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![A workshop stage with Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Western Centuries, Terry Bean, Rob Lutes @ Vancouver Island Music Fest 2018. What a treat!](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/cdf02ee420af4cf3b6fe739cd8b525795dc0892c/original/screen-shot-2018-08-07-at-9-58-18-am.png/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.png)
A workshop stage with Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Western Centuries, Terry Bean, Rob Lutes @ Vancouver Island Music Fest 2018. What a treat!
![What a treat to meet & play with Jimmy D Lane. He was full of stories of the heyday of Chicago blues.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/5a4516e568dfb853dae97be93177b6c8c9a14b9e/original/with-jimmy-d-lane.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
What a treat to meet & play with Jimmy D Lane. He was full of stories of the heyday of Chicago blues.
!["Harp Attack", a showcase that featured myself along with l to r Roly Platt, Larry Kurtz and Harpdog Brown. Orangeville Blues Fest, 2015.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/d670305d20aca20b82ec916a78109836d18ee81e/original/11392910-10155708491005574-6589186694035398164-n.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
"Harp Attack", a showcase that featured myself along with l to r Roly Platt, Larry Kurtz and Harpdog Brown. Orangeville Blues Fest, 2015.
![Maple Blues Awards 2015, Koerner Hall, Toronto. L to r: Gary Kendall, me, Pat Carey, Chris Murphy, Chris Whiteley.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/adee91aad57d3c87a1e55dbce6d50a7a9cca10b3/original/1900676-10152810895817562-3981617499905610705-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Maple Blues Awards 2015, Koerner Hall, Toronto. L to r: Gary Kendall, me, Pat Carey, Chris Murphy, Chris Whiteley.
![Smoking big cigars with Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Jack DeKeyzer and Tim Williams, Hornby Island, BC, May 2014.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/20697a45705ba57236bb856dfc24218b8c9fa975/original/img-20140509-192625275.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Smoking big cigars with Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Jack DeKeyzer and Tim Williams, Hornby Island, BC, May 2014.
![I really enjoy sitting in with the local musicians here in Havelock playing old time country music. It's a lot of fun and they are good folks.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/d2d5e9c76ccdf8b7e70fe038a2379401a5e6797f/original/5815822-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
I really enjoy sitting in with the local musicians here in Havelock playing old time country music. It's a lot of fun and they are good folks.
![I've travelled to gigs a lot of different ways... cars, vans,buses, planes and trains but this was a first. To traverse our flooded road, I had to load all my equipment into a canoe! I guess this is how the Voyageurs used to get to their gigs.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/b9d7bcc14664b5e49d0995267c59c07d32c33c13/original/5766275-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
I've travelled to gigs a lot of different ways... cars, vans,buses, planes and trains but this was a first. To traverse our flooded road, I had to load all my equipment into a canoe! I guess this is how the Voyageurs used to get to their gigs.
![Having some fun with Shakura S'Aida at the Maple Blues Awards, Koerner Hall, Toronto, Jan 2012. Photo courtesy of Dougal Bichan.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/55d1370e22d4bf6ef72b8fd5d28944cdb74a4b89/original/4714602-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Having some fun with Shakura S'Aida at the Maple Blues Awards, Koerner Hall, Toronto, Jan 2012. Photo courtesy of Dougal Bichan.
![Photo by Eric Thom taken at the 2012 Maple Blues Awards in Toronto. L to R: Al, Shakura S'Aida, Pat Carey, Chris Murphy, Chris Whiteley.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/6b823013c9f43d9482974720c4d8aebb5eea89a6/original/4704348-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Photo by Eric Thom taken at the 2012 Maple Blues Awards in Toronto. L to R: Al, Shakura S'Aida, Pat Carey, Chris Murphy, Chris Whiteley.
![Harvest Jazz & Blues Fest with Little Mack Simmons. I produced his first two albums and FATHEAD was the backing band.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/d0f137c9a425d7a1e0d7a15315e61a3f815088dd/original/4266033-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Harvest Jazz & Blues Fest with Little Mack Simmons. I produced his first two albums and FATHEAD was the backing band.
![The late Fathead Newman, who we named our band after. He was gracious enough to model one of our First Class Riff-Raff beanies here.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/14483/8ffae1bdc1f282911b33e1b88f41e0bfa7dbd163/original/4266007-orig.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The late Fathead Newman, who we named our band after. He was gracious enough to model one of our First Class Riff-Raff beanies here.