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About Me

the only slightly abridged list of credit and blame:
- acoustically inclined (the 'big' claim to shame)
- the urban gorilla band
- gord zubrecki and the expatriates of ether city ensemble.
- süss, the ah & the awe eclectic band
- the scott nolan band *the new material is GREAT.
- the wyrd sisters *
*though it wasn't all the fun it was cracked up to be. i think if i never hear the faucet song again, it'd be too soon.
- the edmond dufort band
- the richard moody band
- the chuck mcclelland jazz project
- the mike webster band
- lianne fournier and the pearl drivers
- ben sures band
- the scott nolan band
- johnny cajun
- moody, penner & swain
- inna riddim reggae extravaganza
- a rod stewart cover band
- a bob marley cover band
- the mira black née mira sahay band
- acoustic bluegrass duet with kerry krishna
- righteous ike and the spellcasters
- maggi mae (blues)
- deborah lynn neufeld (blues)
- bad weather (blues)
- dan livingstone (acoustic blues duet)
- dan frechette band
- emile bissek and friends (bass, african traditional)
- scruj macdukh
- edouard lamontagne (mandolin)
- marcel soulodre band
- gord zubrecki and the ether city band (mandolin)
- jeremy proctor
- manitoba cold storage (blues, funky jazz)
- nicky mehta (wailin' jennies)
- thread w/ keri latimer (née mctighe, special fancy and nathan )
- ron tomasson jazz quartet, trio & cetera
guesting:
- ronley teper and her lipliners
- the magnificent 7s
- boiled in lead
- bourbon tabernacle choir
- the hummers
- pat temple and the high lonesome players
- the perpetrators
- big dave mclean
- the d-rangers (fiddle, believe it or not)
- doug and jess
- jacques lussier, but only around a campfire at Harvest Moon Festival
- valdy , but also only around a campfire at the North Country Fair
- karl roth , but only around a campfire
- bill bourne (workshop a totally different year at the North Country Fair, and at sled dog music one time after a show..this guy plays the most solid 13.8 rhythm i have yet encountered in a guitar player)
- keith dyck
- luke doucet

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

while i am not yet sick of sailing, i am now looking to play more than less. still kind of happy to learn 30 songs for a gig next week. but 10 songs for one real solid set seems like it'd be a better idea all around. i keep thinking to catch an angel with that stone.
neko case, martin tielli, sarah harmer, david lowery, frank black, tom waits or anyone else totally fabulous who wants to give me a job playing guitar
i am looking, essentially for the moon:
a fulfilling creative situation that pays something not embarrassing, touring, et cetera. or something. have rig. will travel.

My Blog

behind the curtain

behind the curtain"The cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker and others have suggested that our music perception system was essentially an evolutionary accident, and that survival and sexual-selection ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:04:00 GMT

wiseacre

"You can't listen to reviewers, because they don't know anything about acting. They can only speak in primary terms. The thing that matters is what you think of yourself."~Marlon Brando, "Streetcar an...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:08:00 GMT

3 bands i will not be auditioning for. actual ads from toronto.

1.  "Our band is called demonic. It is an alternative metal band." right. 2.  oh my. while combing for possible musical projects i found this: track 4: first 30 seconds okay. the seconds... a symbol ...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:19:00 GMT

patrick watson

random observations on the occasion of the patrick watson event- pizza without cheese =  yes- weirdly,  their stage plot was mostly identical to the süss band stage plot,  complete with...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:00:00 GMT

someone who knows me well

this is sweet.  i was asked:"what vintage is your laptop?"rather than '"how new is your laptop?"which kills me. 
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:49:00 GMT

gimli film

this is totally great.  last night a schedule change had on the leonard cohen biography / concert retrospective thing 'i'm your man.'  superb. the moon was full.  northern lights. ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:05:00 GMT

devil town

all my friends are vampires. didn't know there was vampires. turns out i was a vampire myself. devil town.~from daniel johnston, devil town. 
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:16:00 GMT

reading gleaning

best thing i have read of late:'jumping the shark has jumped the shark.'
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:08:00 GMT

'a rather chilly sort of pleasure...'

back to the lake.  i have totally jumped the gun this time.  no running water.  anywhere.  i went to the artesian well and there was nothing.  not a trickle. glad that i plann...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:16:00 GMT

rheostatix r.i.p.

alas,  we hardly knew ye.  the minute you shaved your head, you ran for the mirrorbut slipped in the clippingssat in your nestand cried like a baby would
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:50:00 GMT