Getting Behind on Canadian Music Find
Letting my duties slip a little, here are some Canadian musicians and musical acts collect over the last few weeks from the Twitter hash tag, #canadianmusicfind:
#canadianmusicfind May 3rd – May 10th
End of April #canadianmusicfind wrap up
Lots of great Canadian music variety this week from #canadianmusicfind.
A whole bag o’ #canadianmusicfind
I’ve been saving these ones up for a about a week or so. There is lots of great Canadian music here from #canadianmusicfind.
#canadianmusicfind weekend recap
Here is a handful more Canadian musicians that you need to have a look at (from #canadianmusicfind).
Celebrating the life of Mel Brown
It’s a day of joy despite sorrow as family, friends and fans gather for the funeral of legendary bluesman Mel Brown.
You’ll recall in my post, Mel Brown, at stage left, one of the things that brought my emotions and memories of Mel Brown around full circle was the presence of my old amp on stage behind Mels guitar and stool, assuming it’s old position. Seeing it here in this moving and powerful video gives me chills. I am glad, in some small way, I could help pay tribute to the legend of Mel Brown.
#canadianmusicfind for April 14th
Lots of great music for the April 14th showing of #canadianmusicfind:
- Cal Batchelor
- RUSH
- Tom Cochrane
- Cowboy Mimes
- Dianna Krall
- Ron Sexsmith
- Leonard Cohen
- See Bruce Cockburn, Colin Linden, Jesse Cook and Madagascar Slim give lessons on CBC’s Radio 2
- Bruce Cockburn
- Madagascar Slim
- Jesse Cook
Mel Brown’s Chicken Fat Has Arrived!
Today I got my copy of Mel Brown’s Chicken Fat in the mail. I think it’s great that Verve has reissued classic albums like this. I just wish they would hurry up and get the rest of them out there too. I would love to get my hands on a copy of The Wizard.
If you are a Mel Brown fan and don’t have any of his classic vinyl, I suggest getting a copy of this CD. It’s very well packaged and comes with a great insert that includes a 4 x 6 image of the then 27 year old Mel Brown. On the reverse side are the original liner notes which are a blast from the past. Herb Ellis, Ronald Brown, Paul Humphrey, Arthur Wright and Gerald Wiggins were the other personnel on this classic reissue.
Easter Weekend #canadianmusicfind
Here is the #canadianmusicfind Easter weekend roundup:
Got some old tracks over yonder
The first real band I had formed, along with my step dad, some time around 1995-96 or so, went by the name (I think) of Tom Houghton & The Firestorm. I honestly don’t remember how we came to know any of the band members but I do remember each of them by name:
- Tom Houghton (vocals)
- Adam Merrifield (lead guitar, harmonica)
- Ryan Davidson (second guitar)
- Sam Ogilvie (bass)
- Dwayne Cousineau (drums)
The band was short lived, very distracted, very misguided, but we did hang out long enough to do a dozen gigs or so and lay down some crude tracks in the studio. While this band didn’t last long, my step dad and I met our future and long time keyboardist, Gavin Smith, through the sister of Mr. Houghton.
From a 1997 indie recording, Jimi Hendrix’ Red House:
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