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Budge Magraw

21st Century Doo-Wop...!

About Me


Budge Magraw is originally from Poole in Dorset, living in London for some years now, and has played bass in bands and been a session musician for a good 20 years, the likes of:- The Genetic Mistakes, Confession of Sin, Idium Tribe, The Spoons, The Bewley Brothers, Pohoda, The Rathbones, Gretschen Hofner, World of Leather, Peter Green (from Fleetwood Mac), Brian Robertson (from Thin Lizzy), The Wax Idols, to name a few, and has played with many name session players for corporate function bands all around Europe.
His influences from the 50's and 60's were never forgotten, especially "Doo-Wop" and early Rock'n'Roll / Rockabilly.
Doo Wop music is almost extinct and forgotten about, but Budge Magraw is determined to keep the flame alive, and carry the torch for Doo-Wop music, for others who want to feel it's warmth and keep it burning for future artists and music lovers.......
He is now writing, recording and producing a new Doo Wop album with appearances from some very special guests..! Check it out soon....Thanks for listening...XX

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/22/2005
Band Members: Budge Magraw (a.k.a Budgie) (a.k.a Martin Burden)

.....and The Wax Idols
Influences: Billy Fury (Thanks to Veranique for the picture)

The King..!!!

The Shangri-Las (Mary Weiss)

The TRUE Legends of Doo Wop (HAHAHAHA....!!!)

The Five Satins

The Ink Spots - The Gypsy

The Dell Vikings

The Moonglows

The Shangri-Las (Mary Weiss)

Retro 50's & 60's, Doo-Wop, The Ink Spots (original), Billy Fury, Elvis, The 5 Satins, Moonglows, Cliff & The Shadows, The Platters, The Earls, The Duprees, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Vee, Beatles, Garage, Mod, Punk, Rockabilly, The Shangri-Las, Doo-Wap, Country, Acid Jazz, Ska, Soul, The Smiths, Morrissey, Dion, Scott Walker, Etc....but especially Doo-Wop...!!

Arsenal Football Club, if that counts..?
Sounds Like: Doo-Wop...! Shooby Doo-Wop...!
Record Label: Who needs labels..? All Songs - Copyright Control
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Did a band nearly ruin your life?

Hi All. This is an excerpt from an old band website's history page that I wrote, and when I realised that I was ranting, it became quite amusing. Let me know what you think, and if you have any exper...
Posted by Budge Magraw on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:31:00 PST

"Lucy Fur" - Not Doo-Wop...!

Hey there,I've put a song called "Lucy Fur" online, which was written some time ago by a great old friend Ralph Lewis, and I re-recorded it recently with the old Wax Idols lineup (pre-DooWop), featuri...
Posted by Budge Magraw on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:26:00 PST

Cars & Girls...?

Do you think music in general is getting too serious, violent, offensive, or starting to disappear up it's own arse from trying to be like everyone else that's "hot" at the moment..? I don't know...
Posted by Budge Magraw on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST