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PSSST!!! The St. John's Antisocial Blues Conspiracy is seeking other like-minded individuals to enjoy and promote blues-oriented musicians from, or residing in, Newfoundland and Labrador, but not exclusively. It is currently inactive, as I have since moved back to the mainland (Ontario), but if you wish to contribute information to this page, please email me at mistyblue1955@hotmail.com. See also http://rockinthebluesfromcanada.blogspot.ca
Sunday 20 January 2013
Saturday 5 January 2013
IRON MAIDENS - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - JAN. 5/13
Another St. John’s alt- rock band, Waterfront Fire, formed from Apollo Rock and Owls in the Rafter, released a self-titled CD in 2012. Comprised of guitarists Andrew Boyd, Ben Thistle, drummer Ryan Tobin, bass guitarist Brandon Young, and keyboardist Sean Jessome, the band is currently looking for a vocalist to replace Josh Cluett, who moved away in August. You can check out Waterfront Fire on Soundcloud as well as Myspace.
Clarenville-based Jessa Rae Strong is a 17-year-old guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist who is looking to join or form a band. I checked out her YouTube videos and, she really is quite good. I’m sure she is looking at a good future in the music business, even as a solo act.
I’d like to belatedly congratulate the winners of the MusicNL/Statoil Christmas Songwriting Contest for young musicians across this province. The first-place winner was 16-year-old Kat McLevey, for her song, “Winter Shows Me”, second place went to 18-year-old Brianna Gosse for “My Christmas Song for You”, and 19-year-old Pete Mills took third place for “Xmas Together”.
Terry Parsons, CHMR host of “Blind Lemon Blues”, “Cosmic Debris”, “Sunday Morning Hangover Cure” and “The Songwriters”, is celebrating his birthday tomorrow, January 6, so be sure to look him up on Facebook and send him a greeting. Better yet, tune in to any and all of his long-running shows on this station, particularly this Monday, January 6, when he will announcing the Top 20 Canadian Blues Albums, as voted on by his listeners and tabulated by Terry.
California’s Val Starr & The Blues Rocket released its first CD in 2012, entitled Cool Ride, and it is available at all of the usual music download portals. The band’s second CD, Blues Away, is in pre-production and will be available in the spring of 2013.
A used record store owner in Pittsburgh apparently bought a box of old attic-stored records for $50, only to discover that one of the vinyl ’78s was Robert Johnson’s 1936 Vocalian recording of “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”. I thought that was an Elmore James tune, but whatever. It’s quoted as being worth anywhere from $6,000-12,000. Johnson, reputed to have sold his soul to the devil at a rural Mississippi crossroads, died in 1938 at the age of 27.
Steve Clark, who has replaced Geoff Goodhusband as the host of the 9OclockRock series, happening from 9-11 p.m., Thursdays, at The Levee, has posted the schedule of entertainers for the remaining weeks of Jan., as follows: January 10 – Matthew Hare and The Rolling Kings; January 17 – Stephen Green & Adam Baxter; January 24 – Brad Jefford Trio and The Skylarks; and January 31 – Erin Simms and Magnetar. Stay tuned for more tunes.
7) Claudette King (We’re Onto Something) – “Can I Walk You to Your Car” (3:40)
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Programmed and hosted by Honey Girl
1) Gena Perala (This Ain’t Pretty) – “Restless by Nature” (4:26)
2) Pat Moore (The Time’s Never Been Better) – “The
Time’s Never Been Better” (4:17)
3) Anne McCue (Broken Promise Land)
– “Motorcycle Dream” (4:27)
4) Dalannah Gail Bowen (Them Menz) – “Mean Man” (4:57)
5) Shakura S’Aida (Brown Sugar) – “Outskirts of Memphis” (5:07)
6) Chris Ayries (Momentum) – “Ain’t Yourbody’s Business”
(4:12)
GREAT BIG ROCK JAM REPORT
– JANUARY 5, 2013
Happy New Year to all of you, and I'd like to send out birthday greetings to NL singer Phoebe Holloway, and Ottawa's Pete Beaudoin of Sherry Harding and the Heat and Freddy Carriere of Firebelly.
Local alternative rock band Vegas Lounge Lizard is gearing
up to release its debut EP, and you can help them out by pre-ordering a copy of
it. The release date will be sometime in
February, but the exact date will be determined by the number of
pre-orders. You can pay what you like, but
the minimum fee is a measly five bucks.
You can listen to their music at Soundcloud.com and contact them via
their Vegas Lounge Lizard Facebook page.
They also have a YouTube video that was recorded here at CHMR.
Another St. John’s alt- rock band, Waterfront Fire, formed from Apollo Rock and Owls in the Rafter, released a self-titled CD in 2012. Comprised of guitarists Andrew Boyd, Ben Thistle, drummer Ryan Tobin, bass guitarist Brandon Young, and keyboardist Sean Jessome, the band is currently looking for a vocalist to replace Josh Cluett, who moved away in August. You can check out Waterfront Fire on Soundcloud as well as Myspace.
