FM (Fitzpatrick McNeal)
Corbin Fitzpatrick & Louie McNeal have seperately been fronting bands and playing solo acoustic shows for over a decade. This past year, they formed the duo, FM. To date the band has performed over 00 shows this year alone. Corbin and Louie have a natural flow to their music. Their vocal performances are ripe with rich harmonies and powerful and personal, and their own compositions have that familiar component that made you fall in love with acoustic rock in the first place, organic talent. Most performers rely on technology to make them sound better, but FM goes the other route to sounding good, they learn their craft.
FM is a group of two people who value music above almost everything else. They actually enjoy performing live as much as they enjoy writing and recording their uniqely blended songs. Both performers are natural showmen who combine their strengths to bring a dynamic unique high energy show to patrons of various venues in the Ohio Valley region and points in between.
The new CD (Wood & Wire) is the first for the duo and already a 2nd CD is in the planning.
As far as the style of music the duo excells at, that would be hard to nail down. They have tremendous range and variety, and a catalog of cover tunes that number into the 500's. The do it all acoustic, and they do acoustic right.
Enjoy, and please support local original music.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
For the past year FM has been one of the major drawls in the Ohio Valley region. Both Louie and Corbin are also singers and guitarists for the band "The Common Ground", but the duo is their bread and butter. They are a natural musical fit with shared influences and a common goal of playing as much as possible to as many people who will listen. It's a beautiful thing.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
The Duo play venues up and down the Ohio river valley as well as into the mountains of West Virginia and hills of Eastern KY. They perform a minimum of 4 shows a week, for thousands of fans
Your musical influences
Classic Rock, southern Rock, British Invassion groups, folk heros and story tellers.
What equipment do you use?
Louie- Epiphone EJ-200 acoustic/electric guitar, monster cables, shure mics, and berringer powered mixer and Peavey PR15's.
Corbin- Breedlove acoustic/electric guitar, monster cables, shure mics.
Anything else?
Visit www.louiemcneal.com for performance schedule.
