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October 4, 2009

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Jim, it's a Hoss, after 13 months.

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MUSICIAN'S LIST TOPS 360 NAMES

Music. I have a career, but this is my passion, my escape, my solace, my mistress. I can think of no other thing that gives me more fulfillment than to play an instrument. I have had the distinct pleasure and privilege of playing music with some of the best players anywhere, as well as a few clunkers! But it matters not as long as everyone has fun. The list of names is long, but thanks to all for being there while I indulge in it. If your name isn't in the list of 363 musicians (What an Orchestra....!) below, it's 'cause I plumb forgot it...and besides, there is nothing more embarrassing than not knowing the names of some great players, so email me if I forgot you...or apply public humiliation in the . Those players with websites are underlined with links...If your name is below and you have a website, let me know.  And yes there are two Tim Williams-es there.

RECENT & UPCOMING GIGS

Nothing in the pipe until October 2009 and being the substitute Dr. Botox....

(G)=Guitar (B)=Bass (D)=Drums (Vo)=Vocals (H)=Harmonica (Bj)=Banjo (M)=Mandolin (Sx)=Saxophone (Br)=Brass (F)=Fiddle (Kb)=Keyboards (Sg)=Steel Guitar (B3)=Hammond B3 (Ac)=Accordion

AARON PENTON (G)
AL BARRETT (G)
AL BULL (D)
AL HENNESSEY (G)
AL LAMONACA (G,Bj)
ALEC STEINWALL (Kb)
ALEX REITSMA (B)(RIP)
ALIDA SCHEDEL (D)
AMOS GARRETT (G)
ANDERS CZARNECKI
ANDREW RUSSELL (G,Bj)
ANDRZEJ RYSZKA (D)
ANDY GRAFITTI (D)
ANDY HICKS (G)
ANTHONY MITCHELL (B)
ARMAND PELLETIER (F)
ART BOEHM (B)
B J COOK (Vo)
BACK ALLEY JOHN (RIP)
BARRY HOW (D)
BEN BOBOSKI (Sg)
BEN CHEVERIE (G)
BEN HARRIES (B)
BILL BLAYNEY (G)
BILL DOWEY (G,Kb)
BILL DOUCETTE
BILL HILLS (H, Vo)
BILL IRWIN (G)
BILLY MELVILLE (G)(Vo)
BLAINE ALEXANDER (G, B, D)
BLAIR PURVES (Kb)
BOB COURMIER (G)
BOB DEUTSCHER (G)
BOB GOSSE (G)
BOB KOHL (G)
BOB POPOWITCH (B)
BOB RICHARDSON (B)
BOB SHEPPARD (G)
BOB WILLIAMS (Sx)
BOB WOODS (D)
BRAD CARTER (D)
BRAD LINDBERG (G, Bj)
BRAD TAYLOR (D)
BRANDON ISAAK (G)
BRENT GERLITZ (D)
BRENT PARKIN (G)
BRENT WRIGHT (G)
BRIAN McAREAVEY (G)
BRIAN McCULLOCH (G)
BRIAN MILLIKEN (D)
BRIAN POLLOCK (B)
BRIAN SOVEREIGN (B)
BRYAN CZARNECKI (B)
BROCK GILLIS (B3)
BRUCE BOEHLER (B,G)
BRUCE LEINAN (G, F)
CAROLIN McBRIEN (G)
CHARLIE BUTLER (G)
CHIP BURNEY (B)
CHRIS ARIS (Vo)
CHRIS BYRNE (B)
CHRIS DUNN (G)
CHUCK McEWAN (G)
CINDY McLEOD (Vo)
COLLEEN BROOKS (B, Vo)
COLIN FARNSWORTH (G)
COLIN GRAHAM (D)
COLIN PHILLIPS (G, B)
COLONEL JESSOM (B, D)
CORBETT FRASZ (D,G)
CORBIE DORNER