Clarenville-based Jessa Rae Strong is a 17-year-old guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist who is looking to join or form a band. I checked out her YouTube videos and, she really is quite good. I’m sure she is looking at a good future in the music business, even as a solo act.
I’d like to belatedly congratulate the winners of the MusicNL/Statoil Christmas Songwriting Contest for young musicians across this province. The first-place winner was 16-year-old Kat McLevey, for her song, “Winter Shows Me”, second place went to 18-year-old Brianna Gosse for “My Christmas Song for You”, and 19-year-old Pete Mills took third place for “Xmas Together”.
Terry Parsons, CHMR host of “Blind Lemon Blues”, “Cosmic Debris”, “Sunday Morning Hangover Cure” and “The Songwriters”, is celebrating his birthday tomorrow, January 6, so be sure to look him up on Facebook and send him a greeting. Better yet, tune in to any and all of his long-running shows on this station, particularly this Monday, January 6, when he will announcing the Top 20 Canadian Blues Albums, as voted on by his listeners and tabulated by Terry.
California’s Val Starr & The Blues Rocket released its first CD in 2012, entitled Cool Ride, and it is available at all of the usual music download portals. The band’s second CD, Blues Away, is in pre-production and will be available in the spring of 2013.
A used record store owner in Pittsburgh apparently bought a box of old attic-stored records for $50, only to discover that one of the vinyl ’78s was Robert Johnson’s 1936 Vocalian recording of “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”. I thought that was an Elmore James tune, but whatever. It’s quoted as being worth anywhere from $6,000-12,000. Johnson, reputed to have sold his soul to the devil at a rural Mississippi crossroads, died in 1938 at the age of 27.
Steve Clark, who has replaced Geoff Goodhusband as the host of the 9OclockRock series, happening from 9-11 p.m., Thursdays, at The Levee, has posted the schedule of entertainers for the remaining weeks of Jan., as follows: January 10 – Matthew Hare and The Rolling Kings; January 17 – Stephen Green & Adam Baxter; January 24 – Brad Jefford Trio and The Skylarks; and January 31 – Erin Simms and Magnetar. Stay tuned for more tunes.
7) Claudette King (We’re Onto Something) – “Can I Walk You to Your Car” (3:40)
8) Anni Piper (Chasin’ Tail) – “Hideaway” (4:46)
9) Stacy Jones Band (Live and Untapped) – “Waitin’ on Love”
(3:25)
10) Beth Duncan (Comes the Fall) – “Give Me the Simple Life”
(2:58)
11) Tracy K (Old, New, Borrowed & Blues) – “Stop! Wait a Minute!) (3:50)
12) Sue Foley (Queen Bee – The Antones Collection) –
“Lightning Boogie” (1:46)
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ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - JAN. 5/13
8) The Blue Voodoo (Outside Looking In) – “Working Man’s Blues” (3:21)
Programmed by D.D. Rocker/Misty Blue 1955
Muddy Waters (Hard Again) – “Blues Had a Baby and They Named
It Rock and Roll” (Intro Clip)
1) Atlas B Salvesen (Smoke Signals) – “Faith Will Leave You”
(3:34)
2) Ivo Soares (Ivo Soares) – “Last Song I Write About You”
(3:19)
3) Mark Sepic (Blue Mantra) – “Sweet Forbidden Love” (2:09)
4) The Nylons (Skin Tight) – “They Just Can’t Stop It”
(4:08)
5) David Vest (East Meets Vest) – “Wish Me Well” (4:22)
6) Stockholm Stoner (Stockholm Stoner) –
“Broken Wing Angel” (4:11)
7) Ian Siegal (The Skinny) – “The Skinny” (4:51)
D.D.’s BLUE NOTES –
JANUARY 5, 2013
In Ottawa
music news, Ian Boyd, of Compact Disc music store, advises that there will be
new CDs/vinyl from The Fiftymen, The Hilotrons, Lynn
Miles, and Riot Police, all before the end of March.
Toronto musician and radio
show host Danny Marks is very pleased to have won for the 2012 “Best Electric
Blues CD” vote by Wasser-Prawda music magazine in Germany for his latest release, A Good Friend in the Blues.
Toronto-based Blues Element's new album has been
overly-delayed, partly due to a consignment deal that went sour. Vocalist and co-songwriter Jamie Browning had
decided to sell off her vintage costumes from her days as the frontwoman for Toronto punk band
Daphne’s Purple Closet in order to finance the new Blues Element CD. However, the consignment shop owner, Eva by
name, is refusing to return any unsold garments and has not reimbursed Jamie
for any of her items that were already purchased. Buyer (and
seller) beware – dishonest people are out there, everywhere.
Dylan Wickens & The Grand Naturals are also trying to
finance the production of their newest CD, entitled Love & Lust.
