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Mr M & The All Nighters are Canada's Northern Soul Revival band and have been recently featured on numerous radio shows on the BBC [Craig Charles and Mary Fox]
Founded in September 2006 and inspired by the Wigan Casino scene circa 73-81; the band plays classic stompin' soul in the British tradition [uptempo/upbeat]. For you the audience member or listener, you get to hear classic soul, played authentically and without limitation.
In 2002 founding member Ian Gregson returned home to Wigan for a school reunion. The DJ hired for the event was none other than legendary Northern Soul DJ Russ Winstanley. After chatting together and returning home to Vancouver and reading Russ's book "Soul Survivors" and listened to volume 2 of his compilation CD of the same name; after playing in East Van's The Carnival Band for 12 months, Ian decided to form his own band and name it Mr M & The All Nighters.
The name Mr M & The All Nighters is derived from the "all-nighters" that occurred at Wigan Casino from 1973-1981. Mr M's was a side room of Wigan Casino dedicated to rare oldies, named after the Casino manager Gerry Marshall.
For those unfamiliar with the style - Northern Soul is a form of music that get's people dancing, categorised in the late 60's by a London record shop owner, it put a name to the type of soul music favoured by northern English record collectors in search of the best soul music.
Today, Northern Soul is seeing a major resurgence across Europe, the UK and North America. Currently, there are two soon to be released movie productions in the works, both dedicated to the glory days of Wigan Casino. There are numerous radio shows dedicated to Northern Soul including Mary Fox on BBC Radio Stoke and the Craig Charles Funk and Soul show on BBC Radio 6 [both have played Mr M and The All Nighters] . Northern Soul continues to inspire performers ranging from Soft Cell, The Jam/Paul Weller, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Amy Winehouse and many more.
Mr M & The All Nighters debut CD contains rare and popular classic soul tracks, including the quintessential soul classics Tainted Love, Do I Love You and Move On Up.
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