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I think it will be $140 (total) at Dr Disc in Hamilton on Saturday(10am) and that's an early-bird price.

See y'all tomorrow!

Homegrown presents the return of STUMBLEWEED(ft mmbrs of Fat Cats, Elmo Combo, Diesel Dog) http://ca.myspace.com/stumbleweedband with special guest: DOUG FEAVER http://www.dougfeaver.ca/ Doors 9pm, Starts at 10pm Cover $10, 19+ Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King William St. http://www.homegrownhamilton.com/

Tamarah!

"You're all right Bob, You're all right!!"

Doug Feaver will start at 10pm and play a long set Homegrown Hamilton presents ENGINE EMPIRE https://www.facebook.com/pages/Engine-Empire/110590662295321 with DOUG FEAVER(Eggmen/Scantilly Plaid) Saturday, April 6th, 2013 Doors: 9pm, starts at 10pm, 19+ $5 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/144168012420759/ Engine Empire: A delicate balance of "Shake and Boogie" Rock, mixed with harmonious Vocal melodies = ENGINE EMPIRE!!! The only FRESH sound and smell coming out of Hamilton Ontario, taking local dance floors by storm! lineup Heather Mueller - Bass Ania Fritch - Lead Vocal. Greg Manhatten Drummer/ Producer Austin Steffler Guitar Adam Fritch - Lead Axe/Vox Doug Feaver is well-known throughout Southern Ontario after having toured extensively for 25 years playing festivals, concerts and clubs. He has a strong and dedicated following. Every show is a completely unique experience, and Doug's compelling story-telling is as much a part of his show as his music. He is a powerful and passionate performer who plays his songs straight from the heart. Feaver is famous for frenetic fret-work, his barnstorming harmonica attack, and for his amazing ability to break strings, change them at lightning speed, retune, and continue his song without ever stopping the music! Doug's innate musicality and wide experience of musical styles provide him with a large palette from which to work. Doug's strong, robust vocals and his proud Canadian spirit come through in his original songs. He also plays about a dozen instruments, and is in much demand as a studio musician. He contributes his great guitar and harmonica playing, his unique drumming and percussion, banjo, vocals, songwriting and arranging talents to Scantily Plaid. Doug mixed, co-mastered and is the producer of Scantily Plaid's first CD, "just checking in...". http://www.scantilyplaid.com/

Thanks Brad!

Here's a vid from their last show..

Yes, people need start requesting Wednesday off for this..

Homegrown Hamilton presents DRUMHAND http://www.reverbnation.com/drumhandmusic Playing 2 sets! Saturday, March 22nd, 2013 at Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King Williams St. http://www.homegrownhamilton.com/ Doors: 9pm, $8, 19+ DRUMHAND http://www.reverbnation.com/show/9297529 Propelled by a steamroller of percussion and energized by jazz horns, Torontoʼs DRUMHAND draws inspiration from the danceable circuitous rhythms of hot climates from Bahia, Brazil to Ghana, West Africa and from India to New Orleans. The group is becoming increasingly known for innovative orchestrations; uplifting and accessible artistry for audiences of all ages. Their unique and energized inclusiveness can be experienced in concert at festivals; schools performances; music venues; street parties and nightclubs. DRUMHANDʼs original compositions make use of a diversity of instruments such as the one-stringed ʻStomach Harpʼ and the box-shaped Gome foot drum. The groupʼs danceable and compelling beats are imbued with memorable melodies offered by the Atenteban flute, saxophones, brass and vocal work in a variety of languages. In 2012, the DRUMHAND ensemble toured much of Eastern Canada and released their second album,The Travelling Scheme. Recent performances include: DEEP ROOTS(Wolfville, NS); The World Damba Festival at Tufts University (MA, USA); the Blue Skies Music Festival (ON); Sudburyʼs Northern Lights Festival (ON); the Ottawa International Jazz Festival; The Small World Music Festival (Toronto); Mundial Montréal and extensive tours throughout Québec and the Maritimes.Founded by percussionists David Chan, Larry Graves (Mr. Something Something) and Steve Mancuso in 2008, DRUMHAND features the horn work of Marcus Ali (Cruzao/Jason Wilson) and Rebecca Hennessy (Woodshed Orchestra, Hobsonʼs Choice). DRUMHAND.ca "The Travelling Scheme isn't merely marching music for carnal, lascivious festivities, nor is it intended for passive admiration. Although brimming with joy, it has nobler intentions... it's multicultural, Zen-like orchestration makes you wish that people's international ideologies could blend as seamlessly and harmoniously as musical cultures do, when in the right hands." - Nereida Fernandes, Exclaim! Magazine (Sep 19, 2012) “Des trompettes de Jazz et des percussions dans un feu roulant d’énergie: un mélange idéal pour les amateurs de danse! DRUMHAND, groupe de Toronto, s’inspire de musiques venant de partout et utilise des instruments issus de nombreuses traditions à travers le globe.†- Ottawa Jazz Festival (Juin 2011)

