--Six Shooter Bullets --

Dec. 2008, Vol. 05, No. 10

i'll knit you a cigarette holder

Merry Merry! In this issue:

  1. Six Shooter scores four albums in Exclaim!'s www Top 10

  2. Luke Doucet takes home Folk Award

  3. Amelia Curran's War Brides now released nationally

  4. Hawksley Workman in Australia

  5. Jenn Grant tours with Danny Michel

  6. Tickets make great Christmas presents! On sale now:
    -- Luke Doucet national tour in Feb/Mar
    -- Jenn Grant CD release shows in Feb
    -- Martin Tielli in London, ON in Jan
    -- NYE parties in Edmonton + Toronto

  7. New studio projects for 2009: Melissa McClelland, Justin Rutledge, Hawksley Workman, BidiniBand, Kevin Hearn, Royal Wood, Luke Doucet

  8. Six Shooter shopping hot spot

  9. Tour dates

  10. Top Ten contest!


All I want for Christmas is a baby Pig cuddling a basket full of Dachshunds... and a Hamster on a piano, eating popcorn. I'm serious, is this too much to ask? Oh, and by the way, Gossip Girl is some quality viewing. Why can't Serena and Dan just be honest with each other and live happily ever after? Whyeeee?

EXCLAIM! HEART SIX SHOOTER

We loved opening Exclaim! Magazine's Wood Wires and Whiskey Year in Review and finding four of our releases in the Top Ten! How bitchin' are we? Apparently we are the woodiest, most wired, whiskey soaked gun slingers everrrr. Ten gallon hats off to Elliott BROOD, Justin Rutledge, Luke Doucet, and NQ Arbuckle for helping define the WWW genre (does this mean that we also have the internet going nuts? Yes it does). Cooler still is that this particular roundup puts our fellers in an elite list that also includes some of our fave bands, including Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Calexico, and the Drive by Truckers. I believe the term is "yeeeehaw".

LUKE DOUCET TAKES HOME FOLK AWARD

Up against Oliver Shroer, Annabell Chvostek, and two of our brethren, Justin Rutledge and NQ Arbuckle, Luke Doucet walked away with the Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year. For his victory dance, Luke took a cue from legendary Edmonton Eskimo Gizmo Williams and did a rippin' backflip. This was followed by a civil handshake for Oliver and Annabell, and a quite rude "In Yo' Face!!!!" to Justin and NQ. A pie-in-the-face retaliation is expected in the new year. What can we do? Brethren will be brethren!

AMELIA CURRAN (RE-)RELEASES WAR BRIDES

We are mega hella stoked to bring Amelia Curran's beautiful album, War Brides, to the rest of Canada and beyond (watch for its European release in Feb 09), and it is making the expected waves amongst critics across the country. Best believe we are surfing those waves, you should see us "shoot the tube", as we say in the biz. Earning constellations of 4-star reviews, journalists are calling Amelia "Canada's newest great singer-songwriter". Find out more... check out an interview we just did with Amelia, shot by Joanne Tickle.

HAWKSLEY WORKMAN RULES BOTH HEMISPHERES

After a smash show to a near sell-out crowd at Massey Hall a couple of weeks ago, Hawksley Workman takes his Manlicious show to the southern hemisphere where he will rock the mainstages of two of Australia's biggest festivals. This is of course if he can manage to pull himself from the natural wonder of a toilet that flushes backwards and the confusing language barrier of beer being pronounced BEEEAYAH! Don’t get me started on the whole issue of not being able to find the venue because Hawksley uses the nighttime sky as his only means of navigation ( they have it all wrong Down Under). Assuming these obstacles are overcome, he follows the festival swing up with a string of club and theatre shows. See below for all the details.

(Oh, and as a testament and an apology, Hawksley rocked Massey so hard, he squeezed every last bit of juice out of those gifted vocals chords of his, causing him to have to miss his next two shows, which have since been rescheduled. See below for make-up dates).

JENN GRANT DATES DANNY MICHEL

Jenn Grant is on her way back to Ontario, this time to play some shows with one of our fave songwriters, Danny Michel. She is traveling by Pegasus, it will be quite a majestic journey indeed. Check them out over three nights at the Rivoli, a sweet night in London, and two great shows at the Blacksheep in Wakefield, one of our fave venues everrr (OK, oops, so we are a bit late in sending this out... but you wouldn't have been able to get tickets for those other shows anyway, because they were sold out!).

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Make someone happy this Christmas with the gift of concert tickets. This of course would only kind of make me happy, since I have my heart set on a pig cuddling a dachsund or a hamster eating popcorn on a piano, but for those with less refined taste you can expect big grins for the following big tickets.

