Stony Plain Anniversary On the side - Toronto Blues Society

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Morgan Davis 

plays the Gladstone 

Hotel Melody Bar on 

June 2 (see CD review 

on page 12) 

Stony Plain Anniversary 

On the side - Omar Tunnoch 

Loose Blues News 

John’s Blues Picks 

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Raoul and The Big Time wanted to donate a portion of the sales of their Little Walter Tribute "Blue Midnight" 

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Morgan Davis performs at the TBS "First Thursday" blues night at 

the Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar on June 2. There will be no cover 

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Holger Petersen contemplates the future of the Blues. Photo by Darren Jacknisky - Bluefish Studios 

STONY 

PLAIN 

Holger at the Helm 

Holger Petersen in conversation with TBS 

President Derek Andrews on the occasion of 

Stony Plain's 35th Anniversary 

DA: Congratulations on your thirty fifth 

anniversary of Stony Plain. As I try to frame 

your thirty fifth anniversary I am reminded 

of the Paul Simon song "Still Crazy After All 

These Years". While no one would call your 

temperament 'crazy' Holger, do you feel that 

the current recording industry climate makes 

for a certain determination and perseverance 

to stay in the business? 

HP: Yes, it’s all a bit crazy. It has changed 

but you’ve always needed determination and 

perseverance – especially in blues and roots 

music. We’re fortunate to have a catalog of 

timeless music and incredible artists that I think 

at the top of what they do. The quality stands out 

at the end of the day. Sales are down and all of 

us have been making adjustments. Recording 

budgets have gotten smaller and it’s harder for 

new artists to reach an audience. 

What is the ratio of the Stony Plain sales ratio 

with regard to physical sales vs digital? Are you 

finding your customer base is moving with the 

industry trend to move toward downloads? 

The radio for most blues releases for digital 

income in North America is 10% to 15%. The 

odd one is higher. The customer base has been 

slow to move and has unfortunately leveled off. 

Most other parts of the world are even lower. 

What do you see in your travels with regard 

to Canadian blues audiences? Are new fans 

coming to the blues? Does the aging of the 

demographic concern you? 

I find there are young people coming to the 

blues through festivals and bands like the Black 

Keys, Monkey Junk, Jam Bands and artists 

like Jack White. Aging is a concern since the 

younger demographic don’t buy as many CDs 

and there are a couple generations that are now 

used to getting music for free. It’s tough on 

labels but especially on creators of music of all 

ages. I’m still optimistic that the unique talents 

with a work ethic can still break through. 

Here in Toronto we see some shifting of the 

live blues scene with clubs that come and go, 

but we also see the growth of the blues festival 

throughout southern Ontario. What role do 

you feel the festival has in the Canadian blues 

mix? 

I think festivals are still a growth area and 

what a great way to present the music. Most 

festivals include some mix of blues and great 

opportunity for blues and roots music artists. 

The whole festival experience transcends going 

to a venue or club for many people. There’s 

always something to do and appreciate. Canada 

sets the standards for outdoor festivals with its 

volunteer spirit and desire to get outside and do 

things in the summer. And blues is the ultimate 

party music. 

Getting specific for a minute, what do you 

see in the collaboration of the two talents Harry 

Manx and Kevin Breit? 

They are two of the most creative and 

distinctive string players I’ve ever heard and 

seem to inspire and complement each other's 

playing endlessly. I’ve had the pleasure of 

being in the studio for a good part of each of 

the two albums they’ve done for Stony Plain. 

Everything they do is musically sophisticated, 

always soulful, has great taste and has freshness 

about it. Both are great songwriters and singers, 

which is evolving as well. 

You have been involved with some of our 

fallen blues heroes, Jeff Healey and Richard 

Newell. In the DVD accompanying your 

anniversary CD you talk about the timelessness 

of the blues, and the 'giants' of music. Where 

do you feel they fit in with Canada's blues 

history? 

And Long John Baldry. Those artists made 

huge contributions and continue to do so. I’m 

very grateful to have had the chance to be part 

of their recorded history and to have gotten to 

know them as friends. Each artist also left their 

mark on the international music community 

and directed some attention to Canada in a very 

positive way. 

Many years ago you and I skipped out of 

a music conference schedule to catch Roscoe 

Gordon in a set with members of the Skatalites in 

the Cambridge House of Blues. That encounter 

eventually led to you working with Roscoe. Do 

you still scout out new talent that way? Do you 

still have that sense of adventure? 

What a great memory that is. Catching a 

very rare gig with Roscoe, from Memphis, 

backed up by a Jamaican band that his 50’s 

recordings influenced. Together they helped 

create ska and reggae music. Yes, I’m still 

inspired by live music when it all comes 

together. There’s a place where it can take 

you that you can’t reach when listening to a 

recording. 

In your DVD you talk about staying small, 

doing it right and the friendship and honesty 

of the people you have worked with. Do you 

consider yourself a lucky guy to have been 

involved with the Stony Plain music makers? 

Absolutely. Working with artists that I 

respect and being a small part of what they do 

certainly makes me a lucky guy. I remind myself 

of that every day. We all put in long hours but 

I wouldn’t consider it hard work compared 

to most jobs. Blues and roots musicians also 

tend to be very real and appreciate people that 

support them. 

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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 

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, 

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). 

The Haze FM www.thehazefm.ca 

Sunday Morning Soul w/Johnny Max 

Sundays at 11AM-1PM &Wed 10PM-midnight 

CKWR (98.5 FM) 

“Old Chicago Blues" w/ Willy A, 

Friday 10:30 pm-midnight (Waterloo) 

CIOI-FM (101.5 FM) 

"Thursday Night Blues Revue", with Little Willie 

Thursday 6-9pm (Hamilton) 

CJLX (91.3 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) 

CKMS (100.3 FM) 

"Poor Folk Blues" w/ Bruce Hall (aka Brewski) 

Monday 7:30-9 pm (Waterloo) 


More Than Music 

With Paul James 

PHOTO: SUSAN CHATER 

Paul James is more than a Canadian 

music culture icon. He has always been an 

environmentalist. 

Paul's interest in the plant world began after 

the end of a relationship when he had to adopt 

all the plants that were in the home. What were 

a few plants have now become more than 150 

houseplants; some that were added and others 

being offspring to the original “mother” plant. 

“They kept having babies. It’s like a plant 

neighbourhood of friends and I still have the 

mothers of the offspring,” says Paul. 

One of the plants that held a lot of interest for 

Paul was the Aloe Vera, known as a healing plant. 

While away in Mexico he listened to the natives 

when he was told that the best relief for sunburn 

was the sap from the Aloe plant. 

“Being a singer living in Canada, we have 

artificial heat which dries the house tremendously. 

I think having plants and having to water them 

helps put moisture in the air which is good for the 

throat. I’ve been singing for 40 years. An ounce of 

prevention is worth a pound of cure.” he claims. 

