News Roundup (Rocket and the Renegades, Dwayne Gretzky, Ginger Baker Passes, more)

Bizarro

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News

Local

• Ginger St. James w Snowheel Slim and FOG Blues and Brass Band to represent area in the International Blues Challenge
• CHCH Video: Rocket and the Renegades
• Spectator story on Dwayne Gretzky
  
  
  
  Links: Dwayne Gretzsky, Video above courtesy of Dwayne Gretzky

Canada

• Oct 2019 issue of Maple Blues

Passings

• Ginger Baker (Cream drummer)
  
  
  
  Links: Ginger Baker, More Cream Stories, Video above courtesy of theeshrimpking
  
  
• Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead lyricist)

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Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef was part of the filming of Steve Strongman's Paid My Dues video shoot at the West Town.

Click here for more pictures from the event

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News Roundup (Sue Foley, Jessye Norman, Passings, More)

Cool Music Cartoons

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News

Local

• CHCH Videos: Sue Foley
  
  
  Links: Sue Foley, More Sue Foley Stories, Video above courtesy of CHCH
  
  
• Shania Twain to Host Canadian Country Music Awards in Hamilton
• Guelph's Silence Receives Trillium Funding
• Hamilton Community News Readers Choice Award Winners
• Sarah Beatty Wins London Music Award
• Brian Wice Passes

Canada

• Jessye Norman Wins Glenn Gould Prize
  
  
  
  Links: Jessye Norman, Video above courtesy of texmex0303
  
  
• MMF Canada Announces New Inductees For Its Honour Roll
• Talkin' Blues Podcast w Mike Wheeler

Passings

• Randy Scruggs (guitarist, producer)
  
• Bob Dorough (School House Rock)
• Big Tom McBride (Irish Country Music Star)
  
  
  
  Links: Big Tom McBride, Video above courtesy of TopRankEntertainment
  

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The Adventures of Trebleclef, the Music Loving Monkey

Trebleclef made another visit to the Corktown Pub in Hamilton. He rocked out to Trickbag and their guest Jerome Godboo.

Click here for more pictures from the event.

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Pictures of 2nd Annual Jackie Washington Day

Here's a performance from the Stewart Memorial Church Choir at the event

Video above courtesy of Hamilton B. Lous

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News

Local

• Barber Shop Podcast w Scotty Bakalar: Part 1, Part 2
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Barbershop Podcast
  
  
  
  Links: Scotty Bakalar, More Scotty Bakalar Stories,  More Barber Shop Podcasts, Video above courtesy of Barbershop Podcast
  
  
• Talkin' Blues ft Rob Szabo
• New Craig Dougan Album
• Trebleclef's 3rd Birthday

World

• Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sister Turns 100

Passings

• Daryle Singletary (Country singer)
• John Perry Barlow (Grateful Dead Lyricist)
• Sunshine 'Sunny' Payne (King Biscuit Time DJ)
• Mickey Jones (drummer, actor)

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Adventure of Trebleclef, the Music-Loving Monkey

Trebleclef returned to the monthly Trickbag Blues matinee at the Corktown Pub in Hamilton. This time, their guest was teh explosive Spencer Mackenzie

Click here for more pictures of the event!

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Happy Cartoonists Day!

Free Range  by Bill Whitehead

Randy Glasbergen

 

Scott Metzger

Here are a few interesting links with more music cartoons.

CartoonBank.com (New Yorker Cartoons)

Off the Mark by Mark Parisi

Buddy and Hopkins

Cartoonstock

Randy Glasbergen

Local Cartoonists:

• Sheree Bradford-Lea (born in Hamilton)
• Cartoon Bob (Oakville) caricatures
• Brian Fray (Guelph)
• Graeme MacKay (Hamilton Spectator)
• Paul Szep (born in Hamilton)

Please email us blueshamilton@gmail.com if you know of any other cartoonists that should be on our list.

Links: More of our Cartoons, More Cartoonist Day Posts

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Introducing Trebleclef the Monkey, the New HBL Mascot

We would like to welcome our new monkey mascot to the Hamilton Blues Lovers family.  We asked our readers for name suggestions and you've given us quite a few great ones; Bobo Diddley, Bluezilla, Bongo, Bobalamadingdong, JimBob, Reese, Buffin, Rio, and many more.  Our choice was Trebleclef.  Welcome to the fold buddy!

Trebleclef will be popping up at a few locations soon and we'll keep you posted of his antics.  There'll be a link up soon that you can check out.



Links: BB King, More BB King Stories/Covers,  Video above courtesy of Clark Stooksbury



Links: Willie Dixon, More Willie Dixon Stories/Covers, Video above courtesy of Classic Mood Experience



Links: Grateful Dead, Video above courtesy of Music Vault

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