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Free MP3s (right-click (PC) or ctrl-click (Mac) to download & save):
Fish Jumpin My Grandma Moonlight Avenue

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In Edmonton, CDs are available at Blackbyrd & Megatunes. On Taiwan, they're available at Bobwundaye in Taipei, Mojo Coffee in Taichung, and the River in Jungli. Email me for bulk orders.

Beloved,

I miss ya all like crazy. I'm writing you from the meteorologically-fickle city of Vancouver, where our hopes have been repeatedly fluffed and dampened over the past few days. Make no mistake, though, the warmer weather is well on its way, dragging the good times with it...

read my words from the road

Where's that hobo at? (updated Jul 3 2009): Scott is sorry for all those Saskatoon friends who missed last night's killer show--told ya so. Bruno tonight, Mortlach Sat. www.scottcook.net.

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Sat	June 27	Edmonton	Opening for our good friends Miss Quincy and the Ramblers at The Empress Ale House on Whyte at 99th, 4-6pm, no cover

Thurs	July 2	Saskatoon	With Shayne Lazarowich and the Dana Wylie Band at Vangelli's. This will be a killer show.

Fri	July 3	Bruno	All Citizens

Sat	July 4	Mortlach, SK	Mortlach Saskatoon Berry Festival, with Kirby Criddle, Mark Ceaser, Andrea Ramolo, our old pals in The Heartstrings and Canary Mine, and more to come!

Sun	July 5	Moose Jaw	Java Express, 7-9pm, by donation

Fri-Sat	July 10-11	Evansburg	Pembina River Nights! We had too much fun last time to pass up another chance to play. This fest is sweet. We're on Saturday, 4:30-5:15pm.

Sun	July 12	Hinton	Wild Mountain Music Fest at Entrance Ranch on Highway 40 north, details TBA

Mon	July 13	Edmonton	Hosting open stage at Devaney's Irish Pub, 9013 88 Ave, 8-12.

Thurs	July 16	Edmonton	The Hobo Hifi and I will be opening up the night for Montreal reggae sensation Auresia at The Haven.

Fri-Sun	July 17-19	Fort MacLeod	Back at the South Country Fair! I'm on east stage at 2:30pm Saturday.

Tues	July 21	Calgary	with Andrea Ramolo in the cozy environs of the Ironwood Stage and Grill, 9pm on, $8 cover.

Wed	July 22	Edmonton	The Empress Ale House, with Andrea Ramolo from Toronto

Fri-Sun	July 24-26	Easyford, AB	Back at the wonderful Sasquatch Gathering, with the Long Weekends

Fri-Mon	July 31-Aug 3	Wells, BC	Artswells Festival of All Things Art, a great fest in a sweet little BC frontier town with a killer lineup! I'm on 1-1:45PM saturday on the outdoor stage.

Sat	Aug 15	Red Deer	Redstone Grill, 5018 45 Street. 7pm start, 3 45-min sets, no cover

Sun	Aug 16	Edmonton	The Long Weekends return to the legendary Blues on Whyte!

Wed	Aug 19	Edmonton	I'm opening for Blind Mule from Hamilton at The Empress Ale House. It also happens to be my birthday! Come celebrate.

Fri-Sun	Aug 21-23	Dunster, BC	Robson Valley Music Festival! A great fest on Mamaguroove's land in the Rocky Mountains. I'll be MCing, and performing on mainstage Sunday at 12:45.

Wed	Sept 2	Vancouver	Double CD Release Tour with Jesse Dee & Jacquie B, stopping at Cafe Deux Soleils, 9pm, $5 cover.

Thu	Sept 10	Nanton	Our Double CD Release Tour touches down at the Auditorium Hotel!

Sat	Sept 12	Red Deer	Jesse, Jacquie, and I are opening for Bop Ensemble (Bill Bourne, Wyckham Porteous and Jas Olhauser) at the Matchbox Theatre! This will be a great show.

Sun	Sept 13	Edmonton	Hometown CD release - details coming soon

Thurs-Sun	Sept 17-20	Brandon	The Western Canadian Music Awards are coming to Brandon & you can bet I'll be there.

Sat	Dec 5	Camrose	Rocking Scalliwag's Rum Bar with the Long Weekends, presented by Rose City Roots Music Society

past shows

YOU GOT PICS??? we'd love to show you all what we've been up to, but we've been pretty slack about photos. If you have any shots that you'd like to share, please, oh please, email them to grooverevival [at] gmail [dot] com. selected photographers win something from us, we just don't know what it is yet...

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

HOUSE CONCERTS: My favorite place to play is in a living room for you and twenty or thirty of your closest friends. You don't need a sound system & it won't cost you a thing. If you're interested you can contact me directly by email to grooverevival at gmail dot com or call 780 695 3474. If you'd like to know more, have a look around Concerts in Your Home, linked below:

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WELL WORTH READING:

martin luther king on vietnam... as relevant today as it was back in '67. cheney predicts a decade-long occupation; history repeats itself.

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?