Fifteen years ago Paul purchased a 65 acre 

piece of land on the North River near Orillia. He 

Paul James with trees he planted along the North River near Orillia. 

wanted to act locally and be a steward of the river 

as a 1 km stretch of the land he purchased was part 

of the shoreline. Over the last fifteen years he has 

planted 2,250 trees on the property and near the 

river’s edge. 

“Trees help hold the soil and maintain a 

wetland in the area. They also help keep the water 

cooler and the fish thrive. Birds are now nesting 

in the area as well.” 

Trees native to the area such as maples, 

oaks, white pine, spruce, dogwood, ash and high 

cranberry bush have been lovingly planted. 

“Planting trees is a great way to recharge your 

inner energy!” says Paul. 

-- Sharon Grace 




Julian Fauth update: The hardest working 

bluesman in this town is going to be out of work 

for the next while and friends and fans are coming 

to the rescue. On the eve of his Western Canadian 

tour, Julian took a very serious fall in his hotel 

room shower and suffered a badly broken right 

shoulder. The expert medical opinion is that Julian 

will be out of action for up to six months in order to 

recover fully. So Ross Robinson of Toronto Blues 

and Andrew Galloway of Electro-Fi Records are 

inviting Julian’s many friends and fans to come out 

and enjoy two very special benefit performances 

which will help raise some badly needed funds to 

assist Julian in his recovery. The first will be held on 

Tuesday June 28th at Hugh’s Room with Harrison 

Kennedy, Treasa Levasseur, Paul Reddick, Donne 

Roberts and Bobby Dean Blackburn. July 20th 

at Hollywood on the Queensway there will be 

another fundraiser with Shakura S'Aida, David 

Rotundo Band, Raoul Bhaneja and the Chris 

Antonik Band. The entire blues community is 

rallying to support our "favourite son". Tracy K 

has donated part of the proceeds of her CD sales 

when she sailed through town on her CD release 

tour and more contributions will be pouring in 

for Julian, an artist everyone admires and who 

has never been known to say no to helping out an 

artist in need. The ever-self-effacing Julian writes 

on his website: "I'd like to apologize to everyone 

I've let down. Hopefully I`ll be able to make up 

for it when I get better. I was very disappointed to 

cancel my western tour and the gigs I had booked 

for June and July." 

Music From The Big House: The soundtrack 

to this riveting documentary is now available and 

a few ‘extras’ have been added. Check it out and 

if you’d like to order …it is available in stores 

(Outside Distribution in Canada, Burnside in the 

USA) available on iTunes and www.maplemusic. 

ca or snail mail right from www.ritachiarelli. 

com. 

Little Miss Higgins to open for k.d. lang 

tour in UK: Shortly after finishing a triumphant 

18-date debut tour of the UK in April, Little 

Miss Higgins is returning to those shores as the 

opening act for Canadian music legend k.d. lang 

on a 6-date tour of England and Scotland. “I have 

admired her music and her voice ever since I can 

remember.” says Little Miss Higgins. “She is a 

legendary artist. Being a fellow Canadian, and 

fellow Albertan, I have heard her music and her 

name across the country. She is a true inspiration. 

It will be an honour to open for her and meet her.” 

The UK concert tour starts at the Symphony Hall 

in Birmingham on May 30th and ends at the Clyde 

Auditorium in Glasgow on June 6th. 

Little Miss Higgins has spent the past year 

touring behind Across The Plains, which was 

Harrison Kennedy will be making an appearance on Tuesday June 28th at a special fundraising concert for 

Julian Fauth. The show is at Hugh’s Room and will also feature Treasa Levasseur, Paul Reddick, Donne Roberts 

and Bobby Dean Blackburn. 

released in April 2010. The album was recorded 

at the Bedside Studios in Winnipeg and was coproduced 

by singer/songwriter Jaxon Haldane and 

Little Miss Higgins. . 

Jeff Healey Park: Etobicoke Councillor Peter 

Milczyn invites you to join him at the unveiling 

June 11 

ROOT MAGIC 

$10 cover 7pm doors 

June 18 

NXNE 

Blues showcase 

5pm doors 

June 25 

BIG SILVER BLUES BAND 


July 2 

Canada Day Blues with 

THE MARSHAL SAM BAND 


info@silverdollarroom.com 

Bookings bookings@silverdollarroom.com 

Main Office: 416-975-0909 

486 Spadina Ave 416-763-9139 

www.silverdollarroom.com 

and official naming of Jeff Healey Park (formerly 

Woodford Park) in Ward 5 on Sunday, June 

5th, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. The location is the former 

Woodford Park at 1 Delroy Drive. This renaming 

by Etobicoke York Community Council in April, 

is a special tribute to the late Jeff Healey who 

grew up in Etobicoke, and played in this park both 

as a teenager and with his young children. The 

event's organizing committee has planned various 

children's activities, a community barbecue, Craig 

Douglas, Comic Juggler, live music entertainment 

by the Jerome Godboo and Friends, Danny Marks, 

and Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards. They will be 

joined by special guest speaker, Christie Healey, 

widow of Jeff Healey and many members of 

Jeff's family. 

cont’d on page 9 



THE 13th ANNUAL PORT CREDIT 

BLUES + JAZZ FESTIVAL 

SEPTEMBER 

9-10-11, 2011 

Memorial Park • Port Credit • Mississauga • Ontario • Canada 

Mavis Staples • Blind Boys of Alabama 

Downchild • Big Bill Morganfield 

Motor City Women • Matt Andersen 

The Johnny Max Bigger Band 

Nalle and his Crazy Ivans • Jack de Keyzer 

Baby Love - Tribute to the Supremes 

www.southsideshuffle.com 


LOOSE BLUES NEWS cont’d from p 7 

Jazz Performance and Education Centre: 

Later on June 5, 2011 you can hear one of the most 

exciting sax players on the contemporary jazz 

scene, Seamus Blake who will be joined by a trio 

of outstanding Toronto musicians: Dave Restivo 

on piano, Jim Vivian on bass and Ted Warren on 

drums. They play the Glenn Gould Studio as part 

of a concert series by the Jazz Performance and 

Education Centre (JPEC) who are planning the 

creation of a first-class, multi-purpose jazz venue 

in Toronto which will feature performances by 

top local, national and international jazz talent; 

educational programming in which fans of all 

ages can learn about jazz; recording facilities; and a 

Hall of Fame and Archives which will encompass 

and preserve Canada’s outstanding jazz heritage 

and tradition. For more information visit www. 

jazzcentre.ca. 

