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May 2010
www.torontobluessociety.com
Published by the Toronto Blues Society since 1985
info@torontobluessociety.com Vol 26, No 5
Shakura S'Aida and guitarist Donna Grantis
will light up the TBS Birthday celebrations at
the Gladstone Hotel on Friday, May 28
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TBS turns 25
John’s Blues Picks
Blues Festivals
Tate's Vintage Gallery
Event Listings & more
Two and a
half Decades
of the Blues
The Toronto Blues Society celebrates its
25th anniversary with a blues happening at the
Gladstone Hotel
show as part of the “Doors Open” festival.
The Ballroom will feature Shakura S’Aida,
Fathead, The 24th Street Wailers, and a live
painting beginning at 9pm. Shakura S’Aida has
enriched the blues community with her soulful
voice, enthusiastic personality and commitment to
music as an art form. It has been a long but steady
climb since Fathead's debut CD in 1995, and the
band has been tearing it up on the North American
festival circuit ever since. The 24th Street Wailers
are twenty-something blues musicians who came
together at Humber College.
The Toronto Blues Society produces monthly
events including the annual Women's Blues
Revue, the bi-annual conference Blues Summit
and supports the blues community with weekly
email broadcasts, a monthly newsletter Maple
Blues, maintains an on-line directory and web site.
The TBS is the lead organization on the annual
Maple Blues Awards, and provides "Arts Service
Organization" support for professional musicians
through career development workshops.
The Toronto Blues Society will be celebrating
its 25th anniversary with an exciting line-up
of Shakura S’Aida, Fathead, The 24th Street
Wailers, and Harrison Kennedy; as well as live
blues painting in the Ballroom by Mark Smith,
campfire/open mike by Brian Blain in the Art Bar,
two blues photo exhibits, blues poetry and blues
movies on Friday May 28 at the Gladstone Hotel.
The Melody Bar will feature a free solo
performance from Hamilton roots blues musician
Harrison Kennedy, former member of the
band Chairman of the Board at 7pm. Following
Harrison’s performance will be blues karaoke led
by Peter Styles.
The second floor photo exhibit will feature
two blues shows: one historical and one by local
photographer Dougal Bichan. The gallery will be
shared with the Gladstone’s historical retrospective
The Toronto Blues Society (TBS) was formed
in 1985 to ensure that blues music, was guaranteed
a continued presence in Toronto. Although the
blues scene at the time was thriving, it had almost
disappeared during the late 1970s disco era. This
suggested the need for an organization that would
work to create a climate in which the opportunities
for live performances, radio airplay and national
touring that can make a career in music viable were
being made available to blues musicians.
The Gladstone is offering reduced rates for
attending members seeking a room for May
27-29. Please contact the TBS office for more
information.
TBS’s 25th Anniversary is part of the Toronto
Blues Society's ongoing programme. It is made
possible by the generous support of the Department
of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Arts Council,
The Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the City of
Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.
WHO: Shakura S’Aida, Fathead, The 24th Street Wailers, Harrison Kennedy, and more!
WHAT: Toronto Blues Society - 25th Anniversary
WHERE: The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
WHEN: Friday May 28, 2010, 7pm
TICKETS: $15 for TBS members / $20 for public @ www.ticketpro.ca,
plus FREE concerts
WEB: www.torontobluessociety.com, www.gladstonehotel.com, www.shakurasaida.
com, www.fathead.biz, www.myspace.com/24thstreetwailers, www.harrisonkennedy.ca
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2010
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Homewreckers and The Holmes Brothers. www.
kitchenerbluesfestival.com
Here come the Festivals: This issue of
MapleBlues includes a handy festival calendar
for Blues Festivals in the GTA and beyond. And
here's a taste of what's to come from two important
festivals (you heard it here first):
The Kitchener Blues Festival (August 5-8)
just announced their lineup and they are bringing
in some great talent this year including Lil Ed
and the Blues Imperials, Dr. John and the Lower
911, Watermelon Slim and the Workers, Eddie
"the Chief" Clearwater, JJ Grey and Mofro,
Moreland and Arbuckle, Monkey Junk, John
Campbelljohn, Delta Moon, CATL, Jonny
Lang, Matt Minglewood Band, Rick Estrin
and the Night Cats, Studebaker John and the
Hawks, FATHEAD, Waterstreet Blues Band,
Alexis P. Suter Band, Paul Reddick, Cheryl
Lescom, Finis Tasby, Buckwheat Zydeco, Debbie
Davies Band, Honeyboy Edwards, Sherman
Robertson, Digging Roots, Miss Angel and the
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2010
The Ottawa Bluesfest, July 6-18, will feature
(among many others) Alvin Youngblood Hart,
Campbell Brothers, Del Ray, Derek Trucks &
Susan Tedeschi Band, James Hunter, Joe Krown
Trio with Walter Wolfman Washington & Russell
Batiste, Marcia Ball & The Voice of The Wetlands
All Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville,
Anders Osborne, Johnny Sansone, Waylon
Thibodeaux, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux,
MattAndersen, Monster Mike Welch, Paul Rishell
& Annie Raines, Robert Randolph & the Family
Band, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Steve Dawson's
Mississippi Sheiks Project, Terrance Simien &
The Zydeco Experience, The Levon Helm Band,
Tommy Castro. http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca
Notice the new TBS 25th Anniversary
logo? Award winning music industry graphic
artist Michael Wrycraft has been commissioned to
create some splash for the Toronto Blues Society's
Twenty Fifth Anniversary. A campaign featuring
the logo by A Man Called Wrycraft will be rolling
out through the year. For a look at more of his
work visit www.wrycraft.com
Old Mill Blues: Danny Marks regular
Wednesdays at the Old Mill has moved to Friday.
The Friday Night Rhythm and BLUZ Party at
the Old Mill Inn kicked off April 16 with Raoul
Bhaneja of the Big Time and Paul Reddick. Danny
Marks & the Award Winners Band will get blues
fans burning up Toronto's best dance floor in this
swank new location for jazz and blues, superb
service, food and sound. Upcoming guests are
Paul James (May 21) Mr Rick and Sherie Marshall
(May 28). and Jerome Godboo (June 4)
Blues Birth: Congratulations to Jerome
Godboo and Jane Hayes on the birth of their new
daughter Chloe
DAWG-FM hits the airwaves:
Congratulations are also in order for 2009 Blues
Booster Ed Torres and his team at 101.9 DAWG
FM on the upcoming June 1 launch of their allblues radio station.
Blues Guitar Master Class/Workshop:
Jack de Keyzer (2010 JUNO Award Winner
Blues Album of the Year) offers four exclusive,
Master Classes in blues guitar on May 5, 12, 19
and 26. Various styles, songs and artists such
as Delta blues Chicago Blues , Texas blues ,
West coast, Urban blues and Soul Jazz will be
demonstrated along with detailed descriptions of
tunings, turn arounds, blues forms, jazz modes,
licks, runs, chords and scales. Classes will be
interactive, fun and will feature several songs per
lesson for the students to take home and work
on. The course/classes are geared for all level
of players. Individual classes or all 4 packages
available. For more info and to order online: http://
www.jackdekeyzer.com/masterclass.htm or call
Creative MathAnd Music 905-686-6284 or email
bluestarrecords@rogers.com
Blues History in Stoufville: The Morgan
Davis event at the Earl of Whitchurch in Stouffville
previously announced here has been cancelled.
Morgan sends his regrets but there will be
several opportunities to catch a performance
by this Toronto blues expat (see listing pages).
Doc Snake's History of the Blues will take place
Thursday May 6 at the Earl of Whitchurch. Doc
Snake (the creation of Hurricane Mike Thompson)
is an uneducated itinerant black man who was born
a slave near Vicksburg cir. 1842. His name, "Doc
Snake", is his "Blues name". His real name was/
is "Willie King". He died in a knife-fight when he
was drunk on whiskey and gambling with a friend,
in 1913. It was an "accident" and he forgave his
murderer. Although he's fictitious, Willie is now
"The spirit of the blues" which lives inside each of
us. On Thursday May 6, starting at 8:00pm, Doc
Snake will give a history of the Blues, from his
perspective. A blues jam follows, starting at about
9:30pm. Tickets are $10. Contact Jim Priebe for
tickets, 647-992-8294 or priebe.jim@gmail.com
National Organ and Tissue Donation
Awareness Week: Toronto's "Sweetheart of
Swing", Alex Pangman, has been hard at work
getting the word out about the life-saving act of
organ donations and she is living proof (having
cont’d on page 9
Jack de Keyzer's Corktown Sessions won the JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year. The "hardest working
bluesman in town" plays the Silver Dollar Room on May 29, The Cadillac Lounge on May 14 along with regular
appearances at the Sky Lounge, the Delta Chelsea and numerous other venues around the GTA and beyond (see
listings). And now "Professor" Jack is offering a blues guitar master class (see Loose Blues News for details).
Tate’s Vintage
Gallery
Here's another in our ongoing series of
revealing portraits of relatively obscure artists
who dared to be different by Blues aficionado/
reporter Gary Tate who also broadcasts an oldtime Country show, Howdy Neighbor Howdy,
every Saturday 12 noon - 1 pm & Wednesday 6-7
pm at www.whistleradio.com . Gary welcomes
your feedback at gmtgt@yahoo.com
Lester Butler:
Cult status has
been conferred
upon Lester
Butler in wake
of his tragic
death at age 38.
A convincing
singer and mean
harmonica
player, Butler
distinguished
himself in the
contemporary
blues world with
his tough, no-nonsense approach. Keeping the
faith with the classic blues of Muddy Waters,
Little Walter, and Howlin’ Wolf, Butler also
appealed to younger audiences by ratcheting up
the energy level.
Backing up legends like Billy Boy Arnold
and Finis Tasby enhanced Lester’s reputation on
a West Coast scene crammed with gold-standard
players. Rick Rubin of American Records
captured Lester & The Red Devils shaking the
rafters at Hollywood’s “King King” club. As their
notoriety expanded, celebrities lined up to revel
in their presence, while famous names like Mick
Jagger and Billy Gibbons sat in with them. The
band’s national tours saw them opening for Los
Lobos, John Lee Hooker, and Allman Brothers.
The Red Devils broke up in 1994---one year
after their European breakthrough tour. In 1996,
Butler teamed with guitarist Alex Schultz to form
the band “13”. In Holland’s underground music
scene, LB was accorded god-like status, receiving
royal treatment at venues like Amsterdam’s
“Maloe Meloe” club. “13”s debut album captured
the intensity that induced audiences to lose
themselves in the healing power of their music.
The circumstances surrounding Butler’s 1998
passing are beyond dispute. A court found two
drug dealers guilty of overdosing an unconscious
Butler while he was unable to defend himself. The
lenient sentences (2 years) were a result of an outof-control plea-bargaining process.
History’s focus should dwell exclusively on
Lester Butler’s lifetime accomplishments.
- Gary Tate
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Summer
Festivals
June 3 - 6
Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival
Orangeville, Ont.
1-888-79BLUES
www.objf.org
June 25 - July 6
Montreal International Jazz Festival
Montreal, Que.
1-888-515-0515
www.montrealjazzfest.com
July 16 - 18
Bluesfest International
Windsor & London, Ont.
1-866-934-6889
www.thebluesfest.com
August 13 - 15
Dutch Mason Blues Festival
Truro, Nova Scotia
1-866-993-8824
www.dutchmason.com
July 6 - 18
Cisco Bluesfest
Ottawa, Ont.
1-866-258-3748
www.ottawabluesfest.ca
July 16 - 18
Frankford Island Blues Festival
Belleville, Ont.
www.loyalblues.ca
August 20 - 22
Labatt Blues Festival
Edmonton, Alta
780-708-7230
www.bluesinternationalltd.com
July 9 - 11
Mariposa Folk Festival
Orillia, Ont.
www.mariposafolk.com
July 16 - 25
Beaches International Jazz Festival
Toronto, Ont.
416-698-2152
www.beachesjazz.com
July 9 - 11
Thunder Bay Blues Festival
Thunder Bay, Ont.
1-800-463-6817
www.tbayblues.ca
July 23 - 25
Burlington Jazz and Blues Festival
Burlington, Ont.
905-769-1085
www.burlingtonjazzbluesfestival.ca
June 11 - 13
Orillia Spring Blues Festival
Orillia, Ont.
www.orilliaspringblues.com
July 9 - 11
Porquis Bluesfest
Porquis Junction, Ont.
1-888-524-8880
www.porquis.ca
August 5 - 10
Kitchener Blues Festival
Kitchener, Ont.
www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com
June 25 - July 4
TD Toronto Jazz Festival
Toronto, Ont.
416-928-2033
www.torontojazz.com
July 9 - 18
Mt. Tremblant International Blues
Festival
Mt. Tremblant, Que.
www.tremblantblues.com
June 4 - 6
Waterfront Blues
Toronto, Ont.
www.waterfrontblues.ca
June 10 - 21
Barrie Jazz & Blues Festival
Barrie, Ont.
www.barriejazzbluesfest.com
September 10 - 12
Southside Shuffle
Port Credit, Ont.
905-271-9449
www.southsideshuffle.com
September 14 - 19
Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
Fredericton, New Brunswick
1-888-622-5837
www.harvestjazzandblues.com
- compiled by Sharon Grace, Jordan
Safer and Derek Andrews
August 11 - 15
FestiBlues International de Montreal
Montreal, Que.
514-337-8425
www.festiblues.com
For more info on Canadian Festivals:
www.ocff.ca
www.wrad.ca
www.jazzfestivalscanada.com
For more info on US and
International Festivals:
www.bluesfestivalguide.com.
May 1-8pm
Blue Midnight, Tribute to Little Walter
Raoul & The Big Time
w/ special guests Chris Whiteley, Tortoise Blue, Shrimp Daddy,
Mark"Bird"Stafford, Doctor Nick & more
May 8-7:45pm
Robbie Rox & The Raw Trio
"Spadina Reunion"
May 15-8pm
Terr y Blersh Band
May 22-8pm
Paul Reddick Band
May 27-7pm
B.A.D. Ride Kick Off
Gar y Kendall Band
May 29-8pm
"Juno Winner"
Jack de Keyzer
May 31-8pm
Mory The Sockman`s Birthday Party
feat: The Sock-It-To-You Allstar Band w/ Chuck
Jackson, David Rotundo & Cheryl Lescom
June 12-8pm
Lucky Peterson
Dinner reservations available for all shows, doors at 6pm,
more info thesilverdollarroom@hotmail.com
486 Spadina Ave 416-763-9139
www.silverdollarroom.com
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LOOSE BLUES NEWS cont’d from p 5
received a double-lung transplant in 2008)
that signing your organ donation card makes
a difference. She's been kept busy with media
appearances occasionally spiced with a track from
her soon-to-be-released jazz record "33" (as in
33rpm, songs from 1933, and it will be released
on a vinyl record. How cool is that? Watch for
Alex appearances at Summerfolk (with Lickin
Good Fried) and the Toronto Jazz Festival (with
her jazz project). For more information on organ
donations, go to www.Organdonations.ca
Congratulations to Blueswax, who just
celebrated their 500th edition of their weekly
e-letter that keeps us all informed about the blues.
Don Wilcock, Editor-in-Chief, writes "I like to tell
people my job at BluesWax is like being Captain
Kirk at the controls of The Enterprise while in
warp speed. As we celebrate the 500th issue of
BluesWax and my one-year anniversary as Editorin-Chief, I look back on the most exciting year in
my professional life. My overriding emotion is
one of disbelief at people who wring their hands
and proclaim the sky is falling on the Blues. The
sky may be crying because of the economic and
political chaos in the world, but creatively we
are in the most vibrant time in the history of the
genre." BluesWax is the largest subscription-based
publication of its kind. and part of the company
that puts out the world's Blues magazine, Blues
Revue." To subscribe to Blueswax go to http://
www.blueswax.com
Muchas Gracias
New Members: Nicole Gaboury, Paul Hentschel, Alan Kindler, Ladies in Blues Production/Eileen
Joyce Harvey, Pete J. Mizzoni,
Renewing Members: Denis, Lucy & Erin Burns, Kevin Copp, Doctor Wayne Wolfstadt, Razani
and Moyra Fulwell, Robert Kennington, Richard Kucey, johnny mc, Erin McCallum, Bill Munson,
Danny Ogaki, Porquis Recreational Association, Karen Rieschi, Liz Sykes, Manni Temiseva, The
Silver Dollar Room, Eric Thom, Jake Thomas, Toronto City Roots Festival/Howard Gladstone, Tucker
Enterprises/Earl Tucker,Stephen Van Eeuwyk, Kenneth D. Wilson
Andrew Galloway / Electro-Fi
Barry A. Edson LLB
Beaches Jazz Festival
Brian David Johnston
Bruce Hall / Grand River Blues Society
Dana R.Clarence
Delta Chelsea Hotel
Dickenson Group
Doctor Terry Kananagh
Dr. Scott Peaker
Ed Torres [SKYWORDS]
Emerald Audio Resources Ltd
James Doran / Choose the
Blues Productions
Joan M. Hill
Jeffrey A. Barkin
Michael Kalmar-The Old Mill Inn
Larry Kurtz / Orangeville
Blues and Jazz Festival
Larry and Barbara Large
Lavigne Tavern
Linus Entertainmement/True
North Records
Limestone City Blues Festival
Long & McQuade
Lou Dawg's Southern
Sandwiches
Michael Malone
Music By The Bay Live
Myron J. Wolfe
NorthernBlues Music
Palais Royale/Sockman
Pete Otis Music
Peter “SAB” Sabourin
PICCILINO
Porquis Blues Society
Psychedome Studios/William
A. Miller
Wayne "Son" Roberts (Son
Roberts Band)
Ross Robinson
Cathy Sedlmaier
Peter Sidgwick
Saturday Night Blues
Silver Dollar Room
Sky Restaurant & Cocktail
Lounge
Stony Plain Records
The New Mynah Birds/Les
Hoffman
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the non-originals have been omitted and the CD
re-sequenced for a better flow. It is a very good
thing that such an important part of our heritage
will be available much more readily.
Illustration by Nathaniel Mesner
Sue Foley & Peter Karp He Said She Said
Blind Pig/Stony Plain/Warner Music
Fourteen vignettes on their relationship form
this project by these two blues-based singer/
songwriters and it brings something a little different
to the CD shelves. They began all this with email
and letter exchanges, hence the Wrycraft
cover art. They’ve been touring this show for a
while now and I think this workshopping has
contributed enormously to the success of the disc.
Pre-production in Ottawa with Terry Gillespie led
to the two guitarists being joined by various horns
& harmonica in some delightful arrangements.
But the meat is in the songs: there is much more
honesty here than you might have expected and no
recourse to lines from the common tradition – all
contemporary stuff. As befits the theme, most of
the songs feature one or the other, but the bluesy
opener, “Treat Me Right” is a duet that leaves no
doubt that this relationship is going to be among
equals. You’ll appreciate a lot of these vignettes:
“Rules of Engagement” particularly. Foley sings
a couple of tender ballads and “Valentine’s Day”
is gorgeous, a passionate duet with great acoustic
slide guitar from Karp and finger picked guitar
from Foley with some lovely harmony vocals.
Karp’s “Dear Girl” has a catchy melody that’ll
stay with you for days. The highlights just go on.
Get this one.
Little Miss Higgins Across The Plains
Outside Music
The previous albums have leaned rather
heavily on humourous little songs about living
in the middle of nowhere, aka Nokomis, SK.
There are some like that here, most prominently
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“Bargain! Shop Panties”, but on other songs,
Jolene Higgins has impressively pulled out
all the stops on her vocals, adding horns to the
arrangements. These new songs are clearly from
the same wellspring, and represent a major leap
forward. “Wash These Blues Away” has a long
melody line that she might not have carried off so
successfully before. “Snowin’Today: Lament For
Louis Riel” is the studio version of a song done
live on the last album and begins a sequence that
shows that political activism is still alive and well
in Saskatchewan. It supplies the album’s title as
well. It has also gained a verse in French. “Hope
You Don’t Feel Blue (when I tell you the truth)”
and lines such as ‘when they take your tractor
away’ make this one much more forthright and
gets some of Miss Higgins’ most impassioned
singing, even over rather long passages of text.
The sequence ends with an a capella “Gather
My Fruit”. There’s a tender love song, performed
solo, and then back to the fun stuff with “Glad The
Whiskey Fits Inside My Purse”. It starts as though
we’re listening to a 78 rpm disc, which then starts
skipping before the rest of the song kicks in, in
studio sound. The best is saved for last, with a new
version of the somber “Slaughterhouse”, from the
first CD. Big Dave McLean contributes harp and
Tim Williams, mandolin. There’s no fun in this
one but it is a stone solid down home blues. Little
Miss Higgins & Foy Taylor have turned their
love of thirties blues & pop music into a viable
modern enterprise. With this caliber of singing &
songwriting it should last as long as they want it to.
They are touring from one coast to the other with
the new CD but don’t get here until Mariposa. The
web site is www.littlemisshiggins.com.
Bobby Dean Blackburn Don’t Ask… Don’t
Tell Electro-Fi/Outside Music
I reviewed the first version of this disc back in
November and that review is at the TBS web site.
The Electro-Fi version improves on that already
good album: it now opens with a new, solo,
original, “Are You Ready” and a reprise closes it.
“Kitchen Blues”, a wonderful duet with Liberty
Silver has also been added with some fine dobro
playing from Joel Morelli. There is also a very
fine new slow blues, “Twilight Time”. Two of
The Steve Strongman Band Live At The
Barn CD/DVD Self
The Barn is exactly that, a century old one,
hiding a modern recording facility. The Barn
is listed on its web site as being somewhere in
Southern Ontario. It’s also hiding. The contact
is Dave King who also holds the drum chair
in The Steve Strongman Band. The last CD,
Blues In Colour was recorded there and the idea
of doing a live concert there in front of an invited
audience was a brilliant one. Steve begins solo
and these four performances sound warm and
intimate. He invites King and his bass player,
Colin Lapsley, up and the concert proper begins
with the trio performing selections from Blues In
Colour and Honey. “Why Would I Lie”, “Take
My Arms”, “Soul Searching” and “Honey” get
particularly fine performances but it’s difficult
to choose from this set list. Toward the end there
is a lovely introduction to “Shout It Out Loud”,
written for a friend who has MS, it brought to mind
that the program could perhaps have benefited
from a bit more interaction with the audience - a
minor quibble. At sixteen songs, this is an already
generous DVD but the bonus features include
an interview segment and four more songs not
used in the main program. The Steve Strongman
Band brings a new level of intensity to a live
performance and that intensity is well captured
here. Dave King directed but with him at the drum
kit, he obviously prepared his camera crew well.
Their camera work, the editing, the audio are all
top notch. Steve Strongman is the 2009 winner of
the Mel Brown Blues Award, presented by the
Grand River Blues Society. This document shows
it was a wise choice. If you don’t have his CDs
yet, this is the place to start. His web site is www.
stevestrongman.com.
Matt Andersen Live From The Phoenix
Theatre Busted Flat/Universal
The Globe and Mail has called him the biggest
thrill in Canadian blues since Jeff Healey and
while that statement was partly a pun (Andersen
is six-foot-two and 400 lbs) it was also a rave
review of his live show at the Glenn Gould
Studio in February. Andersen obviously thrives
in a live setting, the energy & charisma behind
his powerful voice, combined with his very good
material entirely justifies the Globe’s statement.
This CD is more than a document of a wonderful
live show, however. Andersen was close to home,
the Phoenix is in St. John NB, and he was able
to bring some friends along: Ian Sherwood on
tenor sax, Thom Swift (lead guitar on “To Leave
What Should Be Left Alone”), Scott Hupman,
Ryan Hupman (on “Have You Got The Blues”)
(Congratulations to The Hupman Brothers for
winning the Blues Album of the Year at the East
Coast Music Awards for Countin’ Quarters.) &
Mike Stevens (on “I Play The Fool For You” &
“Devil’s Bride”) plus a string quartet (on “Bold
& Beaten”). The audience, completely won over,
joins in enthusiastically on the closing “Round
And Round”. If you didn’t have any ofAndersen’s
previous albums, this handy career-summing disc
is the one to get. It seems the show will be available
on DVD as well, look for that too. Check his web
site at www.stubbyfingers.ca.
singer, with a superb sense of the blues. His choice
of Rice Miller & Jimmy Reed songs, carried
off with aplomb, set the tone from the opener on
through. Steve Pineo’s “Canadian Man” adds
some contemporary sounds.
His harmonica work is always concise and
appropriate, an essential element in this repertoire
and Guest’s piano is simply magnificent: he seems
to be enjoying himself immensely supplying all
the accompaniment a singer might need. Mention
should also be made of Duke Ellington’s “Don’t
Get Around Much Anymore” which allows the
duo to show another side of their playing. If you
didn’t get a copy of their CD while they were here,
go to www.harpdogbrown.com.
smoking. It would seem he’s singing from deep
personal experience. The one non-original is a
fine performance of the Carter Family song, “No
Depression In Heaven”. He writes that he did this
song because he remembered family singalongs
as a child. They are obviously fond memories.
