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About Me

Whitt is a veteran of the Great Folk Music Scare of the 60s, adept at a variety of guitar styles, with years of experience writing and producing. He spent a number of years in radio, so he's able to live on next to nothing...Judy, his wife, partner, and chief enabler has a background in theatre, (they met in radio) and patiently pursues prowess at whatever bizarre object her husband insists is a musical instrument--washtub bass, washboard (hey, she wouldn't use them for their intended purpose!), flute, mandolin, ukulele, boat and train whistles, guiro, claves, finger cymbals, jaw harp, bodhran, bongos, frog--yes, frog...whatever her multi-polar mate desires...They started with their daughters as a family band for a homeschool music project. When their daughters escaped to pursue their own musical careers, Mom and Dad became a duo unshackled by the conservatism of their youngsters. The result has been--well--unique.MWT has three CD's, four if you count the gospel compilation. All are currently available through their website (coming soon to cdbaby.) All are live performances, & can be seen and heard on their website www.mckinneywashtubtwo.com.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/18/2006
Band Website: mckinneywashtubtwo.com
Band Members: Husband and wife duo, Whitt & Judy McKinney.
Influences: Bud & Travis, The Limeliters, The Smothers Bros., Theo Bikel, Ian & Sylvia, Tom Lehrer, Frank Zappa, Spike Jones, Meredith Wilson, Firesign Theatre, Stan Freberg, Randy Stonehill, & the Apostle Paul...
Sounds Like: Storysinging and Songtelling!You'll have to hear for yourself...comparison is difficult and probably subject to litigation.
Record Label: Fitch & Ramos Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Pics & newsletter

Hi Y'all,Just letting you know we have (finally) updated our news on the website...pictures & comments of our last little tour. Visit www.mckinneywashtubtwo.com, if you're interested...click on "N...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

The latest News from MWT

Even though we have set the Ripley's record for longest departure time, we are actually looking at finally heading downstate in late Sept and plan to keep on going. Our route at this point wends t...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST

Brothers Farmfest & MWT

Hi Y'all,Mistakenly thinking we heard the ice break,we're coming out of hibernation to play a fund raiser for Farmfest this Thursday (Jan. 25th) from 6 to 8 pm at Brothers Coffee & Tea, 416 W. Main, i...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST

What's Up With Us...

I guess you're wondering what's up with us...well we are currently "dead in the water" musicwise. Probably not the smartest thing to share...or to do. It certainly is frustrating...and scary. We...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:37:00 PST

MWT Eye Witness Report

So once every 60 or so days isn't bad--is it? Well anyway, here's our current newsletter in case you're keepin' track: Nov 16 MWT newsletter Just wanted everyone to know that both Whitt's eye s...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:04:00 PST

Starting the blogging thing...

So we haven't used this lovely blog feature yet, so we'll start with our latest newsletter, and let the blogs fall where they may. Happy Fall, Y'all! Bet you thought we fell...off the ed...
Posted by The McKinney Washtub Two on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:10:00 PST