Throwback Thursday: Videos by Strange Cargo ft Big Johnny Blue @ Cat N Fiddle (June 26, 2009)

Original Post: June 27, 2009

Updated Post: March 26, 2025

Video above courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers

Video above courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers



Links: Big Johnny Blue (Strange Cargo's singer), More Big Johnny Blue Stories, More John Ellison Covers/Stories, Video above courtesy of Hamilton Blues Lovers

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CONGRATS! 2015 Spectator Readers' Choice Award Winners

The Hamilton Spectator readers have spoken!  After tabulating the votes, the winner of the 2015 Readers' Choice Awards were announced in the October 30, 2015 edition of the popular local paper.

The top prize (the Platinum award) for local musicians went to folk rockers Eclectic Revival.



Links: More Eclectic Revival Stories, Video above courtesy of Chris McLeod

Area Metalheads Prismind earned the Diamond award.



Video above courtesy of JohnnyMo69

The Gold award went to the late Hamilton guitar slinger Brian Griffith.

Links: More Brian Griffith Stories, Video above courtesy of Justin Dunlop

Click here to see the rest of the top ten

CONGRATS EVERYONE!

Click here for a complete winners listing. Below are the music-relate categories.

Category (Click to see top ten)

• Platinum
• Diamond
• Gold

Local Musician

• Eclectic Revival
• Prismind
• Brian Griffith

Concert Venue

• Hamilton Place
• FirstOntario Centre
• The Casbah

Live Entertainment Facility

• Hamilton Place
• This Ain't Hollywood
• FirstOntario Centre

Live Music Bar/Lounge

• This Ain't Hollywood
• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• The Casbah

Live Jazz Club

• The Cat 'N Fiddle
• Artword Artbar
• Stonewalls

Festival

• Supercrawl
• Dundas Cactus Festival
• It's Your Festival

Record/CD Store - New

• Dr. Disc
• Cheapies
• HMV

Record/CD Store - Used

• Cheapies
• Dr. Disc
• Beat Goes On

Musical Instrument Store

• Long and McQuade (Burlington)
• Picks and Sticks
• Mountain Music

Music School

• Intune Music Academy
• Hamilton Academy of Music
• Hamilton School Of Music

Music Intructor

• Sotyria Violaris (Intune Music Academy)
• Emma Borsellino
• Hanna Bech

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Readers' Choice Awards, More Spec Readers' Choice Awards Stories

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Video: Linda Duemo and Friends@Cat N Fiddle (October 12, 2013)

Linda Duemo (guitar, vocals), Carrie Ashworth (bass), Nick Burson (drums)

Click here if you can't see the videos



More Little Walter covers/stories



More Rolling Stones covers/stories





Blast from The Past: Videos of Fry Truck (Linda and Carrie's band) with a bonus Linda solo video

Links: Linda Duemo, More Linda Duemo Stories

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News Roundup (Music Legends Revealed, Tuba4, Crowbar)

Local

• Spec story on Dave Rave
• Kathleen Edwards on Exclaim's top folk albums of 2012
• Star story on Hamilton's culture
• Glenn Brown (Hamilton Musician Mag) interviewed on Cable 14

Canada

• Saturday Night Blues names top X-Mas tracks
  

World

• Podcasts: Nothing But the Blues 221, Blues & Roots 175
• Legends Revealed: Was "Wild Horses" named after something Marianne Faithful said?, Did McCartney write a song under an assumed name?, What did Petula Clark do to keep Harry Belafonte from being cut from her TV special?
• Rush, Albert King & Heart in R&R Hall of Fame
• 2013 Blues Grammy nominees

Funny/Weird

• Beatles Related Toon

Blasts From the Past

• 2009: Trickbag@Buddy's
• 2010: Tiny Bill Cody@Artword Artbar 
• 2011: Matthew deZoete@Artword Artbar

Featured Videos



Links: Brodie Dawson, Tuba4, More Tuba 4 Stories, Video courtesy of Brodie Dawson



Links: Crowbar, More Crowbar Stories, Video courtesy of Mandoflash

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J.P. Riemens and Friends@Cat N Fiddle (April 5, 2012)

JP Riemens (vocals, guitar), Brian Griffith (guitar), Carrie Ashworth (bass)













Blast from the Past: JP with Dan Walsh@This Ain't Hollywood

Links: JP Riemens, More JP Riemens Stories

Debut Tuba4 CD: To the Head (+ Videos)

If you love your music on the jazzy side but want a little extra kick to it, Tuba4's debut CD, To the Head is for you. Together, they create a sound that blends lounge, funk, swing, and much more.

Tuba4 is a trio consisting of music veterans, Bruce Tournay (vocals, keys), Jay Burr (tuba), and Danny Lockwood (drums). The disc also has special appearances by local guitarists Mark LaForme and Mike Daley.

Highlights include the extra funky Suck it Up and Overbite (Girl in the Corner) as well as a killer version of Little Richard's Tutti Frutti.

The CD is available at their live shows (including a weekly Monday night gig at Cat N Fiddle)

Below are a few peromances from their CD release party at the Cat N Fiddle on September 26, 2011.









Click here for Tuba4's YouTube page

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The Augusta Strip on Thursday, December 30, 2010

There is a lot of music going on near Augusta street downtown every Thursday. Here is a sampling.

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Links: Downchild (Chuck Jackson) - Jesse O'Brien - Robin Benedict - Alfie Smith - Brian Griffith - Chris Caddell

Mike Almas & Friends @ Cat n Fiddle (December 4, 2010)

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Mike Almas (guitar, vocals), Dave Johns (bass), Mike Offord (Sapphire City)(vocals on Before You Accuse Me and Shooting Star)



More Chuck Berry Covers/Stories








Links: Mike Almas - More Mike Almas stories

New JP Riemens CD: Dirty Sunset

Local singer/songwriter J.P. Riemens recently celebrated his brand new CD: Dirty Sunset. Even after many releases, JP has managed to bring fresh new ideas to his sound.

While still in the country vein, the disc manages to seamlessly incorporate folk, rock, a touch of blues, a bit of jazz and more. On top of everything else, JP's incredible lyrics add depth to whole proceedings.

On this disc, you'll find great toe-tappers (Roosevelt's Dancehall, This Girl Don't Cry) and slow, sweet songs (All Grown Up, Six Feet Under).

The amazing Brian Griffith lends his talented guitar-work to the CD. He's joined by Carrie Ashworth on bass, Danny Lockwood on drums, Eric Bouchet on keys, and Michael Fonfara on Hammond organ.

The disc is currently available at his shows.

To commemorate the new release, JP performed with Brian Griffith at the Cat N Fiddle on September 2, 2010. Below are a few videos - the first is a song from the new album.

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Links: JP Riemens - More JP Riemens Stories

Alfie Smith and Brian Griffith@Cat 'N' Fiddle (April 1, 2010)

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Bonus Unreleased Alfie Smith video from the Skydragon Centre Haiti benefit.



Click here for more video from that show.

Links: Alfie Smith Site - More Alfie Smith Stories - More Brian Griffith Videos - More Brian Griffith Stories

Troy Harmer & Ian Simpson @ Cat N Fiddle (March 20, 2010)

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Links: Troy Harmer Site - More Troy Harmer Stories

Halloween Fun in Hamilton 2009

Rick and the Krickets (Rick Prinsthal, vocals, guitar and Billy Berman, bass) were joined by Teenage Head's Jack Pedler on drums and Dan Jeffries on guitar at the Royal Canadian Legion Halloween Dance





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Troy Harmer (guitar, vocals), Greg Brisco (keyboards), John MacDonald (bass), and Michael Scott (drums) rocked the Cat N Fiddle





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Chris Chambers (Guitar, vocals), Bruce McCarthy (drums) and Nick Czarnogorski (bass) dressed up as characters from the Big Lewbowski and played the Whistling Walrus.





Links: Chris Chambers - More Chris Chambers Stories