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Cincinnati Records Proudly Presents This is a double bill. 1 hour of Sadies, 1 hour of Heavy Trash! Sunday May 20 9PM // LIC-AA // Casbah, 306 King St W HEAVY TRASH (ex-Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, ex-Madder Rose) and THE SADIES As a kid growing up in Canada, MATT VERTA-RAY used to argue with his pals that Johnny Cash was cooler than Kiss. When he moved to New York, he put his theory into extreme practice by thumping the bass with Madder Rose and then creating a stabbing electric guitar style with Speedball Baby. When not perpetrating his sick brand of twang on stage, he can be found twirling the knobs in his NY Hed studio (where he has recorded such luminaries as Andre Williams, Robert Quine, and the Triple X-rated Rudy Ray Moore). With Jon Spencer he has finally achieved his dream of becoming HEAVY TRASH. After the demise of his groovy hate-fuck band Pussy Galore, JON SPENCER formed The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and for the past 14 years has continually proven to the most exciting and innovative performer in rock ’n’ roll. On stage and in the studio he has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left. When not devastating audiences with Blues Explosion, Jon found the time to get down with his pal Matt Verta-Ray to cook up some HEAVY TRASH. TICKETS ($20) now available at Casbah Lounge, Dr.Disc, Sonic Unyon and on-line at www.tixit.ca

If it's the Allison I know (cronies to Sarah & Rachel), she's the younger sister of Noah Gardner whom I went to highschool with, and played hoops with. Noah was much better at soccer A great guy. ps: Allison rules too!

kc, I fired you an email to the gmail. All hail, this male.

Sadly no. In fact, I think if I looked into it, I'd be breaking some "radius rule" by putting Hamilton tickets in a Toronto outlet. Mister Slippery, PM me. Perhaps we can arrange something.

Cincinnati Records Proudly Presents The son of McKinley Morganfield aka "Muddy Waters" Thursday May 24th 8PM // 19+ // Casbah, 306 King St W "BIG BILL" MORGANFIELD with special guests to be announced Music/Image Gallery: http://www.bigbillmorganfield.com/indexphotos.htm With his latest release, Big Bill Morganfield affirms that the blues is indeed in his blood. The appropriately titled "Blues In The Blood" is proof positive that he inherited more than just a regal blues pedigree and a wonderfully menacing baritone voice from his father – McKinley Morganfield, better known as Muddy Waters. As the son of one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century, Bill rises to the challenge of meeting many of the burdensome expectations placed upon him. 'Blues In The Blood" documents the full maturation of Bill’s musical skills as a guitarist and songwriter and certifies that he is now a major talent in his own right. Born in Chicago in 1956, Morganfield was raised by his grandmother in southern Florida and now resides in the Atlanta area. "Daddy always wished that one of his kids would follow him and play music," says Bill. "A few years after he died, I bought myself a guitar and started playing a bit. In my mind, I said I want to do a tribute to him. But it was years before I got a chance to do anything. I kind of locked myself away for about six years and taught myself." He became stage-struck after performing with Lonnie Mack on Atlanta’s Center Stage before a crowd of a thousand people. "I sang and played and the people went crazy. I was dancing around like a jumping bean. I realized I’ve got a love for this." He first formed a band that played contemporary blues but that lasted only three months. He was unhappy with the sound of the music "so I dedicated myself to playing at a higher level." He retreated to his room to devote his energy to perfecting his guitar playing and sharpening his raw but undeniable talent. In the meantime, he used his bachelor’s degrees in English from Tuskegee University and Communications from Auburn University to make a living as a teacher while he learned to play traditional blues. He spent countless hours methodically studying, ripping apart, and reconstructing songs. Immersing himself in this work, Bill learned the art of songwriting. In 1999 Big Bill’s debut recording, Rising Son, was cut in Chicago, where his father recorded many classic sides. The album was produced by Muddy’s long time guitarist, Bob Margolin, who also played on the record. Three other former members of the Muddy Waters Blues Band also joined Bill in the studio: Willie "Big Eyes" Smith on drums, Paul Oscher on harmonica and Pinetop Perkins on piano. Bill said of the sessions, "It was so inspiring playing with these musicians. Working with them in the studio was a special experience. They really brought out the best in me; those sessions left me with memories I’ll never forget." Perhaps the most gratifying acknowledgment of all came when Bill won the 2000 W. C. Handy Award for "Best New Blues Artist," the equivalent of a Grammy Award in the blues world. Bill returned to Chicago in 2001 to make his sophomore recording, Ramblin’ Mind. Producer Dick Shurman said, "Working with Bill was a dream. He’s a great combination of talent, dedication & heredity." One highlight of the recording experience was when Big Bill teamed up with Taj Mahal to trade impressive vocal and guitar licks on two tracks. Of "Strong Man Holler," an original song that Taj wrote exclusively for the project, the Chicago Tribune remarked, "...it’s eerie, as if his father and Howlin’ Wolf had never left."Billboard called Ramblin’ Mind "a vital step toward the blues credibility he seeks...Morganfield shows that his blues have their own depth." Added Blues Revue, "Ramblin Mind goes a long way toward earning McKinley Morganfield’s son loads of respect." Entertainment Weekly said, "Chicago blues is a powerful force in the right hands, which, in this case, belong to the son of Muddy Waters. The comparisons are inevitable, but the big man is up to the challenge." "Blues In The Blood" was co-produced by Jimmy Vivino and Brian Bisesi, who was the road manager and a member of the Muddy Waters Band. Bill, who blocked off some time from his busy touring schedule to write and prepare for the recording, said, "I felt that I really had to carry this one myself, so I worked hard to make it good. Musically, it’s heavily rooted in Delta blues, but in a modern way. It represents where I’m at now in my journey." "Blues In The Blood" fulfills the promise of greatness displayed in his debut recording. It not only features Bill’s distinctive, window-rattling voice and scintillating slide guitar, but also showcases him as a songwriter, with all the songs having been penned by Morganfield except for one Muddy Waters cover. Co-producer Bisesi said, "I was so impressed by how much Bill’s songwriting skills have improved. It was obvious that he’s deep into these songs, that they are close to him. As he said to me, ‘I want people to know I got this in me.’" TICKETS ($20) are available at Casbah Lounge, Dr.Disc, Sonic Unyon and on-line at www.tixit.ca