Swift & Charles Austin produced and they have
done a marvelous job. The seamless weaving of
acoustic & electric instruments is some of the most
pleasing I’ve heard.
-John Valenteyn
jvalenteyn8724@rogers.com
Thom Swift blue sky day Ground Swell/
Warner Music
Swift returns the favour on his second solo
CD, inviting Andersen to sing harmony vocals
throughout and very helpfully on “Blue Sky”.
Swift’s disc is a collection of fine new songs and he
has assembled a stellar band to help deliver them,
led by master percussionist Geoff Arsenault and
keyboard ace Bill Stevenson. The stand out songs
for me are the opening “Stand Tall (when you’re
overwhelmed)”; the bluesy “One Way Track”,
urging today’s youth to be pro-active, with Swift on
electric slide guitar & National Steel and “Killer”, a
solid rocker urging people to persevere in quitting
TALENT
Harpdog Brown & Graham Guest Above
and Beyond Dog Breath
By all accounts, it was an impressive visit
from these Edmonton natives to show off their
new disc. With Harpdog on vocals & harmonica
and Guest on piano we have another on our list of
all-too-rare such acoustic gems. Harpdog is a fine
search
Submissions are now open for the annual Toronto Blues Society Talent Search! Deadline for
submissions is 5 PM on Friday, June 18th, 2010. The finalists will perform before a panel of judges at
Nathan Phillips Square on Thursday, August 12th (Tasty Food Day)
Artists who have not made a nationally distributed or major label recording should send a cassette
or CD with three songs (material must have been recorded within the past two years.) Make sure the
recording is clearly labeled, and include a bio (200 words max), photo and contact information, including
mailing address and phone number. Enclose entry fee of $15 (cheques payable to the Toronto Blues
Society. Please don’t send cash), and mail to:Toronto Blues Society Talent Search, 910 Queen St. W.,
Suite B04, Toronto, ON M6J 1G6. Submission via Sonicbids at www.sonicbids.com/tbstalentsearch
TOP BLUES
CBC Radio One (99.1)
"Saturday Night Blues",
w/ Holger Petersen (national)
Saturday 10:05pm-12:00am
(on Radio 2 Saturday at 6:00pm),
JAZZ-FM (91.1)
"Bluz FM" w/ Danny Marks
Saturday 8:00 pm-midnight
CKLN-FM (88.1)
"Blue Remedy"
w/ Blues Doctor Julie Hill, Wednesday 8-10pm,
CIUT-FM (89.5)
"Let The Good Times Roll",
w/ John Valenteyn
Thursday 3-5pm,
CHRY-FM (105.5)
"Everyday I Have the Blues",
w/ Vince Vitacco Monday 9-11pm,
This month's recommended listening by Brad Wheeler,
music writer for the Globe and Mail
*Little Miss Higgins Across The Plains (independent)
Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig (Nonesuch)
Mose Allison The Way of the World (Anti-)
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
*Sue Foley & Peter Karp He Said She Said (Blind Pig)
Solomon Burke Nothing’s Impossible (E1)
Johnny Shines Too Wet to Plow (Fat Possum)
*The Pack a.d. We Kill Computers
Luther Allison Songs from the Road (Ruff)
Michael Tarbox My Primitive Joy (Minor Detail)
Tail Dragger Live at Rooster’s Lounge (Delmark)
Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast)
Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune (Sony)
*Various Artists Blue Midnight: A Live Tribute to Little Walter (independent)
Guitar Shorty Bare Knuckle (Alligator)
The Holmes Brothers Feed My Soul (Alligator)
Moreland & Arbuckle Flood (Telarc)
*Catl With the Lord for Cowards You Will Find No Place (independent)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Dirty Shirt Rock ‘n’ Roll (Shout! Factory)
*denotes Canadian
CFMU-FM (93.3)
"Mr. Pointy Shoes" w/ Dennis Smith
Tuesday 11:00pm-12:00am
"Blues Experience" w/ Mike Wallace
Wednesday 6:00-7:30pm ,
“Breakfast of Champions" w/ Paul Panchezak
Thursday 10:00am-12:00pm (Hamilton area).
CKWR (98.5 FM)
“Old Chicago Blues" w/ Willy A,
Friday 10:30 pm-midnight (Waterloo)
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CIOI-FM (101.5 FM)
"Thursday Night Blues Revue", with Little Willie
Thursday 6-9pm (Hamilton)
CJLX (92.3 FM)
"Saturday Night Blues Review", with George Vaughan.
Saturday 6-7pm (Belleville)
CFRU (93.3 FM)
"The Blues Review", with Roopen Majithia
Tuesday 9.00 pm (Guelph)
CFBU (103.7 FM)
"Eclectic Blues" with Deborah Cartmer
Tuesday 7-9 pm (St. Catharines)
CFMU (93.3 FM)
"Patchwork Blues" w/ Diane Wells (aka Misty Blue)
Every Monday 6-9 am (Hamilton)
CANOE-FM (100.9 FM)
"Blue Canoe" with Zoe Chilco
Tuesday 7-9 pm (Haliburton County)
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"Birthday's happen every day but the annual birthday party that Mory the Sockman throws at this time every year is unique! It's far more than just
another party -- it's a rockin' birthday bash -- a spectacular gala event featuring the best Blues talent in Canada. So mark down Monday, May 31,
2010 a red letter day in your Blues calendar. Friends, family and well-wishers will be gathering to wish Mory good health happiness and many more
birthday's to come. The celebration takes place at he SILVER DOLLAR, the premier Blues club in T.O.
If this party is anything like the spectacular shows Sockman promoted last year at the Palais Royale, featuring MAGIC SLIM and the TEARDROPS
(October 2009 ) and DANNY BROOKS and the ROCKIN" REVELATORS (birthday show in May 2009 ), then the excitement won't stop until
everyone is exhausted from shaking up the dance floor!