This Ain't Hollywood presents the return of Brooklyn's IKEBE SHAKEDOWN - www.ikebeshakedown.com/ with special guests: SOUND ONE - www.facebook.com/soundone Guest Selector: JON SIKICH Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2013 at This AIn't Hollywood, 345 James St. North www.thisainthollywood.ca Doors: 9pm, $10 IKEBE SHAKEDOWN, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of cinematic soul, Afro-funk, deep disco, and boogaloo in all the right ways. After spending a few years together the group, named after a favorite Nigerian boogie record (and pronounced “ee-KAY-bayâ€), delivers a driving set of tunes featuring a mighty horn section anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves. “Right now in cities across the globe, there are plenty of great Afrobeat revivalist bands aping the sound and groove of Fela Kuti’s legendary sound. Yet, surprisingly few of the new groups have strayed from an orthodox interpretation of the genre or done much real innovation…Ikebe Shakedown is here to change that. The band takes signature Afrobeat elements—big unison horns, slinky bass lines, tight little guitar licks—and blends them with tasty grooves culled from ’70s-style horn-driven funkâ€. – Marlon Bishop, WNYC SOUND ONE play Ska the way it was done 50 years ago, with heart and soul. No gimmicks, it's all about playing as hot as they can and avoiding the tired "Ska" cliches and format. Feel the nostalgia. These fellas and lady bring you back to a time where horn sections were applauded and heavy groove carried a sense of pride, the band believes full heartily in the soulful lining of their hard work. Live in an instrumental state of mind and set your conscious free. Join the ska-jazz dance party that lets your body sweat, your ear drums jump and your feet pulse.  Influences:The Skatalites, Prince Buster, The Baba Brooks Band, Lynn Taitt Press: “Ikebe Shakedown re-creates the kind of vibrant vintage funk that sends crate-digging DJs into spasms of joy…†– TimeOut New York “I couldn’t help but feel as if I was listening to a modern day soundtrack from the likes of Curtis Mayfield or Willie Hutch. The album carries a certain soulful grit; so much so that it’s easy to get lost in present-day reality. “Is this seriously from 2011?†I often wondered. You see, at its core, Ikebe Shakedown isn’t trying to be funk. It just is…one of the best releases of the year†– OkayPlayer’s Revivalist (9.0 review) “Ikebe Shakedown has a sound that is undeniably all their own†– KEXP, Seattle “Tight, hard charging and “Hard Steppin†— doing their thing with abundant classic stateside instro funk influences, too! It says a lot that these guys are making a welcome entry to the east coast scene…†– Dusty Groove America “Hard Steppin’…is…the perfect soundtrack for the unwritten Tarantino movie of your imagination, and should be listened to while driving fast, preferably towards danger.†– WNYC “We’re talking serious dance music that makes them stand alone…it’d be good to see them on the European festival circuit†– Gerry Hectic – Fly, UK

Homegrown Hamilton presents.. SAM KLASS with EDDIE MAX SATISFIED CUSTOMERS MARK WILSON Saturday, Mar. 23rd, 2013 Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King William St. Doors 9pm, $8 We're gonna start off the night w. the powerful and soulful music of amazing 12 string blues/folk master MARK WILSON!!! He's known not only as a brilliant performer but also the work horse behind Come Together Music Festival. His presence will warm your life up and send off the evening in the right direction - fiery expression. Then gracing the stage we've got funky blues rock trio SATISFIED CUSTOMERS . These guys are a confident and musically airtight combo consisting of the Sealed Art Bros. Jess Stone - bassist vocalist and true songwriter, Julian snapping the skins, and Dave Reed - keys player that you all know from the Subterraneans Collective - showing us his other passion: burning hot guitar shredding. Finally me and Eddie are going to bust out the product of our hard work over the past year, driving loop based psychedelic funk rock. We're also stoked to try out some new live reactive visuals and maybe even a foot cam. Spring is right around the corner so lets get an early start and HEAT THE PLACE UP!

