Jay Funk Dawg

Nice to see you Wassink - it's been a while! Nice also too see Luke, Gideon & Bradshaw. Great show... I like this set better than the show at the Church of the Redeemer. the final Barr Brothers song "Sarah Through the Wall" was a personal favorite.. Brad mentioned there's a great story to that song - but he'll have to tell us later... partial set List Beggars in the Morning Ooh Belle Lord I just can't keep from Cryin' Decon's Son Sarah Through the Wall pretty short set... I think there was one more song...

sad sad news... a former Big Sugar drummer died in a similar way - right on stage. As I was told the story Gordie didn't go to the funeral.

Jay is my first name (not Jason) and I've always been a guitarist / side man for singer songwriters. I played in a duo with a Folk/Rock singer Aaron MacDonald for 3-4 years, 300+ shows. I always admired the way that David Grisman supported Jerry Garcia's acoustic - so I borrowed his "Dawg" handle. And that's it!

http://www.fazermagazine.com/new/viewPost.php?id=1748 Apr 24 @ Sound Academy - House of David Gang Soundsystem opens for Major Lazer - Toronto Apr 30 @ El Mocambo w/ Jah Cutta & Eastwave Radio Toronto May 1 @ Queen's Park - Toronto Freedom Festival, Toronto May 15 @ El Mocambo - The Wailer’s Tribute w/ High Plains Drifter & Roots Vibe, Toronto May 23 @ The Come Together Music Festival - In the Saloon, Durham May 24 @ The Explorers Cafe, Midland http://www.myspace.com/houseofdavidgang

Check it ! http://www.myspace.com/marklesliewilson Hey Mark - ya need to get "Do it" on there!

Right on Bro - have a great birthday! really enjoying that mixer ! Thanks!

RIGHT ON MAN! YOU MADE IT!!

Check the schedule: Apr. 29th The Mansion (Kingston, Ontario) Apr. 30th House Of Jazz (Montreal, Quebec) May. 1st Black Sheep Inn (Wakefield, Quebec) May. 2nd Showplace Performance Centre (Peterborough, Ontario) May. 6th Convocation hall (Toronto, Ontario) May. 19th Yonge & Dundas Square (Toronto, ON) May. 23rd Loplops (Sault Ste. Marie) May. 24th The Apollo (Thunder Bay) May. 26th The Park Theatre (Winnipeg, Manitoba) May. 27th Yardbird Suite (Edmonton, Manitoba) May. 28th The Beatniq (Calgary, Alberta) May. 29th Bragg Creek Festival (Bragg Creek, Alberta) May. 30th Bragg Creek Festival (Bragg Creek, Alberta) May. 31st The Ottoman Lounge (Medicine Hat, Alberta) Jun. 1st The Hayloft (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) Jun. 12th Nighttown (Cleveland, ohio) Jun. 13th Shadow Lounge (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Jun. 17th The Washington (Burlington, IOWA) Jun. 18th The Cave Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Jun. 19th The Annex (Madison, Wisconsin) Jun. 24th Pearl Company (Hamilton, ON) Jun. 26th The Schoolhouse / Neat Cafe (Burnstown, Ontario) Jul. 2nd Toronto Jazz Festival (Toronto, ON) Jul. 3rd Atlantic Jazz Festival (Halifax, NS) Jul. 15th Wreckhouse Jazz & Blues Fest (St. Johns, NF) Jul. 23rd Festival by the Marsh (Sackville, NS) Jul. 27th The Guild (Charlottetown, PEI) Sep. 11th Sudbury Jazz Festival (Sudbury , ON)

New Rider - why are you so tough on me?

Check out the pre-parties! Join the FB Group for updates: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2246037169

Congrats Vanderpark you guys had a great run!

check the poster & additions!

John Scofield and the Piety Street Band ... I think that's the one that features my cousin John Cleary...

