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Playing together since 1997, we took on the name Mercury Catfish in 2000. We have recorded 2 albums and sometimes we actually appear live. Our first album "Mercury Catfish" was completed in 2001. It contains funk jams, vocals, rock, jazz, spoken word, and some craziness. It is currently out of print in the U.S. It can still be found in some record shops on the island of Madagascar. (We hope to re-release it before long.) Our live shows began to improve over 2003 and 2004. Some of the material that we developed over that time became our second album "Miles of Space". It was recorded in 2005, and is completely instrumental. This album pushed further into funk and jazz. It has been more widely distributed, and has drawn positive feedback from some unlikely sources. The band played some shows in 2006 and 2007 while building a home studio. With the studio up and running, we are currently recording tracks for our 3rd studio album. You've been marked on my visitor map! Click to zoom in.
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Member Since: 12/5/2006
Band Website: mercurycatfish.com/
Band Members: ERIC McLAUGHLIN - Bass, Keys, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Congas, Keyboard Museum Curator / CHRIS MUSULIN - Guitar, Keys, Vocals, Percussion, Sitar, Evangelical Witchdoctor, Archivist. / CHRIS SCRUPSKY - Drums, Percussion, Keys, Tools, Piano Creep.
Influences: Funkadelic, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Miles Davis, The Meters, The Band, Grateful Dead, Motown/Funk Brothers, Medeski Martin and Wood, The Soft Machine, The Allman Brothers, Beck, Beastie Boys, Parliment, James Brown, Cream, Dean Martin, Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, The Moody Blues, Charlie Hayden, The Wailers, King Crimson, Yes, Tom Waits, Keller Williams, String Cheese Incident, Jethro Tull, Joni Mitchell, Primus, ELP, Chick Corea, Jaco, Santana, Can, The Who, Henry Mancini, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Ventures, Traffic, Morphine, Eric Burdon and The Animals, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Shakti, The Blues Brothers, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, ZZ Top ....
Sounds Like: "CHiPs" music
Record Label: Unsigned

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"Miles of Space" album available on cd and mp3.

Our second studio album, "Miles of Space" is available at live shows, by mail, or mp3's online. The cds have artwork by the band, and come wrapped. (These aren't CD-Rs, we sent them out to be replicat...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Hmmm......must have warmed up some outside...

Hmmm......must have warmed up some outside, the congas went flat again. Our latest recording phase has been percussion (as seen in our latest slide show). Lately, having good control of the room sound...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Brown Gravy Boys string band

The Brown Gravy Boys string band was a side project where Chris M. and Eric joined up with Owain, Bruce and Baiger. This is string band music with mandolin, guitars, banjo, ukelele, bass, and four of ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:50:00 GMT

The recording light is on

Hey friends, At long last, our new home studio is up and running! There is a photo album in our pics with a tour. So far, we've recorded takes of three songs. The sounds ar...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:29:00 GMT

What is a Mercury Catfish??

The truth is, that it’s open to interpretation. Many people think that it means catfish that are tainted with mercury from pollution, and that’s completely fine. For me persona...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:45:00 GMT

If we had our way...

If Chris Scrupsky had his way, he would be building race cars for a sponsor with deep pockets. If Chris Musulin had his way, he would be in the Appalacian Mountains without a telephone. If Eric McLa...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:48:00 GMT

What kind of music do we play??

In day to day life, musicians are often asked - what kind of music do you play? These days we usually say something like "well it's a mixture of things, jazz, funk, and rock". Over the yea...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:42:00 GMT

FREEEBIRD! SKYYYNRD!!

Well folks, in the spirit of times a changin', cycles of fashion, and things coming in and out of style......I propose that Lynyrd Skynyrd jokes be declared out of style, and Freebird back in style.&n...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:51:00 GMT

Purchase Mercury Catfish mp3's

Get Mercury Catfish Mp3's here. These cost .75 / song or 7.92 for the album. These are ...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:15:00 GMT

A dishwasher hose breaks and.....

A dishwasher hose breaks in a freak accident and some water damage occurs in the basement. After throwing out the carpeting and some wrangling with the insurance folks, it seem...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:16:00 GMT