GMacGuffin (T.C. Johnston) writes songs for his own amusement. He hopes the audience likes them too, but onstage he only cares about being interesting. Bouncing haphazardly from bluesy folk to folksy Americana to eclectic to fake old-timey Western tunes, GMacGuffin crafts seemingly-accessible quirky songs tending toward dark, aspiring toward witty — songs realized as dense tales of unfortunate people in bad situations, and bad people in unfortunate situations. And also some silly material. Based in San Diego since the 1980s, multi-instrumentalist GMacGuffin played keyboards and drums in local 90s bands including Noisepie and faux pas. Now he just sings and plays guitar and talks, a lot.
Upcoming:
- 2ndSat.SpacebarShow @Spacebar Cafe with GMacGuffin and Randall Mark (& guests) starts Feb. 12, 2022, every 2nd Sat. Live 6-9. FB Event Page
- GMacGuffin’s 2022 studio album Ambivalent Love Ballads is out and streaming everywhere. The title says it all.
(live @ home)
(home studio)
(from 2022 album Ambivalent Love Ballads)
(from Ambivalent Love Ballads)
(from Ambivalent Love Ballads)
contact
tcj at gmacguffin dot com
(or PingMe here)
It’s a lot of fun what I do … for me anyway.