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Robin Banks is fascinated by musical evolution. She's an artist who describes her original music as "a by product of all my musical influences and life experiences, which is somewhat limitless under that umbrella of Jazz, Blues, Soul, R&B and Reggae". She doesn't merely flirt with musical genre. Robin Banks actually got right into the bed and got dirty under the covers with Blues and Jazz and Reggae. She became intimate with the music and the culture by physically bringing her career to the South, to Texas and to Jamaica for over a decade. She went to "the root of the tree" so as to learn first hand from those artists and musicians who made the music evolve to what it is today. "I just keep it honest. Keep it real. When we write music from the heart about the real things that affect us emotionally, the music defines who we are as artists. Not genre, or geography or certainly the opinions of others." Now living back in Canada, her current bands are extensions and reflections of the past 20 or 30 years of life and musical experience. "My original material is the common thread that runs through the fabric that clothes all of my bands." All of her bands? Hmm, what might that mean? Robin Banks will be joined by Ken Whiteley on Thursday June 7th as part of the TBS Gladstone Hotel Melody "I'm known as a band leader. First, I have my Bar Blues Series. She will also be performing at Monarchs Pub on Wednesday June 27 as part of the TD all star band (of , Jazz Festival and Friday June 15th (5:30pm) at The Beach BBQ & Brews Festival, Woodbine Park, Coxwell Mike Fitzpatrick, Teddy Leonard and Clayton Ave. & Lakeshore. Photo by Dawk McCarthy Doley) that would be considered a Chicago/ Texas/West Coast style Electric Blues band with corporate events. It's rather flexible in that it can be on a stage... that's when you have reached the some Memphis Soul mixed in. It's much like my Clayton Doley or Richard Whiteman on piano. (or ultimate level. When we all play for the sake and Blues band I had in TX which was comprised basically any really skilled piano player who can respect of the song." of members of the Thunderbirds, The Rockets manage the material which is a great deal of classic Not yet signed to a label or artist management, and so on. We are kind of a festival band that Jazz ballads from Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, Robin Banks produces her music independently occasionally does club gigs. Very authentic and Ella, Etta, Aretha, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole) thus far. She's currently compiling new, original very entertaining." "I'm just starting to get to know the musicians and material for a CD that legendary Blues and Jazz "Then I have what I call my transitional band infiltrate the Jazz scene here in Toronto, which is guitarist Duke Robillard has agreed to produce. which is a mixture of all the music under my clearly rich and vibrant." This duo can also morph She is raising the funds for that project by beautiful umbrella of styles." (This band features into a trio if necessary as was the case at the Old following the advice of her peers and opening an Terry Wilkins, Mitch Lewis, Clayton Doley Mill in March where Robin was accompanied by online Kapipal account where fans and followers and Bucky Berger) The song list is a fusion of Richard Whiteman on piano and Eric St-Laurent can "pre pay" for their signed copy of the new styles including Soul, Jazz, R&B, Blues, Funk on guitar. release. http://www.kapipal.com/robinbankscd and Reggae. "I say fusion because, for instance, "I just love to work, be it in a studio or on a In the fall of 2012, Robin Banks will once I occasionally take a traditional Jazz or R&B stage. But the live show is the top of the mountain again join her Austrian born/Texas based writing cover song and do it in a Reggae or Latin style. for me. It's the peak of what I do as an artist and an partner and Blues pianist Christian Dozzler on their This is very much the same material and song entertainer. It's where I can take those feelings and third European tour behind their independently list and treatment of songs that I perform in emotions and life experiences that I've translated to released "Livin' Life" CD. Catch her live at the those Resort Hotels all around Jamaica. It has music on record, and move people with that music Mont-Tremblant International Blues Festival on big entertainment value and we occasionally do live. I never sing a song I don't love! I'm in the July 12, 13 and 14. And you can also catch her club gigs." Miss Banks also has a piano and vocal people moving business! And it's magical when live with Canadian Blues royalty Ken Whitely duo that she describes as "appropriate for quiet, you surround yourself with musicians that play accompanying her on Thursday June 7th as part upscale, elegant venues, events or occasions like that wonderful supporting role... when it becomes of the TBS Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Blues cocktail parties, fine dining restaurants, weddings, an effortless musical conversation among friends Series.

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MapleBlues is published monthly by the Toronto Blues Society ISSN 0827-0597 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Derek Andrews (President), Jon Arnold (Executive), Gord Brown, Lucie Dufault (Secretary), Sharon Evans, Sarah French, Submit for the TBS Talent Search Sharon Kate Grace, Michael Malone (Treasurer), Attention emerging Canadian blues artists…The Toronto Blues Society Talent Search is back! Six Ed Parsons (Executive), Norman Robinson, finalists will be chosen to perform at the finals taking place at Nathan Phillips Square during City of Paul Sanderson, Mike Smith (Executive), John Toronto’s Tasty Thursdays on Thursday August 16, noon-2pm. The finalists will compete for a grand Valenteyn (Executive) prize which includes a showcase at the Blues Summit Six, a performance at the Southside Shuffle Musicians Advisory Council: Lance Anderson, Festival, a show at The Delta Chelsea Monarchs Pub, a photo shoot with Bill King, recording/mixing Brian Blain, Gary Kendall, Al Lerman, Lily Sazz, time at Revolution Studios, and consultations with industry professionals! Mark Stafford, Suzie Vinnick Submissions are open now, and close on Friday June 15 at 5pm. You may submit through Sonicbids Membership Committee: Mike Malone, Lucie Default, Gord Brown, Sarah http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?opportunity_id=106751 or send a French, Mike Smith, Debbie Brown, Ed physical package to the TBS office (Talent Search Submission, 910 Queen Street West, Suite B04, Parsons, Norm Robinson, Rick Battision, Toronto, ON, M6J 1G6) with a CD, one sheet, and a cheque for $15. Eligibility is limited to acts who Sharon Kate Grace are not on a major label, do not have a major distribution deal (i.e. not distributed to retail stores) and Volunteer Committee: Ed Parsons, Sharon have not been chosen as a finalist in a past edition of the talent search. Evans, Lucie Dufault Membership Coordinators: Rick Battiston, Myrrhine Faller Office and Event Coordinator: Jordan Safer Grants Officer: Barbara Isherwood Sponsorship Coordinator: Dougal Bichan Webmistress: Janine Stoll

