Band: King Friday
Year: 2017
Home: Chatham-Kent/Belle River
Genre: Cover Band
Music Style: Classic/modern rock
Band Members:
Dan Taylor
Francis Mailloux
Mike LaPlante
Darren Grundy
Note: King Friday is a classic/modern rock n roll band. It’s members have all been playing in and around the Chatham/ Essex county for 20+ years.
Links:
* Facebook here.
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Artist: Ryan Bradley
Year: 2017
Genre: Country music.
Home: Wheatley, currently residing in Chatham during this time.
Notes:
* Bradley grew up in the fishing town of Wheatley, Ontario.
* Bradley attended the University of Waterloo and majored in Human Sciences, with most of his electives being music courses.
* Has been residing in Chatham-Kent County and working as a paramedic, Ryan has also spent the last number of years playing local clubs and writing songs.
* Ryan has been releasing one or two songs a year since 2013. In the video below, we preview a sample of each one, from the lates to oldest.
Songs:
* Ryan Bradley – 2017 – higher ground
* Ryan Bradley – 2016 – kissed me back
* Ryan Bradley – 2015 – wish you could’ve seen your face
* Ryan Bradley – 2014 – next weekend
* Ryan Bradley – 2013 – RR4 tonight
* Ryan Bradley – 2013 – let me change your mind
* Ryan Bradley – 2013 – 1999
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Links:
* iTunes download link for all singles here.
* Youtube link here.
* Ryan Bradley interview/live performance here.
* Soundcloud link here.
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Resides: Southern California
Notes: Michael moved away from Chatham at around the age of 23 and has lived in Whistler, Lake Louise and most recently, spent 5 years in the Cayman Islands. He played in high school bands locally, but mostly performed solo.
06. She’s Alright
2011 – Radio (EP) – (Five songs)
Watch the release preview below
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Artist: Julie Ross
Release: Water Music
Year: 2017
Home: Chatham-Kent Ontario.
From: London, United Kingdom
Genre: Folk, Acoustic.
Tracks
01. Lady life
02. From now on
03. Been there
04. Broken
05. All the things
06. Home
07. Best is yet to come
08. Time will tell
09. Who Knew
10. Letters to Erieau
11. Bye and by
Julie Ross Links:
* Website here.
* Facebook here.
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Tracks:
01. I Took A Risk
02. Inside My Mind
03. Without You
04. No Proof
05. What We Leave Behind
06. Best I Can Believe
07. Fight Your Dark
08. Traveller’s Grace
09. How To Pour Whiskey For Strangers
10. Beauty In The Blue
Notes: Sarah Hiltz is an emerging singer/songwriter expanding the alternative Canadian folk tradition with her latest album, Beauty in the Blue, a compilation of songs and stories culled from her multiple journeys across Canada as a travelling musician on cross-country Via Rail passenger train, “The Canadian”. Inspired by the vastness and diversity both of Canada’s northern landscape and its inhabitants, Sarah fell in love with the quiet strangeness of train travel, the ever-changing vistas out the carriage windows, and the frank, open way strangers share their stories in those carriages; in hearing stories of pain, suffering, and beauty, Sarah found herself inspired to document not only the stories shared with her through song, but her own struggles in how to engage with those stories beyond her own art. Beauty in the Blue, co-produced by Sarah and Kevin Howley (Running Red Lights), sounds like the soundtrack to a country-wide journey– lush, nuanced vocals and jazz-influenced songwriting is complimented by a highly sensitive rhythm section and stand-out guitar work provided by Sarah’s long-term collaborators, drummer Jordan Michaelis and multi-instrumentalist David Puzak. The conversational lyrics are an attempt to connect strangers who share their stories, and in so doing create a bridge across the eclectic gap in our Canadian experiences, expressing what many suffering pain, loss, and confusion have found before- that through the storms that flash blue across our skies, there is beauty to be found if we are vulnerable with one another, if we listen, if we share our stories.
Discography
Sarah Hiltz – 2000 – The People Of Chatham Kent (6 songs)
Sarah Hiltz – 2003 – Close To Me
Sarah Hiltz – 2009 – How Many Fires LP
Sarah Hiltz – 2010 – Letters (Limited Release) EP
Sarah Hiltz – 2011 – Music For December EP
Sarah Hiltz – 2013 – Til The Sun Falls
Sarah Hiltz – 2017 – Beauty In The Blue
All songs written by Sarah Hiltz
Produced by Sarah Hiltz & Kevin Howley
Recorded at Dream Date Studio and Palace Sound by Kevin Howley
Mixed by Josh Bowman
Mastered by Harris Newman
Artwork by Becca Howes
Links:
* Download/Preview release at bandcamp here.