Might sell-out. Stars sold out in about 3 seconds when they last played Casbah. I've always been about the advance ticket though (yeah sure, I'm the promoter, bias). You get in cheaper that way. You get to visit your local record store with a legitimate excuss for the wife. And most importantly, by buying an advance ticket you help insure the fragile confidence of us starving promoters

Cincinnati Records Presents Wednesday May 2 9pm // LIC-AA // $12 Casbah 306 King St W AMY MILLAN (of STARS) plus special guests THE REST Tickets on sale at Casbah Lounge, Dr.Disc, Sonic Unyon and on-line at www.tixit.ca

Those who were/are coming I'm sure don't need the reminder, but here it is nonetheless! Wed April 11 BLUE CHEER (Original line-up!) 11:30 CHRISTMAS 10:45 MONGRELS 10:00 $15/$20

Cincinnati Records Proudly Presents Sunday April 8th GREG ASHLEY's MEDICINE FUCK DREAM Former members of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, members of The Gris Gris/The Mirrors 9PM // $10 at the door Casbah 306 King St W, Hamilton 905-521-4441 Greg Ashley, the mastermind behind The Gris Gris and The Mirrors, is going solo for the first time since the 2003 masterpiece Medicine Fuck Dream. The result is his most ambitious, textured, beautiful and dark record to date: Painted Garden. While being more warm and intimate than last year's Gris Gris wonder For The Season, it still reflects the same vision behind the band's greatness. Partially written in a burnt out ghetto in Oakland, partially written in his remote cabin in Kosse, TX, Painted Garden was completely produced and written by Ashley (except for half of one song, which was co-written by an Oakland chanteuse) and 80% completely played by him as well. This record is an example of a true vision realized, and puts Ashley right up there with the great musical minds of the day. "And with the release of Painted Garden, Ashley proves that in an era of greedy, speedy sonic consumption, his slow-building albums offer a rewarding transcendence outta this metropolis." -- Jennifer Maerz, SF WEEKLY cover story MYSPACE BIRDMAN RECORDS BUDDYHEAD BLOG LISTEN TO MUSIC

I believe Marco and Brendan are on first at 9:05pm

Friday April 6th The Underground Hamilton Time to honour the "soul" of punk music this Friday, as "STEEL CITY ROCKERS V" goes down at the Underground paying tribute to the late great, JOE STRUMMER. Music from the Clash and the Mescaleros will be covered by numerous artists from the Hamilton-Toronto scene. $5 goes to charity. Support a great cause. I saw BriGuy at this a couple years back. See, this show's got CRED!