Remembering the Biscuit: Saturday June 

4 and Sunday June 5 the Friends of Richard 

Newell present the 9th annual “Blues With a 

Feeling” Concert and Blues Cruise. The shows 

pay tribute to the late Richard Newell a.k.a. King 

Biscuit Boy and proceeds fund the Richard Newell 

Scholarship in the music department of Mohawk 

College. The Saturday night concert at the Leander 

Boat Club in Hamilton features Jack de Keyzer, 

Fathead, The Cameo Blues Band and Danny 

Lockwood’s Favourite Grooves. As always Eddie 

Cookie (Ronnie Copple), an original member of 

Richard Newell’s Chessmen band of the 1960’s 

will be there to musically greet everyone. The 

concert begins at 8 PM and doors open at 7:30. 

Admission is $25. 

The party continues on Sunday with Trickbag’s 

Blues Cruise of the Hammer – a three hour boat 

ride/ blues concert on Hamilton Bay. The popular 

Hamilton band, which backed King Biscuit Boy 

for a number of years, will be joined by a few 

special guests including another King Biscuit 

veteran Sonny Del Rio on sax and one of Canada’s 

most respected keyboard players Denis Keldie. 

The $35 admission price for this licensed event 

also includes food. The party casts off at 6 PM 

Tickets for the Leander concert go on sale April 

29 at Chedoke Flowers, The Hamilton Spectator, 

Dr. Disc, Picks and Sticks, Stardust Records, 

and Looney Tunes (in Burlington). Blues Cruise 

tickets are only available at Chedoke Flowers. 

For more information, contact Rob Platsko at 

mistercue2002@hotmail.com. 

The Mississauga Blues & Roots Association 

is up and running in the Port Credit area. A small 

and determined group of music lovers plan to bring 

into the Port Credit area some more and varied 

music at a number of local venues in the future. 

For more information please go to the facebook/ 

Mississauga Blues & Roots Association and 

sign up and you can also contact Johnny Max at 

johnnymaxband@rogers.com. Membership fees 

and scheduled shows will be coming in the next 

coming months. 

Digging Roots will be opening for Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Cray at the Toronto Jazz Festival marquee 

tent. Note the new hub for Jazz Festival activities is Metro Square, next to Roy Thomson Hall. 

Blues Awards: The Blues Foundation 

inducted Robert Cray, Denise LaSalle, John 

Hammond, Big Maybelle, Alberta Hunter and J.B. 

Lenoir into the Blues Hall of Fame, and partied 

with a seven plus hour celebration acknowledging 

Blues Award winners in 26 categories, presented 

by some of the most influential members of the 

Blues community. The show opened with a blues 

set by The Steve Miller Band and ended with Best 

New Artist Matt Hill. This year's big winner was 

Buddy Guy who won the B.B. King Entertainer 

of the Year Award. Guy took four additional 

awards with Album, Contemporary Blues Album, 

Contemporary Blues Artist and Song of the Year, 

which he shared with Tom Hambridge. 

Todd Park Mohr, leader of Big Head Todd's 

Blues Club, presented two Blues Music Awards to 

Candy Burke, daughter of the late Solomon Burke. 

Jason Lee presented the Traditional Blues Album 

of the Year award to Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith for 

his joint CD with the late Pinetop Perkins for their 

2010 Blind Pig release Joined at the Hip. New 

Orleans piano institution Dr. John won Pinetop's 

namesake award for Piano Player of the Year. 

Tony Rogers accepted a posthumous BMA for 

his late wife, Robin Rogers, as Contemporary 

Blues Female Artist of the Year. Of this year's 

event, The Blues Foundation Executive Director 

Jay Sieleman said, "There is great reverence 

and celebration within this event but the real 

value is incomparable music by performer after 

performer." 

For those who were unable to attend this 

epic event in Memphis, The Blues Foundation 

will make The Blues Music Awards ceremony 

available on DVD later this year. It will include 

all the evening's winners and performances. For 

more information, visit www.blues.org. 

See page 11 for a complete list of the 2011 

Blues Music Award winners 



Brian David Johnston 

Choose the Blues Productions 

Dana R. Clarence 

David Rotundo 

Dee's Deeds 

Delta Chelsea Hotel 

Dickenson Group 

Dr. Terry Kananagh 

Dr. Scott Peaker 

DAWG FM 

Edson Legal 

Electro-Fi Records 

Emerald Audio Resource, Ltd. 

Herb Wittig 

Joan M. Hill 

Joel Goldberg 

Lavigne Tavern 

Linus Entertainment 

Long and McQuade 

Lou Dawg’s Southern Sandwiches 

Michael Malone 

Music By The Bay Live 

NorthernBlues Music 

Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival 

Pete Otis Music 

Peter Sidgwick 

Porquis Blues Society 

Psychedome Studios 

Saturday Night Blues 

Silver Dollar Room 

Sky Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge 

Son Roberts Band 

Stony Plain Records 

The New Mynah Birds 

The Old Mill Inn 

Toronto Rock n’ Blues Cruise 

Wilson Music Services 

Muchas Gracias 

New Members: David Bowes, Donald Ray Johnson, Ian McLaurin, Josh Gordon, Laura 

Sheehan, Magnetic Inc. Nature Power Chews. 

Renewing Members: Donald M.Leinbach, Marcel Spidalieri, Margo Pratt, Richard Kucey, 

Stacey Shannon & Sue Wells 

Thanks to all who helped with the Anniversary Celebration, Ed, Jordan, Lucie, Johnny and 

Elaine Coolidge for the the décor. Gerald Lebrun took some great pictures of the partygoewrs, 

available on his Facebook page. Big Thanks to Janet Alilovic for her help with the newsletter. 

Congratulations to Jo-Ann Daponte on winning the tickets to the Maria Muldaur show at 

Hugh's Room and thanks to Richard Flohil for donating the tickets. 


Acoustic Album of the Year 

Last Train to Bluesville 

The Nighthawks 

Acoustic Artist of the Year 

John Hammond 

Album of the Year 

Living Proof 

Buddy Guy 

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year 

Buddy Guy 

Band of the Year 

The Derek Trucks Band 

Best New Artist Debut 

On the Floor 

Matt Hill 

Traditional Blues Album of the Year 

Joined At the Hip 

Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith 

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year 

Charlie Musselwhite 

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year 

Living Proof 

Buddy Guy 

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year 

Robin Rogers 

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year 

Buddy Guy 

DVD 

Ruf Records 

Songs from the Road 

(Luther Allison) 

Historical Album of the Year 

Delta Groove 

Harmonica Blues 

(Bob Corritore & Friends) 

Instrumentalist-Bass 

Bob Stroger 

Instrumentalist-Drums 

Cedric Burnside 

Instrumentalist-Guitar 

Derek Trucks 

Instrumentalist-Harmonica 

Charlie Musselwhite 

Instrumentalist-Horn 

Eddie Shaw 

Instrumentalist-Other 

Sonny Rhodes (Lap Steel Guitar) 

Koko Taylor Award 

Ruthie Foster 

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player 

Dr. John 

Rock Blues Album of the Year 

Live! In Chicago 

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert 

Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee 

and Buddy Flett 

Song of the Year 

"Living Proof" 

Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy 

Soul Blues Album of the Year 

Nothing's Impossible 

Solomon Burke 

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year 

Irma Thomas 

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year 

Solomon Burke 



Illustration by Nathaniel Mesner 

Morgan Davis Drive My Blues Away 

Electro-Fi/Outside 

Morgan Davis is a bluesman with a 

penetrating, uncompromising view of his 

field and not surprisingly, his albums appear 

infrequently. He provides a useful example: 

playing Robert Johnson’s “When You 

Got A Good Friend” on a cigar box guitar, 

an instrument Johnson may have known 

well. With only three strings, it forced a 

simplification of playing that illuminates 

the song. This disc is not a musicological 

exercise, but Morgan’s insistence on mostly 

solo performances does highlight his singular 

attention to detail and he does not disappoint. 

