gimli
What I loved most about the Gimli shows wasn’t just the playing. It was the odd, shining bits around the edges. Like the woman behind the bar who told me, […]
Tours
back pain and cousins
Threw my back out, didn’t I. Must’ve been the way I slept, or didn’t. Felt like getting shot in the back by a dream, that kind of pain that makes […]
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, […]
flight back
The flight back from Sweden was the worst I’ve ever taken. I Usually book an aisle. I forgot. Wedged for eight hours between two large men. By the time I […]
dates
So far confirmed or (almost confirmed) for next winter: Saskatoon, Regina, Qu’appelle Valley, Prince Albert, Creston, Fernie, Kimberley, Sointula, Nanaimo, Whistler, Powell River, Osoyoos, Sechelt and Winnipeg. Waiting on seven […]
satisfaction
It was all too perfect. The festival happening in the afternoon and later once it got dark. The great food. The kind people and old friends. Wolfe Island, Chris told […]
dates
Next winter tour dates are shaping up like this. Starting March: Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan (or Lasquiti), Campbell River (or Nanaimo), Sointula, Powell River, Sechelt, Burnaby (fly to Winnipeg) Qu’appelle Valley, […]
garlic and gochajang
I was asked to play in Sweden in September 2025. So pleasing to have this offer, I asked if they could set up a few more shows to make the […]
which side is the pledge of allegiance?
I started a song trying to not do things the way I usually do. Stemming from all the situations I put students in to write stream of consciously. I worked […]