Cincinnati Records Proudly Presents TUESDAY MAY 8th DANIEL JOHNSTON with special guests KATIE STELMANIS B.A. JOHNSTON @ The Underground 41 Catharine St N, HAMILTON 8PM Doors, 8:30PM Show, over by 11PM (so folks can make it over to Casbah for JASON TRACHTENBURG/BOB WISEMAN/THE PHONEMES) Daniel Johnston has spent the last 20 or so years exposing his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment to an ever-growing international cult audience. Initiates, including a healthy number of discerning musicians and critics, have hailed him as an American original in the style of bluesman Robert Johnson and country legend Hank Williams. A number of artists -- among them the Dead Milkmen, Yo La Tengo, the Velvet Underground's songs. And he as collaborated with the likes of Jad Fair (a founding member of Half Japanese, who've also done Daniel's songs), the Butthole Surfers, Bongwater/Shimmydisc guru Kramer, and members of Sonic Youth. Daniel gained his widest public exposure to date when, at the 1992 MTV Music Awards, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain (who constantly touted Daniel in interviews) wore a Johnston T-shirt. Surprisingly, the bulk of his considerable acclaim snowballed from a series of homemade, lo-fi cassettes which Daniel started recording and handing out to fans and friends alike in the early 80s. Eventually, the independent label Homestead re-issued some of these tapes on CD, and Johnston recorded a few new albums in almost-proper studios. Daniel was born in 1961 in Sacramento, California, the youngest of five children in a Christian fundamentalist household> He and his family soon moved to New Cumberland, West Virginia, where his father, an engineer and World War II fighter pilot, landed a job with Quaker State. Drawing for a long time before he took up music, Daniel grew to appreciate such artists John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Dylan, David Bromberg, Queen, Neil Young, the Sex Pistols, and especially the Beatles. "When I was 19, I wanted to be the Beatles. I was disappointed when I found out I couldn't sing." That Liverpudlian quartet continues to inspire Daniel today, who sings, "My heart looked to art and I found the Beatles/Oh God I was and am a true disciple on Rock 'n' roll/EGA." While it would be years before Daniel committed his first songs to tape, he began composing at an early age. "When I was a kid, probably nine, I used to bang around on the piano, making up horror movie themes. When I got a bit older, I'd be mowing my lawn and I'd make up songs and sing them. No one could hear me 'cause of the lawn mower." As a teenager, Daniel and his friends began to record their own tapes and trade them among themselves. After high school, he attended an art program at a branch of Ken State near his family's home. This was a prolific period of his life. Unemployed, and attending classes sporadically, he began to spend most of his time in his family's cellar, writing and recording. The tapes he made there included "Songs of Pain" and "More Songs of Pain," which both centered around his unrequited love for a woman named Laurie who ended up marrying an undertaker. The aspiring cartoonist -- whose playful, symbol-heavy sketches have graced the covers of may of his releases, including "Fun" -- moved to Texas in 1983. FIrst he went to Houston, living with his brother and working at Astro World, while also recording the seminal tapes "Yip/Jump Music" and "Hi, How Are You?" on a $59.00 Sanyo mono boom box. These recordings featured such classics as "Speeding Motorcycle," "Sorry Entertainer," and odes to everyone from "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "King Kong" to "The Beatles." From there he moved to San Marcos, TX, and even joined a traveling carnival show for a spell, selling corndogs. "It was like a movie all the time. Everybody around me was a great story that never stopped, and for the first time, I realized how much freedom you have to do what you want." Throughout his career, Daniel's songs and drawings have been informed to some degree by his ongoing struggle with manic depression -- lending an added poignancy to his soul-searching times. His five-month stint with the carney left him in Austin, where he decided to stay. In the midst of that city's mid-eighties music scene, Johnston was a definite iconoclast. While he continued to hand out his tapes for free, Austin record stores started selling them; in fact, the became best-selling local releases. Soon, a camera crew from MTV's seminal "Cutting Edge" show came to town and all the Austin bands suggested they feature Daniel. His appearance on the show made him a minor celebrity. Recognizing the quality of his songs and the purity of his vision, the American underground began to embrace Daniel. The Dead Milkmen recorded his song "Rocket Shop," and Sonic Youth and noted Minutemen/FIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt made plans to record some of his material, as did The Butthole Surfers and other Austin bands. The music press both here and abroad began to weigh in with lofty pronouncements of Daniel's artistry. In the spring of 1992, the Lyon Opera Ballet commissioned a piece from New York-based choreographer Bill T. Jones. He delivered "Love Defined" - a 25-minute piece set to six songs from Johnston's Yip/Jump Music. In October of that same year, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane combo performed "Love Defined" at New York's Joyce Theatre. The reviews in the New York Times and the Village Voice each cited Johnston's songs favorably. Over the years, Daniel's paintings and drawings have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Zurich, and Berlin. The cover of a recent edition of music writer Richard Meltzer's "The Aesthetics of Rock" was drawn by Johnston. UPDATE: The 90's were difficult for Daniel, but will probably be regarded as the years that medical relief was achieved. Modern medications eventually achieve stability. He signed with Atlantic Records in 1992 and released "FUN" which sold 12,000 copies. But his mental stability and productivity didn't produce another album until 1999 with Brian Beatties production "Rejected Unknown". Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse collaborated with Daniel in the 2003 release "Fear Yourself" on Gammon Records, making what many regard as an "accessible" contemporary sound to Daniel's music ideas. In November of 2004, Gammon records released a cover tribute album with covers from eighteen artists on one CD and Daniel's originals on the second CD. This work, "Discovered Covered - The Late Great Daniel Johnston" gave Daniel new exposure to fans of Beck, Clem Snide, Gordan Gano, Eels, Calvin Johnson, Tom Waits and others. In January, 2005, the feature-length documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" premiered at Sundance Film Festival and at film festivals around the world that year. The movie was distributed in North America by Sony Pictures Classic and by Tartan Films in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2006. TICKETS FOR THIS UNIQUE AND FIRST TIME PERFORMANCE IN HAMILTON ($20) WILL BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY MARCH 30th at 5PM IN-STORES, AS WELL AS AT THE B.A. JOHNSTON SHOW AT CASBAH

