best email ever
My favourite moment organizing 30 dates Mike and I are doing in Western Canada next winter, came from Lorna Evans. I have had terrific exchanges with her but the first […]
Performing
grammys
I watched the footage of the Grammys. The Brian Wilson, Joe Cocker and Warren Zevon tributes did me in.
someone new
There was a new couple who played the open stage. She is from Toronto originally and has a nice voice. The melodies were angular and unexpected as was his guitar […]
spam
UNEXPECTED TEXT: Good day! I am Reid I wish to ‘cover a new ‘role that has come lately opened up. I’m around-can we talk when you are? ME: Reid. You […]
the singer songwriter
A few weeks ago I told a friend I would help her with the sound at her show. I didn’t want to, truth be told. I am not a sound […]
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 […]
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 […]