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Pat Blythe – Christmas Thoughts, J.C. Sandoval, Crown Lands, Gowan and Music….

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alex Black, Crown Lands, DBAWIS, Dick Whittington, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Zirone, Gene Hardy, JC Sandoval, Jeff Heintz, Lawrence Gowan, London Music Hall, Nickelodeon, One Bad Son, ONES, Pat Blythe, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Piccadilly Tube, Rubbermaid, SATE, Secret Broadcast, Styx, The Cameron House, The Crooked, The Dreamboats, The Gasworks, The Spoons on December 8, 2017 by segarini

…and the countdown has begun. Three weeks to Christmas day. Three weeks to wrapping paper, boxes and debris strewn from one end of the house to the other, stuffed turkeys and stuffed tummies, early morning stocking discoveries, late morning coffees and mid-afternoon naps (for young and old), for family gatherings, carol singing and clinking glasses of cheer. A time of year celebrated all over the world. The entire season from Christmas Day to New Year’s Eve is probably the most electric time of year.

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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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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.

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Roxanne Tellier: My Toronto – Part One

Posted in Opinion with tags Boys Brigade, Buddy Guy, Cameo Lounge, Chick n Deli, Cleveland, DBAWIS, Dixieland Jazz Matinee at Grossman's, Downchild Blues Band, Ellen McIlwaine, Goddo, Honeymoon Suite, Hotel California, Howling Wolf, Isabella Hotel. I Get Dizzy At The Izzy, Jane Vasey, Jesse Winchester, Kid Bastien's Camelia Band, Knob Hill Hotel, Louise Lambert, Mad Mechanic, Muddy Waters, Peter Appleyard, Piccadilly Tube, Q107, Queensbury Arms, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Reckless, Regatta, Roxanne Tellier, Santers, Spats, Sylum, The Cameo Blues Band, the Chimney, The Forge and Nickelodeon, The Gasworks, the Happy Pals, The Hunt, The Izzy, The Jitters, The Shammy, The Shamrock, Tony’s East, Triumph, Ye Olde Brunswick House, yonge street, Zon on April 6, 2014 by segarini

Cam Carpenter’s recent DBAWIS column on Toronto venues reminded me of how impressive the city’s music scene was back in the day. In the late 1970’s and early ‘80’s, the city was awash not only in great clubs, but in terrific musicians working six or even seven days a week, entertaining delighted, enthusiastic crowds.

You couldn’t toss a rock without hitting a working musician back then. We were everywhere, making a decent living, doing what we loved to do. Demand for live music was high, and most of us tried our damndest to rise to the listener’s expectations.

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Segarini: Workin’ the Bars…and a GREAT video tribute to one of Canada’s most charismatic Record Industry Icons.

Posted in Opinion with tags Charlie Camilleri, David Wilcox, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, El Mocambo, Eugene Smith, Goddo, Hotel California, Kick Axe, Lee Aaron, Max Webster, Morgan Davis, Moxy, Partland Brothers, Piccadilly Tube, Rough Trade, Saga, segarini, The Gasworks, The Hunt, The Jarvis House, The Knob Hill, The Midwich Cuckoo, The Nickelodeon, Triumph, Zon on January 30, 2012 by segarini

When I first moved to Canada I was drawn to the music coming out of Montreal. We (The Wackers) had gone there in the first place to record the follow up to our first album, Wackering Heights as a kind of reward for making such a good debut LP. Our producer, the legendary Gary Usher, had promised to take us somewhere exotic to do the next record if the first either sold a pant-load, or the record was really good. The record was really good. Although I had played Vancouver at various times in different bands, Montreal was a mystery to me. Usher told me, “You’ll love it! They all speak French!” Wow, I thought, we’re going to Europe. Then I looked Montreal up in our huge Rand McNally World Atlas. Oh. We’re going to Canada. Fuck!