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On Stage
Old Pics/Posters
Campfire Pals
Jammin around the Campfire
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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 Scott Billington, producer of hundreds of great blues albums and the man behind Tangle Eye and Bill Kirchen, the Master of the Telecaster -
with Butch Coulter and the late, great Kathi MacDonald - an amazing 3-week European tour -
with Layla Zoe, Jimmy Bowskill and Danny Marks following the last jam at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse before it closed -
with Suzie Vinnick, Papa John King and drummer Don Vickery - my band at Halloween Party at Chicago's before it closed -
with Tressa Levasseur and Nicole Rochefort on a vintage trolley in Memphis -
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 a great friend and supporter, SAB - Canada's Rock and Roll Outlaw. R.I.P. -
with Russ Kelley, Bill Garret and Sue Lothrop - we go back a long ways -
with jazz festival boss Pat Taylor and powerhouse vocalist Sharon Jones -
with Paul Rogers, the iconic voice of Bad Company and Free -
with Nanette Workman, a Quebec superstar and honorary godmother of my son, Joel -
with Koerner Hall head honcho Mervon Mehta, Downchild front-man Chuck Jackson and blues broadcaster extraordinaire Holger Petersen -
with Maude and Garth Hudson -
with blues guitar great Nick Moss - hardest working bluesman on the circuit these days -
with blues guitar pioneer Hubert Sumlin - What an honour playing with him (and carrying his guitar)
My Musician Page
Preview/buy tracks
Shows, Quotes, Original live tracks from New Folk Blues
Like a Brian Blain radio station
Online store for the New Folk Blues 2.0 CD
Buy single tracks from New Folk Blues 2.0
They know what's hot
My crowdfunding effort to fix my guitar
My interview with Alice Brock (Alice's Restaurant)
320k MP3 tracks for broadcasters
Jams & mixes
AllMusic
NorthernBlues Music
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Brian Blain, Managing Editor SERVING THE MUSIC COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS
- Charlie Jacobson from Alberta checking out the local blues scene. He puts on a great show. September 20, 2016via Instagram @brianblain
- All I caught @KensingtonJazz @geokoller jazz electronica session September 20, 2016via Instagram @brianblain
- Brian's Birthday Blainletter September 18, 2016Still basking in all the love that came my way for my 70th birthday. There's still a few streamers hanging from the ceiling and some birthday balloons. Almost lost my balloons when they were alI sucked into my ceiling fan. I must have got 200 Facebook birthday greetings and if that didn't have me feeling […]
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