Outlier Profile - Kate Donohue

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

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