This weekend, Canada lost a musical legend and the finest of gentlemen. Jackie Washington performed jazz and blues standards throughout Canada and the United states for almost 70 years.
This spring during Stellula Music in the Schools week, I asked Hamilton musician, Harrison Kennedy if Jackie Washington had been a musical influence. He responded that his ‘Uncle Jack’ had been an incredible influence upon him, not just musically but as an exceptional person. I thought that testimony would serve as a fitting tribute to Jackie Washington.
Harrison Kennedy has had a long musical career, beginning as a member of the Chairmen of the Board in the 1970s, with pop music success. After moving on from the Chairmen of the Board, he moved home to Hamilton and has carved out a reputation as a fine bluesman. He has 3 CDs out, High Country Blues, Sweet Taste, and Voice Story. His new CD, One Dog Barking. will be out in September. You can order Harrison Kennedy’s CDs from http://harrisonkennedy.ca/.
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For the Sake of the Song 101 with Marlon Gibbons [36:43m]: Play in Popup | Download (141)
On Friday June we had a wonderful evening at the Rye Cafe in Midland. My guests were Marlon Gibbons, Jennifer Ives and Ken Allen. We will be recording two live episodes of For the Sake of the Song then broke into a magical jam. Most of the evening was streamed live over ustream. I had several of my friends and listeners of for The Sake of the Song join us from all over Ontario and several in the ustream from all over North America. It was a wonderful evening celebration of music and friendship. Unfortunately, there were technical difficulties with the audio recording, so all we have recorded from the evening is a recording from the live video stream starting about 7 minutes into the interview with Marlon Gibbons. Henceforth I will be refering to this as the famous ‘lost episode’ of For the Sake of the Song. Enjoy a bit of what was a magical evening.
Update While writing this post, I relistened to the ustream video from the evening. The conversation and the energy was so wonderful that it overcomes the low quality audio from my webcam’s pinhole mic. So, I captured the audio from the ustream video and here is the audio of For the Sake of the Song 101– The Lost episode.
Join us for a live recording celebrating 100 Episodes of For the Sake of the Song on Friday June 5, 2009 at 7pm EDT at the Rye Cafe in Midland, Ontario. My guests for the evening will be Marlon Gibbons, Jennifer Ives and Ken Allen. We will be recording one or two live episodes of For the Sake of the Song followed by musical performances by each of us. We will also be streaming the event live over ustream. Stay tuned to ductapeguy.net for more details. There is no cover charge for this event, but we will be accepting donations for Stellula Music in the Schools.
I’ve known Don Bray for about 17 years. We met at an open stage, and I was struck by his insightful lyrics and virtuoso musicianship from the first time I heard him. He was one of the first people I wanted to interview for my podcast but it took a couple years for us to connect. It was worth the wait. I think it’s fitting that he is my guest for episode 100.
We sat down in a quiet room during our songwriting group’s annual winter getaway weekend. He was accompanied on vocals, Cello, and title reminders by Alyssa Wright. Don and Alyssa are both solo performers but they have also released their first CD as The Brights: Live, Love, Dream.
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Join us for a live recording celebrating 100 Episodes of For the Sake of the Song on Friday June 5, 2009 at 7pm EDT at the Rye Cafe in Midland, Ontario. My guests for the evening will be Marlon Gibbons, Jennifer Ives and Ken Allen. We will be recording one or two live episodes of For the Sake of the Song followed by musical performances by each of us. We will also be streaming the event live over ustream. Stay tuned to ductapeguy.net for more details. There is no cover charge for this event, but we will be accepting donations for Stellula Music in the Schools.
On May 31, I’m opening the last Rockin’ The Cradle at the Tranzac Club in Toronto featuring Jenny Omnichord, and to complete the circle of life, the Leonids will play again, this time with the full band.
Finally, Join us for a live recording of For the Sake of the Song celebrating 100 episodes on Friday June 5, 2009 at 7pm EDT at the Rye Cafe in Midland, Ontario. My guests for the evening will be Marlon Gibbons, Jennifer Ives and Ken Allen. We will be recording one or two live episodes of For the Sake of the Song followed by musical performances by each of us. We will also be streaming the event live over ustream. Stay tuned to ductapeguy.net for more details. There is no cover charge for this event, but we will be accepting donations for Stellula Music in the Schools.
Last summer, I attended Podcamp Boston. While Zina (from the Secrets of Battlestar Galactica Podcast) and I were walking in downtown Boston heading for lunch, we saw a beautiful young lady walking down the street talking into laptop held in front of her. It turned out that she streams her whole life on the Internet. Later at podcamp, I ran into her again and introduced myself. She is Jody Gnant and she has an amazing story to tell about indie marketing over the net. She actually traded one year’s rent on her house in Phoenix to Kyle MacDonald from one red paperclip for studio time to complete her album. We talked at the end of a long day at Podcamp Boston about songwriting, new media, and took questions from her live streaming audience. Check out her music and lifecast at jodygnant.com.
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For the Sake of The Song is fast approaching its 100th episode. Join us for a live recording celebrating this milestone on Friday June 5, 2009 at 7pm EDT at the Rye Cafe in Midland, Ontario. My guests for the evening will be Marlon Gibbons, Jennifer Ives and Ken Allen. We will be recording one or two live episodes of For the Sake of the Song followed by musical performances by each of us. We will also be streaming the event live over ustream. Stay tuned to ductapeguy.net for more details. There is no cover charge for this event, but we will be accepting donations for Stellula Music in the Schools.
Podcamp London was held on April 28, 2009. It was a wonderful gathering of podcasting, tech and social media enthusiasts from throughout central Ontario. Kudos go to Bill, Titus, Will and all the organizers of the event.
John Meadows of the On the Log podcast and I presented a session at Podcamp London entitled: Free is Good about free and open source audio production and podcasting tools. Here are the audio and the slides of that session. (Click on the slide to advance)
For the Sake of the Song