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This month's recommended listening by John Valenteyn, host of John Valenteyn's Blues on ciut.fm, 89.5 and CD reviewer for Maple Blues. You can drop by and say hello to John at the blues Department of HMV on Yonge Street Digital Dollars wraps up: Starting Chuck Jackson’s Big Bad Blues Band A Cup Of Joe (Linus)* back in January, Jimmy Bowskill Band Back Number (Ruf)* the Digital Dollars Cameo Blues 10,000 Hours (Make It Real)* Seminars brought Tedeschi Trucks Band Everybody's Talkin' (Sony Masterworks) together expert speakers from all over North Andre Williams & Sadies Night & Day (Outside)* America who shared strategies and tips on Rory Block I Belong To The Band-A Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis (Stony the handling of digital sales, distribution and Plain) marketing of music. They discussed various Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Jump Start (Alligator) social media platforms to promote music, best The 24th Street Wailers Unshakeable (Independent)* practices on Facebook and Twitter, growing your The Mannish Boys Double Dynamite (Delta Groove) mailing list, different ways to help monetize via Soulstack Big Red (Independent)* social media and more. The most recent session Omar & The Howlers Essential Collection (Ruf) was called “let’s get music fans” where the panel Al Wood & The Woodsmen Right On Cue (Independent)* of experts shared their experiences with new digital strategies for audience development. It Gaye Adegbalola Blues In All Flavors (Hot Toddy/Vizztone) featured Dmitri Vietze (Rock Paper Scissors, Carolyn Fe Blues Collective Original Sin (Independent)* host), Johan Hultqvist (Pinwheel Music), Allison Guitar Mikey & The Real Thing Out of the Box (Earwig)* Saretsky (Luminato), Kevin LeFlar (Official Buddy Guy w. David Ritz When I Left Home-My Story (Da Capo Press) Community), Reginald Ray (Small World Music). Various Artists Got Mojo 2 - Grand River Blues (GRBS)* The April session, “Let’s Get Video” covered the Sugar Brown Blues Band Sugar Brown's Sad Day (Independent)* popularity of videos and how they have afforded Mud Morganfield Son of the Seventh Son (Severn) music writers, artists and managers a whole new BB King Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2011 (Shout Factory) avenue for promoting and marketing their music. Panelists were David Newland (Roots Music * = Canadian Canada, host) Joel Goldberg (Joel Goldberg Productions), Eric Alper (eOne), Tiffany Ferguson

6 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com (MuchFACT), Mako Funasaka (Talkin’ Blues Horseshoe Saturday, June 16 at 1AM. Montreal 8PM. Papa’s Garage bring their blues-funk sound Media). On March 10 the session was “Let’s guitar slinger Steve Hill also plays the ‘Shoe all the way from San Fransico for an appearance Blog Music” where the panel their experiences Wednesday, June 13 at 9PM as well as the at the Hideout, Wednesday, June 13 at 8PM. The with a variety of blogs and the ups and downs of Hideout Thursday, June 14 at 1AM. Toronto festivals goes from June 11 to 17 with 650 more music blogging. Panelists were Johan Hultqvist expat Whiteboy Slim, now based in Moose bands, an impressive film programme and an (Pinwheel Music, host), David Newland (Roots Jaw, plays The Sister Friday, June 15 at 12AM. interactive media conference. Lots more info at Music Canada), Dave Cool (Bandzoogle), Li Vancouver’s No Sinners, led by the enigmatic www.nxne.com Robbins (CBC), Janine Stoll (Janine Stoll Media). Coleen Rennison play The Horseshoe Friday, cont’d on page 8 The February 11 session, “Let’s Get Social” was June 15 at 2AM and the Rivoli Friday, June 15 at hosted by Johan Hultqvist (Pinwheel Music) and included social-media experts Jason Loomis (Ariel Publicity, NYC), Bob Ledrew (Translucid Communications), Suzie Vinnick (Musician) and Emma Julien (Jane Harbury Publicity) The Digital Dollars Seminar was a partnership between the Toronto Blues Society, Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, Batuki Music Society and Lula Music and Arts Centre funded by the Province of Ontario Cultural Strategic Investment Fund with a lot of help from the late Billy Bryans who passed away before he could see the fruit of his labours. All the sessions were streamed live at www.livestream.com/torontobluessociety where they are archived for future viewing. Blues at NXNE: Fans of harder, edgier blues will have the opportunity to hear a couple of Toronto’s favourite garage blues thrashers as well as some new sounds from the across the country and beyond. Bradleyboy Macarthur plays The Sister Friday, June 15 at 9PM and CATL plays The

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www.torontobluessociety.com MapleBlues June 2012 7 LOOSE BLUES NEWS cont’d from p 7 Brian Cober on the go: Double-slide guitar Acoustic Blue Sunday Series Returns to Blues Cruise News: Tickets are now on sale playing master Brian Cober is a busy guy. Brian Westport: The Cove Inn in Westport is once for Wayne Buttery’s annual “Canada Day Blues just returned from a two week stint touring Israel again going to be buried in the blues … at least Cruise” in Penetanguishene which takes place on and is working towards returning to Austin, for six Sunday sessions beginning June 24th with Saturday, June 30th. This three-hour, blues cruise Texas where he recorded new music last October 2011 Maple Blues Award winning guitarist Steve event boards at the Penetanguishene Town Dock with musicians Ben Richardson (Grady) and Strongman. The series continues on July 8th with at 7:30 p.m. with departure at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are Tom Lewis (Haybale). As well Brian is hosting Texassippi Soul Man Danny Brooks, July 22nd $20.00 each and are available at the MS Georgian Grossman’s Sunday night Blues Jam (since Hamilton’s own Harrison Kennedy, August 12th Queen ticket office and at all “Wayne Buttery & 1996) and also plays an acoustic set at The Lola Canadian poet of the blues Paul Reddick with The Groove Project” live shows. For credit card in Kensington Market every Thursday and plays The Weber Brothers, August 26th Montreal reservations, please contact 705.549.7795 or Toll The Gate 403 every Wednesday from 5 to 8:00 singer/songwriter Michael Jerome Browne Free 1.800.363.7447 with Aslan Gotov on piano. with John McColgan and ending on September Brian will be headlining the Friday night 9th with Toronto’s own Treasa Levasseur with New Festival in Uxbridge: Jack de Keyzer David Baxter. All shows are buffet dinner and and his band play the new Uxbridge Folk N' opening of the Stratford Blues and Rib Fest on July 22 in Stratford Ontario with his band The entertainment for $45.00. Reservations required Blues festival on Thursday, June 7th at the historic 1-888-COVE-INN or (613) 273-3636. Uxbridge Music Hall where great music has has Nationals. The festival, now in its 3rd year been played for over 110 years. The festival will showcases the talents of Jordan Johns and Blues Morgan’s History Lesson in Orillia: On June also present , James Anthony Angels, Shakura S’Aida and Dylan Wickens 7, 2012 at the Orillia Spring Blues Festival Morgan and R&B legends Bobby Kris and George Oliver amongst others. Davis opens the four day festival with his History and many more. www.folknblues.ca of the Blues performance. Morgan takes his audience on a musical journey spanning 80 years of recorded blues. Using music, commentary, anecdotes as well as audience participation ... Morgan takes people from the African roots of the blues ... to field hollers of the deep South ... gospel and to regional styles like Piedmont, the Delta, Texas, St. Louis and Chicago. With a number of awards to show for his work including a Juno for Blues Album of the Year and a number of , Morgan is the consummate performer. He brings to the stage his experience of nearly 40 years on the road and his skills as a singer, songwriter, guitar player and now blues historian. In a country without a , Howling Wolf or Elmore James ... Morgan has made it his life to deliver the blues to the people of Canada and to perpetuate the history of the music. Guitar Mikey Returns to the Hammer: Guitar Mikey aka Mike McMillian returned home recently from Clarksdale, Mississippi to perform a sold out show at The Molson Studio Amphitheatre in front of a hometown Hamilton crowd. Mike was missed ... it was evident by the reception he received. And in turn ... he repaid the audience with a sublime performance, weaving in

