Happy autumn everyone. I hope you’re enjoying the seasonal colour changes wherever you are. I wanted to give you a wee update on a few interesting gigs in the GTA and let you know what’s up with the new record.
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CCMA SONGWRITER'S SERIES SLOT IN SASKATOON
I’m delighted to have been selected to perform at The Songwriter’s Series at Canadian Country Music Week in Saskatoon this September. Looking forward to sharing some songs and listening to the other performers. Check out this link to learn about…
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SUMMER GIGS AND A NEW RECORD
Hope you are embracing some of the many joys of summer. For me, maybe it’s the wandering I did through the glens as a wee boy but this year I’ve had great fun sighting almost 30 different birds in…
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TWENTY YEARS AGO
It was February 22nd, 1997. Some of you may have been there, some of you may have since bought the album. But 20 years ago today my first solo record 100 Camels was launched at Twiggy's on Queen West in…
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NEW VIDEO FOR "STRONGER BACK"
As our world seems to show more and more cracks everyday, I thought you might find a little light from this wonderful song written by Doug Gill. “Stronger Back” was on my UNDERNEATH record and I recorded this live video…
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FALL TOUR 2016
I’m just back from a wonderful tour adding 7,000 km’s to the car and lots of memories to the memory bank. We made our way through the rugged beauty of northern Ontario’s water, rocks n’ trees to the straight roads…
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THANK YOU ITALY!
You never know who is going to respond to your music. I recently received this music review from Italy. Some of the Italian words looked positive and so I got my friend Manny to translate it. Some of what…
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SOCAN Article & BLUES & ROOTS RADIO Interview
I was recently profiled in SOCAN’s Words & Music Magazine as a “Lifer” in Canadian Music! Check out the article by following this link.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
“The Clarke Hall Sessions” was…
ANCESTORS' EYES - Track 12 Video
This week's song, the final track on "The Clarke Hall Sessions" is a song that lead me to a personal discovery about my own ancestors. Co-written with my wife Mary Ellen, Ancestors' Eyes has been a fan favourite over…
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ALL MY LOVE - Track 11 Video
This week’s "Clarke Hall Sessions" video - All My Love - is the penultimate track and it was penned with the soulful Daryl Burgess down in Nashville. Some of you may remember the rhythm & bluegrass version I did on…
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STRONGER IN BROKEN PLACES - Track 10 Video
"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places."
That's an Ernest Hemingway quote from "A Farewell to Arms" and it was this insightful and intriguing line that inspired Track #10, Stronger In…
PHOTOSYNTHESIS - Track 9 Video
As I look out my window right now, the buds are bursting with life and there's a whole lot of "Photosynthesis" going on! That just happens to be the name of this week's track from "The Clarke Hall Sessions". It's…
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INTO THE MYSTIC - Track 8 Video
As you can see, I am a proud daddy again and we had a very special night last Saturday back at Clarke Hall "wettin' the bairn's heed" :) We were blessed by the historic walls and a century's worth…
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YOU & I & THE UNIVERSE - Track 7 Video
I'm confident this week's song will have some "universe-al appeal" :) It's a song co-written on a road trip in Northern Alberta with the talented Dana Blayone. It was inspired by the experience of the vast, open plains we were…
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WHILE I STILL BREATHE - Track 6 Video
I've got an award-winning song this week that I'm delighted to have finally recorded.
You may remember me giving away a demo version of this week's track, "While I Still Breathe", as part of last summer's Freebie Friday. I…
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BLOW OVER - Track 5 Video
We've been burning the midnight oil putting the finishing touches on the new CD and audio engineer Dave Vanderploeg and I are pretty pumped about it. Here's a picture of us at Naturally Digital with our celebratory Vitamin G in…
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RIVER ROAD - Track 4 Video
"River Road" was co-written with Thomm Jutz on a trip to Nashville last year. I grew up in the small town of Jedburgh in the south of Scotland where the Jed Water has flowed for thousands of…
MEANT TO BE - Track 3 video
"Meant To Be" is a song that to me represents the rather naked way my latest record, "The Clarke Hall Sessions”, was recorded. The song was co-written with Debra Alexander and talks about peeling away…
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WORKING ON FAITH - Track 2 Video
"Sometimes you gotta close your eyes, jump off, hold on, you'll reach it…."
This is a lyric line from “Working On Faith”, the 2nd song from my upcoming live CD. As a full-time musician and songwriter,…
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THE GOOD FIGHT - Track 1 Video
My new live CD "The Clarke Hall Sessions" was recorded during one magical day in Clarke Memorial Hall in Port Credit, Ontario. Here is the first track, THE GOOD FIGHT.
- BEHIND THE SONG -
During a writing…