Get To Know BRIAN MACKEY…

Town and state you grew up in: Havana, Florida on the Florida Georgia border.

Town and state you live in now: Brooklyn heights, NY

First instrument: Piano

Instruments you currently play: Guitar, piano, bass

First performance: Holiday Inn Open Mic Night – somewhere in NJ. People started to come every week and I just kept playing..

Last book you read: Teacher Man, Frank McCourt

Favorite movie: Fargo

Favorite song: Operator, Jim Croce

Who would you most like to have Dinner with: Well right now I’m in Germany and I’d love to get home and have dinner with my dog Charlie. We both share an extreme passion for food.

Three CD’s you can’t live without: Queen, night at the opera / Supertramp, breakfast in America / Nirvana, smells like teen spirit

Guilty pleasure: Curry wurst

Your most recent project: Germany/UK tour, and working on my new album

Message to the world: Don’t let doubt steal your shine