Day Of The Pig / Night Of The Toucan

The numbers have yet to come in, but by the turnout on Saturday, it looks one of the best years yet for Homegrown Live. Great to see! Good job Kingston!

I dare say that the Foley Mountain Playboys made our share of new fans on Saturday night at the Royal Tavern. We pumped out  a 2 hour set and the crowd was begging for more. Yeehaw! It was a great way to celebrate one year together as a band.

And the cool gigs keep on coming for the FMP. In fact, on Saturday May 17th, you have not one, but two great opportunities to check out the band. In the afternoon, we are playing at Seed-To-Sausage for their Day Of The Pig celebration with Kyra & Tully and The Huaraches.

Beer. Sausage. Music. Sun. Fun!!

Then, in the evening the Foley Mountain Playboys are heading back to Kingston to lay down our country music jams at the Toucan. Sharing the bill with us is our good friend from Winnipeg, JD Edwards, who is touring with another talented singer-songwriter, Faye Blais.

That's a full day of music right there Folks! Hope to see you out !

FMP Session : A Country Music Locomotive Chuggin' On Down The Line

Fiddle player Kevin Davidson's country home, on the outskirts of The Outlet, was the perfect setting for us to lay down tracks for what will be the debut record of The Foley Mountain Playboys. Keeping it simple, we just set up all in one room and ran through the songs...well, maybe it wasn't quite that simple, but I'll spare you the technical details. Anyway, we are all excited about what we were hearing through the headphones, and can't wait to make these songs available to you.

Bonz wore a most appropriate shirt for the occasion.

The band has definitely developed a sound, and for what it lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in sheer locomotive force. Every musician is performing their function to keep the machine moving, and it's the most fun I've had banging on the ol' acoustic guitar.Yeehaw!!

Look out for this record to be released in March 2014.

Best of the Song A Week Challenge #1

I've been going through the songs of the week, and listening to them again. I'll be posting what I think are, the best, most memorable, and/or interesting songs from the challenge over the next few weeks.

Would love to hear your feedback on the blog, or via Facebook or Twitter.

I'd have to say, without a doubt, that this is the song that had the most impact on the live show. It found its way into the live set, basically the week it was written, and never left. Furthermore, it ended up on the latest TST disc, Overdrive Express. It's foot stomping, singalong nature make this a fan favourite. Not bad for week #3.

The song is "49 More To Go"

Here's the version from "Overdrive Express" :



Here's the version I recorded in week 3 of the challenge :

Song #25 Week #25 - 2012 Song A Week Challenge

Week #25 - "Alcohol" - A song about being on tour and drinking too much. Not that I've ever experienced that myself...







alcohol alcohol
got me so blind i can't see
alcohol alcohol
gonna be the death of me

three band bill on a tuesday night
no money in the till
we ain't puttin' up a fight
keep feeding us whiskey
feeding us beer
we'll get on stage when we're slated to appear
if the room starts spinnin'
we'll hold on tight
til the last man is standing at the end of the night


Another shot might
get you through the night
But your dreams are about as real
as your future is bright
we're gonna keep it real
til the sun puts us down
gonna make you feel something
might even put you on the ground



that rooster's crowin
it's the break of dawn
time to shake it off
time to get a move on
another 10 stops
before tour's end
if we don't die tryin
we'll be seeing you again