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Jan. 31
Well, the Eagles set went pretty
well- nice to play with Luke, Gary, Peter and Paul- thanks, guys!
Next Monday Rhonda and I are
going with Mom to Blackie and the Rodeo Kings at the Esplanade in the Hat, and
even Moe gets a road trip! Yippee!
Jan. 19
Just got a call from Doug Riley,
he's enlisted me to fill in for Doug Norman at the Royal in February- should be
fun!
Matt got the big idea to do
whole album sets at the Owl on Sundays, so we're doing the Eagles' Greatest Hits
on Sunday the 29th, come on out and see how we do. Gary Beatty will be playing
banjo, as well as some other henchmen of Matt's.
Can't wait for Saturday, it's
supposed to warm up! We'll be in the St. James Gate Pub in Banff, come on by and
we'll drink on Matt's tab!
Jan. 5
Happy birthday, Rhonda!
Jan. 1, 2012
Happy New Year! The Tamales had a
boatload of fun at Wild Bill's in Banff this weekend- what a zoo it was in there
last night! Can't wait 'til we go back there in February.
Dec. 9
Congrats to Chris and Leanne
Streifel, apparently the new guy showed up last Friday!
Speaking of new additions, I
got myself a Fender Vibrolux in November and I'm sure digging it! Now I need
another!
I complained about the wind in
the last post, but I should have waited. We had actual hurricane force winds
here Nov. 27th and it knocked my fence over! I hope it's not a harbinger of
winter weather to come.
Christmas parties all weekend
for the Hot Tamales, Merry Humbug!
Nov. 24
No baby for Chris that weekend, so
he was stuck playing drums with me. Corb especially enjoyed the atmosphere of
the Cecil. Alcohol seems to have an amplifying effect on gravity in there for
some folks.
I think the chinook winds of
the last two days pushed Strathmore a lot closer to Saskatchewan, so I'll have
to give myself more time to drive into Calgary this weekend. Sidewinder will
play the Chapelhow Legion with JC and his tipsy bass.
Nov. 10
This weekend the Hernia Brothers
are in the Octane in Medicine Hat, featuring Corbie Dorner on keys and whatever
drummer that doesn't have a wife in labour at the moment. Should be interesting.
Oct. 25
WOW!!!! Jeff Beck was unbelievable
last night. Best guitar player on the planet, hands down.
Hey, the Tamales are back at
the Winkin' Owl on Sunday nights and we need really large flabby people to
become sound baffles. Apparently the point of the renovations was to make the
sound environment more reflective and LOUD! Skinny, boney people are of course
welcome, too, but bring a sweater and some tubby friends, okay?
This weekend, the Tamales debut
at the Riverstone for Halloween weekend!
Oct. 14
Okay, I'm putting up some
unmastered versions of my tunes I've been working on. I'll post them here, and
on Facebook, if I figure out how.
Luke Wants To Be A
Fridge
Tooth
And Nail
Woman Back Home
I TOLD you I was getting
somewhere with the recording!
Oct. 4
Happy birthday, Willie!
Okay, yeah, it's getting longer
between posts on here. Oh, well, I have had a busy summer. I just got some of
the final recording done at Chris' studio in the Hat. I just want to add some
piano by Corb, and I'm going to wrap up the project and release it- honest!
This weekend I'm playing guitar
with Bill Blayney et al at the Big Al's Saturday afternoon jam. Starts at 4 PM!
Aug. 5
Well, there's half the summer
gone! Things have been really busy between playing with the Tamales and my
various other projects. Just spent a claustrophobic weekend at the St. James
Gate Pub in Banff on a ridiculously small stage at night and sandwiched in with
ten million tourists everywhere else during the days. Tonight we play the Cash
Casino on Blackfoot Trail, where I'm sure we'll be too loud. My big project
right now is finding a bass player who is a combination of Jaco Pastorius,
Victor Wooten, Jack Bruce and Geddy Lee to impress Bentley in a few weeks. Well,
at least if we don't play the gig, he'll know first!
June 23
I got Jeff Beck tickets this morning! I'm pumped!
Thanks, Nancy!
Things are starting to roll with the Hot
Tamales, with lots of dates coming up, come out and see us! This weekend at the
Viper Room, downtown Calgary.
May 31
We had an awesome time at Wild Bill's in Banff! I
hope we're back there really soon!
Speaking of awesome, Rhonda and I are going to
Supertramp on Saturday. Yippee!
May 11
For whatever reason, our date at the Tropicana has
been moved to the Riverstone this weekend, May 14-15.
Apr. 29
Starting this Sunday, I will be playing guitar
with the Hot Tamales, every Sunday at the Winking Owl in Deer Run, starting at 8
PM.
The bar business has gone through the usual
upheaval due to the ongoing recession, and gigs are fewer and farther between.
Fortunately, Matt Beatty has decided that going four piece is the new way
forward, so over the next few months I will end up working mainly with Matt and
the Hot Tamales or "The Second String Cowboys", the C&W permutation of the same
line up. I've always had a great time playing with Matt, so this should be a
real good thing. The big downside is going to be working much less with Alida,
but hopefully something will turn up to rectify that aspect.
So come out and see Sidewinder while the
getting's good, we're at the Ogden Legion this weekend, starting at-GASP!- 6:30
PM. The lovely and talented JC MacDonald is on bass this weekend.
April 9
Rhonda and I went to the David Lindley/Harry Manx
concert last night at Knox United church, and it was awesome! I had been waiting
for months to see this show and it was well worth the wait!
Sidewinder is back at the Riverstone next
weekend with Ray Duhaime on bass- also worth the wait!
March 29
The Elements Lounge gig at the Medicine Hat Lodge
went great. What a nice bunch of folks there! Thanks to JC on bass.
Tonight Rhonda and I are going to see Jackson
Brown. Woohoo!
March 1
Well, it was worth the wait- the last two weekends
with Ray were a whole bunch of fun! Thanks, Ray, can't wait 'til we do it again!
More new stuff, we begin rehearsing as the
Amber Fleury Band tonight for the T&C gig next week, AND this weekend marks the
induction of a new Hernia Brother, Corbie Dorner! I gotta go learn some Stevie
Wonder.
Feb. 15
Evidently, crazy loud golf pants aren't considered
appropriate attire at the Deerfoot Casino. Oh well.
Sidewinder is at the newly- and fabulously-
renovated Tropicana this weekend with Ray Duhaime on bass. Yippee!
Feb. 7
Just booked, Sidewinder will be in the casino in
the Medicine Hat Lodge in March. JC McDonald will be playing bass. JC played
with us at the Chapelhow Legion just past and did a great job!
Rhon and I saw Don Felder last night, it was
really good. Rhonda even clapped!
This weekend I'm with Matt Beatty, fresh from
his Dominican Republic gig. DON'T ask to see his tan lines!
Jan. 11
Well, the year has had a rough start- with the
blizzard on Saturday, I was stranded in Strathmore, and couldn't finish the
weekend. That's the first time ever the weather has actually kept me from a gig!
We had Ray Duhaime playing bass and hope to
have him again soon. Thanks to Alida, Ray and Doug Charters for looking after my
gear til I could come get it on Monday.
This weekend, Kenny D and Troy Clark will join
me at Grampas Pub in Forest Lawn. Always a new adventure!
Jan. 3, 2011
Happy New Year! Had a great time at Ralph's with
Lori Kole's bunch! See you in 2011!
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