Jim Bryson Update

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For those of you that aren’t from Ottawa or aren’t familiar with the folky-rock scene of Canada, Ottawa’s Jim Bryson is one of my favourites. (You might know him from Kathleed Edwards' or Howe Gelb's touring bands). He is releasing his newest album ‘Where The Bungalows Roam’ this weekend at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, and I think everyone should go. I'll be at the Sunday matinee show. Here is an update from his mailing list.

Hello All:

I just spent 30 minutes on the phone with a Bell employee (actually #6007423) who was repeatedly explaining to me why my cell phone bill was $362.00 from our trip to SXSW. This is not why I am posting and writing you. But if it matters in the world of small victories though, I am getting almost $175 of it back next month.

Thank You:

That is not why I am writing, no, no, no...I am here just to give to heads up and details on this weekend's Black Sheep Inn CD/LP release shows. A lot of time and work from many people have made this release possible and I want to thank all of you who have altered your sleep schedules, made odd-houred poster pickups, made very last second liner note credit changes (even when the credits are handwritten), canceled your other band rehearsals and all of that jazz. I really do appreciate all that folks have done over the last many months. You know who you are and I here thank you.

Show Details:

Continuing in the long but slightly disorganized tradition of my shows, I went away right when posters needed to be put up. However, the street team of Jon Bartlett and Lisa Baird came to the rescue and managed to get the information up and around parts of the city.

I am excited to have the full "holiday" edition of the band together for these shows. Jake Bryce, Peter von Althen, Dave Draves, Jeremy Gara (on shore leave) and Jon Lomow will be shaking, rattling and rolling through songs old and new. There are songs that have been dusty for more than two years, songs not yet played and songs played in several forms. Songs, songs, songs.

The details of these appearances appear under here:

Jim Bryson and the "more than" Ocassionals

Saturday April 14th, Doors 8pm (w/ The Soiree)

Sunday April15th, Doors 3pm (w/ Male Nurse).

Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield, PQ. $15 ADV.

Tickets at : Compact Music Locations and here at : www.ticketweb.ca

*There is a bus running on the Saturday night.

*The Bus:

Ah the bus. It leaves from the Dominion Tavern at 8pm sharp and returns at 12:30am after the show. Please e-mail Jon at jon@kelprecords.com if you want a seat on the bus. Booking these big yellow taxis' are expensive if people do not end up using them, so please book your spot now and save Jon having to book off work on stress leave.

iTunes / Zunior:

For those who like this sort of thing (people living in the iPod world I live in), Where the Bungalows Roam is on the Staff Favourites at iTunes this week.

But a little birdie told me that if you download from Zunior.com, you get the extra track that appears on the vinyl.

LPs':

As mentioned at kelprecords.com, the vinyl is in and ready for you to take home. It looks marvelous thanks to Jake and Amy and sounds pretty darn OK too. The LPs come with a coupon for the whole record in MP3 format (thanks Zunior.com) and contain one non-CD song.

Bye for now:

That is all from me here. We shall return in some form this summer in the general area, but for now, I guarantee this is the only set of band shows happening in the next almost two months here or away.

Have a great week,

Jim.

[Northern Wish]

Is Rahmer going to play from behind the curtains?

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No?

[AdamH]

Awesome. I think we're going to check out the Sunday show. Tickets are probably a good thing right?

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I got my advance tickets at Compact Music. $16, and yes, probably a good thing.

[Jordan Patrick]

Yea I saw Jim Bryson randomly at BSI's Cancer Charity event. haha you wouldn't believe what this guy does to improvise- without his drummer, who took a sick spell that dya, he used a variety of effects, percussion instruments, and just natural humour to make his show one I'll never forget. The music wasn't bad either XD

[SaggyBalls]

It's way different to go to a little town on a bus than across town by public transit.

What a great weekend of events to be whisked away to only to be whisked away someplace else.

Have a great time listening.