The fun begins at 8:00 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) and tickets are available by contacting the Sockman at 416-727-7012. Please get yours early as this show
will sell out." - GARY TATE
12-May Ernest Lee and Cotton
Traffic Rockin' Blues Jam 9pm
TORONTO LISTINGS
Black Swan Tavern 154 Danforth 26-May Ernest Lee and Cotton
Ave. 416-469-0537
8-May Nightbox, Pete Otis, Chris Highway 61 BBQ 1620 Bayview
Casserly, Bruce Palait
Ave 416-489-7427
Blue Goose 1 Blue Goose 416- Every Tues Brian Blain &
guests upstairs 7:00-10:00 pm
255-2442 Etobicoke
Colorblind Brian's Blues Campfire
7-May Paul Storm Band
(all musicians welcome)
Cadillac Lounge 1296 Queen
8-May Terry Gillespie with Terry
Street West 416-536-7717
Owen
29-May Paul James Band
15-May Mark Bird Stafford and
10:00pm -1:30am $10. at the door Darran Poole 8 - 11pm
Delta Chelsea Monarchs Pub 33 19-May Morgan Davis
Gerrard and Yonge St 416-585Hollywood on the Queensway
4352
1184 The Queensway 416-2516-May Jerome Godboo w/Jack de 0288 Etobicoke
Keyzer Band 9p.m. -1a.m.
2-May David Rotundo Band 4:30
13-May Jerome Godboo w/Dave pm - 9 pm
Murphy/Dan Nordermeer 9p.m.
Horseshoe Tavern 368 Queen
-1a.m.
St. West 416-598-4753
20-May Jerome Godboo w/
Morgan Davis/Alec Fraser 9p.m. 7-Jun Sulfur City Blues Band
9:15:00
-1a.m.
27-May Jerome Godboo w/Eric
Schenkman/Pat Rush/Al Cross/
Alec Fraser 9p.m. -1a.m.CD
release
Hugh's Room 2261 Dundas St.
W. 416-531-6604
5-Jun Mose Scarlett
9-Jun Diana Braithwaite & Chris
Dominion on Queen 500 Queen Whiteley 8 pm Tickets $20
advance,$22.50 at door CD
St. East 416-368-6893
Release
15-May Paul Reddick
17-Jun Carlos del Junco
Feathers 962 Kingston Road
Islington Village "Paint The
416-694-0443
1-May GG & The Hounds 8:00 - Street Festival" Dundas St W
& Michael Power 416-767-7985
12:00
Islington Village
Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles Ave. 5-Jun The Heart Attacks 2PM
416-588-2930
Massey Hall 178 Victoria Street
Owen and the Blue Hornet Band 416-872-4255
28-May George Thorogood & The
9pm-12am
Destroyers
Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen
Quigleys 2232 Queen St East
416-699-9998
28-May TBS 25th Anniversary
28-May Jerome Godboo with
Party 7pm Shakura S’Aida,
Shawn Kellerman/Al Cross/Alec
Harrison Kennedy, 24th Street
Fraser CD Release 10p.m. -2a.m.
Wailers, Fathead
Grossman's Tavern 379 Spadina
Ave. 416-977-7000
7-May The Grisbrook Kendall
Band 10pm
Rose & Crown 2335 Yonge st.
416-487-7673
21-May Blues Miner start time
9:30PM
Scruffy Murphy's 150 Eglinton
Avenue East 416-484-6637
29-May GG & The Hounds 10:00
From the smog of Hamilton's Steeltown emerges alt. cabaret chanteuse, and
powerhouse vocalist Ginger St. James and her band, The Grinders (Snow-Heel
Slim, Greg Brisco, Tyrone Ramsey, and Andre Tellier). They hit The Cadillac
Lounge on May 15 to celebrate the launch of their debut recording titled Spank,
Sparkle & Growl
The Boiler House 55 Mill Street
416-203-2121
7-May Mark bird Stafford - Darran
Poole - Dennis Pinhorn The
Distillery District - 9 - 1am
The Central 603 Markham St.
M6G 2L7 416 913 4586
1-May Li'l Blues Pill
The Chicken Deli 744 mount
pleasant 416-489-3363
2-May Mark bird Stafford special
guest with Robbie Lane and the
Disciples
The Great Hall 1087 Queen W
416-537-0803
22-May Carolyn Wonderland
8:30pm/with Michelle Madeira and
Andy Mondello/$28.50adv
The Maple Leaf House 2749
Lakeshore Blvd West 416-255
2558 Etobicoke
14-May The Blazers 21:30:00
The Mod Club Theatre 722
College St 416-588-4663
1-May Urban Preacher 11pm
The Old Mill and Spa 21 Old Mill
Road 416-236-2749
21-May Danny Marks 7:30pm w/
Paul James doors at 6pm
28-May Danny Marks 7:30 pm
with Mr Rick and Sherie Marshall
The Rex Hotel 194 Queen St.
West 416-5982475
8-May Raoul and The Big Time
3:30-6:30
The Silver Dollar Room 486
Spadina Ave. 416-763-9139
1-May Blue Midnight, Tribute to
Little Walter Raoul & The Big
Time w/Chris Whiteley, Tortoise
Blue, Doctor Nick, Shrimp Daddy,
Mark"Bird"Stafford 8pm
8-May Robbie Rox & The Raw
Trio, Spadina Reunion 19:45:00
15-May The Terry Blersh Band
8pm
22-May Paul Reddick 8pm
27-May The Gary Kendall Band
7pm B.A.D. Ride Kick Off Party
29-May The Jack de Keyzer Band
8pm
31-May The Sock-It-To-You Allstar
Band 8pm feat: Chuck Jackson,
David Rotundo, Cheryl Lescom,
Pat Carey, Michael Fonfara, Gary
Kendall, Mike Fitzpatrick, Steve
Grisbrook-Mory The Sockman`s
Birthday Party
12-Jun Lucky Peterson 8pm
Sound Academy 11 Polson
Street 416-461-3625
25-May Sharon Jones & The Dap
Kings
get yourself listed:
Browse to www.torontobluessociety.com and click on "Live Blues".
You will be directed how to enter your event into our database and
from there it will be promoted in this newsletter, on our website and in
our weekly e-mail blasts. Please keep the gig listings within reasonable driving distance of Toronto.
14 MapleBlues May
2010
Timothy's Pub 344 Browns Line
416-201-9515
1-May Bill Beaumont Blues
Deluxe 9:30-1am
Trane Studio 964 Bathurst St.
416-913-8197
2-May Michael Pickett 8pm $15
Wiseguys 2301 Danforth Avenue
416-694-2005
- 2:00
- 2:00
905 & BEYOND
Amazing Coffee 41 Prince Albert
W. 613-473-9994 Madoc
5-May Michael Pickett 8pm
Artword Artbar 15 Colbourne St.
