Locke Street Festival (September 8, 2012)

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More Muddy Waters cover/stories



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Blast from the Past: Harrison Kennedy@Locke Street Fest 2011

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Canada Day Weekend 2012 (Part 1) (Dinner Belles, David Wilcox, Smoke Wagon, Chad Pilon)

Unless specified all videos courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers





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More from this show coming soon . . .

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More from this show coming soon . . .

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Links: Chad Pilon - More Chad Pilon Stories , We Got Blues, Video courtesy of ChrisLabonville

Blast from the Past: Sonny Del Rio@It's Your Festival 2011

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Ginger St. James YouTube Videos

Above video courtesy of the Tone Bear, More Elvis Covers/Stories



Above video courtesy of TV Cogeco Ontario



More Alice Cooper Covers/Stories





Above videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music 50, More Dolly Parton Covers/Stories

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Hamilton Music Award Winners

The Hamilton Music Awards were handed out on Sunday, November 20, 2011. Big winners included the Dinner Belles (New Artist, Alt-Country, Piano - Greg Brisco), Rita Chiarelli (Female Artist, Blues), and Jeremy Fisher (Male Artist, Songwriter) Congratulations to everyone.

Female Artist of the Year: Rita Chiarelli

Male Artist of the Year: Jeremy Fisher

Local Group of the Year (People’s Choice): Live How You Live

New Artist of the Year: Dinner Belles

Roots Recording: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Kings & Queens

Alternative Country Recording: Dinner Belles, West Simcoe County

Folk Recording: Scott Orr, Where I Live And What I Lived For

Blues: Rita Chiarelli, Music From The Big House

R&B/Soul: Chris Jackson, Action

Religious: Jamie Barnes, Wilderness

Songwriter: Jeremy Fisher, Flood

Female Vocalist: Rosanna Riverso

Male Vocalist: Jon Harvey, Monster Truck

Piano/Keyboard: Greg Brisco, Dinner Belles

Special Instrumentalist: Yiannis Kapoulas

Guitarist: Luke Doucet, Whitehorse

Drummer: Chris Sindrey, Aerith

Bassist: Sean McNab, Creepshow

Canadian Recording of the Year (People’s Choice): Finger Eleven, Life Turns Electric

Record of the Year: Jeremy Fisher, Flood

Lifetime Achievement: Ian Thomas

Lifetime Achievement (Industry): Kim Cooke

Alternative Indie Rock: Dark Mean, Dark Mean

Rock Recording: Monster Truck, The Brown EP

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Barry Mac and Lena Montecalvo@Upper James Neighbour Block Party (September 17, 2011) Part 1

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More to come . . .

This performance was a fundraiser for the Neighbour 2 Neighbour Centre, click picture below to donate.


Bonus videos from This Ain't Hollywood courtesy of Deadendly





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Dinner Belles CD Debut: West Simcoe County

Call it infectious country, folk rock, roots rock, or whatever you like; the Dinner Belles' debut CD, West Simcoe County, will defintely get you in a good mood.

The hooks are catchy, the harmonies are wonderful and there's a whole mess o' sounds for variety. Mandolin, banjo, piano, slide guitar, ukelele, harmonica and more add to the richness of the music.

The band is a supergroup of sorts, boasting such local vets as Terra Lightfoot (Secret Heights), Brad Germain (Marble Index), Greg Brisco (keyboards for several local players) and more.

Together they have created some incredible toe tapping, finger snapping numbers and a few beautiful, soft, slow ones as well.

The disc is available at their live shows, as a download on Bandcamp.

Below are a few live performances from the latest Supercrawl. They feature songs from the CD. Videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music.







More Supercrawl Videos

• Caretakers
• The Rest
• Photos

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Cool You Tube Videos (Ben Somer, Barry Mac, Robin Benedict)

Links: Ben Somer - More Ben Somer Stories

Video courtesy of Southern Souls





Links: Barry Mac - More Barry Mac Stories - More From this Performance

Videos courtesy of Deadendly





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Videos courtesy of Mama Loves Music

Wright-Patterson Refugees @ This Ain't Hollywood (July 13, 2010)

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Singer/Guitarist Albert Barubek took a solo turn as well.



Later on, he was joined by Greg Brisco.



Links: Wright-Patterson Refugees Facebook Page

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This was part of a larger charity event celebrating the 25th anniversary of Live Aid. Click here for some footage of Ginger St. James from this event as well.

Ginger St. James @ This Ain't Hollywood (July 13, 2010)

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Later on, Ginger was joined by Greg Brisco on keys.





This was part of a larger charity event celebrating the 25th anniversary of Live Aid. Click here for footage from the same event.

