Dave Balfour

It’s that time again. Jamming. You love it, I love it - we all love it.

Open jamming means that our host with the most, Dave Balfour, will play all night and will invite people up on stage to join in. It’s a great time for both audience and musicians!

Musicians: Bring your instrument of choice (including drums - small stage sized set please) and approach Dave to quickly let him know that you’re there and you would like to join in on the jam. He’ll do his best to rotate you in if at all possible. This is a great event and is catered to most levels of playing. Jamming is fun and helps build your skills. It’s great when it all gels together and it’s entertaining when it doesn’t (doesn’t happen to often!).

Audience: It’s a Wednesday night, it’s the middle of the week. You’re looking for something to do -maybe meet some friends or take in some entertainment. O’Reilly’s Pub in Perth has your answer. The Open Jamming experience with Dave Balfour is a night of amazing music and it’s all FREE. No cover. The music ranges from classic rock to folk to MILD country to blues to hits of today and beyond. It’s a night of fun and friends, music and mayhem.

The show starts at 8pm so both musicians and audience should arrive early for easier setup and best seating. There is a great food menu and drinks so don’t hesitate to come for supper or snacks and drinks prior to the show!

Thanks and see you there!

Mike

Sioux Newberry

Whether she’s lacing a jazz tune with ethereal harmonies or laying down dizzyng rap lyrics on a festival stage, Sioux’s melodies and lyrics consistantly establish her as a master of reflection, with topics that demand that her audience looks both inward and outward. She has regularly injected her vocal stylings and melodies into the performances of well-known DJ’s in the Toronto area and for Ontario music festivals, including Guelph’s Hillside Festival. On her own with her guitar, Sioux’s unmilled and dicey songs keep you glued as she dips into the stylings of folk, jazz, hip-hop, rock and country. In addition to her solo work, Sioux’s many musical projects include writing and performing as an MC/vocalist for the Guelph-based HipHop collective ANTIKNOWLEDGE and touring with the elusive David Newberry and the Charismatic Megafauna. Keep your eyes peeled for new recording from all projects.

Tom Savage

Tom Savage writes songs that make people stand up and take notice. Tales of love and loss lay the groundwork for many of his compositions, but Savage is not afraid to tackle social and political issues in his writing as well.” What I try to do when I’m writing a song is to leave it open-ended enough for the audience to interpret in their own way, but at the same time, get my point across on some level.”

Musically, Savage draws from a diverse range of influences. His early days covering Neil Young songs in the band Too Far Gone, and twanging out the Rockabilly sounds of Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent in The Cronies, have left an undeniable imprint on Savage’s style. “As an artist, I believe that my style is the cumulative result of everything I’ve ever heard or played.”

Savage’s singing style has drawn comparisons to a wide variety of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Fred Eaglesmith, Warren Zevon, Steve Earle, etc.

Tom Savage has recorded two albums, Day-To-Day Truths (1999) and Brand Of Sympathy (2001), and has just released his latest effort, Never Shed No Tears.

Show starts at 9pm - $3 cover

Mark Jungers

Mark Jungers is no stranger to the Americana roots music scene. He’s been playing it for years- since well before the term “Americana” was coined- because in his world, country, roots rock, folk, and bluegrass music need not be mutually exclusive. Mark and his band play what is the heart of Americana: gutsy, unpretentious music filled with spirit and spontaneity.

Mark Jungers was born and raised in a small farming community called Bird Island, Minnesota, about 80 miles West of Minneapolis. When his father died young, Mark and his brothers were left to carry on the family farm…or lose it. It was then that the steadfast work ethic of the American farmer was instilled in Mark. But his      musical drive would not be denied. He would often sneak up into the hay barn late at night to play guitar and write songs. To this day, the family farm thrives, as does Mark Jungers’ songwriting.

Julian Fauth

Julian Fauth is a barrelhouse bluesman from Toronto. An accomplished piano player and singer, he is active in the Toronto blues scene and tours worldwide. He has been nominated for (and received) several prestigious blues awards. He has just released his new album “Ramblin’ Son.”

Stagg’s relentless tour schedule has him playing over 300 shows annaully, including two US tours with Brooklyn rockabilly rouser, ‘Guitar Bomb’, and 3 Eastern Canada tours with former ‘Skydigger’, Paul MacLeod.

Residing in his new home of Toronto, Stagg continues to write and will be recording his next two CD’s throughout 2009. The first, a big country/rock affair Produced by Rick Hutt, and featuring a hugely talented cast, including: Dan Walsh, Tom Bona, Steve Hogg, Jason Barry, Tanya Phlipovich, Simon Wilcox and more. The second, a rock album with The Lucas Stagg Band, a power trio featuring former ‘Droops’ smokin’ hot rhythm section, Danny Alac on bass, and Chris Flannigan on drums. Both recordings will take place at River Edge Recording Studio.

Late 2008 saw the release of Stagg’s latest acoustic/roots album, ‘Great Big Gone’! The CD has been Produced by Dan Walsh, and is the first release for Lucas on Busted Flat Records. Label mates Walsh, Duane Rutter, and Toronto songstress Tanya Philipovich lend their talents to this batch of tunes. ‘GBG’ was recorded and mixed at Dan’s Studio on Lake Erie, and mastered by Paul Riemens at Grant Avenue Studio.

“Cory and Sarah have the sweetest voices in all of roots music while Cory’s songwriting stands alongside the best. Those attributes as well as Sarah’s delicious violin flavouring throughout and Cory’s rock solid guitar are a joy.” ~ Veteran Canadian music journalist Larry LeBlanc

Come and listen to awesome Guthrie House on August 8!

Come and spend a great evening at O’ Reilly’s with Girls Like That.

Since 2004 I’ve released an album a year,” singer– songwriter Lynn Jackson elaborates of her profile. “The joy in all this for me is, mostly, the songwriting. That’s the part I’m most passionate about. I don’t really sit down to specifically write songs. I rehearse quite a bit though and often the song ideas just come and I try to capture them and work them out before they escape me.” Jackson’s near staggering productivity betrays her modesty cause not just any hack can bang out an album a year.

Whether it’s her effortless vocals or the subtle contribution from her band (like the perfect hand claps that lighten the tone of Pennies in the Well), Meredith comes off more like that friend we all need.