In three weeks there is this:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103666559675467 Map: http://maps.google.ca/places/ca/toronto/college-st/656/-li-ly-appetizer-bar?gl=ca Gratefully Deadicated Soundsystem Website Site: http://www.gratefullydeadicated.com/

Toronto Freedom Festival - Main Stage - May 1st Queen's Park Hosts: Johnny Gardhouse, Nufunk.ca, The Gerbz Speakers: Marc Emery, Ron Marzel, Neev Tapiero DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill, USA) www.djmuggs.com/ Eoto (USA) www.myspace.com/eotomusic Fritz Helder “Bob Marley & The Wailers Tribute†with The House of David Gang featuring King Selah, Progress & The High Plains Drifter www.myspace.com/houseofdavidgang God Made Me Funky www.godmademefunky.com Dub Monkey www.myspace.com/dubmonkey The Main Thing www.myspace.com/mainthingband DJ JEDI www.djjedi.com Gratefully Deadicated www.gratefullydeadicated.com more to be announced afterparty with DJ MUGGS EOTO CHAMELEON PROJECT ill.gates T-Minus at The Great Hall (Queen/Dovercourt)

may favorites are Gilles Peterson, Paris DJs

and that's all he wrote?

Aquarium Rescue Unit founder & American music legend COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON to make rare Toronto appearance! Fri May 7 @ The Great Hall NuFunk.ca presents COLONEL BRUCE HAMPTON (Ret.) Friday, May 7th @ THE GREAT HALL 1087 Queen Street West @ Dovercourt with Caution Jam, Melting Pot, Mark Wilson/Jay Cleary Duo and Gratefully Deadicated Soundsystem Doors @ 9 pm, Advance tix $15 @ http://www.nufunk.ca,'>http://www.nufunk.ca, Soundscapes, Rotate This, Shanti Baba & Slinky Music. $20 at the door Links: http://www.colbruce.com http://www.chriscawthray.com http://www.cautionjam.ca http://www.meltingpotband.com http://www.gratefullydeadicated.com http://www.nufunk.ca http://www.thegreathall.ca Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105031479528133 Online Tickets: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1601565 Nufunk Concerts is honoured to welcome a certified legend of American music Col. Bruce Hampton to town for a rare Toronto appearance! Joining one of the seminal figures in the American jamband music scene on the spectacular Great Hall stage will be his all-Canadian band featuring Paul Neufeld (organ), Chris Cawthray (drums & percussion) and Mike Bowell (guitar). Representing Toronto: longtime Canadian jam scene favourites Caution Jam, soulful T.O. rock/jam trio Melting Pot and Gratefully Deadicated Soundsystem. All of this goodness comes to you on the fully-sprung hardwood dancefloor of Toronto’s finest vintage venue – The Great Hall! Contacts: Promoter: Jay Cleary / jay@nufunk.ca / 416-877-4075 Publicist: Sebastian Cook / sebastiancook@gmail.com / 416-691-4414 Col. Bruce Hampton: Chris Cawthray / chriscawthray@gmail.com / 416-888-2544 **** COL. BRUCE HAMPTON Col. Bruce Hampton has been making music since he formed his first band in 1963 and has been in constant motion ever since leaving a trail of memorable live performances with his many bands, including The Late Bronze Age and Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit. Along the way he appeared in the movie Sling Blade" as the poet and band manager Morris and starred in (Phish’s) Mike Gordon's cult classic "Outside Out" as a mystical guitar “outstructorâ€. In the late 80s, Bruce formed The Aquarium Rescue Unit, arguably the most influential jamband of all time. The ARU tore up stages all over North America for the better part of the decade, and when Bruce disbanded the Unit in favour of his Fiji Mariners ensemble, the various members spiraled out into the jamband world, landing in the Allman Brothers Band, the Dead and Widespread Panic, to name a few. An infrequent visitor to Canada, Hampton was last seen in 2004 at Hamilton’s Pepperjack Café with The Codetalkers and ARU/Dead/WSP guitarist Jimmy Herring. His return to Canada was put in motion by Toronto drummer Chris Cawthray, a longtime admirer of Hampton’s, and colleague of many of Bruce’s past sidemen. Hampton returns to Canada to launch his latest collaboration, an outerspaceways organ trio led by drummer/percussionist Chris Cawthray and featuring Juno award winners Mike Bowell on guitar and Paul Neufeld on organ and keyboards. **** CAUTION JAM Caution Jam is Toronto's premier party jam band. For close to 20 years, these guys have served up “cowadelic grooves†rooted in the great tradition of the Grateful Dead, rocking clubs and festivals across Canada. A good time and sore feet from dancing is GUARANTEED! **** MELTING POT Melting Pot delivers all-original vintage-style soulful rock, in the great tradition of bands like the Black Crowes, Cream, and Grand Funk. The lyrics are raw and honest, the hooks grab you from the first note, and the jams burn with an intense and infectious groove.