He also writes original songs that easily 

withstand comparison to the classics he’s reinterpreted. 

His opener, “Sure As You Live”, 

deals with mortality and self-reliance. The 

tightly focused recording is mesmerizing. In his 

notes, he points out he’s opened every set with 

a Jimmy Reed song and here with “Thank You 

Mr. Reed” he acknowledges that debt, using 

no fewer than 27 of his song titles in the lyric. 

More importantly, he nails the fabled Jimmy 

Reed rhythm. Seymour Townes aces the 

signature harp sound. “Anticipation”, another 

original, is a rather lighter song but with some 

typically astute observations. A song credited 

to Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Arlene”, loosens that 

tight focus, with a slight echo that seems to 

add distance. The song does not appear to 

have been recorded by Hopkins and Morgan 

would know that. It is vintage Hopkins. “The 

Money Men” continues a theme from Blues 

Medicine, where Morgan sang about “Easy 

Money (With Mumbo Jumbo)”. Events since 

then have given him plenty of new material. 

There’s even more echo and a couple of 

overdubbed guitars. “Dissatisfied” is from the 

Rice Miller songbook and allows Morgan 

to feature his guitar playing. “Re-break My 

Heart” adds a new twist to an old theme. 

“Love Puzzle” was almost the album title and 

an important composition - it’s a longer, story 

song with perhaps a specific relationship in 

mind. Morgan’s notes describe “Look Down 

The Road” as blues theft: borrowing lyrics to 

craft a new song. He credits Skip James & 

Chris Smither and first heard it on a CD by 

Massachusetts-based Geoff Bartley. However 

he came by it, I’m glad he did. “Drive My 

Blues Away” is about as fine a description of 

what he does as can be imagined: travelling 

with his eyes wide open, wherever the road 

leads. The disc concludes with a couple from 

the archives: “Happy Song” concluded his first 

LP, from 1981, with a young Colin Linden on 

slide guitar. The longer version recorded was 

not used then. And lastly, an even younger 

Morgan Davis was recorded in his apartment 

in Rochdale in 1973. The version of Robert 

Johnson’s “Ramblin’ On My Mind” done then 

shows dramatically that he was on the right 

track. This song also appears as a hidden track 

on his Hogtown Years compilation. Morgan 

has been traveling, away from his Nova Scotia 

home for more than a month now and he’ll be 

using his show at the Gladstone on June 2 as 

his CD release gathering. You should be there. 

More tour dates are at www.morgandavis.com. 

I hope we don’t have to wait as long for the 

next album, but we’ll be getting it only when 

he’s ready. 

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit Strictly 

Whatever Stony Plain/Warner 

A most fruitful collaboration between 

superstars continues. Ever since Don Bird 

arranged for their first meeting on stage at 

the Owen Sound Summerfolk Festival, the 

chemistry has blossomed, with tours, guest 

appearances and now their third joint recording. 

True to form, they brought some songs in but 

left the arrangements to be worked out while 

they played ‘strictly whatever’. By the end 

of the session, each sang lead on the songs 

they brought in while the other played lead 

guitar. But not always, Manx played slide 

and Breit lead on his “Nothing I Can Do”. 

“Looking For A Brand New World” finds 

Kevin at his songwriting best, and Stony Plain 

likes it too - they’ve made it a free download 

at www.stonyplainrecords.com, so you can 

preview before you buy. “Hippy Trippy” is 

the delightful & appropriate name for Breit’s 

instrumental conjuring of the psychedelic ‘60’s. 

Harry transforms John Lee Hooker’s “Mr. 

Lucky”, making it less a Hooker song and more 

a straight blues. Kevin solos most succinctly. 

Perhaps the most ambitious song here is 

Manx’s setting of a poem by Mary Elizabeth 

Frye, “Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep”. 

It features some wonderfully evocative music 

from the two of them assisted by what sounds 

like an uncredited, processed, amplified 

harmonica but it could be one of Kevin’s 

guitars. To say that Breit’s “Little Ukelele” is 

a change of pace is an understatement. Kevin 

Breit’s “Dancing With Delilah” marks the 

only appearance of Manx’s trademark Mohan 

Veena. On most of the other songs, he plays 

baritone guitar. Art Avalos adds percussion 

on some songs. There are very few artists 

who can play ‘strictly whatever’ that you can 

trust without reservation, the proof is here 

once again. 

Harpdog Brown …Naturally Dog 

Breath 

Naturally, there’s a follow up to the wellreceived 

first collaboration with Graham 

Guest. And naturally is a useful term to 

describe Harpdog’s effortless journey through 

different styles. Jump Blues, the popular 

music of the 30’s & 40’s, as in songs by Louis 

Jordan & Fats Waller, predominate: “Blue 

Light Boogie”, “Saturday Night Fish Fry & 

“Ain’t Misbehavin’” get remarkably fresh 

performances in this acoustic duo/trio setting. 

Harpdog has also found songs by contemporary 

songwriters that fit right in: Brandon Isaak 

of The Twisters contributed a couple, “I’ll 

Make It Up To You”, from the Twisters’ 

Come Out Swingin’ CD and one that doesn’t 

seem to be recorded by the band yet, “I Only 

Gamble On Love”. The guitarist in Harpdog’s 

electric band, Wayne Berezan, contributed 


two as well and proves himself a writer to 

be reckoned with. His “Fine Little Girl Rag” 

is a delight. An obscure Willie Dixon song 

from his early Big Three Trio days, “Tell 

That Woman” is a nice find. Brian Coughlan 

contributes thoroughly appropriate clarinet 

for a fine period sound. More traditional blues 

fare is represented by the opening St. Louis 

Jimmy-penned “I Had My Fun” and the closer, 

the solo harmonica piece recorded by Sonny 

Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) during one of 

his European visits, “Movin’ Down The River 

Rhine”. The web site is www.myspace.com/ 

harpdogbrowngrahamguest. 

