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Counterpoint on the Danforth

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I can not begin to tell you all about this MUST SEE Progressive Rock show, being held on the Danforth on Sunday, April 26th at the Black Swan! The event will showcase the best of Progressive (Prog.) Rock bands that Toronto has to offer the world, really! This is the consummate environment for the uninitiated to become exposed to the Progressive Rock experience!

This musical plunge into the open waters of Prog. Rock, will have a bit of everything splashed in to it to wet even the most ardent listeners whistle. This I say with no reservation!

The bands in the lineup are Wilton Said, Half past four and CounterPoint. You may have noticed that Wilton Said and CounterPoint played at last years Nuance Festival so I don’t have to explain the level of musical integrity that will be forwarded to this celebration.

The other band is called Half past Four. This band has high levels of Prog Rock purity. They have quite the well rounded sound to their style. I’ve never seen them live but I’ve heard nothing but great things about them. Check out their link and hear for yourself!

I will also try to encourage an old friend of mine to show up, Carl Wilson! He is the great music critic from The Globe and Mail who just came back from taping a episode on the Corbert Report. His new book was even commented on by James Franco while he was on the Red Carpet during the 2009 Oscars!

If you want to be apart of this acumen, then don’t miss it! I promise it will be a music spectacle that you’ll remember for a long time to come!

Sunday, April 26, 2009
Time:
7:00pm – 11:30pm
Location:
THE BLACK SWAN
Street:
154 DANFORTH AVENUE





Gardening in the Spring

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Yesterday was a banner day in our backyard garden! The weather was BEAUTIFUL! Not a cloud in the sky and around 14 (C). I thought to myself, Gardening, bring it on!

It all started when the dog had to go outside for her, you know! We first encountered the blast of warm air and the heat of the sun. She hasn’t been in the backyard for some time now so she just walked around and took in the smells of the garden! During that time I dug through our back room and found a fold able chair and opened it up, directly in the line of sunlight.

She sat at my feet, beside me on the chair, and it was one of those Rockwell moments you see as we both were in ahh of our surroundings. It was everything that we could of asked for, especially after the long winter that we were exposed to. So what else could be added to this perfect moment right now in my terrace oasis? My Larrivee acoustic!

So I quickly ran upstairs and brought my axe out for the first time this year! As the song goes oh what a felling, what a rush!

Our dog midnight still doesn’t quite know how to take this thing I have on my lap. When I start playing, she sits up straight. Looks at me with those intense puppy eyes and tilts her head sideways. She reminds me of Edith Bunker when midnight does that!

The only song I played in the backyard was from Bruce Cockburn titled Going to the Country. I just love that on! I understand why repeating a song over and over drives some people nutz, but I have to play it RIGHT!

So that was my day yesterday and I thought that I’d share it with you! So go out there and ENJOY it … while you can.

Keep on Jammin’ (in the backyard)

Randy Bachman to rock at Luminato free opener

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Canada’s most prolific guitarist/songwriter of our generation, randy Bachman, will be opening the third annual Luminato. It will be located in downtown Toronto’s Young & Dundas square on June 5th of this year.

Honestly, I’ve never been to any of these events but, this year will be much different!

The god-father of Canadian guitar, is really looking forward to initiate the opening of the Luminato Guitar festival lineup in the heart of Toronto. He told reports that musicians often wonder to themselves Why aren’t I playing that and said that this is one such event that he could not miss out on. He said it about Woodstock, but he won’t be saying it about this year’s Luminato event!

Because of the recession, it’s great to have a big opening free concert!

Also at this years celebration of everything guitar, we are going to be attempting to break a Guinness World record at this location as well! It will be called The Great Canadian Tune

Some of Toronto’s most talented, or so they think, and lucky residents will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Largest Guitar Ensemble. The talented one’s I hope, will have a massive jam session playing ten of the greatest Canadian tunes ever simultaneously.

The current record was held in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. There, 1,802 guitarists gathered to perform Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water.”

In the weeks leading up to the Festival, audiences will be asked to log on to luminato website to place their votes for The Great Canadian Tune. Got any in mind?

So listen up everybody, here is a BIG heads up on what to do on June 5th in Toronto, if your not that busy?! Hope to see ya there!

Keep on Jammin’

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