Sammy Davis Jr’s Vancouver pad
I thought I knew it all, the Railway, the Commodore, the Naam, the Cultch, that place on Granville, the two older places in Gastown. Looks as though the show in […]
Performing
take your clothes off when you dance
About thirty-five years ago I played the Moers Music Festival in Germany. The band was one of Eugene Chadbourne’s wild inventions. Ashwin Batish, Jonathan Segal, Brian Ritchie, and, most importantly, […]
sweden
In Stockholm and Uppsala shortly I’m supposed to play a 45 minute set. Karl who has invited me and made all the arrangements asked me to include at least four […]
Lynn Miles show
The other two things I most enjoyed at the Lynn Miles show at Hugh’s Room last Thursday was her fancy Nashville jacket which she mentioned once after the 4th or […]
graham greene
At Lynn Miles’s show, between sets I saw Keith Glass in the dressing room. I could tell by his eyes he did not remember me, which is understandable. It was […]
sweet gertrude, sweet lowdown
At Hugh’s Room there were two men seated directly before me, the front row, where I could not avoid them though in truth I did, blinded as I was by […]
boys are getting stinko
Soon the weather will be changing. Sudbury was incredible converted theatre formerly Gothic church. Beautiful sight lines. Best piano so far a C7. Eighty people is impressive but a little […]
my favourite part of the Judee Sill movie
“But it hurt so much to play stand up bass. I’ve got real thin fingers. Stand up bass is really hard. I used to shoot heroin and be able to […]
sellers and newell
In the Blue Rodeo life I used to play long improvisational solos framed by the organ and drums. A zillion nights doing that with Cleave Anderson and later Mark French. […]
sing a song fighter
The Stockholm shows and recording in September are now confirmed. A little bittersweet, since I’ll already be across the ocean, a shame there aren’t other countries lined up to wander […]