super dave
One time we played on Super Dave Osbourne. I didn’t know he was a joker in the Andy Kaufman tradition. I was surprised when years later I realized who he […]
Performing
sur ma route
There was a woman who performed magic tricks at Smokey Joe’s open stage at 519 Community Centre on Friday nights long ago. Stella Louise also played Johnny Cash songs on […]
hello ceiling
“I know about it, sure. What you do Bob, you come to the room early when no one’s there and you say hi to the floor and then you look […]
7 samurai at bathurst and bloor
I went to the open stage that is predominantly hip hop. Usually takes place in Scarborough but once a month moves to Bathurst and Bloor. I have been 5 times […]
Lannie Petrushka
His name is Lanny Petrushka. Always at the open stage in the 1980s at Fat Alberts, tinkering on the piano before the regulars arrived. Seemed not a pianist because […]
set list
Maybe it is just the way minds operate, imagining problems before they have been actualized and with so much intensity one feels permission to react to things that never even […]
see the man with the stage fright
I practiced, I learned it, I knew it and it sounded fine – but that was alone in my room. Once I got to Chicago the tingle revealed itself. In […]
Harder
Played a show one time with a big-shot and it became apparent quickly if I followed their lead they were creative and pleased but if I took the lead they […]
sound advice
At school you are expected each week to read much and understand it as well as if it was really compelling. Most students I become friends with admit to often […]
cbgbs
The 4th Blue Rodeo show was in New York at CBGBs. I never played in a band before. The first shows were at the Rivoli and the Isabella Hotel where […]