Blues Duo feat. Tracy K & Jamie 

Steinhoff Canned Heat Indie Pool 

A warm reception greeted this blues duo 

at their CD Release at Hugh’s Room and it 

was most deserved. Based in Thunder Bay, 

Tracy K, on vocals & harmonica & Jamie 

‘Snakeman’ Steinhoff, on vocals, guitar, 

dobro & banjo, provide a program of pre-war 

blues and originals highlighted by excellent 

rapport & expert playing. Their vocals are 

assured & confident. The pre-war songs 

open the disc, with special mention going to 

Barbeque Bob’s “Atlanta Moan”, a tribute 

to Big Dave McLean, whose status as role 

model & mentor cannot be overestimated. I 

think he would be pleased with this version 

of his signature tune. Jamie’s hokum-styled 

“Diddy-Wah-So” belongs in this sequence. 

The sequence of originals that follows is more 

contemporary: Tracy’s love song, “Tailor 

Made” and “Cowboy Blues”, about a lost 

love. Contemporary or not, they are excellent 

songs, sung beautifully. They sell homemade 

jelly & salsa at their shows as well and lighten 

the mood a bit with the tale of getting the 

ingredients in “Stolen Apple Jelly”. Tracy was 

asked to sing at an aunt’s funeral and wrote a 

song for the occasion. She unfortunately has 

had to sing it a couple of more times since and 

here, ending the disc on a somber note, she 

sings it with her daughter, Emily. They’ve 

called themselves Canada’s Paul Rishell & 

Annie Raines and I for one like to think they’re 

at least as good as that veteran duo. The web 

site is www.tracyk.ca. 

Various Artists Mistakes Were Made: 

Five Years of Raw Blues, Damaged Livers & 

Questionable Business Decisions - A Broke 

& Hungry Records Retrospective Broke & 

Hungry 

This set arrived before it happened but a 

good way to help after the worst flood since the 

Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 is to support 

the artists who live there. Broke & Hungry 

Records has released seven CDs devoted to 

Delta artists, plus a DVD survey and two 

soundtrack CDs to make the music of current 

Delta performers available to everyone. That 

they still have a sense of humour after five years 

is evident in the title. What you get in this twodisc 

anthology is a selection from those discs 

plus fourteen previously unreleased songs. 

Label prez Jeff Konkel proved that there is 

still blues in Bentonia after the passing of 

Skip James & Jack Owens - Jimmy “Duck” 

Holmes has been recorded three times in these 

five years. Pat Thomas is the son of the late 

bluesman/sculptor James “Son” Thomas. 

Another major find is LC Ulmer, profiled in 

the current issue of Living Blues, who at the 

age of 82 will have you scratching your head 

as to why he hasn’t recorded more often. Just 

listen to “Rosalee”. R.L. Boyce has recorded 

before, but mostly on drums. He’s also guested 

with the North Mississippi Allstars. He’s from 

Como and his Hill Country boogie, “Ain’t It 

Alright”, recorded at one of his house parties, 

is a standout. Those of you who caught Terry 

“Harmonica” Bean at the Southside Shuffle 

will know what he sounds like but if you 

didn’t, he has two new songs here. Broke & 

Hungry Records concentrates on Mississippi 

artists, most of them non-professional. They 

aim to prove that the blues is alive and well 

in it’s homeland. The web site is: www. 

brokeandhungryrecords.com. 

-John Valenteyn 

jvalenteyn8724@rogers.com 

On The Side with... 

Omar Tunnoch 

Ottawa born, Omar Tunnoch has been layin’ 

it down solid on the bass for nearly four decades. 

Currently, Tunnoch is the bassist for the multiple 

award winning band Fathead. A place in the 

band that he’s held for 

twenty years. 

It was in the mid 

1960’s at the age of 

fourteen while living in 

Winnipeg that Omar 

was introduced to the 

blues after hearing 

the music of Paul 

Butterfield. As fate would have it, he would 

find himself on stage with Paul, years later, 

when Omar played with the band that backed 

up touring artists at The Brunswick House in 

Toronto. 

Earlier in his career, Omar was also bassist 

for the band, Wooden Teeth which was fronted 

by Michael Pickett. Here is where Omar 

became known as the “fretless bass player” 

when his own bass lost its “teeth” after an 

evening with Silent Sam. Tunnoch, was also 

part of a few seminal Toronto bands such as, 

Cueball, Cameo Blues Band, who were the 

house band at The Hotel Isabella, and Grant 

Fullerton Band. 

Other esteemed artists that Omar has backed 

up include, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, 

John Lee Hooker, Lowell Fulsom and Long 

John Baldry. 

His musical influences are quite eclectic. 

Along with the sounds of R & B, funk and 

Motown, he derived inspiration from artists 

such as, James Brown, Little Feat, Tower of 

Power, Herbie Hancock and of course Paul 

Butterfield. 

It’s more than layin’ it down solid on the 

bass with Omar as he is also the songwriter 

(lyrics and music), along with Al Lerman, for 

Fathead. 

“My songwriting ideas are basically 

comments on life” says Omar. “I like to 

incorporate humour, play on words and mix up 

the feels and tempos to try and keep it interesting 

to hold the listener’s attention.” 

Clearly, the words and tempos have held 

the listener’s attention with Fathead garnering 

many Maple Blues Awards, as well as two Juno 

Awards for Blues Recording of the Year. First, 

in 1998 for “Blues Weather” and then in 2008 

for “Building Full of Blues.” 

Omar is also a visual artist having studied 

painting in the Fine Arts program at Humber 

College and Vancouver School of the Arts. 

Currently, he is part of a collaboration of 

painting musicians who are endeavouring to 

put together a showcase of their work. 

Fathead’s newest recording and 2011 Juno 

nominated album is entitled, “Where Are the 

Blues Taking Me”. The title track has also 

received honourable mention in the 2011 

International Songwriting Competition. 

Omar states, “You never know where 

the blues are going to take you! That’s the 

excitement and mystery of the blues which 

gives you the drive to keep on going!” 

- Sharon Grace 

Photo: Peter Hornsby 



MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE 

The much anticipated 

soundtrack to RITA 

CHIARELLI's award 

winning documentary 

is HERE!. 

Recorded LIVE inside 

Louisiana State Penitentiary. 

Rita Chiarelli shares the stage 

alongside Angola inmates in 

a performance that makes 

musical history! 

“...you the feel that you are sitting right there with the inmates, goose bumps running up and down your spine…. 

enthusiastically gets my Highest Rating of 5*****”. 

John Vermilyea, Blues Underground Network 

"It.begins with a song that alone is worth the price of the CD: “These Four Walls...With that song as a 

breathtaking introduction, the Angola concert begins and the talent shown in these songs will amaze you." 

John Valenteyn (John's Blues Picks), Toronto Blues Society 

"...Rita Chiarelli shares the stage, singing her gutsy 10-to-life wail to and with musician-prisoners on triumphing 

church music, dancing-shoes funk and, on These Four Walls, despairing acoustic blues. 3 out of 4 Stars." 

Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail 

Now available in stores, Outside Music, maplemusic.com, iTunes and at www.ritachiarelli.com. 

TOP BLUES 

This month's recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of Let The Good Times Roll on 

ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues. 

*Morgan Davis Drive My Blues Away (Electro-Fi) 

*Harpdog Brown …Naturally (Dog Breath) 

Trampled Under Foot Wrong Side of the Blues (Tuff/Vizztone) 

Ray Charles Live in Concert (Concord) 

*Various Artists 35 Years of Stony Plain (Stony Plain) 

*Harry Manx & Kevin Breit Strictly Whatever (Stony Plain) 

*Blues Duo feat. Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff Canned Heat (Indie Pool) 

*Lou DeAdder Headlights (Self) 

Various Artists Chicago Blues – A Living History: The (R)evolution Continues 

(Raisin' Music) 

*Colin James Take It From The Top (EMI) 

Elvin Bishop Raisin' Hell Revue (Delta Groove) 

Rory Gallagher Notes from San Francisco (Eagle) 

Shawn Pittman Edge of the World (Delta Groove) 

Various Artists Mistakes Were Made: Five Years of Raw Blues, Damaged 

Livers & Questionable Business Decisions - A Broke & Hungry Records 

Retrospective Broke & Hungry 

*The Goodmen Band Dancing Shoes (PMG) 

*John Mays I Found A Love (Electro-Fi) 

*Rocket Rached & The Fat City 8 7 Years of Thursdays (Self) 

*Super Pickers! Blues On The Ceiling (Rowdy Blues) 

Sweet Claudette That Man's Got To Go (4 Reel) 

Graná Louise Gettin' Kinda Rough (Delmark) 

* = Canadian Release 

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RECORDS - Collector seeks to purchase Blues LPs 

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Need Help With Your CD? Everything from 

inexpensive demos to full album production (in-house 

art work). Martin Alex Aucoin is a Maple Blues/ECMA/ 

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Blues Guitar Lessons. electric, acoustic, rhythm, 

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Guitar Lessons: Blues, R&B, slide. Professional teacher has 

worked with Danny Brooks, Rita Chiarelli, Kendall Wall, The 

Johnny Max Band and many blues legends. Lessons catered 

to your taste & ability. Please call Kevin Higgins 416-626-6824 

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Acoustic and Electric Blues Guitar lessons: Downtown 

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teacher now has openings for students of all levels for private, 

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TORONTO LISTINGS 

Blue Goose 

May-29 Morgan Davis 

4-8pm 

Cadillac Lounge 

Jun-2 Scott McCord & the 

Bonafide Truth 9:30 

Jul-1 C.C.Ryder Blues 

Band, Chuck Jackson 

Cool Brewery 

Jun-2 The Johnny Max 

Band, Cigar Studio 15th 

Anniversary 7pm 

Dominion On Queen 

Jun-10 Elmer Ferrer Band 

9:00 PM 

Dora Keogh 

May-28 Root Magic 

Duffy's Tavern 

May-29 Ken Yoshioka 

9:30pm / No cover 

Every Sunday Ken 

Yoshioka 9:30 

Ellington's 

Jun-18 Blues Medicine 

Feather's Pub 

Jun-4 Root Magic 8pm 

Fogarty's 

Jun-4 Morgan Davis 

Gate 403 

May-29 Cross Eyed Cat 

9:00 pm - 12:00 am 

Jun-5 Dennis Gomond 

Jun-15 Fraser Melvin Blues 

Band 9:00 pm - 12:00 am 

Jun-18 Mr. Rick & the 

Biscuits 9:00 pm - 12:00 am 

Jun-20 Snake Oil Johnson 

9:00 pm - 12:00 am 

Jun-22 The Roofhoppers 

9:00 pm - 12:00 am 

Jun-26 Heather Lockhart 

noon-3pm 

Grossman's Tavern 

Jun-1 Ernest Lee & Cotton 

Traffic Rockin Blues Jam 

9pm start 


Traffic Rockin' Blues Jam 

9pm start 

Jun-10 The Swingin' 

Blackjacks 

Harpmeister Carlos del Junco and the Blues Mongrels (featuring Kevin Breit) 

celebrate the release of their new CD, Mongrel Mash, at Hugh's Room on June 11 



9pm start 



9pm 



9pm start 

Jul-6 Ernest Lee & Cotton 


9pm start 

Jul-13 Ernest Lee & Cotton 


9pm start 

Highway 61 Southern 

BBQ 

May-28 Tim Bastmeyer duo 

with James Thomson 8pm 

Jun-1 Morgan Davis 7pm 

Jun-4 Jon Knight and The 

Soulstack Free- 8-11 PM 

Jun-22 The Chris Antonik 

Band 7pm 

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Doctor Nick will be hosting a new Blues jam at the Rex Hotel on 194 Queen St. 

W. The house band will include a crack lineup of Blues veterans and everyone is 

welcome, from novice and up. The jam will be held the first Tuesday of each month 

from 9:30pm to 12:30am beginning June 7. Photo by Eddy B 

Jul-6 Swingin' Blackjacks 

Every Fri Dylan Wickens 

8pm 

Every Mon Chris 

Chambers 8pm 

Hollywood On The 

Queensway 

Every Wed Jay & Viv 

Latin Heat 9pm until 1am 

salsa and more 

Hugh's Room 

Jun-2 Douglas Watson 

R&B Revue CD Release 

8:30 

Jun-11 Carlos del Junco 

CD Release 8:30 

Jun-28 Julian Fauth 

Benefit Concert 8:30/ 

Harrison Kennedy, 

Bobby Dean Blackburn 

& Sons, Paul Reddick, 

Treasa Levasseur, Donne 

Roberts and more/$20.00 

Jul-3 David Bromberg 

Quartet 8:30 

Jul-16 McKenna Gibson 

Band 8:30 

Lola Tavern 

every Thurs Brian Cober 

Mod Club Theatre 

Jul-16 Urban Preacher 

11pm/$10 

Monarchs Pub - Delta 

Chelsea Hotel 


Band 

Jun-16 Robin Banks Blues 

Band 

Jun-23 Jack de Keyzer 

Band 

Jun-30 Jerome Godboo 

Band 9pm 

Jul-7 C.C.Ryder Blues 

Band No Cover 

Jul-14 Pat Rush Blues 

Band 

Not My Dog 

Jun-25 Ken Yoshioka 9:30 

Silver Dollar Room 

May-28 Bill Bourne & 

String Bone 7:30PM with 

Michael Burton $10cover 

Jun-11 Root Magic 7:30- 

10:30 

Jun-18 NXNE Blues 

Showcase 5:30-10:30 

Jun-25 Big Silver Blues 

Band 7:30-10:30 

Sound Academy 

Jul-13 Leon Russell Paul 

James opening 

Jul-15 Girls With Guitars 

featuring Dani Wilde, 

Samantha Fish and Cassie 

Taylor 

The Rex 

Jun-7 Doctor Nick Blues 

Jam 9:30pm-12:30am 


Band w/Shawn Kellerman, 

Alec Fraser, Gary Craig 

3:30pm 

Timothy's Pub 

Jun-10 The Heart Attacks 

9PM 

Upstairs@Aquila 

Jun-18 The Ken Yoshioka 

Blues Band 9pm 

Jun-24 Ken Yoshioka w/ 

Ken G 9pm 

Every Sun 

Junction Jam 

w/ New Mynah Birds 

3:30 to 7:30 pm 

Wise Guy's 

Jun-11 Johnny Cox & The 

Tone Devils 9.30 


A smiling Douglas Watson pictured in the studio where he has just completed his 

new CD. It will be officially launched at Hugh's Room in Toronto on Thursday June 

