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Blair Packham

These are my REAL friends. Well, one's my mom.

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/26/2005
Band Website: blairpackham.com
Band Members: Blair Packham (lead vocals, lead guitar, songwriting) and whoever else can be coerced into joining in.
Influences: Steve Goodman, John Prine, Dan Bern, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Squeeze, 10cc, Crowded House, Split Enz, Andy Kim, Jules Shear, Ron Sexsmith, Danny Michel, The Band, Colin Linden, David Wilcox, Nick Lowe, The Kinks, The Who, The Odds, Mia Sheard, Kurt Swinghammer, Marvin Gaye, Lee Dorsey, The Foundations, The Impressions, The Contours, The Miracles, The Temptations, The Marvelettes, The Isley Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Ames Brothers, The Mills Brothers, The Coen Brothers, The Brothers Grimm, The Andrew Sisters, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, that hot chick from 'Lost', Casey and Finnegan, Mister Dressup, Nanalan, Piaggio Vespa, Xaviera Hollander...
Sounds Like: Elvis Costello, The Beatles, Squeeze, Fastball, The Odds, Crowded House, Ron Sexsmith, Jules Shear, Dan Bern, The Rolling Stones, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Casey and Finnegan, Dr. Doolittle, that hot chick from 'Lost', the sound your tooth makes breaking on a piece of popcorn, and the sound of a vintage P200 Vespa revving up!
Record Label: Blare! Music Inc.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Slowly getting better

Okay, now two months on from my last blog post ("Lucky. Lucky?") and I feel things are definitely getting better for me. I still feel a bit lost without Arlene, but I am actually not "without" Arlene ...
Posted by Blair Packham on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:12:00 PST

Lucky. Lucky?

I don't know what it is about 2008 so far, but I feel incredibly optimistic. Happy. Lucky. 2007 was a bad year for me in many ways. I lost my marriage, due to probably what was my own inattention, bad...
Posted by Blair Packham on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

Wish I’d Written That

A new year. A new beginning. A new start. It was a powerful feeling, wasn't it? New Year's resolutions really make you feel good, don't they?But really...there's so much to fix, and so much to do, and...
Posted by Blair Packham on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:43:00 PST

Jitters videos on YouTube

I spent some time over the last little while posting videos on YouTube by my old band, The Jitters. It was fun looking at all that old stuff, and I thought anyone reading this might also enjoy viewing...
Posted by Blair Packham on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:34:00 PST

Packham Threatens To Gig

With the holiday season approaching, you'd think the guy would let up, but no: THIS jolly fat guy has decided to play a few shows, and what's worse, he's asking YOU to attend!Blair Packham--admittedly...
Posted by Blair Packham on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:39:00 PST

Packhams Complaint

Among the many complaints I get when I tell people about my gigs is "It's SO LATE!" (These are for shows where I start at 8:30, for goodness' sake! What, do you have to get up at sunrise to till the f...
Posted by Blair Packham on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:18:00 PST

INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW!

I just got added to the lineup at the Toronto edition of INTERNATIONAL POP OVERTHROW on Saturday November 17. It's at The Rivoli (334 Queen Street West, deep in the heart of hipness) and my set is 5:0...
Posted by Blair Packham on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:28:00 PST

Liam Titcomb confiirmed for WISH I’D WRITTEN THAT!

FINALLY! The lineup for Tuesday September 18th's WISH I'D WRITTEN THAT! is complete with the addition of LIAM TITCOMB, the lean and lanky youngster who is making quite a name for himself out in the wo...
Posted by Blair Packham on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:54:00 PST

WISH I’D WRITTEN THAT! September 18

Regrets, I've had a few. More than a few, too many to mention. And wishes? Millions of wishes, some of which came true. But hearing a great song, a song that really moved me, maybe even changed me fun...
Posted by Blair Packham on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:57:00 PST

JULES SHEAR! DANNY MICHEL! AND MORE! FREE!

BLAIR'S CURRENT DEFINITION OF A SONG CIRCLE: bunch of acoustic guitar-strumming songwriters sitting in a row (not even a circle, damnit!) taking turns telling often-banal stories about how they came t...
Posted by Blair Packham on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:07:00 PST