Again, the "crew" is working on this info page but at least I've got a few links and e-mail addresses here for you:
The MONTREAL BLUES SOCIETY
FOR INFO, CALL THE
MBS HOTLINE AT (514) 990-1769
or E-MAIL sbm.mbs@sympatico.ca
Ray's
Blues Page
Ray Roth directed, wrote, and produced, a 24 min. documentary
titled "I Got The Blues... The Canadian Blues" about a
few Canadian Blues (and some non - Canadian) musicians and their
music. Mostly Quebecois artists: Stephen Barry, Bob Walsh,
Rick Weston ...
BLEU
& BLUES - NEW FRENCH BLUES WEBSITE
Check out Marc Champagne's new site featuring articles, CD
reviews and
other items as well as an on-line version of Nouvelles Zeb
(French Zeb News).
Les Production
Bros
This record company is home to Steve Hill, Stephen Barry, the
late Cap'n Vann "Piano Man" Walls and Bob Walsh among
others.
Zeb Productions
represents several local artists and books out of town artists as
well.
E-mail Brian Slack and get on
the distribution list for his informative weekly Zeb News. Hey I
even lifted some of this page right from newsletters!
Pierre Jobin's excellent French magazine from
Quebec:
Les Amis du
Blues
9191 Carré Richard
Québec, QC, Canada
G2B 3P7
Tél.: (418) 842-0717
Fax: (418) 843-4259
An excellent west coast magazine with a mission: Real Blues Magazine
Blues Scene Quarterly
doesn't have a website yet but you reach them by
e-mail bluscene@escape.ca
Read my previous columns for Blues Scene
Quarterly
A FEW LOCAL ARTISTS
Jimmy
James
Steve Rowe
BLUES ON THE RADIO
Here are the main blues shows on Montreal radio these days. Please note that all of these stations are community stations with about a $0 budget for music purchases. If you are a distributor, label or blues artist (indie or otherwise) they represent you're best bet for airplay in Montreal. Don't you think they should have your cd? Our biggest FM rock station no longer programs any blues but you can get your fix here:
Cha Cha Cha In Blue
CKUT FM
90,3
Sunday nights 9pm - 11pm and broadcast live in RealAudio
Hosted by yours truly.
Hoochie Coochie Blues
CHAA FM 103,3 (Cable 104,1 FM)
Monday nights 9pm - midnight
Hosted by Luc Grisé
Luc is a good guy but he doesn't have e-mail yet so he probably
won't mind if I give his phone number here: (514) 989-9385
Explosion Blues
CIBL 101.5 FM
Thursdays from 2:00 to 4:00pm
Hosted by Roxane Mathis and Dan "The Man" Michon (from
Blues Express)
info@ciblcom.org
Local Publications, Show
Listings & Oddities
The Mirror
The
Hour
The Gazette
The Montreal Page
A Site Devoted to Jazz in Montreal
Montréal International Jazz Festival
The Montreal Cam
(check out the 2AM weekend traffic jam at Peel &
Ste-Catherine!!)
VENUES
Café Campus, 57 Prince-Arthur Est, Montreal, QC H2X 1B4
Laurier Gagnon currently does the blues booking. (514) 844-3442
Fax (514) 844-4770 blues@cafecampus.com
Bourbon Street West, 1866 Sources Blvd., Pte-Claire, QC
(514) 695-6545 info@bourbonwest.com
Bistro à JoJo, 1627 St-Denis, Montreal, QC, (514) 843-5015
Cactus Resto-Bar, 139B Boisfrancs Sud, Victoriaville, QC, (819)
758-5311
cactus@boisfrancs.qc.ca
Rendez-Vous Blues de Joliette
Resto-Pub, 130 Lajoie Sud, Joliette, QC, (450) 759-3403
Babaloo Restaurant (next to Bourbon Street West), 1864c Sources
Blvd.,
Pte-Claire, QC, (514) 695-6252
JAM SESSIONS AROUND
TOWN
Bistro à JoJo, 1627 St-Denis, Montreal, QC, (514) 843-5015
Sunday nights with Stephen Barry
FUN STUFF
Band-In-A-Box
users will enjoy these files. I've zipped 'em up for your
convenience so go ahead - Click 'N Save!
The Real Fake
Book: a huge set of standard
jazz and ballads. You might like to see the song list before downloading the whole book.
If you've followed William G. Leavitt's "Modern Method For
Guitar" from Berklee you probably also used the companion
book "Melodic
Rhythms For Guitar". Here's
the whole thing!