2, and at The Starlight Lounge in Waterloo on Saturday June 4 

905 & BEYOND 

Acoustic Blue Mondays @ 

The Cove Inn 

Jun-26 Michael Jerome 

Browne Lunch & Show 1 to 

5 pm Reservations req'd 

Jul-11 Jack de Keyzer w. 

Alan Duffy Dinner & Show 7 

to 11 pm Reservations req'd 

Arnolds Oakville 

May-28 Penny Skolski w/ 

Michael Keys Band 2:30 - 

6:00 pm Matinee 

Augusta House 

Jun-25 Andre & The J-Tones 

10 p.m. 

Black Angus 

Jun-3 Morgan Davis 8:30pm 

Blue Goose 

Jun-18 Michael Pickett 

8:30PM $20 

Blues On The Rideau @ 

The Cove Inn 

Jun-10 Raoul & The Big 

Time Dinner & Show 

Fundraiser / 7 to 11 pm 

/ $55 plus tax / Advance 

Reservations required 

Cheryl's Country 

Cookhouse 

May-29 Shrimp Daddy & 

The Sharpshooters 4:00 

- 8:00/Special Guest Jon 

Knight 

Jun-5 Shrimp Daddy & The 

Sharpshooters 4:00 - 8:00/ 

Special Guest Robin Banks 

Jun-12 Shrimp Daddy & 

The Sharpshooters 4:00 - 

8:00/Special Guest Shawn 

Kellerman 



Special Guest Chris Antonik 


Sharpshooters 4:00 - 8:00 

w/Guest Cheryl Lescom 

Cinnamon Jim's 

Jun-17 Michael Pickett 8PM 

Crown & Phoenix 

Jun-3 Blackboard Blues 

Band 10:00 p.m. 

Fionn McCools 

Jun-30 Paul Reddick 10pm l 

Gordon Best Theatre 

Peterboroug 

Jun-3 Larry McCray and His 

Blues Band 8:00 

Greyfriars Pub 

Jun-2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Steve 

Strongman No Cover 

Harbour Queen Cruises 

Jun-5 Trickbag Blues Cruise 

of the Hammer 6pm cast off. 

w/Sonny del Rio and Dennis 

Keldie. Tix at 945 Garth St. 

(Chedoke Flowers) 

Leander Boat Club 

Jun-4 9th Annual King 

Biscuit Boy Tribute w/ 

Jack de Keyzer, Fathead, 

Cameo Blues Band, Danny 

Lockwood's Favourite 

Grooves & more 

Liquid Lounge 

May-28 Al Lerman with 

Lance Anderson Saturday 

Matinee 3 to 6pm 

Louisiana Seafood 

Restaurant 

May-28 Robin Banks 

7:30pm 

Jun-18 Blackboard Blues 

Band 7:30pm 

Moonshine Cafe 

May-28 Michael Pickett 9PM 

$10 

Jun-9 Paul Reddick 9PM 

Music Hall 

Jun-3 Magic Slim & The 

Teardrops with special 

guest 

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne 

- 7:00 p.m. - $30 

Music Hall Lounge 

Jun-24 Laurie Morvan Band 

7:00 p.m. doors open -- 

$20 $15 for Great Lakes 

Blues Society members ) 

Jul-7 Bryan Lee & The 

Blues Power Band 7:00 

p.m. doors open -- $20 

$15 for Great Lakes Blues 

Society members ) 

Orangeville Blues Cruise 

Jun-3 The Kat Kings 

5:30 pm-9:00pm 

Orleans 

May-28 Crossroads Blues 

Band 9pm 

Jun-4 Straight Razor 9pm 

Rowan Moon Bistro 

May-30 Morgan Davis with 

Mark Mariash 

7:30pm $15 cover 

Simco Blues & Jazz 

Jun-4 Bill Bourne & String 

Bone with Phillip Brown 

9PM $10cover 

The Beach Sports Bar 

May-29 Penny Skolski 

w/Kenny B Band 

4:00 - 7:00 pm 



The Duck 

May-28 The Mighty Duck 

Blues Band Special Guest: 

Jack de Keyzer 2:30 

Jul-16 The Chris Antonik 

Band 7pm 

The Edge Lounge 

May-28 Jerome Godboo 

Band 10pm w/Shawn 

Kellerman, Alec Fraser, Al 

Cross 

The Jordan House Tavern 

Jun-4 Johnny Max & The 

Heart Attacks 8PM 

The Lavigne 


Band 9pm, $10 Cover 

The Mansion House 


Band w/Shawn Kellerman, 

Alec Fraser, Chuck Keeping 

Special Guest Eddy Blues 

Band Tickets $20.00 

9:00pm start 

The Niagara 

May-29 rich and the poor 

boys 3pm -6:30 /with Alex 

Davidson 

Jun-5 rich and the poor boys 

3pm -6:30 /with Jesse Roper 

Jun-12 rich and the poor 

boys 3pm -6:30 /with Jesse 

Roper 


boys 3pm -6:30 /with Alex 

Davidson 


boys 3pm -6:30 /with Jerry 

Salfi 

Jul-3 rich and the poor boys 

3pm -6:30 /with Jerry Salfi 

Jul-10 rich and the poor 

boys 3pm -6:30 /with Paul 

Sonier 

The Old Winery 

Restaurant 

May-28 Lance Anderson 

with the Niagara Rhythm 

Section 9.30 pm 

get yourself listed: 

Jun-4 Shrimp Daddy 

with the Niagara Rhythm 

Section 9.30 pm 

Jul-8 Root Magic 9:30pm 

The Pour House 

May-28 Shrimp Daddy & 

The Sharpshooters 4:00 

- 8:00/Special Guest Jon 

Knight 



Special Guest Robin Banks 



8:00/Special Guest Shawn 

Kellerman 



8:00/Special Guest Chris 

Antonik 

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. 

Yemen Blues blends traditional Yemenite melodies with blues, jazz and funk. This 9-member ensemble is currently one of the 

most popular groups on the world music circuit. They appear as part of Luminato for a free concert on the festival stage at Metro 

Square Tuesday, June 14. Sultans of String will open. 

