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June 12, 2014: Hey friends,

This update's been some time coming. It was begun aboard Air Canada Flight 16, high over the Pacific Ocean, where I finally had the captive hours and a handy airborne perspective from which to survey the previous three months of near-incessant touring...

read my words from the road

UPCOMING SHOWS:

One More Time Around World Tour

Fri-Sun	Jul 18-20	Hinton, AB	The Second Chances and I are stoked to be joining Blue Rodeo, the Sadies, Gord Downie, LeE HaRVEY OsMOND, Jay Gilday, Colleen Brown, the Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Joey Only, Scott Nolan, Jon & Roy, Boogie Patrol, Scarlett Jane, C.R. Avery, the Party on High Street, Back Porch Swing, Faye Blais, Geoff Berner, Delhi 2 Dublin and many more at the Wild Mountain Music Fest! It's gonna be amazing, I assure you. We're on sometime around 1pm on Saturday.

Tue	Jul 22	Edmonton, AB	Secret Streetcar Show with The Second Chances! Message me for deets if you want to come.

Mon	Jul 28	Edmonton, AB	Hosting songwriters' open stage at Duggan's Boundary, 8-12pm. Big Rock pints are on special and you get a free one for playing. Let's hear your new tunes!

Tue	Jul 29	Edmonton, AB	I'm playing a guest spot at the Tuesday Jam at Big Al's House of Blues, hosted by Big Dreamer Sound, 7:30pm on, no cover charge!

Fri-Mon	Aug 1-4	Wells, BC	Back at the glorious ArtsWells Festival of All Things Art for my sixth go round, a little piece of freaky heaven that I can't seem to stay away from. I'll be playing only one proper set, Saturday at midnight in the Tempest Stage. I'll also be part of David Simard's Friends with Benefits showcase at 7:30 Sunday in the Tempest Stage, will be hosting a round of Corin Raymond songs in the Tempest Stage at half past midnight Sunday, and will be closing the festival with a Scott Cook and friends singalong set on the outdoor stage, Monday at 5pm.

Thu	Aug 7	Edmonton, AB	private function

Fri-Sun	Aug 15-17	Dunster, BC	Back at the lovely Robson Valley Music Festival with the Second Chances!

Mon	Aug 18	Ashcroft, BC	The Second Chances and I will be singing and celebrating Nadine's birthday at UniTea Tea Room! 6:30pm doors, 7pm show, tickets $10, and capacity's limited so it's probably best to make a reservation.

Fri-Sun	Aug 22-24	Fort St. James, BC	Back at Music on the Mountain with the Second Chances! It's a big year, with Scotty Dunbar, David Newberry, Wax Mannequin, Corin Raymond, the Party on High Street, Raghu Lokanathan, Joey Only, the Steve Brockley Band, and so, so much more!!! Check out the website for the full run-down, but I can tell ya, it's gonna be big fun.

Mon	Aug 25	Kamloops, BC	I'll be returning to Music in the Park with the Second Chances, 7-8:30pm!

Fri	Sept 5	Keremeos, BC	Back at the Old Grist Mill to close out their summer concert series with the Second Chances! 5:30pm doors, 6pm show, $20, snacks, local wines and magic guaranteed. Event details and advance tickets are here.

Sat	Sept 6	Lumby, BC	House concert with the Second Chances, details TBA.

Thu	Sept 11	Lethbridge, AB	With Jared Klok, details TBA.

Fri	Sept 12	Waterton, AB	Back at the historic Waterton Lakes Opera House with the Second Chances! Details TBA, magic assured.

Sat	Sept 13	Edmonton, AB	private function

Thu	Sept 18	Edmonton, AB	Opening for the mighty Birds of Chicago at the ARTery! This is gonna be awesome.

Sun	Sept 21	Edmonton, AB	I'll be appearing at Edmonton's inaugural Peace Festival, with Bill Bourne and others, details TBA.

Sat	Sept 27	Princeton, IL	The Princeton Coffeehouse, $12, more details TBA.

Thu-Sun	Oct 16-19	Toronto, ON	I've been chosen as an alternate showcase artist for the Folk Music Ontario conference, more details TBA.

Thu-Sun	Oct 23-26	St. Louis, MO	Folk Alliance Regional Midwest gathering, more details TBA.

Fri-Sun	Jan 23-26, 2015	Castlemaine, VIC, AU	Very excited to be returning to Australia and joining the fun at Newstead Live! More details TBA.

Tue	May 26, 2015	Glasgow, UK	Star Folk Club, in the "Hold" club of the Admiral, at 72A Waterloo Street, with Jez Hellard, 8pm start!

Wed	June 24, 2015	Edmonton, AB	Eighth Annual Official Unofficial North Country Fair Afterbender! Details TBA.

past shows

TABLATURE: I've had a few requests for tablature, so here's some of fish jumpin, for your plucking pleasure...

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WELL WORTH READING:

Martin Luther King on Vietnam, as relevant today as it was back in '67.

WELL WORTH WATCHING:

The War on Democracy
by John Pilger

Why We Fight
by Eugene Jarecki

"Recent polls have shown growing public dissatisfaction with the president's handling of the war in Iraq in the face of a persistent insurgency and the mounting U.S. death toll."-AP, my emphasis added

They forgot to mention the price at the pump, which seems to be people's #1 concern... Civilians in iraq evidently don't matter to US military planners, or to the mass media... what will it take for their lives to matter to the US public?