FRONT PORCH ROOTS REVUE
Friday, April 23, Blue Chair Cafe
Saturday, April 24, Newcastle Pub
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF ROAD WORK, AND INSPIRED PERFORMANCES AS RESPONSIVE AUDIENCES ATE UP THE ROOTS GUMBO CREATED BY THE FRONT PORCH ROOTS REVUE.
MEMORABLE SHOWS IN MEDICINE HAT, HIGH RIVER, EDMONTON, SHERWOOD PARK, AND CALGARY, HAVE BEEN AUGMENTED WITH HARD HITTING OPENING SETS FOR ACTS RANGING FROM BRITISH BLUES LEGENDS LIKE THE YARDBIRDS TO UP AND COMING, AMERICAN BLUES-BASED ARTISTS, MORELAND AND ARBUCKLE.
BUILT AROUND LONGTIME ALBERTA ROOTS VETERANS RON RAULT, CRAWDAD CANTERA AND STEWART MACDOUGALL, THE MEMBERS OF THIS REVUE ALSO FOUND TIME TO HUNKER DOWN IN HOMESTEAD RECORDERS, WITH ENGINEER, PRODUCER, AND ALL ROUND STUDIO ACE BARRY ALLEN.
THE RESULT IS A SELF-TITLED ALBUM THAT STITCHES TOGETHER A COMBINATION OF ORIGINALS AND CLASSIC SONGS WITH A CAST THAT INCLUDES WINNIPEG’S GREATEST AMBASSADOR OF THE BLUES GUITAR, BRENT PARKIN, SINGER-SONGWRITER DOUG ANDREW OF VANCOUVER’S CIRCUS IN FLAMES, AND CALGARY’S JOHN RUTHERFORD, OF NO GUFF AND HIGH WATER JUG BAND FAME.
THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THE DISC ALSO SAW THE SESSIONS DRAWING ON THE TALENTS OF RACHELLE VAN ZANTEN WHO ADDED SLIDE GUITAR ON TWO TRACKS, FIDDLE ACE BYRON MYHRE OF JERUSALEM RIDGE FAME, PERCUSSIONIST DWAYNE HYRNKIW, AND OTTAWA HARMONICA MASTER STEVE MARRINER, OF THE AWARD-WINNING GROUP MONKEY JUNK.
THE FRONT PORCH ROOTS REVUE CELEBRATES THE RELEASE OF A SELF-TITLED DISC WITH TWO SHOWS IN EDMONTON THIS WEEKEND.
AN ACOUSTIC SHOW, FEATURING THE CORE BAND OF RAULT, MACDOUGALL, CANTERA, AND PARKIN, WITH SPECIAL GUEST BYRON MYHRE, TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY APRIL 23 AT THE BLUE CHAIR CAFÉ.
A PLUGGED IN/DANCE SHOW FOLLOWS ON SATURDAY NIGHT (APRIL 24) WITH THE SAME CORE BAND, AND GUEST DWAYNE HYRNKIW ON DRUMS, IS SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE NEWCASTLE PUB IN OTTEWELL SHOPPING CENTRE.
TICKETS FOR THE BLUE CHAIR SHOW ARE AVAILABLE BY PHONING THE VENUE AT 989-2861 AND THE BLUE CHAIR IS LOCATED AT 9624-76 AVENUE.
SHOWTIME IS AT 8:00 P.M.
TICKETS FOR THE NEWCASTLE PUB SHOW ARE $10 AND AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. THE NEWCASTLE IS LOCATED AT 6108-90 AVENUE AND SHOWTIME IS 9:00 P.M.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL PETER NORTH AT 780-454-3034.
