Cam

Bass Playing Background and Experience Summary
Originally From: Kingston ON, Canada
Currently: Kitchener-Waterloo ON, Canada
Playing For: 25 years
Current Gig(s): Fiddlers 3
Performance Highlights:
Fiddlers 3 - Blackstone Valley Celtic Festival, Webster MA, 2008
Fiddlers 3 - It's Your Festival, Hamilton ON, 2008
Fiddlers 3 - The Greater Hartford Irish Music Festival, Hartford CT, 2007
Fiddlers 3 - Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, Saginaw MI, 2007
Fiddlers 3 - Owen Sound ON Celtic Festival (2005 and 2007)
Fiddlers 3 - East Lake Irish Festival, (Cleveland) OH, 2006
Fiddlers 3 - Rodd Crowbush Resort, PEI, 2006
The TNT Bluesmen - The Corktown, Hamilton ON w/ Phil Guy, 2005
The TNT Bluesmen - The Corktown, Hamilton ON w/ The Holmes Brothers, 2005
“Wild Child” Butler - Snowbird Jazz and Blues Festival, SLC Utah, 2004
“Wild Child” Butler - Lucerne Blues Festival (Switzerland, 2003)
“Wild Child” Butler - Buddy Guy’s, Chicago Illinois 2002 and 2003
“Wild Child” Butler- The 18th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Davenport Iowa, 2002
“Wild Child” Butler - The 11th Annual, Pocono’s Blues Festival, Big Boulder Pennsylvania, 2002
“Wild Child” Butler - Cafe Classics, Doylestown Pennsylvania, 2002
Recordings:
Fiddlers 3, Vol. 3: The Rhythm Chapter – 2007
Fiddlers 3 - Triple Threat Live at Blackstone Valley Fiddlers 3 at Blackstone Valley
Wayne Janus, All Access Blues – 2007
The Oscar Mannheim Project - 2005
The Fat Kids Club (ONYA) - TBD
Busiest Year: 2005 (54 Live Performances)
Instructors:
Matt Woodward
Matt was a major influence in the Kingston music scene when I was coming up and was the founder of the LMLC2 (Live Music Lovers Charity Concert) events. LMLC2 was an indelible experience for those who were audience, showcasing some of Kingston’s best talent at the time.
Joe Chithalen
Joe was a music major at Queen’s University and played bass for Wild Blues Yonder (a Sunday night staple at AJ’s Hanger), Bloom, and Weeping Tile (Sarah Harmer). Joe was also instrumental in The Mahones formative years. Tragically in 1999, at 31, Joe passed away suddenly while on tour with The Mahones in Amsterdam as a result of anaphylactic shock. In his memory his family and local musicians initiated “A Joe Show” and the “Joe Chithalen Memorial Music Lending Library in Kingston”. The Library provides instruments and lessons to young musicians who can't afford them. Since it’s inception other music lending libraries have been created in other centers. This past summer (2007) “A Joe Show” was held outside of Kingston, for the first time, at the Port Dover Friday the 13th bike rally. You can hear a lick Joe taught me during the bass break in “Ephedrine” in “Cam’s Bass” …it’s the percussive fast bit… Joe is missed…
Bands:
Fiddlers 3 (Hamilton ON)
George "Wild Child" Butler (Windsor ON) - APO Records
ONYA a.k.a. “The Fat Kids Club” (Hamilton ON)
The TNT Bluesmen (Hamilton ON)
The Oscar Mannheim Project (Hamilton ON)
Strange Pleasures (Hamilton ON)
The Electric Dirt Band (Kingston ON)
Blind Fury (Kingston ON)