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8:00/Special Guest Cheryl 

Lescom 

The Royal Botanical 

Gardens 

Jul-6 The Johnny Max Band 

6PM 

The Slye Fox 

Jun-17 Root Magic 9:30pm 

The Waltz 

May-28 The Gary Kendall 

Band 10pm 

TJ's Hangar Sports Grill 


Band w/Eric Schenkman, Al 

Cross, Alec Fraser 7:00pm 

Closing Party for Orangeville 

Blues & Jazz Festival 

Toogood Cafe 

Jun-4 Gypsy Blue 

Noon to 4 

Tweedsmuir Hotel 

Jul-16 John Primer featuring 

Geneva Red 8:00pm/ 

Muddy Waters band leader. 

Chicago Blues journeyman 

guitarist 

Waterfront Bistro 

Jun-17 Jimmy Bowskill 

Band 9PM 

Wilno Tavern 

Jul-15 John Primer 

featuring Geneva Red and 

Blues Band 8:00/Chicago 

Blues Journeyman, Muddy 

Waters Band Leader

Toronto and Region Blues Venues 

Algonquin Theatre (37 Main St, Huntsville), 705-789-4975 

Alleycatz (2409 Yonge St), 416-481-6865 

Arnold's Oakville (485 Morden Rd, Oakville), 905-844-2613 

Aquila (347 Keele St), 416-761-7474 

Axis Gallery & Grill (3048 Dundas St. W.), 416-604-3333 

Black Swan Tavern (154 Danforth Ave), 416-469-0537 

Blues on the Rideau (The Cove Inn, 2 Bedford St, Westport), 888-COVE-INN 

Brandees Bar & Restaurant (178A Ontario St, Kingston), 613-549-1496 

Cachet (500 Water St, Newmarket), 905-836-5007 

Cadillac Lounge (1296 Queen St W), 416-536-7717 

Cam's Place (2655 Yonge St), 416-488-3976 

Carrigan Arms (2025 Upper Middle Rd, Burlington), 905-332-6131 

CAW Hall (124 Bunting Ave, St Catharines), 905-682-2776 

Cheryl's Country Cookhouse (550 Ontario St, Milton), 289-878-5002 

Coach & Lantern (384 Wilson Street East, Ancaster), 905-304-7822 

College Street Bar (574 College St), 416-533-2417 

Colonel Mustards (6545 HWY 7, Markham), 905-294-4925 

Dave's (730 St Clair Ave), 416-657-3283 

Dominion on Queen (500 Queen St E), 416-368-6893 

Dora Keogh (141 Danforth Ave), 416-778-1804 

Duffy's Tavern (1238 Bloor St W), 416-628-0330 

Gate 403 (403 Roncesvalles Ave), 416-588-2930 

Greyfriar's Pub (231 Oak Park Blvd, Oakville), 905-257-3620 

Groove Kitchen (656 King St E, Cambridge), 519-650-4452 

Grossman's Tavern (379 Spadina Ave), 416-977-7000 

Holy Rosary Parish Hall (356 St Claire Ave W), 416-654-4589 

Hugh's Room (2261 Dundas St W), 416-531-6604 

HWY 61 BBQ (1620 Bayview Ave), 416-489-7427 

Joe Mama's (317 King St W), 416-340-6469 

Jonathan's (14845 Yonge St, Aurora), 905-841-1807 

King Henry's Arms (65 Brock St, Uxbridge), 905-852-5588 

Lake Affect (1 Port St. E., Port Credit), 905-274-8223 

Legion Hall Cobourg (55 King St W, Cobourg), 905-372-2210 

Liquid Lounge (159 Sydenham St, Brantford), 519-756-3939 

Lola Tavern (47 Kensington Ave), 416-348-8645 

Lou Dawgs (589 King St W), 647-347-3294 

Market Hall (160 Charlotte St, Peterborough), 705-749-1146 

Molson Amphitheatre (955 Lakeshore Blvd W), 416-260-5600 

Monarchs Pub (The Delta Chelsea Hotel - 33 Gerrard St W), 416-585-4352 

Mulligans Pub (2428 Dundas St West), 905-855-7584 

Oasis (Cobourg), 905-372 6634 

O'Reilly's (Perth), 613-267 7994 

Perth Studio Theatre (63 Gore St, Perth), 613-485-6434 

Peter's Players (830 Muskoka Rd S, Gravenhurst), 705-687-2117 

Regent Theatre (224 Main St, Picton), 877-411-4761 

Reservoir Lounge (52 Wellington St E), 416-955-0887 

Rivoli (332 Queen St W), 416-977-5082 

Roc n' Docs (105 Lakeshore Blvd E, Mississauga), 905-891-1754 

Romby's Restaurant & Tavern (488 Lake St, St. Catharines), 905-937-0331 

Scruffy Murphy's (150 Eglinton E), 416-484-6637 

Shakers Tap & Grill (580 Kerr St, Oakville), 289-837-1353 

Simcoe Blues & Jazz (926 Simcoe St, Oshawa), 905-435-1111 

Sound Academy (11 Polson St), 416-649-7437 

The Beach Sports Bar (290 Glendale Ave, St Catharines), 905-680-0625 

The Beacon Restaurant (146 - 45th Street North, Wasaga Beach), 705-429-4433 

The Black Angus of St. Mary's (139 Queen St E, St. Mary's), 519-284-0666 

The Blue Goose Tavern (1 Blue Goose St, Mimico), 416-255 2442 

The Busholme Inn (156 Main Street Erin), 519-833-9119 

The Café (106 Ottawa, South River), 705-386-0977 

The Duck (The Golden Pheasant - 244 Ontario St, St Catharines), 905-687-9505 

The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St W), 416-531-4635 

The Grey Goat (74 Main St, Newmarket), 905-895-7902 

The Harp (55 Lakeshore Rd E, Port Credit), 905-274-3277 

The Huron Club (94 Pine St, Collingwood), 705-293-6677 

The Mod Club Theatre (722 College St), 416-588-4663 

The Niagara (4683 Crysler Ave, Niagara Falls), 905-354-7474 

The Old Winery Restaurant (2228 Niagara Stone Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake), 

905-468-8900 

The Pour House (1115 Fennel Ave E, Hamilton), 905-389-6602 

The Rex Hotel (194 Queen St W), 416-598-2475 

The Rockpile (5555A Dundas St W, Etobicoke), 416-504-6699 

The Street Tap & Eatery (547 Ontario St, St. Catharines), 905-937-1218 

Timothy's Pub (344 Brown's Line), 416-201-9515 

Uxbridge Music Hall (16 Main St S, Uxbridge), 905-852-4282 

Waring House (Picton), 800-621-4956 

Waterfront Bistro (590 Liverpool Rd, Pickering), 905-831-8661 



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