CURTIS CRIPPS (B)
CURTIS DUNN (D)
  D'ARCY DEAVILLE (G,F)
DAHL CALDWELL (B)
DALE WIENS (D)
DAN CONNORS (Vo)
DAN SHINNAN (H, Vo)
DANNY MacISAAC (G)
DARELD McKENZIE (RIP)(G, D)
DARREN BARTON (B, G)
DARREN DOHERTY (G)
DARREN GUSNOWSKY (G)
DARREN JOHNSON (G)
DAVE CURRIE (G)
DAVE DIJKHAUSEN (G)
DAVE FAST (B)
DAVE GLOWASKY (F)
DAVE "HURRICANE" HOERL (H)
DAVE HOLLOWAY (G)
DAVE MacISAAC (G, F)
DAVE McCLEAN (G)
DAWN DESMARAIS (Vo)
DEAN MALCOLM (G, F)
DEAN SCOVELL (Kb)
DEBI POWER (Kb)
DENNIS DAVIES (D)
DENNIS ROBINSON (F, M)
DEREK OSBORN (D)(RIP)
DEREK LITTLEJOHN (G)
DEREK ROUTLEDGE (Sx)
DON MUIR (Kb)
DON YUSWAK (G)
DONALD RAY JOHNSON (Vo, D)
DOUG BERNIE (G)
DOUG CHARTERS (G)
DOUG CORRIVEAU (Kb)
DOUG WATT (G)
DURIS MAXWELL (D)
DUSTIN KEILLOR (G)
DYLAN MacDONALD (H)
DYLLIS DURFEE (D, Vo)
EDDY POIRIER (G, M, F)
EVA LEVESQUE (G)
ERIC JENSEN (RIP) (G)
ERIC WARE (D)
FERN MAILLET (uB)
FIONA FORREST (Kb)
 FRANCES JONES (G)
FRANK POLLARD (D)
FRANK WINDSOR (G)
FRED MALLETTE (G, Bj)
GARTH DARR (D)
GARRY ANDRYCHUK (D)
GARY MARTIN (G)
GARY OKRAINEC (Sx)
GARY SYLVESTER (Sx)
GAVIN SOROCHAN (D)
GENE GARCIA (G)
GENE STRANDQUIST (B)
GEOFF BROCK (G)
GEOFF HOGG (B, D, G)
GEPERT MYERS (D)
GERD KRAUSE (G)
GERRY FOSTER (G)
GIB MONKS (Sx)
GILLES TOUGAS (G)
GLEN YORGA (B)
GORDON ARMSWORTHY (G)
GORDON STOBBE (B)
GORDON WATSON (D)
GRAHAM ELLIOTT (D)
GRAHAM ROSS (Sg)
GRANT LESLIE (G, B)
GRANT SIM (G)
GREG CARROLL (B)
 GREGORY COX (G, D)
GREG GODOVITZ (G)
GUY CHAPUT (G)
GUY PLEKASH (Kb)
HEATHER BLUSH (G)
HOWARD FIGG (G)
HUGH HANCOCK (B)
IAN HARTLEY (Br)
JACK JEFFERY (B)
JACK LOREE (G)
JACK VELKER (Kb)
JAMES MILLS (D)
JAMES TAYLOR (RIP) (B)
JANA SEALE (Vo)
JARVIS BENOIT (F) (RIP)
JASON KENDALL
JASON SCHULTCHEN
JASON SCOTT (D)
JAYE SMITH-BAXTER (Vo, Sx)
JEAN CHIQUETTE (B)
JEFF McCANN (G)
JIM BAXTER (G, Sg)
JIM KISELICKA (B)
JIM TRIGGS (G)
JIMMY PAYNE (RIP) (D)
JOE MURPHY (G)
JOHN LACEY (Sg)
JOEY McINTYRE (D)
JOHN CAMPBELL (G)
JOHN DURR (D)
JOHN RIGBY (G)
JOHN RUTHERFORD (G)
JOHN SINCLAIR (B,G)
JOHN THIEL (G)
JOHN YOUNG (G)
JOHNNY RUSSELL (Kb)
JOHNNY V MILLS (G)
JON SILVER (G)
JORY KINJO (B)
JOYCELYN SCOTT (Vo)
JULIAN KERR (Kb)
KALEY KINJO (B)
KAREN FOWLIE (G, Vo)
KARL ROTH (F)
KATE LEWIS (Vo)
KATHY COOK (G)
KEITH DALRYMPLE (B)
KEITH FLOEN (Kb)
KELLY CRUSE (D, B, G)
KELLY JAY FORDHAM (Kb)
KELLY KAVANAGH (Vo)
KEN CHALMERS (D)
KEN DALLA VICENZA (B)
KEN SCHOULTS (Sg)
KENT McRAE (D)
KEVIN BELZNER (D)
KEVIN LATTO (G)
KEVIN O'CONNOR (Sx)
KEVIN ROACH (G, M)
KIM ANDERSON (B)
KING BISCUIT BOY (RIP)(H, Vo)
KIRBY SEWELL (Vo)
KIRBY (CHOP-CHOP) SMALL (G) (RIP)
KRYSTA BURTON (Vo)
LARRY BOUTILIER (Bj, F)
LARRY MURPHY (Bj)
LAWRENCE COZGROVE (G, Vo)
LIONEL DESJARLAIS (G, B)
LORNE ETKINS (D)
