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Nuance Prog Rock Festival

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Nuance Progressive / Rock / Experimental Art Festival is for all progressive rock lovers. It showcases alternative rock bands from southern Ontario. It is a MUST SHOW TO SEE if your a lover of progressive rock. I still can’t believe that I have never heard of this festival before and better yet, it’s a 20 minute walk from my house!!!

I just opened up a local newsletter called The Mirror and I came across this interesting article. As you can see from link, it comes across like a traditional like ART Festival, but when you go and look at the official Nuance link from the article, it’s so much more!

This years lineup features Wilton Said, Lorne Hind, The Rebel Wheel (which reminds me of very early Spiro Giro, a early influence on my style of playing) and Counter Point (these guys sound like they are heavily influenced by YES’s, Relayer album)

So if you get the chance, come on out to the 2008 Nuance and be a Sound Chaser like the rest of us! Hey, isn’t that you Tony on keyboards? I never knew you were in YES?

NOTE: Tony, Domenic and Jon, I expect you to show up!

Keep om Jammin’





Pylis and Vigilants at SJC Dufferin Campus

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My old band Pylis and this other great band called Vigilants, another of Brantford’s many fabulous 80’s bands, planned on playing this tune called Battle Scar at the old St. John’s College Dufferin campus gym. It was a big deal back then to all of us from a rather smallish town with not all that much to do.

We practiced in this really cool, old meat locker beside a now defunct Roller Town in Brantford. We played this song together to death at this location and it was perfect. To all you musicians out there, imagine the sound you would get with 2 drummers, 2 bass players, 1 great keyboardist and 3 guitar players playing one tune together… does REALLY LOUD COME TO MIND!!!

After many months practicing in the same facility, we decided to do a concert together and this was going to be the last song of the night. As luck would have it, Vigilants had so many unforeseen soundboard problems that cut short the night dramatically. I felt so bad for them … and for the song Battle Scar!

Keep on Jammin’

What you can get for 40 bucks and a smoke

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This is a true story from a buddy of mine. He sent this to us and with his permission, I JUST GOTTA share it with you!

So let me tell you the story of how Scott gets a Martin.

I was downtown ATL about 6 weeks ago having a smoke outside when up from the ground comes a bubblin… wait not that story..

So I’m having a smoke when I see a homeless guy walking down the street with a dobro (acoustic slide guitar) over his shoulder. He comes walking up to me looking for a smoke, I was hoping that he played this thing and might play me a tune. No luck there, he said that he had just found it in the garbage at the children’s museum. To which I offered hm 40.00 for it. He said “and a cigarette ?” “Of course” said I, “you can have the rest of my pack”.

I researched the guitar when I got back to the office and it turns out that it is a hand crafted dobro made here in ATL by Ralph Luttrell(he’s the guy playing slide in the video). So I emailed him, explaining what had just transpired and if the guitar was stolen I would gladly give it back.

He responded with “it might be stolen but let me check” …. it wasn’t stolen, the museum had in fact thrown it out… its worth 3k new.

I brought it up to his shop and since I don’t know how to play slide and have been looking for a nice guitar. He asked if I would be willing to trade it for a new Martin.

So I am getting a Martin D18 for 40.00 and a half a pack of cigarettes !!

Not bad Scotty, not bad at all! See it pays to be honest.

Scotty, Keep on Jammin’

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