milton mcdonald
biography:
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milton mcdonald arrived on the London music scene in 1984 and after answering an ad in Melody Maker, joined the nucleus of 80s new wave chart act Blue Zoo to form a new band, The Boomerang Gang.
After a couple of years in the back of a Transit van and single releases Rock Out (Survival Records) and Dr Jones (WEA), he left the band in 1986 to play with a variety of artists including pop band The Big Supreme and UK soul artist Mica Paris.
Whilst playing with Mica, her MD/drummer Clive Myuyu (Terence Trent D’Arby, Roachford) invited milton to join his rock band No Entry, which also featured bassist Cass Lewis (Skunk Anansie) and later Livingstone Brown (Maxi Priest, Bryan Ferry).
The band had attracted the attention of rock manager Brian Lane (Yes, ELP) and in 1988, Lane introduced milton to Yes vocalist Jon Anderson who subsequently brought him to Paris to record guitars and backing vocals for the 1989 album
ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE.
The band embarked on a world tour, visiting the USA, Canada, UK, Europe and Japan during 1989/90.
milton continued with a career of live and studio session work and in 1993 played
on his first Take That tour, beginning an association that is now in it’s 24th year.
In addition to having played on every TT tour since 93, he has found the time to tour with..
M People UK Tour 1994
Gary Barlow Solo Tour 1996
Kumiko Yamashita Japanese Tour 1998
Eikichi Yazawa Japanese Tour 1998
B*witched UK tour 1999
The British Rock Symphony South American tour 2000
Westlife Coast To Coast 2000
World of Our Own 2001
Patricia Kaas World Tour 2002-5
Mylene Farmer 13 shows, Bercy Arena, Paris 2006
Ray Davies UK, Europe, USA tours 2006-8
Will Young Forest Tour 2012
Gary Barlow Solo tour 2012-13
Gary Barlow Since I Saw You Last tour 2014
..and perform live and in the studio with more than 70 artists, ranging from
Alice Cooper to Dame Shirley Bassey!
Dick Nolan (It Bites, Ray Davies) Alice Cooper and MM Brazil, 2000
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MM onstage with DSB, Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert, Buckingham Palace 2012
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