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8 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com and out of a set list of old and new cuts from Mike’s newly released Out associated with blues music, he was producer on such ground-breaking albums of the Box CD. as Butterfield Blues Band’s “East-West”, Koerner, Ray and Glover’s “Running, Everyone in Hamilton knows Mike can play ... it’s no secret. Since the Jumping, Standing Still” and (after settling in Toronto) McKenna Mendelson tender age of 12 when he formed his first band ... to The Steel City Blues Mainline’s “Bump and Grind Revue.” The studio continues to operate under Band at 15 lit up the Hamilton music scene ... eventually joining up with the direction of engineer Walter Sobczak. blues legend Richard ‘King Biscuit Boy’ Newell ... and then his years as Big Night for the Blues: The Memphis based Blues Foundation held leader of The Real Thing ... Mike has made a name for himself. In the its 33rd annual Blues Music Awards on May 10th at the Cook Convention States Mike has travelled from Chicago to Boston and finally settling in Center in Memphis. The big winners on the night were Tab Benoit and the Clarksdale where Mike continues to fine tune his craft at the cradle of the Tedeschi-Trucks Band. Tab took home three awards including Contemporary blues ... as well as taking a turn as house band at the world famous Ground Male Blues Artist of Year, Contemporary Blues Album of Year as well as The Zero Blues Club. B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award. The Tedeschi-Trucks Band shared Mike came to Hamilton packing more than his silver suit and a couple of five awards including Album of the Year for Revelator, Band of the Year and guitars ... he brought with him piano player Mark Yaccavone and harmonica Contemporary Female Blues Artist of the Year. wiz Billy Gibson ... forming some kind of funky unholy blues triad. These men can play. They combine that laid back sense of the American South with a fire inside for the blues. It didn’t hurt that joining them on stage was a who’s who of some of the finest artist’s of the North: Gary Kendall 2012 BLUES AWARD WINNERS (bass), Larry Feudo (guitar/mandolin), Mike Fitzpatrick (drums) and Peter Nunn (keyboards). As well as guest turn by bass player Doug Carter who Acoustic Album: Conversations in Blue – David Maxwell & Otis Spann co-wrote nine songs on the new CD with Mike. Acoustic Artist: Eric Bibb The evening ended with Hamilton’s own Harrison Kennedy taking the stage and shining some of his own brand of light down on the Album: Revelator - Tedeschi Trucks Band proceedings. B.B. King Entertainer: Tab Benoit On the Air: Inside The Blues, the weekly radio show produced and Band of the Year: Tedeschi Trucks Band hosted by James Doran, is returning to 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa starting Best New Artist Debut: June 3rd - 7 to 8 PM and every Sunday evening thereafter in that time slot. Runaway – Samantha Fish Those living outside the DAWG broadcast area can pick it up on the internet Contemporary Blues Album: at www.dawgfm.com All Shows will also be archived after broadcast on Medicine – Tab Benoit www.insidetheblues.ca where they can be listened to at any time. Contemporary Blues Female Artist – Susan In the Studio: Drummer Jim Casson has been experimenting with “a Tedeschi unique combination of orchestration, conversation, ambient grooves and farm equipment.” The drummer for such acts as The Rockit 88’s, The Contemporary Blues Male Artist – Meteors and The Mighty Duck Blues Band amongst others including Tab Benoit a number of years as drummer for the seminal Canadian blues act The DVD of the Year: . With his new CD Dark Orchard Jim has really Live at Antone’s – Ruthie Foster gone out on a musical limb this time around producing a musical ‘all in’ Gibson Guitar Award: Derek Trucks approach ... incorporating everything at his musical disposal. It’s a hybrid piece ... marrying many genre’s and many art forms ... it’s a work of great Historical Album: creative vision and great courage. Its poetry. Aiding Jim in his creation on Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (Chess Records) this funky journey into experimental waters are the talents of Christopher Instrumentalist: Bass – Biscuit Miller Plock, Dave Curry (The Mighty Duck Blues Band), Tim Johns (The Instrumentalist: Drums – Chris Layton Meteors), Johnny Max, Dave Rave, Heather Dale and many others. Dark Orchard can be found at www.darkorchard.ca or on itunes. Instrumentalist: Harmonica – Charlie Musselwhite Montreal bluesman Dale Boyle just finished wrapping up a new roots Instrumentalist: Horn – Terry Hanck album called Throwback (with guests Annabelle Chvostek and Michael Instrumentalist: Other – Sonny Rhodes (lap steel guitar) Jerome Browne) which he will launch at the West Island Blues Festival Koko Taylor Award: (Traditional Blues Female) – Ruthie Foster on June 7 (indoor show) and June 16 (outdoor show). When You Wake, a song he co-wrote with Rob Lutes recently placed in the International Pinetop Perkins Piano Player: Marcia Ball Songwriting Competition (ISC) semi-finals, and was one of five songs Rock Blues Album: Dust Bowl – Joe Bonamassa internationally to be awarded the ISC D’Addario prize. Dale will also be Song of the Year: performing at the reception party for the 24th Association for Psychological “The Lord Is Waiting, The Devil Is Too” Johnny Sansone Science Convention in Chicago. The band includes best selling author and musician Daniel Levitin and five-time Grammy Award winner and bassist Soul Blues Album: Show You a Good Time – Bobby Rush for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten. Soul Blues Female Artist: Denise LaSalle In the Hospital: Montreal bluesman Steve Rowe is having heart Soul Blues Male Artist: Curtis Salgado surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and will be off the blues Traditional Blues Album: circuit for at least a month. Steve is Montreal’s “guitar hero” and we wish Chicago Blues A Living History the (R)evolution Continues him a speedy recovery. Traditional Blues Male Artist – Charlie Musselwhite Producer Frazier Mohawk (aka Barry Friedman) who has been running the Studio at Puck’s Farm for twenty years is in the Complex Care care unit of Southlake Hospital in Newmarket where many years of a hard- - Christopher Darton, John Valenteyn, Brian Blain living rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle has finally caught up with him. Frazier came up in the California music scene of the 60s and though he is not readily