905-543-8512 Hamilton
18-Jun Michael Pickett 8pm $10
Augusta House 17 Augusta
Street 905-522-5111 Hamilton
1-May Andre & The J-Tones 10
p.m. Free
29-May Niagara Rhythm Section
with Eric Maha Eric Mahar
5-Jun Niagara Rhythm Section w/
Fergus Hambleton
12-Jun Niagara Rhythm Section
with Al Lerman Al Lerman
Confederation Place Hotel
237 Ontario St. 613-549-6300
Kingston
4-Jun Lil' Ed and the Blues
Imperials 7 pm - 12pm
Crown and Phoenix 9580 Yonge
Street 905-508-1733 Richmond
Hill
11-Jun Blackboard Blues Band
10:00 p.m. start
Dobro Restaurant & Bar 289
George Street North 705-7759645 Peterborough
3-Jun Morgan Davis
Downtown Bookstore 519-3729760 Owen Sound
3-May Morgan Davis Summerfolk
Concert Series
Griffin Pub 9 Chancery Lane
705-646-0438 Bracebridge
15-May Morgan Davis
Back Eddies 660 Queen Street
519-353-4787 Paisley
6-May Morgan Davis
Groove Kitchen 656 King Street
East 519-650-4452 Cambridge
27-May Morgan Davis
Black Cat Pub 3515 Dundas St
West 647-430-8530
15-May Cross Eyed Cat
Grumbler's 1620 Regent Street
705-522-1200 Sudbury
16-May Morgan Davis
Blue Mountain Arts Centre 163
hurontario Street. 705-444-4449
collingwood
20-May Michael Pickett 7 - 9pm
$10/advance $15/door
House Concert Scarborough
1-May Michael Pickett Private
Blues On The Farm Edwards
On
20-May Fathead
Bread & Honey Festival
Streetsville Memorial Park 905
816-1640 Streetsville
5-Jun Andre & The J-Tones 5:30
p.m.
House Concert 289-876-9202
Port Sydney
8-May Michael Pickett
wardpeter@bellnet.ca
House Concert 705-437-1352
Pefferlaw
Canopy Alliston, On
29-May Erin McCallum 9:30 p.m.
start
Lavigne Tavern 10521 hwy 64
705-594-2301 Lavigne, Ont
7-May Kim Simmonds solo
acoustic singer/guitarist from
Savoy Brown. tickets $10.00
22-May The Julian Fauth Band
2009 Juno Award Winners $10.00
cover at the door
5-Jun Solomon Dean No Cover
charge
Carrigan Arms 2025 Upper
Middle Road 905-332-6130
Burlington
28-May The Smoke Wagon Blues
Band
Leander Boat Club 50 Leander
Drive 905-527-7377 Hamilton
29-May The Smoke Wagon Blues
Band With Sonny Del Rio/Blues
With a Feeling Festival
Cinnamon Jims 401 Turnberry
Street 519-887-8011 Brussels
21-May Morgan Davis
Lion Tavern 15 Lock st 905 935
4406 St. Catharines
1-May Rick Taylor 3:30-7pm
8-May Mark "bird" Stafford 3:307pm
15-May Mike McKenna 3:30-7pm
22-May Steve Grisbrook 3:307pm
29-May Raoul Bhaneja & Darren
Gallen 3:30-7pm
Bud's on the Bay 17 Broad
Street 613-345-4341 Brockville
11-Jun Morgan Davis
Corks 19 Queen St. Niagara-onthe-Lake 289-868-9527 Niagaraon-the-Lake
1-May Niagara Rhythm Section w/
Debbie Fleming 9.00 no cover
8-May Niagara Rhythm Section w/
Gayle Ackroyd
w/Martin Aucoin & Paul Martin
with Lance Anderson
p.m. till 1 a.m. FREE
Liquid Lounge 159 Sydenham
St. 519-756-3939 Brantford
1-May John Dickie/Ray Harrison/
Freddie Keeler Saturday Matinee
3 to 6pm
8-May Steve Grisbrook with Mike
McDonald Saturday Matinee 3
to 6pm
15-May Joel Guenther with Jesse
O`Brien Saturday Matinee 3 to
6pm
22-May Lance Anderson and
Friends Saturday Matinee 3 to
6pm
29-May John Finley/Michael
Fonfara/Alistair Robertson
Saturday Matinee 3 to 6pm
Lobsterfest - St. John’s Hall
2185 Stavebank Road 905-2771270 Mississauga
p.m. $75
Local Gastropub 37 Dunlop
Street West 705-252-9220 Barrie
7-May Morgan Davis
London Music Club 470
Colborne Street 519-640-6996
London
7-May Jerome Godboo guests
with Robbie Antone 8p.m.
470 Colborne Street 519-6406996 London
26-May Morgan Davis
M.E. & Suzies 295 Bridge Street
519-782-3663 Port Stanley
23-24-May Morgan Davis
Mississauga Marathon
Lakeshore Rd & Hurontario Port
Credit
16-May The Heart Attacks 9AM1PM
Moonshine Cafe 137 Kerr Street
905-844-2655 Oakville
30-May Morgan Davis
Music By The Bay Live 590
Liverpool Rd. Pickering
6-May Michael Pickett $20 ($23
PayPal)
Music Hall 185 Queens Ave 519432-1107 London
15-May Billy Branch & The Sons
Of Blues 7:00 pm wsg Michael
Burks - $25
A"guitar player's guitar player", veteran
Terry Blersh brings his band to the
Silver Dollar May 15 (showtime 8pm)
North Side Cobourg 92 King
Cobourg
10-Jun Lucky Peterson 8pm/65
tickets/$30 call 905-377-9709
Oasis 31 King St E 905-372-6634
Cobourg
26-May Al Lerman with Lance
Anderson 19:30:00
12-May Morgan Davis
O'Reilly's 43 Gore Street East
613-267-7994 Perth
14-May Morgan Davis
22-May Tim Bastmeyer Solo
Acoustic Blues
Port Albert Inn 519-529-7986
Goderich
22-May Morgan Davis
Prince Albert Inn 69 Main Street
905-473-1629 Mt. Albert
28-May Morgan Davis
Rainbow Bistro 76 Murray Street
613-241-5123 Ottawa
13-May Morgan Davis
Regent Theatre 224 Main Street
877-411-4761 Picton
9-May Andrew "Junior Boy" Jones
8:00 pm , $26.50
Renee's Cafe 106 Ottawa Ave.
