MacLean & MacLean were a Juno Award nominated, Canadian musical-comedy duo. They performed regularly in Canada between 1972 and 1998, and recorded seven albums. The duo consisted of brothers Gary MacLean (25 June 1944 – 5 December 2001) and Blair MacLean (2 December 1942 – 29 October 2008). The MacLeans were originally from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, but were later based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
MacLean & MacLean were best known for their often scatological humour, which was combined with (usually humorous) renditions of folk and popular songs, with Blair playing guitar and Gary playing banjo and bongo drums. The duo began performing in 1972 and during their career played the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, the 1983 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In 1974 the pair were asked to leave a tour because of the offensive content of their show.
Controversial for their use of strong language, at one point they had to appeal for the right to perform at the level of the Supreme Court of Canada. The title of their album Locked Up for Laughs refers to an incident when they were actually put in jail in Kingston, Ontario, after a charge of public indecency at a live performance. Their theme song was a rendition of "Ja-Da" retitled "Fuck Ya", and it appeared on all of their albums in one form or another. It was often used as a closing to their live shows, following a "mutual heckling" routine in which the audience and performers jokingly shouted abuse at each other; the song would then be performed as a "sing-along" with the audience.
During their career, they recorded seven albums including a mixture of live and studio recordings.
Among their best known (and most infamous) recordings were "I've Seen Pubic Hair" (based upon the well-known "I've Been Everywhere")
an original song, "Dolly Parton's Tits",(my upload here: https://youtu.be/SuR_ezAM6xA) which made the British music charts after it was used as the theme music for a British TV show called O.T.T..
and Fuck Ya https://youtu.be/jXZQ1HCJhGc
Here’s a link to Johnny Cash “I’ve been everywhere” https://youtu.be/ov4epAJRPMw
MacLean & MacLean were best known for their often scatological humour, which was combined with (usually humorous) renditions of folk and popular songs, with Blair playing guitar and Gary playing banjo and bongo drums. The duo began performing in 1972 and during their career played the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, the 1983 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In 1974 the pair were asked to leave a tour because of the offensive content of their show.
Controversial for their use of strong language, at one point they had to appeal for the right to perform at the level of the Supreme Court of Canada. The title of their album Locked Up for Laughs refers to an incident when they were actually put in jail in Kingston, Ontario, after a charge of public indecency at a live performance. Their theme song was a rendition of "Ja-Da" retitled "Fuck Ya", and it appeared on all of their albums in one form or another. It was often used as a closing to their live shows, following a "mutual heckling" routine in which the audience and performers jokingly shouted abuse at each other; the song would then be performed as a "sing-along" with the audience.
During their career, they recorded seven albums including a mixture of live and studio recordings.
Among their best known (and most infamous) recordings were "I've Seen Pubic Hair" (based upon the well-known "I've Been Everywhere")
an original song, "Dolly Parton's Tits",(my upload here: https://youtu.be/SuR_ezAM6xA) which made the British music charts after it was used as the theme music for a British TV show called O.T.T..
and Fuck Ya https://youtu.be/jXZQ1HCJhGc
Here’s a link to Johnny Cash “I’ve been everywhere” https://youtu.be/ov4epAJRPMw
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