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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016

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By Brian Bingaman
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@brianbingaman on Twitter

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show, said the groups bass- Local band Don McAvoy & The Great Whatever.
ist of 25 years, Oxford resident Marc Arot. With small day, a 10-second jingle ti- bookstores years ago.
audiences, you lose that tled Yuengling, In-Laws,
McAvoy and Arot both
crowd-fueled energy, but it Leave Those Clocks Alone grew up in Roxborough.
makes you a better player, and Click (The Facebook McAvoys brother, Mike,
he said. This World Cafe Song).
drums for the band, and Jim
Live show legitimizes everyThe Facebook Song I Walsh is their lead guitarist.
thing.
wrote with an author from I have the fortitude to be in
McAvoy, a multi-instru- New York. Ive been writing a band with my best friends
mentalist who lives in Colle- songs since I was 12 or 13, in the world. We try to stay
geville, and The Great What- and its just a passion, said on the positive end of things,
ever released their third al- McAvoy, who claims to have McAvoy said.
bum, Theres Time Between written 2,500 songs. Marc
Its rated E, for everythe Bridge and the Water, and I started playing at the body, Arot said of The Great
in October. It includes witty Tin Angel ... Grape Street Whatevers music. Its about
ditties like Happy Fri- Pub ... we did a lot of the fun. Its about bringing peo-

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ple together.
When asked about the
name, Arot said: We could
never figure out a name for
the band, and its whatever
we came up with (musically).
Everybody brings something to the table. Every set
is whatever. Everybody does
what theyre best at ... whatever.
One example is the new
song New Shoes. Dons
parents would swing dance
whenever we played that
song, Arot said. The video
was shot in a church basement and features the Steel
City Swingers swing dance
club.
Don McAvoy & The
Great Whatevers ample online presence www.dmcgw.com, www.facebook.
com/dmcgw, w w w.youtube.com/user/greatwhate
vervideos?feature=watch,
www.pandora.com/station/
play/2343268050299527476,
w w w. c d b a b y. c o m /c d /
donmcavoythegreatwhateve2, and www.cdbaby.com/
cd/donmcavoythegreatwhateve can be credited to
Arot. My daytime job is Im
a project manager for a company that makes metal panels. I have the logistics stuff,
he said.
Meanwhile, McAvoys bio
states that he had dial-up internet until 2010, and just
started texting recently. Im
a dinosaur, the 48-year-old
McAvoy laughs. Technology was supposed to help us
work less and spend more
time with our families, but
instead were working harder
and theres nowhere we cant
be reached.
Feb. 5 is the last day to cast
an online vote for the band,
which is in the running
for several of 93.7 WSTWs
Hometown Heroes Homey
Awards for local original music. Go to http://wstw.com/
heroes/homeys-vote.php.