LOUIS ARSENAULT (Bj, M, G)
LOUIS BENOIT (M, G)
LUANNE McGILL (G, Vo)
LUKE WILSON (Bj, G)
 LYNDON DAVIES (Kb)
LYNDSAY CROWSHOE (G)
MARIJA SMOLCIC (Vo)
MARK BOUTILIER (G)
MARK SADLIER-BROWN (G)
MARTY ANTONINI (Kb)
MARVIN YAKOWESHEN (Sx)
MATT MINGLEWOOD (G)
MAURICE JOHN VAUGHN(G, Vo)
MEG GILLIS (G, Vo, Kb)
MEL WILSON (G)
MICHAEL GOTHREAU (G)
MICHELLE GOSHINMON (Vo)
MIKE BOURQUE (G)
MIKE CLARK (Sx, G)
MIKE FOSTER (D)
MIKE HOUSTON (G)
MIKE JACOBS (G)
MIKE KARASTAS (D)
MIKE KING (G)
MIKE LEBLANC
MIKE LITTLE (B3)
MIKE MacDONALD (G)
MIKE MATTSON (D)
MIKE PETERS (G, F, M)
MIKE WARNER (D)
MIKE WATT (G)
MIKE WOODFORD (D)
MONICA CAREY (B, Vo)
MURPHY MARTIN (B)
MYRAN SZOTT (F)
NEIL GORRIE (D)
NEIL HEDLEY (Vo)
NEIL CHRISTOFFERSEN (Vo)
NEIL ROBERTSON (D)
NOEL SNOW (D)
PAT SAVAGE (G)
PAT SECORD (G)
PAUL BEATTY (G, M)
PAUL BROWN (Kb)
PAUL FINN (G)
PAUL FOREST (G)
PAUL JAMES (G)
PAUL KYPE (G)
PAULIE  DUHAIME (Vo)
PAT SAVAGE (G)
PETE TURLAND (B)
PETER FISCHER (Sx)
PETER HOHN (D)
PETER WARD (G)
PHIL HALL (B)
RANDY BISHOP (B, G, D)
RANDY FOURNIER (B)
RANDY McCALLUM (G)
RANDY OUSTON (G)
RANDY SHEPHERD (B)
RAY DUHAIME (B)
RAY GRIFF (Vo, Kb, G)
RAY LEMELIN (G)
RAY MONTANA (G)
RICHARD ALLAN (D)
RICHIE OAKLEY (G)
RICHIE POLLACK (H, Vo)
RICK HALISHEFF (G)
RICK MASON (D)
RICK McLEOD (H, Sx)
RICK PYYKONEN (D)
RICK TOUGH (G)
ROB HOLLIS (G)
ROB MONTGOMERY (G)
ROB OSWIN (G)
ROB PHILLIPS (G)
 ROB VULIC(D)
ROBBIE KING (Kb) (RIP)
ROD MOYSEY (G)
ROD PARTIN (Kb)
ROD PERRY (D)
RODNEY BRENT (G, Sg, M)
RODNEY COKE (B)
RON CASAT (Kb)
RONNIE KING (B, G, Vo)
RON LUKIV (G)
RONNIE BURKE (G)
RONNIE HAWKINS (Vo)
RONNIE MARRA (D)
ROSS WATSON (D, B)
RUSSELL BRENT (G)
RUTH PURVES SMITH (G)
RYAN HERZOG (D)
RYSZARD KOWALEWSKI (B)
SAM TAYLOR (D)
SANDY SMITH (D, G)
SCOTT FOOKS (Kb, G, B)
SCOTTY HILLS (G)
SCOTT TICHENOR (G, M)
SHANE CHISHOLM (B)
SHANE McCRAE (G)
SHELDON (BUZZ) GARDNER (G)
SHELLEY LYNN (B)
SHERMAN "TANK" DOUCETTE
SHIRLEY THIEL (Vo, G)
SKIP HOLMES (G, Bj)
SONNY RHODES (G, Sg)
STAN JACOBS (G)
STEVE BAXTER (RIP) (G)
STEVE KENNEDY (G)
STEVE PINEO (G, M)
STEVE SOUCY (Kb)
STEVE TSATCHEV (Kb)
STEVE WEST (Bj, G, M)
STEVE WRIGHT (G)
SUITCASE JAMES (B)
SUZANNE LEVESQUE (B)
TAMMY HILLIS (G,Vo)
TERRY EDMUNDS (G)
TERRY GOSSE
TERRY LACROIX (B)
THEO BROWN (D)
THOM MOON (D)
TIM BUTLER (G)
TIM JAMES (G)
TIM JEFFREYS (Sg)
TIM PERSON (Kb)
TIM WILLIAMS (G, M)
TIM WILLIAMS (D)
TOM BURTON (D)
TOM HILLIS (B)
TOM HOLST
TOM JACKSON (G, Vo)
TOM KNOWLES (B)
TOM McKILLOP (G, Sx)
TOM PALECZKA (G)
TOM TUTTY (G)
TREVOR DELLEMONACHE (B)
TREVOR NEWMAN (B)
TRINA NESTIBO (G, Ac)
TRISHA YORK (F)
VERNON WILLS (G)
WAYNE GLASPY
WAYNE SUMMERS (D)
WES MACKEY (G)
WENDELL DONOVAN (G)
WONE YIP (D)
YUJI IHARA (G)