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blues. The oft-recorded “Cherry Red” goes blues inflections. The best example is actually back to 1939 and this version is for the small not on this disc but on the B-side of a single band. Big Joe’s version of “Honeydripper” released last fall: “Old Stepstone” sounds is from 1973, and Chuck’s lovely slow blues ancient, a simple a capella song about leaving is backed by just a quartet of piano, guitar, home to take on the wide world alone. And bass & brushes. There are lesser-known Big she certainly is taking on the wide world, with Joe songs here and perhaps your favourite is gigs at CMJ in New York, SXSW in Austin Illustration by Nathaniel Mesner missing but there are no lesser performances. and more plus album reviews in MOJO & the A more heartfelt and enjoyable tribute would New York Times. A swing through western be hard to imagine. The first stop of Chuck Canada takes a break for a show opening for Jackson’s Big Bad Blues Band’s A Cup of the Great Lake Swimmers on June 2 at the Joe Tour 2012 will be at the Orillia Spring Music Hall on the Danforth and then summer Blues Festival, Sunday, June 10 at 3pm. The festivals. It’s all there at www.coldspecks. Toronto CD Release will be at the Rex Hotel com. Whatever you do, you owe it to yourself on Friday, June 15. More tour dates are at to check out this voice. www.chuckjackson.com.

Chuck Jackson’s Big Bad Blues Band A Cup Of Joe Linus/Universal

Chuck Jackson’s day job since 1990 has been as lead singer for Downchild and many of you know that he’s also the artistic director for one of our largest blues festivals, Cameo Blues 10,000 Hours Make It the Southside Shuffle in Port Credit. To Real occupy any remaining hours, he leads his own band, with a regular Sunday gig at Roc ‘n’ Doc’s there. To record a tribute to his Cold Specks I Predict A Graceful Back in 1978 Joe Fried asked the late main man, Big Joe Turner, must have been Expulsion Arts & Crafts/EMI Hock Walsh to put together a band to play a dream come true. Every facet of Big Joe’s the Cameo Lounge at the Hotel Isabella. career is represented and Chuck literally The Cameo Lounge is long gone but the inhabits these songs, aided and abetted by Al Spx is what she calls herself and band name would live on. The lineup varied producer ’s classic arrangements, that isn’t her real name either. She went to enormously, and many well-known members true to each song’s style & sound, making England to make this recording and stayed of the community joined at one time or these performances anything but slavish but came back to make an enormous impact another, Hock soon rejoined Downchild, but copies - they are living, breathing versions during Canadian Music Week. This young Ray Harrison carried on at the keyboards, of those classic songs. And, no, “Flip, Flop woman, now 24 and from Etobicoke, has with Tommy Griffiths very often on bass & Fly” is not here. The early days with Pete taken her wonderful, haunting voice and her and John Bride on guitar. I remember John Johnson on piano are represented last, with blues/gospel training to some remarkable Dickie singing with the band on occasion Curley Bridges wonderfully accompanying places. One of those remarkable places is but he wasn’t the lead vocalist until later. Ten on “Goin’ Away Blues” from 1939. Big Joe a spot where blues & gospel becomes the years ago, they recorded their first album for straddled the era of the big bands and the cutting edge of the alternative music scene. Make It Real Records, All Play and No Work, following era of the smaller R&B combos, Her producers, Jim Anderson & Rob Ellis, that brought back several former members but and Pat Carey’s arrangements not only reflect deserve full marks for allowing that voice to the performing unit, then and now, has John that, they feature some remarkable soloing. shine through - many of the songs feature on lead vocals and Mike Sloski on drums. Pat plays alto & baritone sax, Brigham just her strummed guitar. A full complement This history is not intended to say that they’re Phillips, trumpet, trombone & piano; Gene of rock band, percussion, strings & choirs an oldies band, just to point out that these Hardy, tenor sax; Mitch Lewis, guitar; Terry join in occasionally, giving the album a much veterans can play. John Dickie has written Wilkins, acoustic bass & Jeff Halishchuk, greater sense of variety than what I’ve picked seven of the songs here and they are new, fresh drums. Terra Hazelton, Sophia Perlman & up from many alternative rock albums. The and exciting. Just check out “10,000 Hours” Drew Jurecka add background vocals. The songs are all original, although some seem to for his diatribe on how long you have to pay full band is on hand for “Lipstick, Powder be fragments, the lyrics obscure but filled with your dues. Or “21st Century Rocket 88” with & Paint”, from 1956, followed by “Teenage dark imagery - the album’s title is a line from Sloski’s trademark drum pattern. “Gasoline” Letter”, from 1957. It features the smaller “Elephant Head”. She says she wrote them to tackles our dependency on the stuff and the band and the singers as Atlantic Records describe her life as a teenager in the suburbs, price planet Earth pays. Musically, the closest aimed a 50-ish Big Joe at the new rock ‘n’ which may be sufficient explanation. Nothing album to these new songs is his collaboration roll audience. “Sweet Sixteen”, from 1952, here resembles a traditional blues or gospel with Kevin Breit, John & The Sisters, with brings back the full band for a lovely slow tune or lyric but there is no mistaking the that adventurousness in songwriting carrying

12 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com through. Howlin’ Wolf’s catalogue supplied two songs, “Howlin’” and “Sittin’ On Top of the World”, as imaginatively arranged as you might expect. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait as long for the next one. The CD release is at Monarch’s Pub in the Delta Chelsea on June 16.

