mark tonin

Happy birthday Ari ... hope to see you at a show this summer!

Peace, Mark

Free beer, a bomb-dropping bass player, and pantyless virgins ... sounds like a lot of fun to me!

Yeah, I haven't seen them either.

Some people will say anything for free beer.

Are you coming up with Willy? If you are, don't buy into his first panic show theory. You know, the one that says its best to take it in far away from the stage, over by the campsite at Bonnaroo. Its a lie. Its best enjoyed inside up front.

Inside up front it is. And if Willy is there, that will make it even more fun!

Peace, Mark

A single TicketMaster ticket comes to CA $40.10.

Yep, that's what I paid. Grrrrrr.

On the positive side of things, I am stoked for this show, as it will be my first WSP show. I never thought I'd get the chance to see them in Toronto.

Peace, Mark

The Turvey Ensemble has been confirmed!

Sunday @ 5:30

You bring the feet,.. we'll make them move.

Nice to read that you are now on the bill Tim ... looking forward to seeing/hearing you on Sunday!

Peace, Mark

Is anyone thinking about going to this Rhythmfest? Kanada Kev? Mark Tonin?

Baj and I will be trying to get to this.. Rich too I think!

Labour Day weekend for Gratefulfest is not realistic for me, so at one point I was seriously considering Rhythmfest, but for a variety of reasons I've opted not to go. I'll be hitting up some local stuff instead (e.g. Widespread in Toronto) and then the following weekend Phil/Levon in Rochester. I'm still trying to figure out how to swing Gratefulfest, but it's wishful thinking at this point ...

Peace, Mark

Nice! The piano did sound sweet!

Peace, Mark

Thanks mousepad!

The above link doesn't seem to work anymore so here it is in another format:

July 9 moe.

July 16 Cajun Festival

Steve Riley & Lil Brian

July 23 Cherry Poppin' Daddies

July 30 Sam Roberts Band

August 6 Walter Trout

with Watermelon Slim

August 13 Kim Mitchell

August 20 Donna The Buffalo

August 27 Sass Jordan

Peace, Mark

Check out the stuff they've also got going on for free on Wednesday nights ...

http://www.artpark.net/content/pages/wednesdays-on-the-gorge

Once again, it amazes me how many free concerts happen in the Buffalo area over the summer!

Peace, Mark

Happy birthday Tricky ... see you tomorrow night ... I look forward to hearing you and What The Folk.

Peace, Mark

\/\/illy and tigger, I still remember meeting each of you for the first time at the May 2001 Come Together Music Fest ... I'll miss seeing each of you at ghost town this May long weekend.

Jaydawg and GoodRev, have a blast playing at the festival ... I'm certain that you'll have lots of fun and that people will dig it! And happy birthday GoodRev ... I see that candle beside your name this morning!

The festival seems to have taken on another life here in the KW area ... lots of interest from people outside of the community of people I know via this board.

The frontier draws near ...

Peace, Mark

Thanks for the kind words friends ... much appreciated! Hopefully we can bring this to a venue near you at some point ... or to your home!

Peace, Mark

I've mentioned this to a few people and in another thread, but I am excited about this current musical project so here goes!

Chris Mulligan is a friend I've known for a while. He's a singer/songwriter/guitar player with lots of original material. We've jammed together a few times in the past, but over the last 4 months I've spent a fair bit of time learning some of his original material and working on some songs with him, a keyboard player (Gary Kreller) and a drummer (Andrew Nowak). It is starting to come together nicely, and a few weeks ago we did a live off the floor recording as a way of documenting where we are at musically so that we can work to make things sound even better. A couple of the live recordings (no overdubs) are now up on his myspace site ... Red Lights and Pomoja. Give them a listen if you have the time ... I'd love your feedback. Some of his studio recordings are also up on the site.

Chris Mulligan myspace

We'll be playing our first show on Sunday at 4 pm at the Come Together Fest ... looking forward to that!

Peace, Mark

I'll have a few Come Together Fest tickets with me at this show ... hit me up early in the evening if you want one for an "early bird price" ... first come, first served.

Peace, Mark

I really enjoyed Cornmeal at Gratefulfest last year ... definitely worth checking out.

Peace, Mark

Cool, all sorted out. Thanks!!!

Nice!

People always overbuy for this festival and there is always extras to be had the week of.

Hey NewRider, did you try to buy tickets yesterday? If you did and were shut out, hopefully you will find extras later on.

Peace, Mark

Lined up in Guelph this morning and scored the early birds. Hillside bound!

Ditto.

The thought of seeing your smiling face at Hillside puts a smile on my face! Summer holidays here we come!

Peace, Mark

Lined up in Guelph this morning and scored the early birds. Hillside bound!

The thought of seeing your smiling face at Hillside puts a smile on my face! Summer holidays here we come!

Peace, Mark

I'm feeling lucky, as it sure did sell out fast! I showed up at around 9 am to buy tickets at Encore Records in Kitchener, expecting it to be relatively easy to get them at that location. I figure I was about 40th or 50th in line and managed to buy 4 tickets just before they ran out. There were another 50 people in line after me who weren't so lucky, including Pete and Tasha.

Did anybody else get tickets?

Peace, Mark

Basher's Birthday Bash sure has a nice ring to it! Happy birthday Brian!

Peace, Mark

Wow, this looks great!

Peace, Mark

And it's at Artpark ... I haven't been there in years, but that is a cool venue!

Peace, Mark

Somebody should send this pic to Bobby with an explanation ... it's freakin' hilarious!

Peace, Mark

And in other news, Geoff Smith's vest will not be going to the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Happy Birthday Hux!

Peace, Mark