
songs that he is quite comfortable with himself and finds comedy in the
absurd world of deep self-importance.

McCarthy also produces and directs commercials and short films to support
his addiction to making music and has begun producing tracks for emerging
artists. McCarthy’s unique lyrical and vocal style has recently earned him
points from the often-jaded critics in the music business.

McCarthy also has made recent appearances in the sit.com Ced N Teri where he
shows up in the show as a repo depo guy and then plays the new song “I’d
Rather Be Ced N Teri”.