tour. They will have some fine new songs to play, songs that carry on their raw, gritty Sugar Brown Sugar Brown’s Sad Day style of blues most effectively. The lineup Self is unchanged: Lindsay Beaver on drums & vocals, Michael Archer on bass, Emily Burgess on guitar and Jonathan Wong on Sugar Brown is Ken Kawashima, a saxophone. Unshakeable was recorded in relative newcomer to our scene, coming from Lindsay’s hometown of Halifax and a couple the Chicago one, where he was the guitarist of guests dropped by: Carter Chaplin & for Tail Dragger & Rockin’ Johnny. He Marc Doucet supply a twin guitar attack impressed as the vocalist/guitarist for Snake for the instrumental “Love Triangle”. “I’m Oil Johnson, the Bob Vespaziani-led duo Not Free” is a standout soul tune, written by Jimmy Bowskill Band Back Number that was the first runner-up in 2010’s Talent Lindsay that features Barry Cooke, from Ruf/EBS Allegro Search and he impresses here too, having Joe Murphy’s Waterstreet Band on organ. met up with Montreal’s harmonica wizard “Jack, Jim, Johnny And Me” is a jump blues When he joined on stage Bharath Rajakumar. Bharath was a with Gary Potts, also of the Waterstreet at age 11, Jimmy Bowskill was already standout at Raoul & The Big Time’s Little Band taking over the drum chair. Guests an accomplished guitarist. Now 21 and Walter tributes recently and his devotion to aside, though, these are perfect vehicles preparing to join the Three J’s Tour with Joe the style now extends to the re- for Lindsay’s spirited vocals and Jonathon Bonamassa and Jeff Beck, he has a new disc creation of an early 50’s era recording studio. Wong’s audience-walking sax solos. Catch that shows he belongs in this company. He Sugar Brown, Bharath and drummer Ben them live if you can – the web site is www. performs as a power trio, with Ian McKeown Caissie thoroughly enjoyed themselves there the24thstreetwailers.com. on bass and Dan Reiff on drums. and the results are yours to enjoy as well. The stop time-filled “Take A Ride” is a Sugar Brown supplies new lyrics for good choice as an opener and it has some tunes from that era and they are well worth nice changes too. “Linger On The Sweet listening to. “Grim Reaper”, based on a JB Time” should be released as a single, a Lenoir theme is a highlight, as is “Sad Day”, catchy tune, good lyrics and great guitar. based on a familiar Muddy riff, written for “Salty Dog” is a straight-ahead power blues, the passing of his father. It is less of a trio an original song on a traditional theme with album than it sounds as Sugar Brown does more great guitar playing. I should think the many of the 15 songs solo, with Bharath solo would be much longer live and just as playing harp or guitar on some and Caissie interesting. “Little Bird” is a co-write with on drums or bass on some. The disc ends Ron Sexsmith, who knows something about with two excellent trio outings: Elmore’s “It songwriting. His “Least of My Worries” is Hurts Me Too”, with two guitars & bass and also covered here. With its acoustic guitars “Boogie For Fuji”, a lengthy instrumental. and honkytonk piano (by Bowskill), it sounds Sugar Brown has several shows this month a little out of place and perhaps that’s why it starting June 9 at the Rex. Check his ad in this issue. was placed last - a very worthwhile choice Soulstack Big Red Self nonetheless. “Spirit of the Town” is a most ambitious effort, a lament for a place that The 24th Street Wailers Unshakeable Wickens-Knight has changed. Self was a duo that won the Talent Search back in 2003. Dylan Wickens It‘s a vocal tour de force as well. Aaron & The Grand Naturals released Black Hoffman is on keyboards here to tremendous Tattoo last year while Jonathan Knight has effect. “Broke Down Engine” tackles another The upward trajectory continues for this performed under the Soulstack banner. The traditional blues theme and further evidence quartet of Humber College grads. Since current lineup behind the vocalist/guitarist of how much care Bowskill took with the their Talent Search win, they’ve impressed is: Tom Bona on drums and vocals, Mark sound of the guitars and the layering of the at festivals, including Blues sur Seine in Wessenger on keyboards & vocals and Josh parts. Www.jimmybowskill.com shows France, they’ve journeyed to Memphis for the Knight on bass & vocals. Wickens guests dates in July for Kincardine, London & IBC this past February and will be opening Jimmy Vaughan Windsor before he heads off to Europe for for this month before that Three J’s Tour. heading out on a two-month cross-country cont’d on page 15

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14 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com on lead guitar on one song. Now based why Rev. Davis is held in such high regard. in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, they tour With the guitar parts finally taken care of, widely through Southern Ontario. They call we come to the vocals and here we find their sound ‘a blend of gritty swamp blues, some of Block’s most impassioned singing danceable soul and good old-fashioned on record. In fact, you may find it quite roots’, i.e., mostly rock, but they’ve come hard to listen to the guitars as her vocals up with a very good set of original, tuneful dominate the listening experience. She sings songs. Knight & Wessenger wrote all but one all the gospel group parts herself (there are and arranged to record them live off the floor no blues here, blues was not allowed in the last October. Given the tight vocal harmonies Davis household). There are some expected here, they are one well-rehearsed band. songs and some lesser-known ones but the You’ll love the twin guitars of “Stone Cold strong performances make any question Man” (with Wickens) and their arrangement of comparisons irrelevant. My favourites of “In My Time of Dying” will get you to hit are “I Belong To The Band” (with some the repeat button. “In Your Mind” & “Holy lovely slide parts), “Lo, I’ll Be With You Roller” show their blues roots as well, with Always”, “Pure Religion”, “Twelve Gates some fine slide from Knight. Wessenger To The City” and, of course, “Death Don’t takes two vocals on the CD. This band is Have No Mercy”. Rory Block is amassing doing very well on the blues radio charts an incredible body of work with this series south of the border and they’ll be celebrating and this is only the third one. the CD’s Toronto debut at Monarch’s Pub on Saturday, June 2 at 4pm. There are more dates at www.soulstack.com. Soulstack is also represented on the Grand River Blues Society’s new compilation, Got Mojo 2. “Desperate Times” was chosen as well as the title song from Dylan Wickens’ CD. Check www.grandriverblues.org Lucky Peterson plays Monarchs Pub at the Delta that disc out at . Chelsea on June 9th with special guest guitarmeister Shawn Kellerman

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With no less than five Blues Music Awards on May 10th to add to their Blues Grammy win in February, with guest Rory Block I Belong To The Band Stony appearances at President Obama’s White Plain/Warner House blues party and on BB King’s new album, this duo and their large band are rapidly becoming THE blues supergroup. Continuing her sequence of tributes to To catch the wave, they’ve now released the masters, Rev. Gary Davis is the subject this live double CD, partially recorded this time and he presented a bit of a problem. here at the Danforth Music Hall last fall. Her initial interest was with the country Susan Tedeschi has become one of our blues players like Fred McDowell & Son best vocalists and husband Derek Trucks, House. The highly complex finger picking the possessor of a truly distinctive guitar Harlem” gets a “Swamp Raga” intro from style of someone like Davis meant that style. The band they’ve assembled is made Trucks and the segues into “Little Martha” much learning and re-learning had to happen up of equals on their respective instruments by the Allman Brothers, one of Trucks’ side before she was ready to record something and the live performances captured here projects, for just over 11 minutes of fun. Get that was up to her high standards. She give them all a chance to shine. Four of this one and you’ll know what to expect on had been a witness to Stefan Grossman’s Revelator’s songs are here along with June 29 at the Toronto Jazz Festival’s Nathan lessons with Davis as a 14-year-old player one of the songs possibly left off that one Phillips Square Stage. and those memories came flooding back to (“Nobody’s Free”). There are top-flight, her. She describes this process in the notes, lengthy workouts of Fred Neil’s famous which are taken from her book, When A song, Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight” and Sam -John Valenteyn Woman Gets The Blues. When a guitarist as Cooke’s “Wade in the Water”. Many songs [email protected] accomplished as Ms. Block goes to this much run for ten to fifteen minutes – a feast spread trouble, I think we can begin to understand over two discs. Revelator’s “Midnight In

www.torontobluessociety.com MapleBlues June 2012 15 Available on June 19 from Linus Entertainment, Legendary Canadian bluesman Chuck Jackson cleverly pays tribute to Big Joe Turner on his new album, A Cup of Joe. Featuring twelve popular and rare gems from Turner’s legendary song catalogue, including “Corrine Corrina,” “Cherry Red,” and “Lipstick, Powder & Paint,” the album expertly navigates the waters of blues and early rock and roll, churning out a traditional R&B record reminiscent of 60s-era classics.