Luke Doucet follows up his James Blunt support slot with a headline national tour of his own, starting Feb 24 and running through to the first week of April.

Jenn Grant releases her chiefin' new CD, "Echoes", with a string of shows in all her favourite places (yes, this means that if she doesn't play your town, you aren't her fave. Enjoy that lump of coal!), starting Feb 11 in Charlottetown.

Martin Tielli leads a triple bill of his dearest friends, including BidiniBand and Selina Martin. This show is on Jan 31 for London, ON fans only!

And coming up right away are some hot New Year's Eve shows in Toronto and Edmonton. Check out Elliott BROOD and NQ Arbuckle at Lee's Palace, pop some Cristal, and celebrate!

KNOB GREATNESS

We are very excited about all the new studio projects we have in the works for 2009. Melissa McClelland puts the finishing touches on her album in January to prepare for an April release. Same with Kevin Hearn. And Dave Bidini unveils his new solo project, Bidiniband, in the spring as well. Justin Rutledge heads north to Huntsville to create his next masterpiece with our own Hawksley Workman in February. Luke Doucet has the entire month of June set aside for recording his next album. Royal Wood and Hawksley Workman are also both going into the studio in 2009. It's going to be a busy, beautiful year.

GREAT SHOPPING ON QUEEN STREET EAST

Torontonians (and visiting lesser global citizens) should make the trek east to visit us at our store (1118 Queen St. E.). We've got a great selection of dirty Santa Claus cards (we so naughty!), great music biographies (I hear that Neil Young joint is a gooder), a fantastic CD selection (we gots a ton of Six Shooter releases! For real!), tons of great gifts (umbrella-ella-ella-ella), and check out our expanding range of Six Shooter shirts in hot new colours (including electric puce!).

CONTEST

It is most definitely that time of year! Top ten lists! Our pals in Shout Out Out Out Out have already stepped up to the plate and posted each member's top ten albums of 2008 on their mypsazz blog. Check it out at www.myspace.com/shoutoutoutoutout

What does this mean to you? Contest! Here are the rules:

We want to know what has been on repeat in your stereo for the last year. Send us your top ten albums of 2008. All albums must have been released in 2008, re-issues are excluded, and you can include up to a maximum of 5 runners up. We will draw the names of 3 people who send in their lists and send them a special present in the mail from Shauna Claus. Padding your list with Six Shooter releases won’t help ya win, but it will make us like you more, and hell we can’t blame ya for having good taste!

TOUR DATES

JENN GRANT
OTTAWA, ON (Wakefield, QC): Blacksheep Inn, Dec 19 w/ Danny Michel
OTTAWA, ON (Wakefield, QC): Blacksheep Inn, Dec 20 w/ Danny Michel
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: The Mack, Feb. 11
TORONTO, ON: The Mod Club, Feb 12 (EARLY SHOW!)
OTTAWA, ON (Wakefield, QC): Blacksheep Inn, Feb 13
HALIFAX, ON: Rebecca Cohn Theatre, Feb 15
SHEFFIELD, UK: The Grapes, Feb 18
NEWCASTLE, UK: Studio in Live Theatre, Feb 21
LONDON, UK: The Macbeth, Feb 25
BRIGHTON, UK: Feb 27


HAWKSLEY WORKMAN
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Woodford Folk Festival, Dec 27 to Dec 30
NSW, AUSTRALIA: Peats Ridge Festival, Dec 31
CRONULLA, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Brass Monkey, Jan 2
SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA: The Basement, Jan 3
BULLI, NSW, AUSTRALIA: The Heritage Hotel, Jan 4
NEWTON, NSW, AUSTRALIA: The Vanguard, Jan 5
KINCUMBER, NSW, AUSTRALIA: Lizottes, Jan 7
BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: The Troubadour, Jan 8
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA: Jive, Jan 9
EAST BRUNSWICK, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: East Brunswick Club, Jan 10
HOBART, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA: Republic Bar, Jan 11
NEW YORK, NY: Joe's Pub, Jan 26 (Rescheduled from Dec 5)
BRANDON, MB: The Great Western Roadhouse, Feb 24
VICTORIA, BC: The Royal Theatre, Feb 26
VANCOUVER, BC: Commodore Ballroom, Feb 27
CALGARY, AB: MacEwan Hall, Feb 28
BELLEVILLE, ON: Empire Theatre, Mar 5 (rescheduled from Dec 2)


