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Old Pics/Posters

Campfire Pals

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

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