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16 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com Grossman's Tavern 379 Spadina Ave 416-977-7000 Jun-9 Chloe Watkinson and the Crossroads 10.00 pm, no cover Highway 61 1620 Bayview Ave. TORONTO LISTINGS 416-489-7427 Jun-9 The 24th Street Wailers Axis 3048 Dundas St. W. 416- 8.00 to 11.00 pm 604-3333 Jun-23 Ken Yoshioka Blues Band Hugh's Room 2261 Dundas St. 9.30 pm W. 416-531-6604 Jun-1 Kelly Joe Phelps with Beach BBQ & Brews - special guest Lynne Hanson 8.30 Woodbine Park Coxwell & pm $22.50/$25.00 Lakeshore Blvd. E. 416-635-9889 Jun-2 A tribute to Woody Guthrie, Jun-15 The Robin Bank$ Blues Ken Whiteley and others 8.30 pm Band & Raoul & The Big Time $25/$27.50 8.00 pm Jun-2 Sheesham & Lotus Cafe du Lac 2350 Lakeshore and special guests 2.00 pm The legendary Booker T. Jones (of Booker T & the MG's) will be headlining the Orillia Blvd. W. 416-848-7381 $24.50/$28.50(inc. HST)l Spring Blues Festival on Saturday June 9 at Couchiching Park in Orillia. Jun-8 Robin Bank$ 7.00 pm Jun-7 JW Jones 8.30 pm Southside Johnny's 3653 $15/18.00 with Danny Marks Black Swan 4040 Palladium Way Cherry Cola’s Rock & Roll Lakeshore Blvd. W. 416-521-6302 opening. 905-336-1200 Burlington Cabaret Lounge 200 Bathurst Jun-30 Robin Bank$ 10.30 pm Jun-10 and Peter Karp Jun-2 James Anthony Band 2.00 Street 416-703-6969 8.30 pm $20/$22.50 CD Release The Local 396 Roncesvalles 416- pm w/guest Al Lerman Jun-21 Irene Torres & The Sugar Jun-21 A Tribute to Buddy Guy 535-6225 Devils EP Launch $10 at the door Blues in The Barn The Barn 705- and Junior Wells 8.30 pm $25- Jun-5 Mark Crissinger Solo Show 778-3023 Hensall Dominion on Queen 500 Queen $30.00 (inc. HST) featuring Danny 8.00 pm Jun-22 Fathead 8.00 pm St. E. 416-368-6893 Marks, David Rotundo, Dylan Jun-12 Sugar Brown Blues Band Jun-1 The Swinging Blackjacks Wickens, Douglas Watson 9pm with Bharath Rajakumar, Jeff Boston Manor 4460 Fairview 9.30 pm Jun-27 Chris Thomas King 8.30 Halischuk Street 905-637-1984 Burlington Jun-24 Donna Grantis 9.00 pm pm $24.50/$26.50 Jun-16 Julian Fauth 9.00 pm with Jun-2 Andre & the J-Tones 9.00 Jun-9 CATL 9.30 pm Jun-29 Betty Richardson 8.30 pm Orit Shimoni Band pm $10.00 UK Tour Fundraiser Jul-12 Suzie Vinnick 8.30 pm Dora Keogh 141 Danforth Ave The Pioneer Princess - Blues Bowmanville Ribfest Garnet $20/$22.50 (inc. HST) CD 416-778-1804 Cruise Queens Quay 416-902- B. Rickard Complex, Hwy 2 Release "Live at Bluesville" Jun-8 Root Magic 9:00 pm 9801 or 416-237-9784 and Durham 57 905-623-5728 La Revolucion 2848 Dundas St. Jun-14 Johnny Max Band 7.00 Bowmanville Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles Ave. W. 416-766-0749 pm $ 55.00 Cruise Toronto Islands Jun-9 The Lou DeAdder Band 416-588-2930 Jun-30 Ken Yoshioka and Julian w/Robin Banks 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Jun-2 Melissa Boyce Jazz & Fauth 9.00 pm Blues Band 9.00 to 1.00 am The Rex Hotel 194 Queen St. W Carrigan Arms 2025 Upper Jun-8 Fraser Melvin Blues Band Maple Leaf House 2749 Lake 416-598-2745 Middle Rd. 905-332-6131 9.00 pm to 12.00 am Shore Blvd W 416-255-2558 Jun-9 Sugar Brown Blues Band Burlington Jun-9 Sugar Brown Blues Band Jun-9 Blackboard Blues Band 3:30-6pm special guests Bharath Jun-2 Jerry Caringi and The Sil 9pm with Bharath Rajakumar, 9.00 pm Rajakumar, Alec Fraser, Paul Simone Band 2.00 pm Paul Brennan, Sam Petite Brennan Jun-9 Penny Skolski and The Sil Massey Hall 178 Victoria St. 416- Jun-15 The Fraser Melvin Blues Jun-10 Doctor Nick and the Simone Band 2.00 pm 363-7624 Band 9pm - 1am Rollercoasters 3.30 to 6.30 pm Jun-16 Tony Paglia (The Nomads) Jun-2 George Thorogood & The Jun-16 Julian Fauth 5.00 to 8.00 Jun-15 Chuck Jackson 9.45 pm and The Sil Simone Band 2.00 pm Destroyers 8.00 pm pm with Bill Heffernan Jun-16 Jerome Godboo Band Jun-23 Neil Chapman and The Sil Jun-19 Julian Fauth 9.00 pm with Monarchs Pub - Delta Chelsea 3:30 p.m. Simone Band 2.00 pm James Thomson, Tim Hamel, Hotel 33 Gerrard St. W. 416-585- Jun-30 Kimberley Wetmore and Shops at Don Mills Shawn Nykvist and Paul Brennan 4352 The Sil Simone Band 2.00 pm Jun-23 Clayton Doley 5.00 pm Jun-22 Sweet Derrick Blues Band Jun-27 Robin Bank$ 9.00 pm TD Cinammon Jim's 401 Turnberry 9.00 pm to 12.00 am Toronto Jazz Fest Upstairs@Aquila 347 Keele St. St. 519-887-8011 Brussels Jul-3 Julian Fauth 9.00 pm with Jun-2 Soulstack CD launch party 416-- Jun-9 Michael Pickett 8.00 pm James Thomson, Tim Hamel, for Big Red. 4:00pm - 8pm Jun-22 The Fraser Melvin Blues $15.00 Shawn Nykvist and Paul Brennan Jun-7 Jerome Godboo 9.00 pm Band 9:30pm - 1:30am Part of the Jul-7 Melissa Boyce Jazz & Blues with Gary Kendall Toronto Jazz Festival Class Axe 288 Couinty Rd. 44 Band 9.00 to 1.00 am Jun-9 Lucky Peterson with Shawn Jun-24 Crossroads Blues Band 613-258-9119 Kemptville Jul-10 Julian Fauth 9.00 pm with Kellerman 9.00 pm 8:00 PM. Jun-16 Morgan Davis Workshop James Thomson, Tim Hamel, Jun-14 Mark Crissinger,Rob and performance Shawn Nykvist and Paul Brennan Quail,Steve Grisbrook 9.00 pm 905 & BEYOND Elora Centre for the Arts 75 Jul-13 Fraser Melvin Blues Band Jun-16 Cameo Blues 9.00 pm Melville St. 519-846-9698 Elora 9.00 to 1.00 am $10/$20.00 with CD - CD Launch Acoustic Grill 172 Main St. 613- Jun-8 Michael Pickett 9.30 pm Jul-14 Dennis Gaumond Blues Northern Tropics Restaurant 476-2887 Picton Elora Acoustic Cafe Duo 9.00 to 1.00 am 880 Ellesmere Rd. 416-712-4242 Jun-9 Tim Bastmeyer 7.00 Hamilton Place 1 Summers Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Jul-11 Jay Douglas 7.00 pm - KV pm with Julian Fauth, James Lane 905-546-3100 Hamilton 1214 Queen St. W 416-531-4635 Charles, CD Release Thomson & Corey Richardson Jun-1 George Thorogood & The Jun-1 Howard Ross and the Full Pioneer Princess 269 Queens Augusta House 17 Augusta Destroyers with special guest Count Blues Band 9.00 to 11.00 Quay E. 416-391-1888 Street 905-522-5111 Hamilton Gordie Johnson 8.00 pm pm Jun-14 Robin Bank$ 7.00 pm Jun-15 Mark Crissinger & The Jun-7 Robin Banks 9.00 pm Hamilton Place 1 Summers Lane Bluebudzz 9.00 pm Reservoir Lounge 379 Spadina 905-546-3100 Hamilton Graffitis Bar & Grill170 Baldwin Ave 416-955-0887 Black Angus of St. Marys 139 Jun-8 Peter Karp & Sue Foley St. 416-506-6699 Jun-12 Tall Grass 7:00pm- Queen St. E. 519-284-0666 St. 8.00 pm Jun-1 Sugar Brown Blues Band 9:00pm, $5.00 Marys Jun-20 The Robert Cray Band 8.00 pm with Paul Brennan, Les Jun-23 Al Lerman - solo acoustic 8.00 pm Steve Strongman Hoffman and friends Silver Dollar Room 486 Spadina 8.30 pm opening Ave. 416-975-0909 Jun-2 Jerome Godboo Band 8pm

