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Al Lerman, Harrison Kennedy, Max Cann -
Darcy Wickham, Allan Fraser, Russ Kelley - Folk Alliance Conference -
David Gogo, Malcolm Gould -
Doc MacLean & Rita DiGhent - Hwy 61 -
Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean - Hwy 61 -
Douglas Watson & Kitchener Contingent + Son Roberts - Hwy 61 -
Charlie A'Court encouraging blues guitar progidy Sir Charles - Hwy 61 -
Ken Whiteley, Mark Bird Stafford, Mr. Rick, Rick Fines, Danny Marks - Blues Summit III -
Malcolm Gould, Max Cann, Casey Van Gorkom - Hwy 61 -
Joe Mavety (r.i.p.) Malcolm Gould, Matt Andersen - Blues Summit Six -
Another young guitarslinger - Hwy 61 -
Rick Taylor, Gary Kendall, Alfie Smith - Winterfolk -
Dr Ric, Robin Banks, Mojo Willie, Martin Aucoin - Hwy 61 -
Ruth Jenkins, Sherman Lee Dillon - Hwy 61 -
Malcolm Gould, Mark Sepic, Robert Davis, Douglas Watson - Hwy 61 -
Rick Taylor, Steve Marriner, Ed Roth, Ken & Peggy - post MBAs -
Terry Gillespie, Danny Marks, Danny Brooks, Max Cann - Hugh's Room -
Tony Quarington, Mose Scarlett, Marg Stowe - Winterfolk -
Tracy K, Bela Ray, Arthur Renwick - Gladstone Hotel -
Wendell Ferguson, David Gilies, Guy from Nashville, Toby Walker, John Williams (?) Ken Whiteley - OCFF Conference
Behind The Scenes
Musical Friends
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with blues guitar pioneer Hubert Sumlin - What an honour playing with him (and carrying his guitar) -
with blues guitar great Nick Moss - hardest working bluesman on the circuit these days -
with Maude and Garth Hudson -
with Koerner Hall head honcho Mervon Mehta, Downchild front-man Chuck Jackson and blues broadcaster extraordinaire Holger Petersen -
with Nanette Workman, a Quebec superstar and honorary godmother of my son, Joel -
with Paul Rogers, the iconic voice of Bad Company and Free -
with jazz festival boss Pat Taylor and powerhouse vocalist Sharon Jones -
with Russ Kelley, Bill Garret and Sue Lothrop - we go back a long ways -
with a great friend and supporter, SAB - Canada's Rock and Roll Outlaw. R.I.P. -
with Americana singer/songwriter/painter Tom Russell and friends Susan Sarrasin & Jocelyn McLeod in the kitchen of Rounder founder Ken Irwin (who invented Americana) and Donna Wilson -
with Tressa Levasseur and Nicole Rochefort on a vintage trolley in Memphis -
with Suzie Vinnick, Papa John King and drummer Don Vickery - my band at Halloween Party at Chicago's before it closed -
with Layla Zoe, Jimmy Bowskill and Danny Marks following the last jam at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse before it closed -
with Butch Coulter and the late, great Kathi MacDonald - an amazing 3-week European tour -
with Scott Billington, producer of hundreds of great blues albums and the man behind Tangle Eye and Bill Kirchen, the Master of the Telecaster
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My crowdfunding effort to fix my guitar
My interview with Alice Brock (Alice's Restaurant)
320k MP3 tracks for broadcasters
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