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Bill MacKay is an American composer, guitarist and singer based in Chicago. He grew up in Pittsburgh, PA where he studied with guitarist Joe Negri, and in Rochester, NY. He also studied for a year at Berklee College of Music.
In 2017 he began working with Chicago record label Drag City.
Mackay’s first Drag City release, Esker, was described by reviewer John Mulvey of Uncut "as a neat sampler of his unshowy virtuosity, at once brisk and mellow."
His arrangement of the Steely Dan song Deacon Blues appeared on the collaborative covers album by Bonnie Prince Billy and Bill Callahan, Blind Date Party (Drag City, 2021)

MacKay is a member of Black Duck, along with Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Brokeback) on guitar and bass, and drummer Charles Rumback. and BCMC with Bitchin' Bajas' Cooper Crain.
In April 2023, MacKay's scored music for artist Michael Rakowitz' film I'm good at love, I'm good at hate, it's in between I freeze
MacKay has also been involved musically in theatre, appearing as musical guest in Chicago experimental theater troupe Neo-Futurists show Elements of Style in June 2023, and in Little Carl, a production by Theatre Y in April 2023.
"Among MacKay’s early inspirations were Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, but he also names British folk guitarist Davey Graham and Indian sarodist Ali Akbar Khan as influences."
MacKay's most recent solo record, Locust Land, was released May 23rd, 2024.




Discography


As Leader or Co-Leader

Bill MacKay & Sounds of Now (2005)
Swim to the River (2007) w/ Broken Things
Bill MacKay and Darts & Arrows (2010)
Eyes of the Carnival (2012) w/ Darts & Arrows
December Concert (ears&eyes records, 2014) w/ Matt Lux
Chatham Park (2014)
Sunrise/Bill MacKay plays the songs of John Hulburt (Tompkins Square Records, 2015)
Altamira (ears&eyes records, 2015) w/ Darts & Arrows
Land of Plenty (Whistler Records, 2015) w/ Ryley Walker
Esker (Drag City, 2017)
SpiderBeetleBee (Drag City, 2017) w/ Ryley Walker
Hypnotic Pulse of the Reindeer Range (JMY, 2017) w/ Ryley Walker
Fountain Fire (Drag City, 2019)
STIR (Drag City, 2019) w/ Katinka Kleijn
Scarf (Drag City, 2020)
Keys (Drag City, 2021) w/ Nathan Bowles
Black Duck (Self-titled, Thrill Jockey, 2023) w/ Douglas McCombs, Charles Rumback
BCMC - Foreign Smokes (Drag City, 2023) w/ Cooper Crain
Locust Land (Drag City, 2024)
As Collaborator/Contributor

Running out of Time (Delmark Records, 2005) w/ Savoir Faire
Deafman Glance (Dead Oceans, 2018) w/ Ryley Walker
Other You (Matador, 2021) w/Steve Gunn
Course in Fable (Husky Pants Records, 2021) w/ Ryley Walker
Blind Date Party (Drag City, 2021) w/Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy
So Certain EP (Husky Pants Records, 2022) w/ Ryley Walker
MESTIZX (Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly) (International Anthem, 2024)




References

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• Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG
• Selandia Baru
• Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
• Tenggelamnya RMS Titanic
• Universitas James Cook
• Protestanisme
• Charles Marion Russell
• Dynasty (seri televisi 2017)
• Brad Pitt
• Leeds United F.C.
• Bill MacKay
• Fulton Mackay
• Wick Academy F.C.
• Buddy MacKay
• Craig Hall (actor)
• Underbelly: Razor
• Mackay Trophy
• Gillian Mackay
• George MacKay (actor)
• Underbelly (TV series)