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Music For The Soul

Lunch at Allen’s is Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas. As individuals, they have written for or sung on over 25,000,000 cd’s, penning hits for Chicago, Josh Groban, Bonnie Raitt, America, Santana, Cher, and Rod Stewart, as well as Murray’s “Farmers Song”, Marc’s “Marina Del Rey” and Ian’s “Painted Ladies” just to name a few. These artist have come together adding the incredible voice of Cindy Church (Quartette, Great Western Orchestra ) to form Lunch At Allen’s. They are Canadian song writing royalty who will take you on a journey with humour and stories playing their familiar hits and new songs as well to create an evening of music for the heart and music for your soul.

Visit their personal pages to learn more:

MURRAY MCLAUCHLAN
MARC JORDAN
CINDY CHURCH
IAN THOMAS

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AScottish immigrant, Murray McLauchlan and his family moved to Canada in 1953, when he was only five years old. Growing up in Toronto, he was adept at the guitar by 12 and began playing the Yorkville coffeehouse circuit while still only a teen.

Soaking in the folk influences on the strip while listening to the British pop on the airwaves and still clinging to his traditional roots, he continued playing while he attending art classes at Central Tech University, thanks to a $250 scholarship from Hallmark Cards.

He worked his way up the ladder and found himself on the bill at the 1966 Mariposa Folk Festival, then relocated to Greenwich Village for a couple of years. There, he mingled with the other artists and gained a reputation not only as a performer, but also as a songwriter. Soon American folk legend Tom Rush was recording his material. After moving back to Toronto, he continued working the circuit, as well as in the coffeehouses and beatnik clubs in Quebec and New York. He signed with True North Records in ’71 when Bernie Finklestein, who was managing The Paupers, Ken

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Murray McLauchlan - Biography

Murray McLauchlan began writing songs and performing them in his late teens. After playing at major music festivals, such as The Philadelphia Folk Festival, where he appeared alongside Jim Croce and John Prine, and Mariposa where he gave up half of his concert time so Joni Mitchell could play, he began to attract wider attention on the club circuit, playing such well-known rooms as The Riverboat in Toronto, The Bitter End in New York, The Main Point in Philadelphia, and the famous Earl of Old Town in Chicago.

Before Murray had actually recorded an album of his own, his "Child's Song" was already well-known after being recorded by American folk star Tom Rush. Live versions of his song "Honky Red" were performed by Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Bobby Neuwirth. He received early song cuts by country music star George Hamilton IV.

Now, fifty years later, Murray has twenty albums to his credit on both True North Records and Capitol Records. His songs have been covered by many other artists as well as being featur

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