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A Little History
MaCaJo is a group of three friends who have been singing folk music together since the Spring of 1998.

Max Kernaghan, Cathy Stange and John Rimbach first began singing together while members of Five to Seven, an eight-member a cappella group formed in 1994.

For Max, the music of Peter, Paul and Mary has always held a special place in his heart.  After playing in rock bands, and singing a cappella for many years, he was looking for a forum to play and sing some of his favorite music.

Live Performances:
After 2 years of weekly practices in our living rooms, the group began to perform for real live audiences!  A sample of our appearances include

  • Mission City Coffee Roasting Company in Santa Clara, CA
  • Picchetti Winery in Cupertino, CA
  • Page Mill Winery in Pleasanton, CA
  • Espresso Garden & Cafe in San Jose (now closed)
  • San Gregorio General Store in San Gregorio, California.
  • South Bay Folks' Open Mic Nights
  • Weddings
  • Fundraisers
  • House concerts
  • an occational parking garage, or other accoustically awesome venue
CDs:
We've produced two recordings.
  • MaCaJo - our very originally titled first album is one guitar, three voices, and a collection of some very beautiful cover tunes.
  • Cool Again - includes the guitar work of Kent Hanson and the bass  of Derek Granath.  It's thirteen tracks of everything from Simon & Garfunkel to the Beatles to Robert Earl Keene.