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Melanie and I cant stop talking about Lucas Haneman. I cant believe he is local to Ottawa. Bouche got a few shots of him. John K was wonderful as well but who in their right mind would ever want to follow Lucas?
 
I guess this guy, who happened to perform Unbroken Chain and Box Of Rain after I got him to sign my 2013 Furthur Vegas poster with a "How about that Phil Lesh!"
 

 

Ottawa Citizen: Grateful Dead tribute hero, John Kadlecik, to play first solo show in Canada
 
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Ottawa Citizen: Local musician hopes to raise funds to send more instruments to Africa
 
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Instruments For Africa benefit concert and silent auction
Featuring John Kadlecik w/ special guest Lucas Haneman
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Irene’s Pub
885 Bank Street
Ottawa
$10/9pm/19+
www.instrumentsforafrica.com
www.johnkmusic.net
www.lucashaneman.com
irenespub.ca
 
International touring artist John Kadlecik and local guitar phenom Lucas Haneman will showcase their talents at Irene’s Pub to raise funds for Instruments For Africa’s upcoming shipment to Zambia.  The night of music will be accompanied by a silent auction, featuring items from local merchants and memorabilia signed by artists including Daniel Lanois, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin and others.
 
American singer and guitarist John Kadlecik made a name for himself performing the music of Jerry Garcia in the world’s premier Grateful Dead tribute act, Dark Star Orchestra.  In 2009 he was recruited by Grateful Dead founding members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir for their most popular post-GD project, Furthur, and with his musical heroes transformed into musical partners Kadlecik spent the next five years on an endless tour of sold-out arena and festival dates helping to continue the legacy of the Grateful Dead.
 
Making his home in Washington, DC, Kadlecik keeps himself busy with a myriad of projects.  In addition to performing solo concerts and working with performers like Melvin Seals, Kadlecik is currently touring with the Golden Gate Wingmen, a jamband supergroup that includes Kadlecik, Jeff Chimenti, Jay Lane, and Reed Mathis.
 
The IFA benefit concert at Irene’s will land between two standout shows for John Kadlecik: an appearance at the Peach Festival in Scranton, PA just a couple of weeks before and a set at the Lock’n Festival in Arrington, VA the following week.  Kadlecik will be in Italy in October to take part in the annual REX benefit Experimental Residency. 
 
While it’s easy to classify Lucas Haneman as a new sensation on the Ottawa scene, in reality the 28-year-old has been playing around Ottawa for almost two decades.  While in high school he received the CBC Rising Star Award at the 2005 Ottawa International Jazz festival.  In 2010 he graduated from Concordia University with a BFA in Jazz Studies where he received the prestigious Oscar Peterson scholarship.
 
In his short career Haneman has toured across Canada sharing the stage with a host of artists, including Curtis Fuller, David Newman, Guido Basso, Jeff Healey, James Cotton, Sloan, Don Ross, Terry Kelly and David Usher.  In March Haneman was honoured with an invitation to London, England to perform at the international Visually Impaired Musicians Live conference.
 
Instruments For Africa is an Ottawa-based Not-For-Profit that collects musical instruments and accessories here in Canada and donates them to schools and community groups in select African countries.  In the last two years IFA has donated hundreds of musical instruments to fifteen schools and organisations in three countries.
 
IFA founder and local musician Todd Snelgrove will be leaving for Zambia on September 23rd to distribute another 100 trumpets, flutes, trombones, guitars, clarinets, and keyboards to five schools throughout the country.  The goal of this benefit concert is to cover all costs related to the shipping and distribution of the instruments.
 

Here's my recording of the next night, at the Elmdale House Tavern in Ottawa, ON:
 
https://archive.org/details/smmd2011-08-24.oktava.flac16
 
Enjoy!
 
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Brad

Earlier this week, Nathan Moore gave the OK to have recordings of Surprise Me Mr. Davis hosted on the Live Music Archive; before this, they were only available on-line via BitTorrent. Here's the first one I made, from August 23, 2011 at La Sala Rossa in Montreal, QC.
 
https://archive.org/details/smmd2011-08-23.oktava.flac16
 
There's more on the way. Enjoy!
 
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Brad

These brooklyn guys are in the late night tent tonight.  
 

Got my tix today!!  Woohoo!!  The order was correct and the tix are real purty.  It is a relief to have them at last.

ha, that kinda came out sounding wrong. i do love WSP   i just don't think i'll make the trek to this show. who knows though, it might be a morning-of-show decision.

Godboner (Umphrey's McGee with Gene Ween) from Summer Camp this past weekend. (Gener comes on around the 28 minute mark)
 

Cancel that. Throwing Bones is out, Caution Jam acoustic and Dave Muir And Friends are now in.
 
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Sisters Euclid will be playing at 3030 Dundas West in Toronto, ON. 8pm doors, $10 cover. I think this is a release party for their new CD.
 
http://www.3030dundaswest.com/events/2015/5/21/the-sisters-euclid-cd-release-party-featuring-kevin-breit-mark-lalama-ian-desouza-gary-taylor-doors-8pm-show-10pm
 
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On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Sisters Euclid will be playing at 3030 Dundas West in Toronto, ON. 8pm doors, $10 cover. I think this is a release party for their new CD.
 
http://www.3030dundaswest.com/events/2015/5/21/the-sisters-euclid-cd-release-party-featuring-kevin-breit-mark-lalama-ian-desouza-gary-taylor-doors-8pm-show-10pm
 
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My recording of the Saturday, April 18, 2015 show by PleasureCraft at the Rainbow Bistro in Ottawa, ON is now available for downloading and streaming:
 
https://archive.org/details/pleasurecraft2015-04-18.ca-14.flac16
 
Enjoy!
 
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Brad

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=550507
 
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Problems resolved!
 
Thanks for the info everyone.

This is gonna be an awesome month of shows at Mugshots with Mike.  I'm especially excited for the April 16th show with just the two drummers.
 
Can't go to every one without going tomorrow!  See you there Bradm, hope to see some of you other music-lovers there too.
 
No cover.

If you've never seen Dan before check it out, that boy can play. He's a pretty swell fella too.

My friend chris paul, many of you know him is putting on this show . He is trying to make this into a business so he can get more shows here in Ottawa that often get skipped by Ottawa on tour circuits. Please support to get some great shows here in the future. Thanks Rob