They have a fundraising campaign on the go at Indiegogo.com. Depending on the amount of your donation, you
could conceivably obtain an autographed copy of the CD, have your name listed
on the album credits, be added to the guest list for any live performances by
the band throughout 2013, have an intimate one-hour concert by the band at your
home, and/or receive an autographed instrument that was used in the production
of the CD. For more information, visit
indiegogo.com/dylanwickens.
Brad Curtis of Vancouver’s Some X Six
Band tells me that The Hoodoo
Shake CD was picked by The Blues Underground as "Most Unique and
Original Album Of The Year 2012” for the Editor’s Choice Award – well done,
lads.
Debby White, owner
of 99 Matrix Records and sweetTmusic in Nashville, TN, reports that her
roster artists Keith Youngster, with his “Superman” single, and Van Preston,
with her single, “My Heart Craves Him”, will both be featured in upcoming
issues of Europe's Maverick Magazine and will be featured in the Covermount CD, to be released in Europe,
this month and next.
If you’re a blues music junkie who enjoys taking in the
festival circuit year-round, the 7th annual Boquete Jazz and Blues
Festival takes place in Boquete, Panama, from Feb. 28 to Mar. 3, 2013. The line-up of performers hasn’t been
finalized yet, but on the bill so far are Chicago’s Tail Dragger (a.k.a. James
Yancy Jones) and Bob Corritore, Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Ubarte, The Randy
Oxford Band, out of Seattle, WA, The Rigoberto Coba of David, Chiriqui,
Boquete, and his 18-piece big band, California’s Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws,
Venezuelan Jazz Diva Maria Rivas & Band, the Royal J’s from New Orleans, and,
of course, the one and only Boquete Blues Band B3.
8) The Blue Voodoo (Outside Looking In) – “Working Man’s Blues” (3:21)
9) The Vegetarians (The Vegetarians) – “U Deserve It” (4:28)
10) Ben Racine Band (One of a Kind) – “Early Times” (3:51)
11) Murderjetz (Tacit) – “Origin” (2:39)
12) Mark Bragg (Your Kiss) – “Carl Ray” (3:23)
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IRON MAIDENS - CHMR 93.5 - PLAYLIST - DEC. 29/12
Programmed and hosted by Honey Girl
1) Layah Jane (Brightness & Bravery) – “Lay Your Head”
(2:47)
2) Layah Jane (Brightness & Bravery) – “Steppin’ Out”
(3:34)
3) Andrea
Lake (Bender) –
“Something for the Pain” (3:56)
4) Andrea
Lake (Bender) – “N.Y.C.
Addiction” (4:27)
5) Sophie Milman (Make Someone Happy) – “Rocket Love” (4:34)
6) Joni Mitchell (Dreamland) – “Furry Sings the Blues”
(5:06)
7) Natalia and Montuno (Moving North) – “Bad Daddy” (3:37)
8) Treasa Levasseur (w/MonkeyJunk) (Broad) – “Much Too Much”
(3:22)
9) Francine & Friends (What Goes Around Comes Around)
– “What Goes Around
Comes Around” (3:37)
10) Suzie Vinnick (Toronto
Blues Now) – “Save Me for Later” (3:26)
11) Sue Foley (Young Girl Blues) – “But I Forgive You”
(2:47)
12) Alannah Myles (Black Velvet) – “Trouble” (5:12)
13) The Jesse Greene Band (The Jesse Greene Band) – “No More
Rock ‘n’ Roll” (3:41)
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ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - DEC. 29/12
Programmed and hosted by D.D. Rocker/Misty Blue 1955
Muddy Waters (Hard Again) – “Blues Had a Baby and They Named
It Rock and Roll” (Intro Clip)
1) Will Fournier & Friends (Live at the Hattery) –
“Ripples” (4:43)
2) Tyson Carma Band (f. Randy Bachman) [indie mp3] – “Can’t
You See” (4:05)
3) Soul Stack (Big Red) – “In My Time of Dying” (3:32)
4) Mud Dog (SUN) – “Mississippi”
(3:36)
5) Paul Reddick (Wishbone) – “Photograph” (3:09)
6) The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer (Checkered Past) –
“Nothing to Lose” (3:09)
7) Guitar Mikey and the Real Thing (Out of the Box) – “It’s
a Sin” (3:48)
8) The Nylons (Skin Tight) – “Like Young” (3:33)
9) Terry Blankley (Money Talks) – “La Rue de Skid” (3:06)
10) Trickbag (Trickbag) – “Moose Legs Boogie” (2:46)
11) Right to Asylum [indie mp3] – “Mt. Etna”
(3:28)
12) Sister Hyde (Sister Hyde) – “Isolate” (3:03)
13) Sebastian Bach (Kicking and Screaming) – “Kicking and
Screaming” (3:18)
14) Waterbodies (The Evil We Know) – “How to Burn Bridges”
(2:22)
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