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The Shaftmen

About Me

PAYCHECK BLUES..our new album will be out by June 22. THE SHAFTMEN WITH THEIR TOUGH, ORGANIC BLUES ROCK SOUND ARE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE...... TIMMINS AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO CANADA IS A HARD ROCK MINING AREA,..... IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO... WORKING CLASS MICHIGAN, OR THE DOCKS OF LIVERPOOL........ WHAT COMES OUT IS WHAT'S INSIDE. SIMPLE AS THAT....THE SHAFTMEN'S MUSIC EXPLORES THE LINK BETWEEN BLUES AND ROCK N ROLL....WE ARE NOT A STRICT 12 BAR BLUES BAND, THAT FACT MAKES WHAT WE DO VERY EXCITING.........ABOVE ALL...THIS IS VERY HONEST MUSIC............TIMMINS IS ALSO THE CITY THAT BOASTS SHANIA TWAIN AS A WORLDWIDE ICON........ THE SHAFTMEN'S MUSIC OF COURSE IS DIFFERENT, BUT MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE KNOWN SHANIA FOR YEARS, WHEN SHE GREW UP AND GIGGED HERE......... SHE IS WELL RESPECTED.... 3 OF THE 4 MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY IN THE MINNG INDUSTRY...... LYRICALLY YOU WILL FIND PLENTY OF REFERENCES TO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND CANADA.............WE LOVE THE TERM "CANADA'S SHAFTMEN"......THAT'S US..SPREAD THAT BLUES ROCK GOSPEL..............MINING THE BLUES IS THE BAND'S DEBUT DISC........FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE.....ALSO..SEE US LIVE ON YOUTUBE.COM

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/19/2006
Band Website: www.theshaftmen.com
Band Members: JOHN EMMS-LD VOCALS GTR, SONGWRITER, JOHN SAVARD-LD GTR, VOCALS, GIL BOISSONNEAULT-FRETLESS BASS, VOCALS, MIKE "THE HAMMER" CHARETTE-DRUMS, VOCALS
Influences: THE ROLLING STONES, MUDDY WATERS, THE BAND, JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS, JACK DE KEYZER...MUSICIANS WITH INTEGRITY
Sounds Like: CLASSIC BLUES ROCK/ROOTS MUSIC..LINKED TOGETHER
Record Label: JEMS MUSIC/new abum due out spring 2009
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

jeff beck blu-ray live at ronnie scott's

HEY EVERYONE..any guitar or music fan..has to pick up the blu-ray version of JEFF BECK live at ronnie scott's..number one it is vastly different than the cd version..an extra 7 song rockabilly show..2...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:46:00 GMT

RIFF BASED BLUES ROCK AND ONWARD

I have always believed in writing what suits the project. With THE SHAFTMEN most of the music centres around riffs. With Blues Rock that first riff always grabs your attention. Whetber it's Jumpin Jac...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:05:00 GMT

THE OLD GUESS WHO, VINYL RECORDS, & GOOD TIMES

JUST happened to read Burton Cummings latest blog. Brought back a lot of memories. Back in 1973 or so our band Smuggler did a little touring. Hell the original Rush were on the road and played some of...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:12:00 GMT

NORTHERN HERITAGE BLUESl

NORTHERN HERITAGE BLUES..will be the name of our new album. 12 new original tracks plus a super cool cover of jimmy reed's classic blues song BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITYJACK DE KEYZER is producing and mixi...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:13:00 GMT

THE SHAFTMEN 4A.M. BLUES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnF6Zi7t4c WOW WHAT A GREAT BLUES TRACK..NICE CHORD CHANGES AND TURN AROUNDS FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM MINING THE BLUES..ALSO CHECK OUT THE NEW TRACK BLUES SC...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:42:00 GMT

The Shaftmen-Too Much Confusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSjMiyD7vDU LIVE IN CONCERT ...THE SHAFTMEN...SWAMP MEETS THE BLUES..WICKED TRACK FROM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM MINING THE BLUES
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:37:00 GMT

BLUES SCHOOL..BABY IT ROCKS

THIS SLAB OF BLUES ROCK IS  ROCKIN' THE HOUSE OF BLUES..WOW!
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:01:00 GMT

THE WORLD GOES TO BLUES SCHOOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnslo-aLnxk WHAT A CATCHY SLAB OF GREAT BLUES ROCK. MENTIONS ALL THE BLUES GREATS. THESE GUYS ROCK BIG TIME..FROM SHANIA TWAIN'S HOMETOWN
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:58:00 GMT

ROCK N ROLL NORTHERN SCENE by THE SHAFTMEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPD0-IWqlKU wow baby wow..kicking butt from SHANIA TWAIN'S HOMETOWN
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:20:00 GMT

challenging you & ourselves

Well...we really went out and challenged oursleves with our new album. It should be due out by x-mas 2008 (maybe)   On the songwriting end, I really bumped up the riffs and bridges in the so...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:28:00 GMT