More Summerfolk notes:
- Great workshop yesterday with Willy and Lobo, Khac Chi Ensemble, Stevens & McLain and Albert and Gage. Pure fun watching this diverse collection spread solos across the stage. Mike Stevens is an outstanding harmonica player, truly amazing. I wish I could describe Khac Chi. Whoa. Read this.
- Very cool how-to-make-it-in-the-business workshop with some serious Canadian industry people. Producer Danny Greenspoon (Great Big Sea, Sylvia Tyson, Jane Bunnet and many more), artist manager Bob Roper, SOCAN rep Dave Betts (formerly of Honeymoon Suite), publicist Richard Flohill (Watershed, Arrogant Worms), NXNE festival coordinator Travis Burd and Juno award winning art designer Michael Wrycraft. Condensed version: be brilliant, be true, be patient, do your homework and work your ass off.
- Betty and the Bobs were fun, especially Wendell Ferguson's "Didn't Chew" take off on "Like a Rolling Stone" and the swing version of Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll".
- Beautiful one man show by Bruce Cockburn last night. From "Dream Like Mine" to "Last Night" it was an enthralling dip into thirty years of gorgeous songwriting.
- Jonelle Mosser's soulful rendition of Paul Thorn's "Resurrection Day" was a jewel.
- Had a chance to talk to several performers at the after party, including Wendell Ferguson, Sam (aka Pippi Rockstockings) and Mel from Fruit and Raymond Mclain.
- Wildest moment - an East Indian DJ/rapper from T.O. wanders into the hotel lobby in search of a restaurant and ends up rhyming for five minutes straight on my intro to "Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades). Yeah, you read that right. So I dragged him into the main room where he dropped another stream into a bluegrass tune and then cut loose a bit later with help from uber-bassist David Woodhead. It's all music, friends. Totally made my evening, J.D...
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Monday, August 19, 2002