LUKE DOUCET
ANN ARBOR, MI: Ann Arbor Folk Festival, Jan 31
MIAMI TO COZUMEL: SHIPS AND DIP CRUISE: Feb 1 - 6 w/ Barenaked Ladies, Christine Fellows, Melissa McClelland, Weakerthans, Kevin Hearn
WATERLOO, ON: Starlight Room, Feb 24*
LONDON, ON: Aeolian Hall, Feb 25
HAMILTON, ON: Casbah, Feb 26
TORONTO, ON: Mod Club, Feb 27 (7 pm)*
VANCOUVER, BC: Richard's on Richards, Mar 5*
EDMONTON, AB: Myer Horowitz Theatre, Mar 6*
CALGARY, AB: The Gateway, Mar 7*
SASKATOON, SK: Broadway Theatre, Mar 8*
WINNIPEG, MB: Park Theatre, Mar 10*
OTTAWA, ON: Capital Music Hall, Mar 12*
MONTREAL, QC: Cabaret Du Musee Juste Pour Rire, Mar 13**
QUEBEC CITY, QC: Casbah at the Imperial Theatre, Mar 14**
HALIFAX, NS: Company House, Mar 31
HALIFAX, NS: Company House, Apr 1
WOLFVILLE, NS: Al Whittle Theatre, Apr 2
SAINT JOHN, NB: Blue Olive, Apr 3
SACKVILLE, NB: George's Roadhouse, Apr 4


AMELIA CURRAN
ST. JOHN’S, NL: The Feast of Cohen, Holy Heart Auditorium, Dec 27,28,29
ST. JOHN’S, NL: The Ship Pub, Jan 3 @ 10 pm
HALIFAX, NS: In the Dead of Winter Festival, Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Jan 28, 8 pm


JUSTIN RUTLEDGE
HALIFAX, NS: Company House, Jan 29
HALIFAX, NS: St. George's Round Church, Jan 30
SACKVILLE, NS: GeorgeÕs Roadhouse, Feb 1


MARTIN TIELLI
LONDON, ON: Aeolian Hall, Jan 31 w/BidiniBand, Selina Martin, The Dirty Love Band
Tickets available at Aeolian Hall Box Office (795 Dundas Street / (519) 672-7950 / www.aeolianhall.ca ) Chapters North, 86 Fanshawe Park Rd. E., London, ON Grooves, 353 Clarence St., London, ON
TORONTO, ON: Art of Time Ensemble, Jan 29-30, w/Danny Michel, John Southworth


MELISSA MCCLELLAND
MIAMI TO COZUMEL: SHIPS AND DIP CRUISE: Feb 1 - 6 w/ Barenaked Ladies, Luke Doucet, Christine Fellows, Weakerthans, Kevin Hearn


NQ ARBUCKLE
WATERLOO, ON: Jane Bond, Dec 18
ST. CATHARINES, ON: Merchant Ale House, Dec 19
TORONTO, ON: Lee's Palace, Dec 31 w/ Elliott BROOD


ROYAL WOOD
PORT DOVER, ON: Lighthouse Festival Theatre, Jan 24


CHRISTINE FELLOWS
MIAMI TO COZUMEL: SHIPS AND DIP CRUISE: Feb 1 - 6 w/ Barenaked Ladies, Luke Doucet, Melissa McClelland, Weakerthans, Kevin Hearn
VANCOUVER, BC: The Waterfront Theatre, Olympiad Showcase, Feb 26


BIDINIBAND
LONDON, ON: Aeolian Hall, Jan 31 w/ Martin Tielli, Selina Martin, The Dirty Love Band


ELLIOTT BROOD
TORONTO, ON: Lee's Palace, Dec 31 w/ NQ ARBUCKLE


WENDY MCNEILL
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: Le Borg, Jan 28
BERN, SWITZERLAND: I.S.C., Jan 29
LUZERN, SWITZERLAND: Sudpol, Jan 30
ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND: Grabenhalle, Jan 31
WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND: Salzhaus, Feb 1


THE WET SECRETS
CALGARY, AB: Palomino Smokehouse, Jan 23


FORD PIER
VANCOUVER, BC: The Black Frog, Dec 28
VANCOUVER, BC: The ANZA, Jan 24 w/ Invasives, Owl Drugs


JASON PLUMB
BIGGAR, SK: Biggar Community Hall, Jan 24


SAN SERAC
PORTLAND, OR: Rotture, Dec 15 w/ Wilderness


ave a holly jolly and a beauty New Year,
Six Shooter Elves

This was Six Shooter Bullets, Vol. 5, No. 10.

Title track: "learn how to knit", track 2 from Hawksley Workman's Christmas album, "Almost a Full Moon."


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