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Pat Blythe – Festivals, Photos and Fun…..

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Birchmount Tavern, Bob Segarini, Brick By Brick, Cherry Cola's, Chris Murray, Chris Murray Combo, Craig Riddock, Dave Bailey, DBAWIS, Female Eye Film Festival, Frank Soda, Gene Pool, Kensington Market, Lorraine Segato, Mercedes, Pat Blythe, Peter Crolly, Peter Kashur, Rockpile, ska, Soundhouse Studio, The Carpet Frogs, Toronto City Hall, Toronto Music Advisory Council, Unison Benevolent Fund, Waves That Stray on June 14, 2017 by segarini

With so many projects on the go and unplanned opportunities popping up rather unexpectedly sometimes simply disappearing for a while, just evaporating into thin air, seems wonderfully appealing and rather peaceful. Inventing a new life is not easy but one plows on, dealing with the twists, turns, distractions and challenges life offers us. The people and music make it all worthwhile. I am truly thankful for the life I’ve had and for the life I’m living now.

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Pat Blythe: Ruminations

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Black Dog Grin, Alan Frew, Assault, Barry Connor, Billboard Hot 100, Black Forest Riders, Blair Thornton, Bob Segarini, Bryan Adams, BTO, Charles Towers, Chilliwack, CHUM FM, Cony Hatch, Cottingham Sound, Daniel Bourne, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Soda, Gary LaLonde, Genesis, Get It On Credit, Girls Night Out, Glen Gratto, GTA, Heart, Honeymoon Suite, Howard Froese, Jeff Beck, Jim Vallance, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, Jon Lechesseur, Jon Mikl, Jumping Bad, Klaatu, Lawrence Gowan, Live In The Tube, Madame Malabar, Madcats, Northwest Battle of the Bands, Oversexed, Pacemaker Records, Pacific Songwriters Association, Pat Blythe, Pat Bourke, Peter Crolly, Peter Kadar, Piccadilly Tube, Plateau, Prism, Quality Records, Queen, Rhinegold, Robert Connelly, Rush, Seeds of Time, Soda Pop, Styx, Supertramp, Take My Picture Please, The Canadian Ballet, The Collectors, The Imps, The Instructions, Thor, Triumph, Trooper, Two Faces, What About Love, Winter's Green, Your Daddy Don't Know on December 2, 2015 by segarini

It’s Tuesday night, November 17. My renovations are nearing completion, the house is dead quiet as I sit here, stretched out on the couch, looking around at this home we lived in together for 18 years. Remembering all the wonderful celebrations, dinners, Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners, TV watching, companionable “book reading”, and just quietly being, soaking up each other’s presence.

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Pat Blythe: Toronto Scrapbook – Chapter Two

Posted in Opinion with tags A Primitive Evolution, Annette Shaffer, Australia, Bad Medicine, bass, Beatles, Blue Rodeo, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Brett Carruthers, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Music Week, Care Failure, Caroline Kawa, Counting Flowers, Country Roots n’ Rockabilly Music Tavern, Curtis Harding, Dakota Tavern, DBAWIS, Decca, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake Underground CMW, drums, EMI, England, Ennismore, Epsom, Etta James, Filthy Souls, FINO + BLEED, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Soda, G&T, Greg Keelor, guitar, Guns 'n' Roses, Hellfield, High and Dry, HMV, Hogtown, Honest Ed’s, Horseshoe Tavern, Hugh Oliver, Hugh Oliver and the Twists, I Feel It All, I’m Just A Girl, J.C. Sandoval, Keith Heppler, Kevvy Mental, Kim Carnes, Kurt Cobain, Lord of Reason, Marilyn Manson, Matt Lightstone, Melissa Payne, money, mosh pit, Muddy York, Nazareth, Neon Zero, New Zealand, Nirvana, OISE, Orbit Room, Oregon, Pat Blythe, Plateau, Punk, Reba McEntire, Rock, Rock and Roll, Roxanne Tellier, seattle, Secret Broadcast, Seventh Fire Records, Sheraton Centre, Stand by Me, Stephany Seki, Stu Dead, Sucker Punch, Sum 41, swaggering stomp, Talking Heads, Tdot, The ‘Shoe, The Big Smoke, The Foolish Things, The Picture Taker, The Police, The Ramones, The Stones, Toronto, Tranzac, Will Bennett, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, You Know You’re Right, YouTube on April 22, 2015 by segarini

Well…. This was supposed to be Part Five of The Women of Rock. However, I’m going to take a break and fill you in on some of the sights and sounds of this dynamic city I call home….Toronto…. Hogtown… Muddy York…. The Big Smoke…. Tdot…. where I’ve been going, who I’ve been seeing, what I’ve been drinking (G&T w/lemon if you must know. Bombay Sapphire is the chosen one.) AND update you about an exciting event that’s coming to Toronto. Yep….it’s another Toronto Scrapbook!

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Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part Two

Posted in Opinion with tags alice cooper, Ben Bergmann., Black Sabbath, Bob Segarini, Bomb Records, Brutus, Burton Cummings, Carole Pope, CHUM FM, CITY TV, Coney Hatch, Crowbar, DBAWIS, Divine, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eaton Centre, El Mocambo, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Foot in Cold Water, Frank Soda, Garwood Wallace, Gary Cormier, Gary Topp, geoff pevere, Goddo, Hap Roderman, Hard Rock Café, Harlequin, Hellfield, Hotel California, Jackson Hawke, JoAnn Brooks, Kenny Shields, Kevan Staples, Killing Joke, Larry's Hideaway, Lou Reed, Maple Leaf Gardens, Max Webster, Mike Myers, Moxy, Nickelodeon, Nico, Ozzy Osbourne, Performer, Piccadilly Tube, Prakash John, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Rush, Saga, Steve Ambrose, Streetheart, Sun Ra, Teenage Head, The Bobcast, the Chimney, The Cramps, The Edge, The Forge, The Garys Martha and the Muffins, The Gasworks, The Lincolns, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Viletones, Tim Curry, Tommy Ambrose, Toronto, True North, Twitch, Wayne/Jayne County, XTC on April 13, 2014 by segarini

Toronto was a different place in the late 1970’s and early eighties. Although it’s easy to look back with rose coloured glasses, it was, in fact, a watershed time for Toronto musicians. Everywhere you turned, you were surrounded by outstanding music, made by dedicated and very talented players, who enjoyed the freedom to create their art, and make a living at the same time.