tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83251450648086001462024-03-04T23:00:19.582-08:00FRIENDS, FEARS AND PRAIRIE FIRESFor over a decade, old friends JD Edwards and Graven lost touch until recently randomly and mystically re-connecting. Realizing that they were both active & legit musicians, they decided to contact another long lost musical friend (Trish Jamieson) and make a tour out of their story right across Western Canada.Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-50406770152798409282011-03-30T14:20:00.001-07:002011-03-30T14:20:27.991-07:00Capital BoundI need to get better at blogging. I thought I would thrust myself back into 365 days in 2011 but I've missed almost 3 full weeks of time, now - and as we all know - blogging is time sensitive. <br /><br />The houses are whipping by my window right now, here on train 46, and the speed of their passing is forcing me to think about my life. Where am I going? Where have I been? Who really knows me? When will I decode the secret key that helps me to answer these questions?<br /><br />This month, I hope to log a lot of hours and make some steps toward paying off debt and still pursuing passions. <br /><br />Stay with me. <br /><p class='blogpress_location'>Location:<a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?q=VIA%20Rail&z=10'>VIA Rail</a></p>Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-16329913033333223242010-11-21T06:41:00.000-08:002010-11-21T14:42:07.195-08:00THE TOUR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhTjeZW9nmd0KIN2_Sl2Pq5dRWTn-2lOiSWJJnncPwinAiAoV4puJERLGdcVXpy1LyNYCwLBREf-3OujDS4dAr7TL6UM5qQYWhSaJwT9b4fd0rFSvTY-6Wm8GwOcgvV1g1SwgrIp6qvM/s1600/40327_281833869986_504344986_958408_6209550_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhTjeZW9nmd0KIN2_Sl2Pq5dRWTn-2lOiSWJJnncPwinAiAoV4puJERLGdcVXpy1LyNYCwLBREf-3OujDS4dAr7TL6UM5qQYWhSaJwT9b4fd0rFSvTY-6Wm8GwOcgvV1g1SwgrIp6qvM/s320/40327_281833869986_504344986_958408_6209550_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">fter losing touch for over a decade, old friends and musicians JD Edwards of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Matt McKechnie (Graven) of Port Hope, Ontario were randomly and mystically re-connected. JD has been a furious soul-poet workhorse of the Winnipeg folk scene for years and has shared the stage with the likes of <b><i>The New Meanies, The Weakerthans, JP Hoe</i></b> and many more. With a wailing voice that stirs up dust from the heart of the hardest working man, JD is never afraid to play his guts out to room of 5 or 500. Having gained his first taste in shoegazer anthem rock from some early millenial jaunts to Halifax and recordings with his friend & producer Charles Austin (producer of <b><i>Joel Plaskett, Matt Mays, Buck 65</i></b>), Matt McKechnie has honed the Graven sound many times over and is not afraid to tread over new musical terrain. Having played live with <b><i>Dave Marsh</i></b> (Joel Plaskett's drummer), <b><i>The Wooden Sky</i></b> and <b><i>Kirk Comstock</i></b> (Madhat, Air Traffic Control), Matt has earned college radio and CBC respect from a unique voice and a sonic range of country, folk and a self-described cottage rock sound. Also teaming up with the two man train for a chunk of the BC leg of the tour is rising folk queen Trish Jamieson (</span><a href="http://myspace.com/trishjamieson"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">http://myspace.com/trishjamieson</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">) - Oddly enough, Trish also just happens to be another old friend of both of the lads whom they had also lost touch with for over a decade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">You won</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">’</span><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">t want to miss the eclectic JD, Graven and Trish on their upcoming </span><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">‘</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">Friends, Fears and Prairie Fires Tour</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;"> coming to a town near you this November! Sounds will blend and old friendships shall mend.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">DATES</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;"> (* = with Trish Jamieson):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/03 – Breeze Bar, Osoyoos, B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/04 – The Chop House, Whistler, B.C.* <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/05 – Minstrel Cafe, Kelowna, B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/06 – Howe Sound Brew Pub, Squamish, B.C.*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/07 – Cafe Deux Soleils, Vancouver, B.C.* <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/08 – Duncan Garage, Duncan, B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/10 - Black's Pub, Whistler, B.C. (open mic)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/11 – The Pemberton Hotel, Pemberton, B.C.* <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/14 - The Crystal Lounge, Whistler, B.C. (open mic) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/15 – The Cellar, Vancouver, B.C.*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/17 – Beatniq Jazz and Social Club, Calgary, AB<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/18 – Vern</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">’</span><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">s, Calgary, AB<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/19 – The Times Changed, Winnipeg, MB<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/20 – All Citizens, Bruno, SK<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;">11/21 – Caffe Sola, Saskatoon, SK</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple LiGothic',sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-13077627552033474452010-11-21T06:40:00.000-08:002010-11-21T14:58:24.062-08:00Saskatchewan SoundsWell - it's come to this.<br />
<br />
JD is back in Winnipeg. Trish is back in Whistler.<br />
And I'm here in lovely Saskatoon finishing up the tour<br />
as a solo performer. Luckily, I have been able to stay<br />
with and re-connect with some old amigos (Mac and Lin)<br />
who live out here. They have been awesome, welcoming<br />
and warm. Faces from home are always welcome on the<br />
road. And to top it off, I even saw an Ottawa friend (who<br />
actually plays in the full Graven band) named Landon<br />
at Amigos in Saskatoon the other night. It was awesome<br />
seeing him.<br />
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<b>LAST NIGHT:</b><br />
Bruno is a beautiful (but tiny and isolated) town and<br />
the show at All Citizens was a major highlight of the<br />
tour. A man named Tyler Brett moved to Bruno a<br />
while back and decided to open a music venue/art<br />
consignment store/coffee joint and hasn't looked back.<br />
On a snowy eve, I brought a few friends from 'Toon<br />
(about an hour drive down the road) and Tyler managed<br />
to put the word out and got another 8 or 9 folks from<br />
the community to come out (along with himself and the<br />
current artist in residence - Kerri Reid). The crowd<br />
was so quiet that it was almost eerie - but they were<br />
listening. In a room that only holds 20 or so, there were<br />
about 15 folks there. What a beautiful space. The<br />
show actually took place in a new building that Tyler<br />
just took over called the Bruno Arts Bank (it's actually<br />
an old Royal Bank building complete with a vault in the<br />
back and everything - sweet photo opp).<br />
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I'll be posting some pics and videos from that show<br />
very soon. Stay tuned!<br />
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Tonight is the last show here in Saskatoon at Cafe Sola.<br />
It starts at 830 pm - spread the word if you know<br />
anyone in the region! After tonight, I'll be spending a<br />
day decompressing here in Sask and then flying home<br />
to Port Hope (via the Toronto airport) on Tuesday.<br />
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'What a rush. What a ride.<br />
Door is open. Step inside.<br />
Walk on by and never know.<br />
One day summer. Next is snow.'Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-43146654027297910762010-11-15T05:51:00.000-08:002010-11-15T10:02:09.828-08:00Update - last leg of BC beautyHey there. Yeah you - I'm talkin' to you.<br />
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The tour has gone really well and we have actually had some<br />
extra shows thrown in visa v a few Whistler open mics (where<br />
we sold/gave away some cd's). JD and I have enjoyed Whistler<br />
immensely as Warren and Trish have been dynamite 'hosts<br />
with the mosts'.<br />
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Tonight marks our final show in BC as we are playing at the<br />
Cellar Jazz & Social Club in Vancouver (for more info on<br />
the event, click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175472979133468">here</a>). It will also be our last show with Trish.<br />
Playing live with the three of us has been a real trip down<br />
memory lane mixed with a great blending of musical maturity<br />
that has taken place since we last saw each other. So if you're<br />
anywhere near van or have friends or family in the region,<br />
please let them know about tonight's show (starts at 830 pm).<br />
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Tomorrow, JD and I will begin the long trek back east.<br />
Wednesday the 17th, we play at Beatniq Jazz & Social Club<br />
in Calgary.<br />
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Think of us as we brave the cold (and hopefully un-icy)<br />
November roads.<br />
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Thanks for all of your texts, messages, emails, phone calls<br />
and support along the way. Keep em' comin!Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-72512568849251054432010-11-09T17:39:00.000-08:002010-11-09T20:39:46.213-08:00Long OverdueSo gang - you'll have to forgive me. I know I said I'd write often<br />
but, well...life on the road, ya know? It messes with any schedule<br />
or woulda-shoulda-coulda. You just go. You move. You live.<br />
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I'll try and sum up the past few days.<br />
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After Osoyoos, everything has been pretty peaches and cream.<br />
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NOV 4 - The Chophouse, Whistler, BC<br />
<br />
Setting up our own sound (which we had to lug up 3 flights of<br />
stairs!) seemed a big task but the payoff was huge (not to mention<br />
that we had only seen Trish for about an hour before the show<br />
and it was the first time JD had even seen her in 10 years! (I had<br />
my decade plus catch-up session with Trish last summer). There<br />
were a good chunk of folks out in the intimate space of the<br />
Chophouse. We had some amazing craft beers and prime rib<br />
pizza (low-carb, obviously!) given to us and played a really fun<br />
and collaborative set. Even more mind-blowing was the fact<br />
that neighbours of mine from 20 years ago showed up (7 of them)<br />
and cheered and glowed from the crowd. Amazing people, too.<br />
Hearts of gold, that Davis-Hoppe clan. Great to see all of them.<br />
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NOV 5 - The Minstrel Cafe, Kelowna<br />
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Luckily, after a great sleep, Trish decided to bomb across the<br />
mountains with us from Whistler to Kelowna (a stretch of<br />
highway that is called 'The Duffy' and is 428 k but takes over<br />
6 hrs to cross) which meant we could rip across it in her GMC<br />
Envoy as opposed to putting JD's van through its paces. AND<br />
we got to have the lovely, honey-voiced Trish to sing and<br />
play with us for another night. The room was packed -probably<br />
70 people were out for dinner and we played our darndest<br />
(and maybe one of our finer sets of the tour). We even<br />
cracked out a rousing version of 'Rollin, Rollin, Rollin'<br />
which was a lot of fun to play and have Trish and JD sing<br />
and play on. The staff and manager were very cool and<br />
we grabbed some Burger King to celebrate before sleeping<br />
in Summerland, once again.<br />
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NOV 6 - The Howe Sound Brew Pub, Squamish<br />
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Some of the best beers around have to be from this place - If<br />
you're ever in the region, I suggest the 'Total Eclipse of the<br />
Hop' variety. Beautiful. Great venue. Lots of wood. Pubby.<br />
They make their own beer. Nuff said.<br />
We jumped into our set after some lovely food and brew<br />
(and after showering in our complimentary hotel rooms!)<br />
and rocked the Squamish night. The crowd was a bit spread<br />
out but those who stuck around, had a great time and told<br />
us about it. (You can even read about it in the Squamish<br />
local rag - The Squamish Chief - you can read about it <a href="http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20101105/SQUAMISH0201/311059958/a-performance-that-s-a-decade-in-the-making">here</a>).<br />
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NOV 7 - Cafe Deux Soleils, Vancouver<br />
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The little nook of Cafe Deux Soleils, set right on 'the ave' in<br />
Vancouver, is a cool spot with a nice sounding room. We<br />
played to a decent crowd for a sunday night (maybe 30 or<br />
40 folks - about 80% full) and it was a fun night, complete<br />
with Chocolate vegan cake. We said goodye to Trish and<br />
Warren (our road compadres) and hit the trail for the island.<br />
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NOV 8 - Duncan Garage Showroom, Duncan<br />
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One of the oddest but most beautiful venues I've ever seen.<br />
Theatre seating - uber-pro sound set up. You can even<br />
watch the whole thing online! Longevity John is a character<br />
in every sense of the word. The only shame was that 2 or<br />
3 people showed up. Oh well. Island demographics.<br />
Never easy to predict!<br />
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NOV 9 - Laying low<br />
<br />
JD and I find ourselves at an old camp friend's pad in<br />
Vancouver. It is nice to be somewhere with a massive tv,<br />
real floors and beds for us.<br />
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On to Whistler tomorrow!Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-7447191538391406292010-11-03T22:33:00.000-07:002010-11-03T23:13:54.043-07:00Breezin' by The Breeze BarJD and I awoke this morning at the clean but weird Banff<br />
hostel and hit the road around 930 am. Drove through mountains.<br />
And mountains. And mountains. And even MORE mountains.<br />
BC and Alberta are unlike anything you can imagine, driving-<br />
wise. Mist. Massive mountains. Green blue lakes and rivers.<br />
Tight turns. And they never really stop until the okanagan<br />
and even then, they are still there - just not as snowy. Beauty<br />
in rugged form.<br />
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Tonight we played our first show. Got to Osoyoos around 530<br />
pm. The Breeze Bar owner and staff were curteous and served<br />
us some great grub and frosty microbrews. I kicked off the<br />
night and felt pretty good for a first show (minus the heckler<br />
in the ten gallon hat who, when I sung 'All I wanna do is get<br />
out of this town' in my song Harsh, yelled 'Go then. GO!'),<br />
JD played a great and soulful set but the heckler pursued him<br />
with gusto. Old arse. JD did a great job of not ignoring him<br />
and trying to play songs he wanted to hear. JD is a much kinder<br />
man than me. I kept calling him Roy Rogers to his face and<br />
he didn't seem to care. At the end of the night, I asked him where<br />
he was from and he loosened up. He said he owned a bar in<br />
Alberta so I told him if I ever show up there, I expect free<br />
drinks because of all of the crap he gave us tonight. He laughed.<br />
And then I forced a cd on him and he bought one. I told him<br />
I'd give him one for free and he said 'No, no - I'll pay ya. How<br />
much are they?' '8 bucks' I said. He gave me 5.<br />
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But all in all, it was a fine night. JD sold a cd and I sold 2 and<br />
there were only about 6 people there. Good percentage.<br />
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Lookin' forward to Whistler. Staying with some of JD's friends<br />
in Summerland. Amazing part of the country. The Okanagan<br />
valley is truly God's country. Summery mountains and a<br />
massive lake.Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-50046796751349859822010-11-02T01:53:00.000-07:002010-11-03T01:59:05.494-07:00Beautiful Banff & Cozy CanmoreDead-headin' across this pretty country. Makin' serious time.<br />
We got all the way from Winnipeg to Saskatoon yesterday and<br />
caught a very cool beat-poetry show at Lydia's. Saskatoon is<br />
a large and lovely city - very different than what I was expecting.<br />
Stayed with some friends of JD (Ewen and Matt) and I collapsed<br />
on a pull out couch and was sawing logs in seconds. Got up<br />
early today and booked it to Calgary (and we booked it so fast<br />
that we got a speeding ticket in Drumheller. Fudge!), Canmore<br />
and now staying at a cheap & clean hostel in Banff. Can't<br />
sleep. Tomorrow is the first show of the tour in Osoyoos BC.<br />
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More to come!Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8325145064808600146.post-36778963088838591562010-11-01T09:53:00.000-07:002010-11-03T02:00:34.446-07:00WinnipegWe are Saskatchewan bound! I hit the tarmac last night and<br />
JD and his lovely lady were there to pick me up. Met some folks<br />
at a little country bar/country show last night at The Standard<br />
here in town. Seems like a very cool musical community.<br />
Slept in a decent bed last night. Good start to the trip.<br />
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More to come.Matt McKechniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12244479333314777054noreply@blogger.com0