They are pretty dope live indeed. Also check out The Highest Order, which has members of One Hundred Dollars in the line-up. You can stream their upcoming album here at Exclaim! http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/highest_order-if_its_real_album_stream

Join us for two nights of ELLIOTT BROOD in Hamilton this weekend.. http://www.elliottbrood.ca/ Friday, March, 15th ELLIOTT BROOD with guests: THE HIGHEST ORDER(Feat. mmbrs of One Hundred Dollars) http://www.highest-order.com/ and Saturday, March 16th ELLIOTT BROOD with guests: THE DINNER BELLES http://dinnerbelles.bandcamp.com/ At This Ain't Hollywood, 345 James St. North Advance tickets $15 per night. $18 at the door. Available at This Ain't Hollywood, The Brain, Dr Disc or online at www.thisainthollywood.ca http://www.elliottbrood.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/ElliottBROOD BIO: Elliott BROOD have always been time travellers. The Toronto trio writes songs steeped in history that feel very present. They've done their share of actual travelling, too, these musical troubadours, acoustic guitars and banjos slung over their sharp suits as they barnstormed across Canada and beyond. For the new album Days Into Years it was century-old stories encountered an ocean away that brought them closest to home. On the band's first European tour back in 2007 they found themselves driving through the backroads of France. Vocalist Mark Sasso, guitarist Casey Laforet and drummer Stephen Pitkin, all enthusiasts of military history, raised on the harrowing stories of Canadians in World War 1, were simply looking to avoid the toll highways. Then they came upon a sign for a WW1 military cemetery. "We'd been driving through Belgium and France, always passing by these historical war places and we decided to pull over and take this one in," recalls Mark. "We saw all these Canadian names, and it really resonated with us, these young guys that had gone off to war. I knew all about it from reading books, but when you actually visit a place where the battles were, it hits you a lot harder. We said, 'We need to write a record about it.'" Days Into Years is Elliott BROOD's third full-length recording, the follow-up to 2008's Polaris Prize short-listed Mountain Meadows. Like its predecessors, including the 2004 debut EP Tin Type and 2006's Juno-nominated Ambassador, it mines real history to connect songs that are deeply personal in a cinematic, narrative way. Unfolding like a series of movie scenes, it looks to the future by starting with the past. Opening track "Lindsay" invites you into process of revisiting one's life while cleaning out an old family home. "If I Get Old" daydreams of making it through difficult times, be they in the trenches or a sickbed, and finding a nice place in the country to live out one's final moments. Days Into Years presents these reflections as a celebration of life, particularly on the perfect summer single "Northern Air", a love letter both to the rural Ontario landscape and the memory of a departed friend whose spirit now resides there. Recorded with co-producer John Critchley at Green Door Studios in Toronto and Avening Town Hall (a former army barracks) in rural Ontario, the album showcases a more amped up Elliott BROOD that will put the knell to the "death country" tag that described their early work. Now, the roof-raising rhythm stomp and mandolin collides with luscious harmonies, piano and, for the first time, electric guitar in a mix Casey admits is "loud, heavy and rock 'n' roll." Since forming in 2002, Elliot BROOD has become a Canadian music institution. (The 2004 campus radio hit "Oh, Alberta!" remains a national treasure.) But after touring with acts like Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Corb Lund and the Sadies, playing festivals across North America, Europe and Australia and scoring the 2010 film Grown-Up Movie Star (for which they earned a Gemini nomination for Best Original Song), the band now also has a global presence. With Days Into Years they will bring their music, and of one of the greatest Canadian stories, to the world. Elliott BROOD are Casey Laforet (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass pedals, bass guitar, mandolin, banjo, lap steel,vocals) Mark Sasso (banjo, guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Stephen Pitkin (percussion, drums, piano, vocals). THE HIGHEST ORDER: "Kyle Porter, Paul Mortimer and I were playing together in a band called One Hundred Dollars, touring the west coast, and our drummer had to sit out a leg. We took Simone TB on the road with us, and when we got back we decided we had a good thing going, and wanted to keep playing with her. We started playing country covers in the basement of Paul's Boutique, just throwing out jams at each other - some Waylon, some International Submarine Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Gene Clark. Porter's always had a keen ear for covers, and preferred that style of country music to anything else we ever played, so he was throwing out songs with a vision. Since both Mortimer and myself had written together in One Hundred Dollars, we had some country rock jams that we wanted to hear played in the style of The Highest Order - some more classic sounding songs that were best served by the heaviness that TB can lend on drums. She's been playing since she was six, in punk bands and art bands, and she just pounds out fills like life's an empty cavern. Of course, paired with the Porter's reliable bass playing, she gains the restraint she needs for the songs in 3, and the shuffles. As a guitar player, Morty'd been developing this style of playing over the last few years with One Hundred Dollars where he was both playing his lead lines, chicken picking, busting out harmonics and bends, and covering steel parts that were on the record, so his versatility as a player had increased ten fold and I just wanted to hear him let loose all over these new songs. Morty got his tax return and we had some time, so we thought we'd bang out a live covers record with Jeff McMurrich who made a lot of great records with the Cons- Morty'd worked with him on the Deloro record and he gets good psych sounds. Real great, deep rhythm section sounds. We got in and recorded a bunch of covers and the odd original, and McMurrich said he wanted to put out the record on Idee Fixe, his label, but we should write a few more originals. So we did, and that'll be out in February 2013. Our introduction to the world of the record is Rainbow of Blues, a 7 inch record. That'll be out in November 2012. " -Simone Schmidt THE DINNER BELLES: What began as a barroom brawl, blossomed into a family of fast friends forged over a mutual love of folk, country and roots music. The Dinner Belles call Southern Ontario home, and are all about good vibes and good times. Composed of singers and songwriters, the band mainly plays their own songs, but also has a large repertoire of country classics.

