Song:On We Go
Album:Opossum and Praties
Nancy McCallion has been a fixture of the Tuscon music scene since the 90s first as leader of the folk group The Mollys and then as a solo act. On We Go is her best known song because it appeared in the popular Netflix show Living With Yourself. Nancy and Catherine Zavala went to high school together in Tuscon. They started the band The MoPhonics. While attending the University of Arizona, they started a new band The Mollys. They liked the name because it sounded Irish. So that was the whole concept of the band; to sound like an Irish folk group. They released their first album in 1992. Other members were Kevin Schramm on accordion, Dan Sorenson on bass and Gary Mackender on drums. Nancy wrote most of the songs including On We Go on the 1995 album This Is My Round. The song appeared on a Putomayo comp CD of Celtic women. I can only assume that listeners thought The Mollys were Irish though of course they aren't. The Mollys split up in 2004. Since then Nancy has released several albums. She re-recorded On We Go on the 2016 album Opossum and Praties. I recommend that album because This Is My Round is out of print. The Mollys play a reunion concert each year. And the members still perform in other bands. There has been renewed interest in The Mollys since On We Go appeared on the Netflix sitcom Living with Yourself starring Paul Rudd. That's how songs are discovered these days. Here's The Mollys performing On We Go on the PBS series Texas Music Cafe 1998.
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