Francis Macdonald

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Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) is a drummer and sometime member of British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub and used to play with BMX Bandits and Eugenius. He is no relation to keyboard player Finlay MacDonald who also played with both bands. Francis Macdonald has recorded a solo album called Sauchiehall & Hope under the pseudonym Nice Man and The Art of Hanging Out as Nice Man and the Bad Boys. He runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow and manages lots of other bands, such as Camera Obscura and Attic Lights. Other artists he has worked with include: Kevin Ayers, Kim Fowley, Robert Forster, Dan Penn, Alex Chilton, John Herald, Chip Taylor, Ben Vaughn, Laura Cantrell, Kate Rusby, Camera Obscura, Belle & Sebastian, Looper, Future Pilot A.K.A., The Hermit Crabs, The Pastels, Radio Sweethearts, Michael Shelley, Cheeky Monkey, Frank Blake,Speeder, Astro Chimp, etc. Francis has produced a (currently unreleased) Jerry Lee Lewis album. He provided the music for the British comedy feature film Zemanovaload starring Ed Byrne. His music has also been used in MTV's Real World, Fashion TV, Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, Sky News, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, Emilio Estevez's 'smash hit' Late Last Night and a mobile phone ad in South Korea. He wants to keep writing songs while working on music for tv/films/adverts. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Music for String Quartet, Piano and Celeste

Maculate Conceptions

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20 Sep

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Hamilton Mausoleum Suite

Anything for Progress (From Our Hopeful Hands)

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Wedding Daze

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Music From Vanilla Sky

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Vanilla Sky

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Songs & Instrumentals

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Radio Cookie Scene 0034

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Chevrolet Legends, Vol. 2

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Is This Music?-A Teenage Fanclub Tribute

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