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RIP Chuck Mangione’s band members

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Our hearts and prayers go out to all the passengers and their families of Continental Flight # 3407 this past week that crashed near Buffalo NY. The ones that stick out in my mind are the ones that played in Chuck Mangione’s band. They were guitarist Coleman Mellett and woodwind player Gerry Niewood. They will be sadly missed by not only all lovers of jazz music, but the entire world.

Like everyone else who heard of the tragic news, I was not aware of who was on this flight until many days later. At first, the news is another headliner. You don’t have a connection with it, except for the fact that the people on board were human beings.

Then comes the news that some of the passengers were musicians. That they were the ones who played songs that you grew up with and have attached fond personal memories with these songs they played. You think, well the song will never be the same again because of the lose of these people, but as long as you have those memories, the song remains the same!

Keep on Jammin’





What to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon

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I’m here in our nice little warm house, wondering what to do next. While viewing my Facebook account, I noticed that the nicest person that ever went to St. Bernard’s elementary school in 1977, just accepted me as a friend … ah, isn’t that nice! Now what am I going to do next?

I took the dog for a walk earlier, had a nice big breakfast, took the dog for a HUGE 1 1/2 hour walk along the Don Valley River in the Taylor Creek Park area! Our little puppy Midnight and I then returned back home for some lunch and something warm to drink.

I’m not into playing guitar, not into reading a book, not interested in Wii! I guess I’ll just blog?

Keep on Jammin’

Seventh annual Winterfolk Festival

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The 2009th Winterfolk Festival is a roots/folk/blues festival that is held in the East end of Toronto known as The Danforth, in selected Pubs. This years event will be held from Feb. 13th – 15th. The shows venues are located in one of the greatest neighbourhoods in the city! This congregation of musically like minded individuals, will be gathering at local Pubs located in between Broadview and Chester subway stations.

The roots/folk/blues winter festival will provide listeners the opportunity to listen to warm summer music, during the cold blistering time of the calendar. This year’s price of admission is designed to reflect the economics of our times. If your smart, you’ll get tickets in advance at $5.00, it’s cheaper then a pint, $10.00 at the door!

The line up is both familiar and new. You have the ones I have heard like Brain Gladstone, Bob Snider and Danny Marks. Now thrown into this years set are some that I’m not all that accustomed to. Like Ariana Gillis, David Leask or Evaristo Machado. The latter one may ring a bell or two with a buddy of mine a Peter Schmidt, I gotta get a hold of him come to think about it!

So check out the list of performers at the annual Winterfolk and come on in from out of the cold for some warm cider and blistering music!

Keep on Jammin’

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