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Kathy McCarty is an Austin, Texas-based musician and painter.

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Kathy McCarty
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Art rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1981–present

Biography

After getting her start with the band Buffalo Gals (1981-1983), McCarty was a founding member and co-leader of the band Glass Eye. The band became widely known on the indie college rock circuit for a mix of pop and avant-garde through four critically acclaimed albums, two EPs and over twenty tours.

After Glass Eye broke up in 1993 she turned her attention to recording an album of covers by soon to be famous songwriter Daniel Johnston. Dead Dog's Eyeball was produced by former Glass Eye bandmate Brian Beattie. Trouser Press noted that "no songwriter ever had a more imaginative or beneficial interpreter than Daniel Johnston enjoys in Kathy McCarty".[1] One of the songs of the album, Living Life, was included on the soundtrack of the movie Before Sunrise (1995).[2]

Another Day in the Sun, also produced by Beattie, was a full length follow-up to Dead Dog's Eyeball, of which Texas Monthly wrote "Some songs recall Glass Eye's art-rock explosives... and McCarty's lyrical acuity remains intact... But there's an open, folkish quality too... that lends her work uncommon depth and staying power."[3]

In 2020 she played a variety of curated shows including the occasional Daniel Johnston tribute and recorded new material for release later in the year. In February 2020 she traveled to Los Angeles to sing "Younger Generation" for a reunited Lovin' Spoonful tribute/benefit show.[4]

Discography

With Glass Eye

• Huge (Wrestler Records, 1986)
• Bent by Nature (Bar/None Records, 1988)
• Hello Young Lovers (Bar/None Records, 1989)
• Every Woman's Fantasy (Glass Eye Records, 2006)

EPs/singles

• Marlo EP (Self-released, 1985)
• Christine EP (Bar/None Records, 1989)
• "Satellite of Love"/"Rock Of Hand" single (1991) (Bar/None Records, 1991)

As a solo artist

Albums

• Dead Dog's Eyeball - The Songs of Daniel Johnston (Bar/None Records, 1994)
• Another Day in the Sun (RexyRex Records, 2005)

Videos

• "Rocketship" (1995). The song was later featured on the TV show Futurama.

References

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