Outlier Profile - Kate Donohue
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Kate Donohue is a writer, poet and musician whose career began singing cover tunes in the late 80's. Since then, she has turned her energies to original music, recording with Petula's Progeny in the late 90's, and more recently with Killer Kelp. She is a member and supporter of the Long Island Music Coalition and has co-hosted 21st Century Radio on WGBB. Her current efforts include the Long Island Music Index. as well as contributing articles to various Long Island publications, including Aural Fix, in which she wrote a very flattering review of The Outliers - for which we are grateful. | |
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Name | |
Kate Donohue | |
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Blues Name | |
Shrimpy Reilly | |
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Primary Instrument | |
Guitar | |
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Other instruments you can play | |
Drums | |
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Other instruments you've ever played, but would be afraid to pick up today | |
Alto Sax | |
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Top 5 Most Important Musical Influences: | |
#1 Beatles | |
#2 Stones | |
#3 Neil Young | |
#4 Dylan | |
#5 Thompson Gunners | |
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Age began playing music | |
5 | |
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Most thrilling personal musical experience | |
Playing "Simple" with Killer Kelp | |
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Favorite musical artist | |
The Thompson Gunners | |
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Musical genre you identify with the most | |
Folk-Rock | |
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Your all-time favorite album (your 'desert island disc') | |
Dylan - Blonde on Blonde | |
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Favorite guitar player | |
Wes Montgomery | |
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Favorite bass player | |
Chris Donohue | |
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Favorite singer | |
Sandy Denny | |
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Favorite harp player | |
John Mayall | |
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Favorite drummer | |
Ringo | |
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Favorite tune performed by The Outliers | |
Sittin' On Top of the World | |
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Favorite Elvis song | |
Little Sister | |
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Favorite Beatle | |
George | |
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Favorite actor | |
Don't have one | |
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Favorite actress | |
Margaret Rutherford | |
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Favorite movie | |
The Committments | |
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Favorite book | |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle | |
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Favorite author | |
Salinger | |
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Favorite magazine | |
Aural Fix | |
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Favorite web site | |
LIMusicIndex.com | |
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Favorite newspaper | |
Post | |
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Favorite place to do Outliers gigs | |
Nawlin's Grille in Mineola | |
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Favorite food | |
Homemade and fresh | |
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Shoe Size | |
8 but really a 7 1/2 | |
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Your day job | |
Supervisor's Assistant; Reporter | |
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Your least favorite word | |
Rutabega | |
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Will a little dab really do ya? | |
Yes. Chocolate | |
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Favorite baseball player | |
Mariano Rivera | |
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Favorite all-time TV show | |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | |
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Favorite all-time TV show theme song | |
Hawaii Five-O | |
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Favorite drink | |
Lemonade | |
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Favorite accent | |
Gaelic | |
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"Less Filling" or "Tastes Great"? | |
Tastes great and less filling! | |
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Your worst vice | |
Coors Lite | |
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Favorite decade | |
Hard to say - '70's? | |
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Do gentlemen really prefer blondes? | |
What's a gentleman? | |
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Favorite capital punishment device | |
Listening to some bigshot talk about him or herself! | |
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Favorite quote | |
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" | |
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Favorite comedian | |
Dr. Joyce Brothers | |
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Favorite radio program | |
The old WLIR Tri-State Sound show | |
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Mantle or Mays? | |
Neither | |
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Favorite travel destination | |
Like to go to Ireland | |
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What the hell does "NPD" stand for anyway? | |
Noodle pudding day! | |
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The 1st thing you'd buy if you won $10 million | |
A house | |
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Ben & Jerry or Haagen Dazs | |
Carvel | |
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Tom & Jerry or Wile E. Coyote & Roadrunner | |
Bugs Bunny | |
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Ben & Jerry or Tom & Jerry | |
Either | |
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The Beatles or The Stones | |
Beatles | |
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Cats or Dogs? | |
Dogs | |
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Do you think UFO's really exist? | |
Only in our minds | |
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Favorite geo-political figure | |
Abraham Lincoln | |
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Favorite sports team | |
Yankees | |
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Stock picks | |
Haven't a clue | |
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1st concert you ever saw | |
Don't remember. | |
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If you could be anywhere right now, where would you be? | |
Right here | |
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Domino's or Pizza Hut? | |
La Famiglia in Glen Cove | |
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Dylan "electric" or Dylan "acoustic" | |
Both | |
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Favorite pet | |
My husband | |
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Who currently isn't, but in your opinion, should be, on a postage stamp? | |
No idea. | |
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Coke or Pepsi? | |
Dr. Pepper | |
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Who was the real genius - Becker or Fagan? | |
Fagan | |
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Carpet or wood floors? | |
Wood floors with carpet | |
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Favorite dead rock star | |
John Lennon | |
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Favorite analgesic | |
Tylenol | |
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Crackling fire or sandy beach? | |
Crackling fire on a sandy beach | |
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Favorite member of ABBA | |
Oh, they're not so bad. Wait a minute. Yes they are! | |
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Who do you think was really behind Kennedy's assasination? | |
The U.S. Government | |
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Favorite Woody Allen movie | |
Radio Days | |
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Favorite condiment | |
Mustard or relish | |
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Favorite bimbo who ended a politican's/evangelist's/CEO's career | |
Monica Lewinsky | |
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Most humbling experience | |
Having an anxiety attack! | |
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