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Holy smokes that was fun!
November 30th, 2016
Well it was an eventful autumn between touring in the UK with Miss Emily and crossing Canada with the Wrongs, Rueben deGroot and Colleen Brown. So many great shows and wonderful people, my head is spinning still and I am waiting for my soul to catch up. The Uk and especially Scotland was a great experience. Our handler Gord Hunter pulled out all the stops in getting us support from his many great contacts over there. It would be impossible to tour like we do without the good will of music lovers. The same goes for our Canadian tour. Rueben and Colleen know many fantastic and generous people who provided venues, meals and places to stay as well as filled the shows with keen music fans. We posted lots of pics on facebook but I will endeavour to put some in our gallery here. Next up is our annual holiday rock show for charity on December 22nd at the Ale House in Kingston.The Old Country
September 28th, 2016
My dear old pops talked with a thick brogue having come to Canada from south of Glasgow as a young man. It is with great joy that I return to my people there to play music with my friend Miss Emily. Many thanks to Gord Hunter for organizing the tour. I will post updates and pics as the tour unfolds. It is a busy autumn for us as we head west with Rueben deGroot and Colleen Brown on November first for 3 weeks of shows which beginning Thunder Bay and take us to the coast and back to Alberta in support of Hearts and Lonely Hunters. And not to stop there with news, Sean Kelly, Sarah Harmer and I meet this week to plan our 20th something annual holiday charity rock show. Details to follow. Yar !!Hearts and Lonely Hunters VINYL and autumn touring
September 2nd, 2016
Wowzers it is September and summer is winding down as we wind up for some touring. Â First up is a UK tour with my bandmate and solo force of nature Miss Emily. We head to Scotland on September 29 and play our way down to London. The dates will be up in detail soon. Then Rueben deGroot and I team up with a shared band of wrongs and rocket surgeons to head west in support of Hearts and Lonely Hunters and Ruebens soon to be released album. Dates will be listed for that soon as we dial in the last bits. The vinyl of Hearts and Lonely Hunters arrived last week and it looks and sounds fantastic if I do say so myself. Copies are available through our site store. ÂSummer Loving 2016 Loving Summer
June 27th, 2016
Yessiree it sure is nice, sunny and hot finally. We have been enjoying weekend wonders in friendly places the last while including a great island party and just recently the Skeleton Park Arts Festival in Kingston. It is the 11th year of this community arts fest and we had perfect weather, lots of art, music, food, and smiles to go around for the whole weekend. Washboard Hank and I MCd the fest on Saturday and Sunday and also rocked in the Hootenanny with all of our friends.Turn it Up!
May 30th, 2016
It will be a go-er this week with four fun shows in the area and this steamy, full on July weather that is rocking us with the heat. I am starting the music fun by playing a solo gig this Thursday down the road on the patio of Le Hibou in scenic Wakefield, from 6:30 until 8-30. Then Dan guitar Curtis is meeting me at the Stonewater pub in Gananoque, the heart of the Thousand Islands on Friday to step it up as a duo (8-11). Saturday it is all in, full 6 piece band at the Toucan in Kingston with our buds Rocket Surgery. We will play first and then watch them wow the crowd. And that should get us ready for Sundays blaster as we are closing off Westfest at Laroche Park in Ottawa. We hit the stage at 9:30 and you can see the whole festival line up at: www.westfest.caSkeleton Park Music Festival June 24 weekend
May 3rd, 2016
It is on! June 24 25 weekend sees me teaming up with Washboard Hank as MC of the Skeleton Park Music festival in Kingston. We will also be performing in the Hootenanny on the 25th afternoon with Jenny Whiteley, Rueben De Groot, Miss Emily, H Chris Brown, Lotus Wight and more. What a blast it will be. Next week I will be playing a secret gig in Negril, but that is another story... Kingsville Folk Music Festival
April 26th, 2016
The word is out now that I will be at the Kingsville Folk Music Festival on August 12th weekend playing a set with Tara Dunphy from the Rizdales backing me up as well as doing a Butterfingers set with my lady Ms Marbles joining me. Yay!!Festival season
April 23rd, 2016
It is official! Â We are playing the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Onsquario this July 23rd weekend. Â And we are delighted that our buddy Steve Poltz is there as well as my fellow Wakefield homies Esmerine who just won their 2nd Juno this year. Â Bruce from that band is from Godspeed You Black Emperor, possibly the greatest band ever. As the festivals announce their line ups I will post the news. Up next though is Westfest in Ottawa on June 5th. With a few local shows prior to allow us to get out game faces on. Â Summer love!!Festival season
April 23rd, 2016
It is official! Â We are playing the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Onsquario this July 23rd weekend. Â And we are delighted that our buddy Steve Poltz is there as well as my fellow Wakefield homies Esmerine who just won their 2nd Juno this year. Â Bruce from that band is from Godspeed You Black Emperor, possibly the greatest band ever. As the festivals announce their line ups I will post the news. Up next though is Westfest in Ottawa on June 5th. With a few local shows prior to allow us to get out game faces on. Â Summer love!!Summer schemes and video dreams realized
March 6th, 2016
Howdy pilgrims! We have been grooving and grooving through the winter here in west Quebec and Kingston town but the summer is coming into focus with some great festivals which we will list once they all announce their line ups. Kingstons wonderful Skeleton Park festival is back on target after some changes to the organization, as these things are wont to do when they grow and grow like that festival has been doing for 10 spectacular years. I hope to be part of it in some production capacity (I MCd and stage managed last years day in the park) and potentially as part of a Hootenanny Revue that is proposed and would feature some astounding talent, as per usual. The most current news is our new video for THE ONE GIRL shot in Wakefield by David Irvine, who also did the photography and graphics for the Hearts and Lonely Hunters cover which will look super bon when the vinyl arrives.... andyhoo, check out our new video for THE ONE GIRL and standby for tour datesVinyl ALert!
January 27th, 2016
Well the test pressing of our vinyl for Hearts and Lonely Hunters has arrived and sounds great. Now it goes to the plant for printing which will take another 8-12 weeks. I hope to be playing music still... My apolojesus to everyone who pre ordered the vinyl but whatyagonnado? Beavering away here with plans for the future and getting excited about our big show at the Black Sheep on Feb 12th!Bon Anee!