Danger Bird : Killer Jams at the Toucan

For those of you who missed out on our Neil Young tribute a couple weeks back at the Toucan, I present you with some auditory evidence of how seriously we rocked the night, in true Neil Young & Crazy Horse fashion. It was a thing of beauty(if you find loud, distorted guitars, and 10 minute jams beautiful).

A tip of the hat to Neil. Thanks for your music and your influence.

49 More To Go - Live at the Alton Mill Arts Centre

Thought I'd share this video with you from the show the other night. I explain to the audience about the Song A Week Challenge, and play the song "49 More To Go". I shot this with my ipod. I was testing out this cool little 'ipod tripod' that I bought off of EBay for $5. A neat little contraption. Just clamp your ipod/iphone in it, and then you can position it a lot more easily for catching video or photos.


Anyway, as you can see from the video, the Alton Mill Arts Centre is a pretty neat venue. Musicians looking for gigs in the Orangeville area should keep it in mind. We had an intimate crowd on this night, so it felt a bit like a small house concert.

Great response for the shows I did with David Celia, so it'll be fun to do some more down the road.

Do you love your live music and your internet ?!

If you do, I've come across some really great sites where you can listen to, or watch, full concerts on the internet for free!

1. CBC radio 2 concerts on demand

Mostly Canadian bands on here, various levels of recording quality. You can search by genre as well. I listened to a Mary Gauthier concert today that was recorded in Wolfville, NS in 2007.

2.Fab Channel

This site contains video recordings of full concerts. Drive-By Truckers, Calexico, Chuck Prophet, Fred Eaglesmith, and on and on. Just type in a band's name to see if they are on there. Pretty cool stuff!

Also, speaking of live music, I took in a show at BarNone last night. Geoff did a great job on sound. The band was Telfer. They rocked. Sorta funky rock with a heavy Allman Bros. influence. Folks in Kingston... SUPPORT THIS VENUE!! Support the independent musician! Support the arts!

all for now,
Tom

No-Win Situation

This video was shot at O'Reilly's in Perth, Ontario. We get a little out there on the end jam. I think the ending is stolen from Wilco, who stole it from Pink Floyd, who thought of it while smoking up with Led Zeppelin.. :)

Fun Stuff!