opening acts are confirmed: MONGRELS (ex-members of Tricky Woo, Bionic, Local Rabbits) Listen here: http://www.myspace.com/mongrelsmtl and the revival of seminal proto-punks, CHRISTMAS! Someone suggested Simply Saucer, which would've been cool, but Christmas are another psych band from that era that were right along the same lines. 'Cept they were a bit heavier, and fuzzier imho.

Hey Ken, if this is an issue of no one involved in the tour/band knew how to get temporary tour visas, let me know. I may be able to help with that in the future.

This Monday night!!!

I swear this one is way more cool than it's 16 views indicates. I swear.

as much as Simply Saucer would be outstanding for this, given the history. They'll open for no one but Syd Barrett in the hometown of Hamilton.

playing Thursday March 22 @ The Underground. in Hamilton, http://www.undergroundrocks.ca Doors 8PM Show 9PM $5 19+, $10 AA openers: THE PROPER WAY TO SAY HELLO (indie-pop from Oakville) GLOBAL FREQUENCY (indie rock from Waterdown) MATTHEW DeZOETE & HIS BAND (roots rock from Hamilton) DOWN WITH THE BUTTERFLY LISTEN HERE Progressive pop rockers David Scholten (vocals), Kris Pope (guitar), Jason Burns (drums), and Ian Sherwood (bass), enjoy making intense, beautiful and insightful music. They don't shop at malls and they are conscious of sharing with their neighbours. They download music but they still buy CD's. They are lighthearted guys who take their band very seriously. Down With The Butterfly is a family of idealists trying express their thoughts about a beautiful world that often tears us apart. Down With The Butterfly is from Eastern Canada (the Band was born in Halifax, NS) and is inspired and encouraged there. They've been a band since May of 2005 and with the help of industry, fans, and friends, tour non-stop throughout Eastern Canada and released their debut CD, 'RISE', in May of 2006.

Who doesn't??!?!?!?!?!

Mongrels are amazing. Fantastic suggestion. Andrew and the boys, and now a woman too. Sweet.

04-11 Hamilton, Casbah ps: C'Mon was one of the two I was thinking of!!!

They are back. Oh, THEY ARE BACK

So I've never done this before, but I thought for fun I'd put it out there to you people. I have booked seminal psych-blues-metal band BLUE CHEER for a show in April in Hamilton. I have the freedom to put two opening bands on the bill from the local region. Knowing what this fantastic band, Blue Cheer are all about, what would you say are solid selections to open the show? I have some ideas myself, but I thought for fun, it would be cool to hear from you all. Bests Brodie

Like you cats didn't know already

Lynn Jackson and Duane Rutter with DJ Mike Bell on Thurs March 29 Casbah Lounge.... Michelle Titian Band w/ Tim Gibbons on March 31 at Casbah too.