705-386-0977 South River
10-Jun Morgan Davis
Roc'n Doc's Live Music Grill &
Rooftop Patio 105 Lakeshore Rd
E Port Credit 905-891-1754
1-May Joe Mavety 4:00:00
Lionheart British Pub 3221
Derry Road West Mississauga
905-824-6669 Mississauga
22-May Chris Chambers
10:00:00
23-May Chuck Jackson & The
All-Stars 4:30:00
26-May Jay & Vivian Vazquez
9:30:00
Stanley's Olde Maple Lane
Farm 2452 Yorks Corners Rd
613-821-2751 Edwards (Ottawa)
20-May Fathead 6:30 to 10:30
pm/Dinner & Show Fundraiser
for Alzheimer Society $55 plus
tax Advance Reservations
required
17-Jun Roxanne Potvin Blues
Band 6:30 to 10:30 pm/Dinner
& Show Fundraiser $55 plus tax
Advance Reservations required
Raoul & The Big Time host "Blue
Midnight, a Tribute to Little Walter"
with special guests Chris Whiteley,
Tortoise Blue, Doctor Nick, Shrimp
Daddy and Mark"Bird"Stafford
at The Silver Dollar Room on May
1, 8pm
All-Stars 4:30:00
6-May Fraser Daley 21:30:00
All-Stars 4:30:00
All-Stars 4:30:00
Sutton Park Inn 1126 Sutton
Street 519-396-2200 Kincardine
ON
14-May Michael Burks Tickets
$20, Bruce County Blues
The Arbour 13775 Hwy
#27, R.R. #1 905 859-4445
Schomberg
8-May The Blazers - Josh &
Pete 7pm
The Boathouse 57 Jubilee
Drive 519-745-7202 Kitchener
5-May Morgan Davis
The Corktown Pub 175 Young
St. 905-572-9242 Hamilton
4-Jun The Günter Ott Band 8
p.m.
The Cove Inn 2 Bedford St. 888268-3466 Westport
14-May Blackburn 7-11pm/$55
per person includes Full Buffet
The Duck (Golden Pheasant)
244 Ontario St. 905-687-9505 St.
Catharines
1-May Mighty Duck Blues Band
2:30-6:30pm special guest Chris
Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite
8-May The Mighty Duck Blues
Band 2:30-6:30pm special guest
Morgan Davis
Mike Branton
Paul James
Band 2:30-6:30pm special guests
David Rotundo & Jerome Godboo
(last matinee until Sept. 25th)
The Earl of Whitchurch 6204
Main Street 647-992-8294
Stouffville
6-May Doc Snake's History of the
Blues 8:00pm, $10
7-May The Blazers 21:30:00
The Groove Kitchen 656 King
St. East Cambridge Ontario
6-May Paul James Band
9:00pm -12:30 3 sets, www.
thegroovekitchen
The Harp Pub 55 Lakeshore Rd
E 905-274-3277 Port Credit
1-May The Heart Attacks w
Johnny Max 9PM
The Jordan House Tavern 3751
Main St 905-562-1607 Jordan
28-May The Heart Attacks 9PM
The Landing 19466 Yonge
Street 905 953-9794 Holland
Landing
5-Jun The Blazers 21:30:00
The Lavigne Tavern 10521 Hwy
64 705-594-2301 Lavigne
7-May Kim Simmonds Tickets
$10.00 in advance $15.00 at the
door
22-May The Julian Fauth Trio
$10.00 cover charge
The Lion Tavern 15 Lock Street
905-935-4406 Port Dalhousie
8-May Mark bird Stafford special
guest with Suzzane Hyatt 3:30 6pm Matinee
The Manchester Arms 304
Toronto St S Uxbridge
Acoustic Blues
The Markham Fair Grounds
10801 McCowan Rd(@ Elgin
Mills Rd) Markham ON
30-May The Gary Kendall Band
B.A.D. Ride Finale 1-4pm
The Moonshine Cafe 137 Kerr
Street 905-844-2655 Oakville
Owen - $10
16 MapleBlues May
2010
30-May Morgan Davis 8:30PM
$ 10
The Queen's Bush Hanover,
On
15-May Erin McCallum 9:00
p.m. start
The Queen's Bush Pub 351
10th St 519-346-6666 Hanover
22-May The Heart Attacks 9PM
the Sky Lounge 2680 Skymark
Ave. 905-625-9896 Mississauga
2-May Jerome Godboo/Jack de
Keyzer/John Dickie 4p.m.-8p.m.
9-May Jerome Godboo/Jack de
Keyzer/Chris Kenny 4p.m.-8p.m.
16-May Jerome Godboo w/Jack
de Keyzer/Carlos Del Junco
4p.m.-8p.m.
23-May Jerome Godboo/Raoul
Bhaneja/Darren Gallen 4p.m.8p.m.
30-May Jerome Godboo/Jack
de Keyzer/Kirsten Jones 4p.m.8p.m.
The Slye Fox 4057 New Street,
Unit 2 905-639-3900 Burlington
20-May Raoul and The Big Time
20:00:00
The Top Spot 87 1/2 High
Street Sutton
12-Jun Eddy Blues Band 9:30
start
The Waring House 613-4767492 Picton
2-Jun Morgan Davis
Tweedsmuir Tavern 211
Victoria St N 613-478-2710
Tweed
Acoustic Blues
Victoria Hall Concert Hall 55
King Street West 905-372-2210
Cobourg
8-May Andrew "Junior Boy"
Jones 8:00 pm $26.50 adv. $32
door
Waring House 800-621-4956
Picton
2-May Morgan Davis
4-Jun Morgan Davis
Waterfront Bistro 590 Liverpool
Road 905-831-8661 Pickering
($23 PayPal)
3-Jun Rita Chiarelli 8PM
Wilno Tavern 17589 Highway
60 613-756-2029 Wilno
6-May Andrew "Junior Boy"
Jones 8:00 pm, $22 adv. $25
door
11-Jun Lucky Peterson 8pm/90
tickets/$22 adv $25 door
Winchester Arms 171
Broadway Orangeville
5-Jun Erin McCallum
Zooma Zooma Cafe 3839 Main
Street 905-562-6280 Jordan
Village
29-May Morgan Davis
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