So while going through my FB news feed the other day, FB decided to remind me of a memory that came up from a few years ago about one of my all time favourite bands. The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir – Not To Be Forgotten. I guess FB did it’s...
Month: October 2021
The first time I met Lance was back in the 90’s when he came to Joe’s Place to play in Maureen Brown’s band, Big Hand. I think he was very happy to be performing at the club due to the fact, we had two Hammond organs, a B3 and...
Not long after Joes Place opened back in ’92, I was approached to book a band named “Jambone – The Best House Band Ever! Jambone was a trio comprised of Thomas Nelson (bass, vocals, band leader), Rick Labrie (guitar, vocals) and Pat Dewey (drums, vocals) performing a variety of...
Acclaimed guitarist, singer, song writer, band leader and producer, Jack de Keyzer rarely sits still. For 46 years or roughly a couple million miles , de Keyzer has been hitting the road , air and studio to bring his brand of guitar driven blues around the globe. With 12...
Six albums deep and Juno Award winner Kellylee Evans is still shaking it up on Come On, her latest Decca album. The stylistic connoisseur has tackled everything from jazz to R&B and pop in such previous tasty classics fight or flight?, Nina – her Juno-winning tribute to the legendary...
“There would be no Blues Brothers if it weren’t for Downchild” – Dan Aykroyd Downchild, one of the planet’s foremost, most fêted, longest-running blues outfits with quite possibly the best back story ever told. Roaring through bracing, high-octane performances since 1969, the band founded and continuously steered by harmonica...
Several awards have been created to honour not only his outstanding musicianship but his ability to “get the joint jumpin” and “light up the world.”
John McAneney quote “well now, The Johnny Max Band have no gigs coming up( but we are working on some festivals for next summer and fall)however Johnny is hosting The #bluesforthereddoor Sunday Nov 7 at The Duke of Cornwall Pub reservations at 416-640-3853www.bluesforthereddoor.ca#foodsecurity#johnnymax#Livemusic
One of my first reviews is about a guy who plays bass guitar, loves music and has been a promoter pretty much his whole life Rick Laroche, musician, promoter and the man behind Rock Talk with Rick. “Promote Live Music”. That is his number one goal. Working with his...
Have a Good One is the new video from Canada’s #jazz#funk alchemists The Shuffle Demons. Featuring stunning modern dance choreographed by Jennifer R. or Larchaud Dance Project, ‘Have a Good One’ explores the dilemmas of modern life and a ‘future coming faster than a bullet train’ and concludes that...