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18 MapleBlues June 2012 www.torontobluessociety.com Acoustic Blue Sunday Series Jul-8 Danny Brooks 6 to 10 pm Every Friday - Dinner & Show $45 - Acoustic Augusta House Gastropub 17 Augusta St. 905-522-5111 Hamilton Every Friday Live Blues Night 10.00 pm Blue Sunday Series Local Refuge and Eatery 4155 Fairview St. 905-633-9464 Burlington James Anthony live acoustic blues 5.00 pm to 8.30 pm The Duck 244 Ontario St. 905- Highway 61 BBQ 1620 Bayview Ave. 416-489-7427 The Little Naturals with Blues guest 8.00 pm 687-9505 St. Catharines ON Snug Harbour Seafood Bar & Grill 14 Stavebank Rd. 905-274-5000 Pt. Credit Jay Douglas Jun-2 The Mighty Duck Blues Every Saturday Band Blues Matinee w/ special Rex Hotel 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 Danny Marks & Friends 12 Noon Brunch Matinee guests Johnny Max & Ed Carrigan Arms 2025 Upper Middle Road 905-332-6131 Burlington The Sil Simone Band with special guest 2.00 pm Zankowsky 2:30-6:30pm Black Swan 4040 Palladium Way 905-336-1200 Burlington James Anthony Band 2.00 to 6.00 pm Special guests each week The Empire Grill 20 Balsam St. Arnold's Sports Bar & Entertainment 485 Moren Rd. 905-844-2613 Oakville David van Duzen 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm 705-444-0920 Collingwood Romby's Tavern & Smokehouse 488 Lake St. 905-937-0331 St. Catharines Kenny B and Company 3.00 pm to 6.30 pm Jun-9 Erin McCallum 9.00 pm The Street Tap & Eatery 547 Ontario St. 905-937-1218 St. Catharines Terra Firma with guests 3.30 to 6.30 pm Blues Matinee The Harp Pub 55 Lakeshore Rd Shakers Tap and Grill 580 Kerr St. 289-837-1353 Oakville Mike Branton 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm E 905 274 3277 Port Credit Jonathan's 14845 Yonge St. 905-841-1807 Aurora Blues Club North with Straight Razor 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm Jun-7 Storytellers w Terry Dominion on Queen 500 Queen St. E. 416-588-4633 Toronto Ronnie Hayward & His Trio 4.00 pm to 7.30 pm Gillespie & Suzie Vinnick 8.00 pm Timothy's Pub 344 Brown's Line 416-201-9515 Etobicoke The Meteors 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm The Local Pub 396 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-535-6225 Arthur Renwick 5.00 pm The Inner Harbour 1155 1st Rex Hotel 194 Queen St. W. 416-598-2475 Justin Bacchus - Soul, R & B Classics, Funk 7.00 pm Ave. 519-376-4440 x 1251 Owen Frankie's Ristorante 1 Main St. 905-852-1011 Uxbridge Tim Bastmeyer 7.00 pm Sound The Niagara 4683 Chrysler Av. 905-354-7474 Niagara Falls Rich & The Poor Boys 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm Jun-24 Erin McCallum 7.00 pm Ristorante Roma 1090 Bloor St. W. 416-536-2186 Mark "Bird" Stafford with a Special Guest 8.00-10.30 pm The Old Winery 2288 Niagara Stone Rd 905-468-8900 Niagara on the Lake Niagara Rhythm Section with guests 9.30 pm The Jazz Room 59 King St North Axis 3048 Dundas St. W. 416-604-3333 Julian Fauth Noon to 3.00 pm 519-841-0437 Waterloo Jun-30 Chris Thomas King with Every Sunday Cachet Restaurant & Bar 500 Water St. 905-836-5007 Newmarket Tim Bastmeyer 1.00 to 5.00 pm special guest Jonathan Knight Busholme Inn 156 Main St. 519-833-9119 Jerry Staples Blues Jam 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm 8.00 pm $25.00 The Niagara 4683 Crysler Ave. 905-930-8731 Niagara Falls Rich and The Poor Boys with Paul Sonier 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm The Kerr Village Music Festival Blue Goose Tavern 1 Blue Goose Way 416-255-2442 Mimico with The Pie Guys plus special guest 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm Beach Sports Bar 290 Glendale Ave. 905-680-0625 St. Catharines Penny Skolski with the Kenny B Band 4.00 pm to 7.00 Kerr St 905-849-8865 Oakville pm Jun-23 The Johnny Max Bigger Stonewalls 339 York Blvd. 905-577-0808 Hamilton Jack de Keyzer Band with special guest 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm Band 7.00 pm Roc 'N Docs 105 Lakeshore Rd. E. 905-891-1754 Mississauga Chuck Jackson & The All Stars 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm The Local Gastro Pub 37 Dunlop Upstairs@Aquila 347 Keele St. just south of Dundas W. 416-761-7474 Every Sun Junction Jam w/ New Mynah Birds 4.30 to 7.30 pm Street West 705-252-9220 Barrie Mulligan's Pub 2428 Dundas St. W. 905-855-7584 Mississauga Mulligan's Stew 5.00 pm to 8.30 pm Jun-8 Mark Crissinger Solo Show Lake Effect 1 Port St. E. 905-274-8223 Port Credit The Meteors 8.00 pm to 12 midnight 8.00 pm Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 