They killed it !Homegrown presents the triumphant return of.. THE SOUL MOTIVATORS http://www.soulmotivators.com/ with guest dj: LP Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 Doors: 9:30 $8 before 10pm, $10 after. At Homegrown Hamilton, 27 King William St. Video links: Great Hall - It Ain't Fair - Soundcloud MP3's: The Soul Motivators are: Lydia Persaud - vocals James Robinson - keyboards Voltaire Ramos - guitar Marc Shapiro - bass Doug Melville - drums Nathan Dell-Vandenberg - trombone Thomas Moffett – trumpet Dominique Moirier - sax Nigel Pitt - percussion Featuring veterans of Toronto’s underground funk scene, The Soul Motivators dig deep into their influences, bringing you a fresh revival of a vintage sound. This is a 9-piece rare groove explosion with a hip-hop flair - they will motivate you straight to the dance floor! Recent recordings of the band have been receiving regular airplay on Toronto’s CBC Radio 1, CBC Radio 2 and CIUT FM. Their original track ‘Until the Sun Goes Down’ was recently selected as the song of the week on the CBC Radio 1 show ‘Here and Now’. Garnering attention for their energetic live show, The Soul Motivators have performed at some of Toronto’s finest venues including The Great Hall, The Rivoli, Lee’s Palace and The Opera House – where they recently played to a packed house opening for Lee Fields & The Expressions. A busy summer schedule included appearances at The TD Jazz Festival, NXNE and the Beaches International Jazz Festival. These days they continue to keep things on lock down with a monthly residency at the legendary Orbit Room in Toronto’s Little Italy. With new recordings on the way and dates across Ontario line

