Does the Campaign have to be this long…? We’ve been innundated with polls over the past week or so about the municipal election here in Toronto, which takes place a week from now. One radio station commissioned a poll and actually stretched the results out… Read More
Orange Blossom Special I couldn’t post a series of train songs without getting around to the Orange Blossom Special. There are about 500 Squillion versions of this song, and almost all of them are pretty good. It’s hard to go wrong with this one. Let’s… Read More
I only heard until this morning that Toronto painter Gordon Rayner died September 26. He was 75. When I was a high school kid in Etobicoke, I started visiting art galleries in Toronto and the work of Gord Rayner at that time, along with several… Read More
Sunday morning. Let’s travel the spaceways, with Sun Ra and his Arkestra. I had the good fortune to see these guys perform in New York City back in the 80s. Maybe it was 84. I’m not sure. At that moment of time they were Sun… Read More
Jerry and Jacques go hunting.
Both our dogs caught kennel cough at the local dog park. They’ve been on anti-biotics and we haven’t been letting them run around much. Today, they were both obviously feeling better. I didn’t know if they were still contagious or not so instead of taking… Read More
Today, I’m going to feature Hank Snow. Hank Snow was born in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nova Scotia that is. His music career goes way back to 1933 when he billed himself as Hank Snow the Yodeling Ranger. He ended up recording over 100 albums. Here’s Blow… Read More
As some of you know, my friend Fitzgerald is kind enough to allow me to post from time to time over at his fine blues blog, SqueezeMyLemon. This morning I featured Alberta Hunter, live. These performances were recorded when Ms. Hunter was in her 80s.… Read More
Kassie Jones Here’s Furry Lewis
I went and messed with the way this joint looks again, just for fun.
27th Street 