647-977-4194 CC Ryder Blues 8.30 pm Grossman's Tavern 379 Spadina Ave. 416-977-7000 Blues Jam hosted by The Nationals (Brian Cober & Bill Hedefine) The Pearl Company 16 Steven 9.30 pm to 1.00 am St. 905-524-0606 Hamilton Duffy's Tavern 1238 Bloor St. W. 416-628-0330 Ken Yoshioka 9:30pm Jun-1 Shari Ulrich 8.00 pm Axis 3048 Dundas St. W. 416-604-3333 Julian Fauth Noon to 3.00 pm Jun-9 Roxanne Potvin 8.00 pm with band Every Monday Highway 61 BBQ 1620 Bayview Ave. 416-489-7427 Chris Chambers 7.00 pm The Slye Fox Pub 4057 New St Glow Fresh Grill Shops at Don Mills 416-384-1133 Johnny James & The Sharks 7.00 to 9.00 pm 905 639 3900 Burlington The Wilson 96 615 College St. 416-516-3237 Jordan John 9.00 pm with Prakash John and Al Cross Jun-14 Storytellers w Elana Harte Every Tuesday & Jon Knight 8.00 pm Joe Mamas 317 King St. W. 416-340-6469 Toronto Jordan John & The Blue Angels 8.00 pm to 12.00 pm Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles 416-588-2930 Toronto Julian Fauth 9.00 pm The Street Tap and Eatery 547 Ontario St. 905-937-1218 St. Every Wednesday Catharines Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-2930 Brian Cober and Aslan Gotov Blues Duo 5.00 pm Jun-2 Terra Firma with Jesse Joe Balognee's 541 Colborne St. 519-756-9782 Terry Edmunds 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm Trane Studio 964 Bathurst St. 416-913-8197 Liberty Wednesdays with Noah Zacharian 8.00 pm Roper 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm Intersteer Tavern 361 Roncesvalles Ave. 416-588-8054 Fraser Daley 8.00 pm to 11.00 pm The Waterfront 590 Liverpool Rd. Alleycatz 2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865 The Graceful Daddies 8.30 pm 905-831-8661 Pickering Beacon Restaurant 146-45th St. 705-429-4433 Wasaga Beach Wayne Buttery Band, jam 9.00 pm Jun-15 Layla Zoe 9.00 pm Every Thursday Black Swan 4040 Palladium Way 905-336-1200 Burlington Every Thursday with James Anthony 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm Jam Waring House 395 Sandy Hook and Open Mike Rd. 800-621-4956 Picton Rubbs Barbecue Bistro 18 Bridge St. 705-632-0227 Campbellford Al Lerman 8.00 pm Jun-1 Morgan Davis Greyfriars Pub & Restaurant 231 Oak Park Blvd. 905-257-3620 Oakville Steve Strongman 8.30 pm Jun-13 Morgan Davis Joe Mamas 317 King St. W. 416-340-6469 Blackburn 8.30 pm to 12.30 am Carrigan Arms 2025 Upper Middle Road 905-332-6131 Burlington Jam night with James Anthony, Garth Vogan, Dave Wilno Tavern 17589 Hwy 60 Russell 8.30 pm to 12.30 am Wilno 613-756-2029 Wilno White Swan 836 Danforth Ave. 416-955-6472 Section 8 Blues Jam 9.00 pm Jun-14 Morgan Davis 8.00 pm Lola Pub 40 Kensington Ave. 416-348-8645 Brian Cober 9.30 pm Sticky Fingers 199 Essa Rd. 705-721-8793 Barrie Carey Worrod 9.30 pm Winchester Arms 171 Broadway Ave. 519-941-9533 Orangeville Jun-1 Erin McCallum 9.00 pm The Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival Woodystock Newmarket get yourself listed: 905-513-0004 Jun-9 Al Lerman & John Mays 8.00 pm Browse to www.torontobluessociety.com and click on "Live Blues". in Support of Sunshine Foundation, Dreams for Kids & You will be directed how to enter your event into our database and from there it will be promoted in Lupus Ontario this newsletter, on our website and in our weekly e-mail blasts. 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Honorary Members (Honorary Membership is assigned to musicians in the past year who have participated in a TBS event): Chris Antonik, Kevin Breit, Mark Stafford, Pat Carey, Joe Murphy, Bill Johnson, Steve Marriner, Tony D, Matt Sobb, Robin Banks, Omar Tunnoch, Teddy Leonard, John Mays, Paul Reddick, Dylan Wickens, Julian Fauth, Harrison Kennedy, Johnny Max, Kat Danser, Al Lerman, Richard Henderson, Myrrhine Faller, Neil Hendry, Eugene Smith, Rebecca Hennessy, Carrie Chesnutt, Colleen Allen, Lindsay Beaver, Jonathan Wong, Emily Burgess, Fraser Melvin, Michael Archer, Brandi Disterheft, Shakura S'Aida, Treasa Levasseur, Emma-Lee, Ada Lee, Donna Grantis, Matt Andersen, Angel Forrest, Nicole Christian, Bradleyboy MacArthur, Ken Yoshioka, Brooke Blackburn, Michael Jerome Browne, Suzie Vinnick, Tracy K, Doc MacLean, Layla Zoe

Lifetime Members (Blues Boosters are Maple Blues Award recipients for their good work in the national blues community): Liz Sykes, Gord MacAuley, Ed Torres, Rob Bowman, Brad Wheeler, Mako Funasaka, Richard Flohil, Brian Slack, Elaine Bomberry, Andrew Galloway, Fred Litwin, Ralph Strodeur, Brent Staeben, Mark Monahan, Holger Petersen

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