This is an amazing band that I recommend everyone check out! This Ain't Hollywood is pleased to welcome back to Hamilton, New York's.. BURNT SUGAR THE ARKESTRA CHAMBER http://burntsugarindex.com/ with specIal guests: HAOLIN MUNK: http://soundcloud.com/haolin-munk Thursday, Feb. 28th, 2013 This Ain't Hollywood, 345 James St. North. Advance Tickets: $10 Available at This Ain't Hollywood, The Brain and Dr Disc. or online at thisainthollywood.ca $12 at the door. Doors: 9pm, 19+ “A multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’ On The Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’ moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland.â€- David Fricke, Rolling Stone. Bio: Founded by monster groove bassist Jared Michael Nickerson and Village Voice icon Greg "Ionman" Tate in 1999, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber is a sprawling band of musicians whose prodigious personnel allows to freely juggle a wide swath of the experimental soul-jazz-hip hop spectrum. This very accomplished crew has playing credits that range from Toshi Reagon, DJ Logic, Gary Lucas,, TV On The Radio, Tamar Kali, Phish, William Parker, Liz Wright, The Holmes Brothers, Wadada Leo Smith, David Murray, Joseph Bowie. Arkestra Conductor Greg Tate says, "Burnt Sugar got the nerve to claim Sly Stone, Morton Feldman, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix and Jean Luc Ponty as progenitiors Our player-ranks include known Irish fiddlers, AACM refugees, Afro-punk rejects, unrepentant beboppers, feminist rappers, jitterbugging doowoppers, frankly loud funk-a-teers and rodeo stars of the digital divide." As a free-improvising multi-songbook ensemble, B.S.A.C. can bring one group of players and perform Miles, Steely Dan, Van Peebles, Bowie, James Brown, Burnt Sugar and their newest addition, Sun Ra selections, while also utilizing Butch Morris's "Conduction System" to create new music within song structures that are well known and loved. In other words, Burnt Sugar has become a min-festival in itself. The stalwarts tend to include singers Lisala, Karma Mayet Johnson, Shelley Nicole and Jeremiah, Latasha Nevada N. Diggs, Justice Dilla-X (vocals & effected vocals), Mikel Banks (vocals & freak-a-phone), Derrin Maxwell (mc), Mazz Swift (violin & vocals), Will Martina (cello), André Lassalle (guitar), Ben Tyree (guitar), Asim Barnes (guitar), Thom Loubet (guitar), Lewis "Flip" Barnes Jr. (trumpet), Michael Veal (soprano sax), Micah Gaugh (alto sax), V. Jeffery Smith & Avram Fefer (tenor sax), "Moist" Paula Henderson (baritone sax), Dave Smith (trombone), Josh Sinton (bass clarinet), Bruce Mack (synthesizer), Leon Gruenbaum & W. Myles Reilly (piano), LaFrae Sci (drums), Trevor Holder (drums), Chris Eddleton (drums) and Qasim Naqvi (drums) as well as occasional "special guests" like Vernon Reid (guitar), Maya Azucena, Vinai Mojica, Abby Dobson (vocals) or noted installation artist Satch Hoyt (flute & percussion) who's now living in Berlin and Marque Gilmore who's now living in Oslo-- Oh yes the Arkestra Chamber is global like that! From their latest release "All Ya Needs That Negrocity on Avant Groidd Musica Whut Rough Beast (excerpt) (Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber) Libertango ( I've Seen This Face Before ) featuring Lisala Beatty & Maya Azucena ( A. Piazzolla/Barry Reynolds/Dennis Wilkey ) "Black Cow" "Black Cow" (full screen version so you get a feel for the room.) Breaking Glass James Brown "Bring It Up" & "Hot Pants" featuring Shelley Nicole: "Escapism - "Make It Funky" - "Get Up Get Into It" featuring Bruce Mack & Luqman Brown: "Get On Up" featuring Bruce Mack in Portugal: "Rock Me Again" video footage of Burnt Sugar's performance at PS One - Robert Christgau says“Its electric Miles with soul, Maggot Brain with a PHD, the Hendrix Evans band of dreams, the underwater funk some hear in A.R. Kane."

Saturday!

This will be a fun night of music in the hammer! Homegrown presents: SHARI & JONNY (Full Band) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shari-Dunn-and-Jonny-Kerr/100164113993?fref=ts + JOHNNY NAILS (Instrumental Altobeelays) https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Altobeelays/370484252362?fref=ts Saturday, Feb. 23rd Cover: $6 Doors: 9pm 19+ Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/597605876931982/ Shari and Jonny are: Danny Lockwood-Drums Jeff Heisholt-keys Joel Banks-bass Shari Dunn-vocals Jonny Kerr-guitar&vocals

Set times for Saturday: 9-915 - Kelly 9:20 - 10:10 - Revery Eyes 10:15 - 10:45 - Raphael 11:00 - 11:45 - Satisfied Customers 12:00-1:30 - Ragged Bankers

This Saturday in Hamilton.. The first Big Experiment of the new year will feature some incredible Hamilton acts, and guests from out of town… The Ragged Bankers Raphael Smith-Keelan Revery Eyes Kelly McMurtry & Special Guests... Satisfied Customers PROFESSOR QUIGLEY’S BIG EXPERIMENT ** Amazing Music ** Wonderful People ** Fire Spinning ** Art ** Beautiful Atmosphere ** Saturday February 2nd 2013 Homegrown Hamilton PWYC Min $5 19+ w/ Valid I.D. Doors at 9:00 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/407980049283082/

Thanks for coming out guys! Kanada Kev. It's the same Chris from Hearsay. He also brought and played with Col. Bruce the last time he came..

Last night ruled!! Here's a vid

Steve Strongman will also be sitting in tonight with Ike!!! http://www.socan.ca/news/steve-strongman-wins-socan-sponsored-maple-blues-songwriter-award

Dan and Josh will start right at 10pm!

Ike Stubblefield and Jimmy Herring trade licks in Atlanta, GA with Col. Bruce Hampton and the Quark Alliance featuring Bernard Purdie on drums: