--Six Shooter Bullets --
Nov. 2007, Vol. 04, No. 09
Frost that kills the leaves can't harm the roots.
Bonjour! In this issue:
Hot Toronto Hot Nights: NQ Arbuckle, Royal Wood, Justin Rutledge, Christine Fellows
Plus...Art of Time: Martin Tielli & Justin Rutledge
Christine Fellows rocks her new album to a hometown crowd
Hawksley Workman gears up for tours in Australia & Canada
Luke Doucet gears up to tour with Blue Rodeo
New albums on the way from Luke Doucet, Justin Rutledge, NQ Arbuckle, and Elliott Brood
Normals still Welcome
Fill up with American Turkey with the broadcast of the new Last Waltz
Tour Dates
Contest
I have onion breath, don’t come near me.
TORONTO HOT NIGHTS
Toronto, what’s really, really, really, really, really, really, really good? Winter may have arrived, but we are thawing out our frozen funky chickens with four slammin’ gigaroonies in the next month.
Nov 22: NQ “don’t call me NQ” ARBUCKLE, with Jason Plumb & Shannon Lee Briggs, Horseshoe Tavern*
Nov 29: ROYAL “don’t whittle me” WOOD, with Catherine MacLellan, Music Gallery*
Dec 8: JUSTIN “don’t call me handsome” RUTLEDGE, with Howe Gelb , Jay Harris, Horseshoe Tavern
Dec 14: CHRISTINE “I’m from Winnipeg, so I can kick your ass” FELLOWS, with Baby Eagle, Music Gallery*
*tickets available at www.sixshooterrecords.com
Nov 22 (tomorrow) also marks a special occasion for us since we are is pleased as plum pudding to welcome Jason Plumb and his label, Soccer Mom Records into the Six Shooter fold. The latest release from this former Waltons’ frontman is in-stores this week, called “Beauty in this World.”
ART OF TIME PRESENTS MARTIN TIELLI AND JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
The Art of Time Ensemble is back with another great night of collaboration between cutting edge songwriters and the classical greats. We are hella stoked yet again, brah! Upcoming on Dec 14 & 15, Art of Time presents Schumann’s Piano Quintet Op. 44 and 10 original songs inspired by the Schumann Quintet written and performed by Canadian singer/songwriters Martin Tielli, Justin Rutledge, John Southworth, Amy Millan, Andy Maize and David Wall. The Schumann Quintet will be performed by Steven Sitarski & Erika Raum (violins), Steven Dann (viola), David Hetherington (cello) & Andrew Burashko (piano).
See what’s going on here? It’s like an oldsie-newsie type jam. The event takes place at the Enwave Theatre. Tickets are available through Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416.973.4000, or online at www.harbourfrontcentre.com. You get a cool discount if you dress up as Schumann or anything that rhymes with Schumann (no, not really. You all have to pay full price, which you should be grateful for considering that you get to party down with a bunch of modern day Schumanns who are partying down like they were at Schumey-Schumms grad night party since his parents happened to be out of town that weekend, like ohmigod, how perfect!!!!!).
CHRISTINE FELLOWS UNLEASHES NEVERTHELESS TO A HOMETOWN AUDIENCE
Christine has been turning heads and rolling dreads (does that make sense? Are dreadlocks rolled? They look kinda rolled, or at least natty as all hell) across the continent with the release of her fourth disc, Nevertheless. Nevertheless, much to the delight of Winnipeggers, Christine officially launches her new work with a show at the West End Cultural Centre on Nov 29. Hometowners get to have all the fun, waaaaah. Tickets are available at www.sixshooterrecords.com.
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN: TO AUSTRALIA WITH LOVE
What we love best about holiday season....music and presents. Can’t say we really dig on the repetitive Michael McDonald Holiday Magic over the PA at the mall or the dirty, dirty snowbanks, but we do like early gifties, especially from Hawksley Workman. Stocking stuffers include pre-sale, Best Seats tickets, available on www.hawksleyworkman.com for his just-announced Canadian tour in March. Get them now before they’re let loose on scrambling mitten-clad hands Friday, Nov. 23. If you wanna defrost the airwaves, you can request Hawk’s new single, “Piano Blink,” which was delivered to radio with a box of clementines earlier this month. The song is from the upcoming full-length, Between the Beautifuls, being released January 29, 2008.
And the super-mega-ultra gift is Hawksley Workman in a box with bows and ribbons.....in Australia! Yup, we’re giving him a case of snack bars, some Australian slang hand guides and shipping him off to where it’s warmer than here. Talk about an auzzie! (Awesome + Prezzie = auzzie. D’uh!). He’ll spend the rest of the winter swimming back to Canada for his full-fledged national tour in March.
LUKE DOUCET ON TOUR WITH BLUE RODEO
Good googly moogly! We couldn’t be tickled any more pink about Blue Rodeo’s invitation to Luke Doucet to support their upcoming tour for their small (only 5 inches!) yet miraculous new disc, “Small Miracles.” Luke will have a new album of his own ready to fire off to audiences from his face-meltin’ catapult of love called Blood’s Too Rich. Behold the white falcon! That’s a guitar right? The fancy one? Dude, play Stairway maaaaaaan!
2008 PREVIEW
Six Shooter artists are cranking up the power bills at many of Toronto’s studios creating their next masterpizzas. Luke Doucet is mixing his latest with engineers David Travers Smith and Andre Wahl; Justin Rutledge is collaborating with his fave engineer, Darryl Neufeld, on this mix of his upcoming CD; NQ Arbuckle heads into the Lincoln County Social Club with producer Luke Doucet (hey wait a sec’ isn’t he doing that other thing a couple commas ago?) to finish tracking his third album; and Elliott Brood have sequestered themselves in a secret location unknown to me to put the finishing touches on their upcoming release. It’s probably a cardboard box. 2008 is going to be hot hot hot, expensive, hot hot.
NORMALCY
Our affiliated electronic label Normals Welcome has been keeping busy-ish too! Following the release of his excellent “Professional” album, San Serac headed out on the road with label mates Shout Out Out Out Out for a string of Northeastern U.S. and Canadian dates, which included dynamite CMJ performances and culminated in two slam dunk shows at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. From there San Serac went straight back on the road with his pals Tigercity for a bunch more American dates. Shout Out Out Out Out have wrapped themselves in blankets, and are hunkering down in their Edmontonian igloos for the winter, to get started on piecing together their next album. J’yeah!
DANCE WITH THIS AMERICAN TURKEY
The "We Shall Be Released" Last Waltz concert from last year is going to be re-broadcast this year on the American Thanksgiving holiday. That is Thursday November 22nd at 8 PM on Canada Live on CBC Radio 2. Long before the Canadian recording industry got its start The Band paved the way for the Canadian pop / rock musicians of today. On the American Thanksgiving Holiday in 1976, after sixteen years on the road The Band said goodbye to their fans by staging an all star concert that featured artists such as: Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Ronnie Hawkins. We Shall Be Released is a modern interpretation of that event, anchored by Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, and featuring an all-star cast of headliners, including; Kathleen Edwards, Jason Collett, Oh Susanna, Tony Dekker, Dione Taylor, Luke Doucet and Paul Reddick. Check out Luke Doucet as Van Morrison. Ohhhh, I get it! They are pretending! Cool! I guess I should have said all-star cast of headliners / THESPIANS’! Wordy word word.
TOUR DATES
We be all up in yo grillllllz!
NQ ARBUCKLE
TORONTO, ON: The Horseshoe Tavern, Nov 22 w/ Jason Plumb and Shannon Lee Briggs
LUKE DOUCET
ST CATHERINEÕS: Sean O’Sullivan Theatre, Nov 21 w/Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
WINNIPEG, MB: Time(s) Change(d), Dec 27,28,29 w/ The Perpetrators
GRAND PRAIRE, AB: TEC Centre, Jan 6 w/ Blue Rodeo
EDMONTON, AB: Jubilee Auditorium, Jan 7&8 w/ Blue Rodeo
CALGARY, AB: Jubilee Auditorium, Jan 9&10 w/ Blue Rodeo
CALGARY, AB: Nickelodeon Theatre, Jan 12 w/ Melissa McClelland
VICTORIA, BC: Save on Food Memorial Centre, Jan 13 w/ Blue Rodeo
VANCOUVER, BC: Orpheum Theatre, Jan 14 w/ Blue Rodeo
RED DEER, AB: Centrium, Jan 17 w/ Blue Rodeo
LETHBRIDGE, AB: Enmax Centre, Jan 18 w/ Blue Rodeo
NELSON, BC: Nelson & District Community Centre, Jan 19 w/ Blue Rodeo
BANFF, AB: Eric Harvey Theatre, Jan 21 w/ Blue Rodeo
BONNYVILLE, AB: Centennial Centre, Jan 22 w/ Blue Rodeo
REGINA, SK: Centre of the Arts, Jan 24 w/ Blue Rodeo
SASKATOON, SK: Centennial Centre, Jan 25 w/ Blue Rodeo
WINNIPEG, MB: MTS Centre, Jan 26 w/ Blue Rodeo
THUNDER BAY, ON: Thunder Bay Community Aud., Jan 28 w/ Blue Rodeo
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON: Steelback Centre, Jan 29 w/ Blue Rodeo
MONTREAL, PQ: Theatre St. Denis, Jan 31 w/ Blue Rodeo
BARRIE, ON: Molson Centre, Feb 1 w/ Blue Rodeo
CHRISTINE FELLOWS
WINNIPEG, MB: West End Cultural Centre, November 29 Ð CD release party w/ Baby Eagle
(tickets on sale at www.sixshooterrecords.com)
SASKATOON, SK: Amigos, November 30 w/ Baby Eagle
CALGARY, AB: The Marquee Room, December 1, w/ Baby Eagle
TORONTO, ON: The Music Gallery, Dec 14, w/ Baby Eagle
(tickets on sale at www.sixshooterrecords.com)
JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
TORONTO, ON: Horseshoe 60th Anniversary, Dec 8, w/ Howe Gelb and Jay Harris
TORONTO, ON: Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre - Art of Time Ensemble, Dec 14&15
ELLIOTT BROOD
HALIFAX, NS: The Grawood, Nov 21
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: Hunter’s Ale House, Nov 22
SAINT JOHN, NB: Elwoods, Nov 23
MARTIN TIELLI
TORONTO, ON: Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre - Art of Time Ensemble, Dec 14&15
JENN GRANT
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: Baba’s, Dec 26
TORONTO, ON: Drake Underground, Dec 28
HALIFAX, NS: St. John’s United Church, Feb 2
ROYAL WOOD
PORT DOVER, ON: Lighthouse Festival, Nov 24
TORONTO, ON: The Music Gallery, Nov 29 w/Catherine MacLellan
(tickets on sale at www.sixshooterrecords.com)
LONDON, ON: London Music Club, Dec 14
HAWKLSEY WORKMAN
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Woodford Folk Festival, Dec 28/29
NSW, AUSTRALIA: Peats Ridge Festival, Dec 30/31
CRONULLA, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Brass Monkey, Jan 3-4
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA: The Basement, Jan 5
BULLI, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Heritage Hotel, Jan 6
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Vanguard, Jan 8-9
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: TBA, Jan 10
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: TBA, Jan 11
MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRLIA: Northcote Social Club, Jan 12
OTTAWA, ON: Bronson Centre, Feb 28
MONTREAL, PQ: Club Soda, Feb 29
KINGSTON, ON: Sydenham United Church, Mar 4
LONDON, ON: Aeolian Church, Mar 5
TORONTO, ON: Danforth Music Hall, Mar 7
HALIFAX, NS: Rebecca Cohn Aud., Mar 10
ST JOHNÕS, NFLD: Holy Heart of Mary Aud., Mar 11
VANCOUVER, BC: St. AndrewÕs-Wesley Church, Mar 19
VICTORIA, BC: Alix Goolden Hall, Mar 20
SALMON ARM, BC: Salmar Classic Centre, Mar 21
BANFF, AB: Eric Harvey Centre Ð Banff Centre, Mar 22
EDMONTON, AB: Winspear Centre, Mar 24
CALGARY, AB: Jack Singer Hall, Mar 25
SASKATOON, SK: Broadway Theatre, Mar 27
REGINA, SK: Darke Hall, Mar 28
WINNIPEG, MB: Burton Cummings Theatre, Mar 29
SHOUT OUT OUT OUT OUT
VANCOUVER, BC: Richards on Richards, Dec 7
EDMONTON, AB: Starlite Room, NYE Dec 31 w/ Digitalism
GUELPH, ON: Hillside Inside, Feb 2
SAN SERAC
Atlanta, GA: LennyÕs, Nov 21 w/ Tigercity
San Francisco, CA: Bodyheat at Elbo Room, Dec 7 w/ Sorcerer, Codebreaker, & Boom Bip
JASON PLUMB
TORONTO: Horseshoe Tavern, with NQ Arbuckle and Shannon Lee Briggs, Nov 22
OTTAWA (Wakefield): Black Sheep Inn, Nov 25, matinee
THE WET SECRETS
EDMONTON,AB: McDougall United Church, Nov 26
CONTEST
First person to send me five things that rhyme with Schumann wins some cool shit. I might accept three, we’ll see how it goes.
Pass me a breath mint,
Amore,
Six Shootin’ Rootin’ Tootin’ Tooter Pooters or something
Title track: From "What Makes the Cherry Red", track 7 of Christine Fellows' new album , "Nevertheless".
This has been Six Shooter Bullets, Vol. 4, No. 9.
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