Link: Ginger's Site - More Ginger St. James Stories

New Ginger St. James and the Grinders CD: Spank, Sparkle and Growl

If you've ever seen Ginger St. James live, you know the sultry songstress does it all: blues, swing, country, rockabilly and more. Her debut CD EP (with the Grinders), Spank Sparkle & Growl is a reflection of her diverse talent.

While most of the six songs in this collection lean toward the lounge/swing sound (Swing About You, Boom Boom Room, Don't Deceive Me), there are elements of rockabilly (Lonely Cryin' Blues, Devil Dance), and pop (Lullaby).

The Grinders - (Snow-heel Slim: guitar, Tyrone Ramsey: upright bass, Greg Brisco: keys, and Andre Tellier: drums) play with a lot of energy and deliver a rockin' beat to back up Ginger's wonderful vocals.

The CD is available at her shows.

Below are some live performances of songs from this CD.







Link: Ginger's Site - More Ginger St. James Stories

VooDoo Chicken @ Jessica Agro Mac Kids Fundraiser (May 14, 2010)

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VooDoo Chicken are: (Left to Right): Karen Johnson, Lisa Winn, Christopher Clause, Spider Costello, Mike Rittenhouse, Greg Brisco, and Andrew Aldridge











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Bonus video: Lena Montecalvo & Craig Koshul (of Burnin' Ethyl) opened the night.



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Barry Mac and the One Eye'd Jacks @ This Ain't Hollywood (March 5, 2010)

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Left to right: Mike Blackborow (guitar, vocals on T for Texas), Barry Mac (guitar, vocals), Spider Costello (drums, vocals on Dead Flowers), Lena Montecalvo (harmony vocals, lead vocals on Tennessee Waltz ), Frank Koren (bass), and Greg Brisco (keys)













Click Links for More Stories: Barry Mac, Spider Costello, Lena Montecalvo, Frank Koren, Greg Brisco

New Barry Mac CD: Figment of My Mind

Don't let the Cowboy hat on the cover fool you. Barry Mac's new CD, Figment of My Mind, is far from your typical country album.

This singer/songwriter masterfully blends his country sound with flourishes of blues, folk, rock, and more. Standout tracks include Now You're Gone, Start Right Now, You and Me, and the extemely catchy I'm Not Looking For A Friend.

As if Mac's unique voice and talented guitar work weren't enough, he's joined by an incredible group of local players: Russ Wilson (Junkhouse) - who also co-produces, Mike Blackborow (Backroom 11), Midnight Jon, Jesse O'Brien, Joe Clark and the beautiful harmony vocals of JP Riemens, Lianne Cranfield and Lena Montecalvo.

You can pick up the CD at his shows.

Links: His Web site - More Barry Mac Stories

Check out the videos below from his CD Release party at This Ain't Hollywood, featuring Mac and his One-Eyed Jacks: Mike Blackborow (guitar), Spider Costello (drums), Lena Montecalvo (harmony vocals), Pete Sisk (bass), and Greg Brisco (keys).

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Click here to see the opening act of the night: The Thunderbolt Brothers (JP Riemens and Dan Walsh.

Blues News Bites (Ginger St. James, Lee Harvey Osmond, Grammys)

Local

• Ginger St. James Blog post
• View Magazine Interview: Jacob Moon
• Lee Harvey Osmond on NPR

World

• Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger Approved
• Podcasts: Nothing But the Blues #72, Roadhouse #257,  Roadhouse #258, SA Blues #111
• 30th Blues Music Award DVD available (Taj Mahal, BB King, Maria Muldaur, more)
• Stars Celebrate Neil Young
• Blues Grammy Award Winners

Featured Videos

New Lee Harvey Osmond Video Starring Tim Gibbons


Blind Mule in Thunder Bay




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Halloween Fun in Hamilton 2009

Rick and the Krickets (Rick Prinsthal, vocals, guitar and Billy Berman, bass) were joined by Teenage Head's Jack Pedler on drums and Dan Jeffries on guitar at the Royal Canadian Legion Halloween Dance





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Troy Harmer (guitar, vocals), Greg Brisco (keyboards), John MacDonald (bass), and Michael Scott (drums) rocked the Cat N Fiddle





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Chris Chambers (Guitar, vocals), Bruce McCarthy (drums) and Nick Czarnogorski (bass) dressed up as characters from the Big Lewbowski and played the Whistling Walrus.





Links: Chris Chambers - More Chris Chambers Stories

Performer of the Week: George Petko and the Soul Shifters

George Petko and the Soul Shifters' music is folk/country rock (emphasis on the rock) at it's very best. Many of these great tunes have a Rolling Stones-ish vibe.

Songwriter, guitarist and lead singer is joined by bass player Kevin Christoff, keyboardist Greg Brisco, and drummer Dan Kolthof.

Links: MySpace

Click here is you can't see the video below.