All joining in on a tune'

I had the opportunity to play with two very talented musicians at slack’s on church for an afternoon of Girls do Boys - which is basically we get to play tunes written and/or sung by men but done by us - Deb Whalen, great voice and talent, in the middle on guitar, and Janet Whiteway on keys who also has a great voice and plays keyboard better than me - bugger!  : )  But it makes for great music - we got to do a bit of dueling pianos - that was really fun and I got to do Satisfaction by the stones with a distortion pedal on my acoustic - first ever, I’m sure - and comfortably numb by pink floyd with big end solo on sax instead of guitar - which ended up working out really well - so much fun

Bringing in the new year

I had the pleasure of joining the boogie brothers with my saxophone for a news years bash at an irish pub the Irish Shebeen Pub on eglinton in etobicoke.

It was refreshing to only have to show up with a tiny saxophone case, for a change from my usual busload of equipment.  The crowd was great, lovely place with great food and atmosphere.

Played sax all night - no lips left by the end however but had a blast - as usual.

getting a little tipsy by now - the crowd was loosening up - just a bit….

Devil Knocking on my Back Door

In honour of Ed Eyles, a very good friend of ours who just passed away, a big crowd of his family and friends came out to celebrate his life - these are some of the videos from the night

Helping raise money for MS

Looking serious!

Photos courtesy of the lovely Malu BaumGarten - fantastic photographer

joining Grant Russell and the Boogie Brothers

I had the privilege of joining Grant Russell and the Boogie Brothers at the Toronto Ribfest this year - this was also the first time I played barefoot and it was great  - very liberating - it also helps when you only have to sing and play saxophone as opposed to all the other crap I usually drag with me - I’ve never played a ribfest before - it was fantastic - the crowd is already sitting eating ribs so you don’t have to coral them like we usually have to.

The boogie brothers are a great bunch of guys and I was thrilled to  be invited -  - this was also my first chance to play anything with ‘toronto’ and ‘festival’ in the title - no small feat in these parts!

Michelle Mantle joining the Divas onstage

Elana Harte’s Thursday night music nights at Slacks are always great - here we are joined by the lovely Michelle Mantle - doing a rendition of Landslide by Stevie Nicks with us - a wonderful atmosphere where musicians get up and join each other’s sets - the way it should be done