snarfmaster C Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 i'm goin, who else? i got wheels outta peteyburra and room for one or two more (?) kevO you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 I'm totally IN!!! Anyone got a place to stay in Cannington? I wonder if we could crash Don's house party. I wonder if they would actually have an afterparty or a late night jam or somethin eh?? That would be crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted October 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 ok. what are the details - i emailed for more info but haven't heard back yet. time? location - (and directions!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted October 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 phishy k -- bet yer wishin yer 1987 van were still parked across the street now, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyK Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 hehehe - my van will always have a parking space in my heart who and where is Don Ross C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 quote: who and where is Don Ross C? October 17-19th is the annual Don Ross Guitar Weekend, which consists of a bunch of intimate workshops, clinics, jams and parties with Don himself, at his house in Cannington, Ontario (about 90 min. northeast of Toronto). Registration is limited to 15 guitarists, and its $450 Saturday night (Oct 18th) Don Ross is doing a double bill with British guitar legend Martin Carthy (the guest guitarist for the weekend). The show will take place at the Trinity United Church in Cannington and is open to the public. $18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Check out Don Ross's website right here! Don Ross plays heavy acoustic fingerstyle guitar, very fast and technical. Some call his music "heavy wood" - sort of like heavy metal applied to the acoustic guitar. He is absolutely amazing!! Here's what Don posted on his Yahoo group message board about the show Saturday: Next week, as part of the Don Ross Cannington Guitar Weekend, I'll be doing a double bill with British guitar legend Martin Carthy. The show will take place at the Trinity United Church in Cannington. Ontario. Tix are $18 and can be ordered by calling Jingles in Cannington at 705.432.3330 or the Interesting Music Shoppe in Wilfrid at 705.437.4495. To get to Cannington, take highway 401 to Oshawa (40 minutes east of Toronto), and take the Simcoe Street exit. Follow Simcoe Street north about 40 minutes to just north of the hamlet of Manilla (at highway 7). 5 minutes north of Manilla, you'll see a sign pointing to the left for Cannington. Follow that main road into the village and then turn right at Laidlaw Street. The church looms large on the left (west) side of the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 bones -- woah! are you coming saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 quote: bones -- woah! are you coming saturday? nope if i wasn't busy i'd be hitting up The Mule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted October 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 my car's full hope to see lots of folks there you comin bones? phishy k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 quote: Saturday night (Oct 18th) Don Ross is doing a double bill with British guitar legend Martin Carthy Martin Carthy, eh? That should be really cool - the word "legend" is appropriate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmellyPants Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 why no review yet...EARTHFREAK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Here ya go Smelly... It was AMAZING!!! Never in my life have I seen such a talented guitarist -- blew everyone else (I've ever seen) away. The show was in Don's tiny hometown of Cannington, about an hour west of Peterborough, with Lindsay being the half-way point. The show was at Trinity United Church, as there are no actual venues in town. The town is tiny, no places for accomodation or anything. Don's manager (?) who is also a guitarist opened with a few songs, then UK folkie/guitarist Martin Carthy played a set. Both were really good, with Martin playing lots of Scottish ditties with complex finger picking on the acoustic. He was a funny performer, with this hilarious head-nod at the end of every song. Don Ross played a variety of songs from his catalogue, usually prefaced with a lengthy intro as he tuned the guitar to his liking. Don Ross plays nearly every song in a different tuning, some very strange. He seemed to find pleasure in making fun of standard tuning. He only sang on about 3 tunes, as he had caught a bit of a cold. I couldn't believe some of the shit he was doing on that acoustic!!! Unbelievable I tell ya. Most of the crowd in the pews seemed to be aging locals looking for a good time, but there was a strong contingent of guitar geeks and Ross Heads too. Velvet - Earthfreak mentioned to Don after the show that you said hello and he said hello back, and mentioned that he will be touring in some kind of quartet in the near future and you should call him about it. Phish Stick --- where the hell were ya?? We couldn't track you down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarfmaster C Posted October 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 don't have much to add to kevOs review, except one thing: if yer gonna be a ross-head shoutin out requests i would recommend hollerin bluebear - his only blues tune in case he gets invited to play toronto blues guitar fest any time... good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey d Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 kevo - i was at a jam all day and i didnt have caroline's number, and after a while i just plain old forgot . . . i do that sometimes. i didnt have any $$ anyways so I wouldnt have been able to go, im glad you guys had a good time though. ive already seen him a 4 or 5 times before, so unfortunately i know exactly what i missed out on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 ah well.. actually we ended up only paying $3 each! (instead of $20). long story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey d Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 ouch! i could have got atleast $3. shitty buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Thanks KevO. Glad you had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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