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   After Ian. What can I say. One of my favorite musical endeavors. Classic rock covers, and not just any songs.


KING EDDY EPITAPH


 GUY CHAPUT a.k.a. McKINLEY MATTERS

Guy's album "Awakenings" takes a different approach to the Blues.  All original compositions with some interesting twists. See a video featuring a tune from his live album 'Live at the Ironwood', a rainsoaked version of "57 Chevy". Guy is a kick-ass live performer.
 


 JIM BAXTER

Jim Baxter & Sidewinder.  For four years Jim ran one of the better jams in Calgary at Station 52.  Visit his site for more on his trio Sidewinder.  You might find my ugly mug in there somewhere.


Groove Kitch'n

Clearly an entertaining endeavor, visit their site for a precise plot of their stage layout...dang, they might even fit in my basement if the dang thing ever gets finished.


Bill Dowey's Blues at 9th & 4th website

 Bill Dowey hosted the famous (and now defunct) King Eddy Saturday Jam Session. His brand of basic blues, played on slide guitar and keyboards, remains one of the finest examples of the genre to be heard.  Now Bill and his band the Blues Devils can be seen hosting a Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Evening jam at Kit's on 16th pub.


The Engagement

Ken Dalla Vicenza's Calgary Music Scene page

 Ken is a Bass player with a penchant for musical antics...as well as a somewhat prolific web junkie.


Terry Edmunds Homepage
 

 

 Terry Edmunds. A cult figure to some, relatively unheard-of, but: to be seen to be believed. Here a picture of the Wild Child at the Anvil, Wolfville, NS, sometime in the distant past (around 1980...). Shuffle by Boates.

Amos Garrett's Homepage: unique guitar style
Remember "Midnight at the Oasis"? Amos is an unsung hero of the guitar, with a unique string-bending style. That's Amos on the right, with yours truly twiddling the mandolin.

Fretworks Musical Instrument Repair

 

 Fretworks offers excellent and personalized repair and service for your fretted instrument...and likely your unfretted one, too. Miles Jones brought my ailing and no longer precise Fender Precision Bass back from the brink...and I stopped fretting...thanks again, Mr. Jones.


Dogskin Suit Blues Band

 

 A self-promoting blues band from Kelowna, BC, with CD's and MP3 links. Can be seen about Calgary every so often.


Alien


 

 

 Tim Williams

 

 

Some of the finest original blues around. He and his band the Electrofires are always a great live show.  Tim hosts an acoustic open mic at the Auburn on Monday night.


Sherman "Tank" Doucette

Sherman is an enduring representative of the Harmonica Fraternity.  Like all experienced blues players, best heard live!
 

Playground Zone

Local Calgary classic rock cover band.  As the name implies, they turn the venue into a place where the the speed limit should be 30 km/h, only that doesn't happen.  It gets pretty racy by times.
 

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JAM SESSIONS IN THE CALGARY AREA

These are the ones I usually attend when away from the patch. There are others as well, but I can't remember.


THE BORDER CROSSING. Wednesday Night 7 PM until they're done, then all over again Sunday Night 6PM until they're done again, With Doug Charters, Alida Schedel & Kenny Dalla Vicenza. All styles welcome.


FAT JACKS.  Saturday afternoon (3-7) jam hosted by Bill Dowey and the Blues Devils. Sunday Night 8PM with the dubious dulcet tones of Stratabuse.


BLIND BEGGAR PUB. Sunday evening 7PM-11PM Blues jam with Bill Dowey & the Blues Devils; Thursday Night 9PM-1AM all music with Big Yellow Willy. Some video with me as a Blues Devil: (1) (2) (3)


HEXTER'S PUB.  Gary Martin & the Heavenly Blues host a full-on Motown-Blues-Rock-Jazz jam, with little room for dead air.  Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 3-7 PM.


THE OLIVE GROVE.  Jam hosted by Kelly Kavanagh & Mike Foster, with guest guitarists all about. Sundays 7-11PM


SYMONS VALLEY RANCH. Acoustic open mic hosted by Corbett Frasz and Dustin Keillor. Tuesdays 7-11PM


 


 


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