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About Me

shayne avec i grec was born in the cold and raised in the wet, developing a fond admiration of feet, poetry and public tomfoolery. he has spent the past few years developing a campaign to become victoria's first official hug laureate, and loving to learn the stage.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/5/2007
Band Members: shayne avec i grec - words

Ghosts of the Highway

shayne avec i grec - words, tambourine
Jeff Andrew - words, guitar, fiddle, harmonica

Maurice Desonier's Revenge

shayne avec i grec - words
Meg "O'Mally" Iredale - music

The Shade Tree Review

Jeff "Shade Tree" Andrew
Meg "O'Mally" Iredale
Hannah "Banana Bean" Boutilier
shayne avec "what the heck is an" i grec

Tomorrow's Not Now

shayne avec i grec - words
Kevin "Bassie" Lynch - bass

Influences: port, life, Tom Waits, Saul Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Orion, Shade Tree, ODDitory Presence, Power of Hope, Canmore, hitchhiking, Alden Nowlan, the moon, ory no'man, Cort, David Cardinal, set REVOLUTION, The Roots, John Coltrane, Tons of Fun University, Leonard Cohen, Jim Morrison, Big Sur, Buddy Wakefield, Al Howard & The K23 Orchestra, The Fugitives, RC Weslowski, Corwin Fox, Mike McGee, Tongues of Fire, Sarah Noni Metzner, Charles Mingus, Ken Nordine, Jesus Christ Superstar, glenna g, lisa b, Dan Leaman, William S. Burroughs, Bob Dylan, Undercover Brother, Henry Rollins, Neil Gaiman, Ivan Coyote, Neil Conway, Jack Kerouac, Outspoken Wordsmiths, BeatBoxin' Pirates, Gordon Downie, Al Purdy, Maurice Desaulniers and many more...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

all’s wells...

that ends wells...we're in new denver now, getting washed and relax'd as we ready ourselves for the land of Shambhala. yesterday was a long day of travel in the afterglow of artswells...i took m...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:58:00 PST

the first third (a travelogue)

holy heck it's hot!i write this from a coffee shop in brandon, manitoba -- where've yet to find escape from the heat, since the day after leaving victoria... the morning of our departure got off to an...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:53:00 PST

Fairing Phenomenally in the North Country

(Sunday, 24 June 2007)Driving down from Driftpile as I write this, and recollecting over an incredible weekend... A few hours before leaving for the Fair site, I had my first opportunity to check my ...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:06:00 PST

back rockin' the rock...

home again, home again, jiggity jig... hard to believe it's been a week since i wrote you all last; and hard to believe how much a week can hold. we're home now. been here ...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:15:00 PST

stuck inside of nelson with the nearly homesick blues

the sky was wide openwhen we arrivedand now it's falling downin steady rhythmic dropletso'mally's stretched out on the bus stop bench beside meand we're biding our timethru the dripping hours of darkn...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:56:00 PST

homeward bound

quickly coming to a close here in calgary... bound in the direction of home, and bound by engagements coming soon, meg and i are down to our last few days on the road. the ...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:44:00 PST

maurice desonier's revenge!

a mellow manitoban interlude... meg and i are alive and well in brandon, manitoba - chilling @ my friend stacy's place. he was kind enough to hang around for the 2.5 hours ...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:14:00 PST

might as well go for a milkshake...

"wandering minstrel variety show, the shade tree revue, disband'd officially yesterday - thursday, 23 march 2007. details remain sketchy on just how it all came to an end, but it is believed "diverge...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:07:00 PST

hear the shade tree revue here

hey y'all...neil conway was kind enough to make a room recording of our show in halifax @ one world cafe last tuesday and it's now available for you to hear. it makes for a lovely glimpse i...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:41:00 PST

das capitol

...and the circles begin to close, as the revue sets itself to shut down... exhaust'dly in ottawa, we all arrived 'round noon today. twentyfour hours of train ride that seem'd to feel like 48!&...
Posted by shayne avec i grec on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:53:00 PST