Murray Attaway (born November 30, 1957) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...
alternative
jangle pop
Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock or college rock that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies. The term originated from Bob Dylan's song " Mr. Tambourine Man", whose 1965 rendition by the Byrds became considered one of the g ...
rock band
Guadalcanal Diary. After the band's breakup, Attaway recorded one solo album, titled ''
In Thrall'', which was released by
DGC Records
DGC Records (an initialism for the David Geffen Company) was an American record label that operated as a division of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, which is owned by the Universal Music Group.
History
DGC Records was launched in 1990 as a subsi ...
in 1993, produced by
Tony Berg
Anthony Rains "Tony" Berg (born October 21, 1954) is an American musician, record producer, and A&R representative, in which role he has been described as an "industry guru".
Berg's music career began in the late 1970s as a session guitarist who ...
.
An alternate version of the track "Allegory" from ''
In Thrall'' was included on ''
DGC Rarities, Vol. 1''.
As a film composer, Attaway has written music for a number of independent films as well as having songs placed in numerous films and television shows.
Attaway was born in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
, Georgia and attended
Marietta High School.
In 2019, Attaway created the satirica
"Dazzle Dudes" podcastwhich tells the story of a fictional group of inept young males who attempt to start a glam rock band in central Georgia in the 1970s. The show is written, performed and produced by Attaway.
Discography
with Guadalcanal diary
Solo
Scores
References
External links
* https://www.dazzledudes.com
Living people
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Singers from Georgia (U.S. state)
American rock singers
Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state)
1957 births
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