* Facebook here.
* Twitter here.
* Youtube here.
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Band: The Couchsurfers
Release: Self Titled
Year: 2017
Genre: Beach Indie Pop
Home: Chatham Ontario/
Tracks:
1. Goals
2. Keeping Score
3. Please Don’t Break Her Heart
4. Don’t Give Up On Me
5. Mango Juice
6. Marceline
7. Pisces
8. Take Some Time
Notes: The Couchsurfers are an indie pop rock band from Chatham Ontario, a small town a couple hours south of Toronto. Each member of the band is currently attending high school and all have a long history with performing and playing music.
Links
* Download release here.
* Facebook here.
* Soundcloud link here.
Artists: Lee Resistant
Release: Your Country
Year: 2017
Genre: Acoustic, folk, punk
Home: Chatham-Kent Ontario
From: London England
Notes:
Produced by Bob Hiltz and Lee Resistant.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Bob Hiltz.
Recorded at Eyrespace Studio, Chatham ON.
Tracks
1. Check The Faders
2. I Belong To England
3. Do Not Resuscitate
4. Just Live
5. Your Country
6. Not Me
Links
* Links to download his music here.
* facebook here.
* Instagram here.
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Artist: Dore Mear Beon
Release: A Commending Paean for the Forgotten Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Year: 2017
Genre: Rock (instrumental, math rock)
Home: (Chatham-Kent) Tupperville.
Members:
Andrew Sagriff
Notes:
Music project written and produced by Andrew Sagriff.
Mixed by Kyle Ashbourne.
Mastered by Dan Brodbeck.
Group vocals on “Cygnus” performed by Brady Smith, Chase Henry and Ryan Northcott, Lyrics contributed by Chris Walters.
Tracks:
01. Relations: Pulsation
02. Relations: Luminosity
03. Thu Gine
04. Harvard Computers
05. Cygnus
06. Delta Cephei
07. Red Shift
08. Island Universe
09. Magellanic Clouds
10. Mo Iosal 07:24
Links: (Download/Preview release at band camp link below)
* Bandcamp here.
* Youtube here.
* Facebook here.
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Artist: Cam MacLean
Genre: Indie, Pop.
Year: 2017
From: Chatham Ontario
Resides: Montreal
Notes: Cam released a new single from his upcoming solo record, on popular American music blog Gorilla vs bear. Check it out here:
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/premiere-cam-maclean-new-jerusalem/
Band: Dirt Country
Home: Chatham-Kent
Year: 2017
Formed: 2013
Genre: Country
Type: Cover band, working on originals.
Contact: dirtcountry@hotmail.com
Notes: We are a band based out of Southwestern Ontario putting a modern twist on some old classics.
Members:
Jamie Timson – Vocals/ Harmonica
Ryan Ciccotelli – Guitar/ Lead & Backing Vocals
Darcy Myers – Rythem guitar/ vocals.
Paul Demars – Bass
Mike Pinsonneault – Drums/ B. Vox
Links:
* Facebook link here.
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Band: Atomic Tomb
Release: Sons of the Empire
Genre: Metal/Rock
Year: 2017
Home: Toronto
Chatham-Kent Connection:
Ron Bechard is from Merlin.
Some previous bands Ron was involved with:
* Edwin & the Pressure (Edwin goes solo, I Mother Earth’s original singer)
* Sin Dealer
* Three Days Grace
* Crash Karma (Members from Our Lady of Peace & The Tea Party)
* Rosita Stone
* Patrizia (Rock Opera)
* Yurko (Nelly Furtado)
* Crazy Babies (Ozzy Tribute)
* Basia Lyjak
Atomic Tomb Band Members
Axel Tomb – Lead Vocals
Tommy Gunn – Guitar/Vocals
Corrado Bartolo – Bass/Vocals
Gary Glynn – Drums/Vocals
Ron Bechard – Guitar/Vocals
Notes: Toronto Hard Rock, Punk Metal band ATOMIC TOMB unleash an intense, earth shattering aggression, with a hard edge sound as they emerge from several years of suspended animation. Re-united co-founder’s, Axel Tomb on lead Vocal’s and Tommy Gunn on lead guitar, along with original guitarist Ron Bechard on lead Guitar are back! With long time member Corrado Bartolo on bass and new arrival Gary Glynn rocking the drum’s. That rounds off the bands loud, fast and in your face sound. Watch for these guy’s killing it on a stage near you!!
Tracks:
01. Death Row Wannabe
02. Hatred
03. Great Satan America
04. Son’s of the Empire
05. Heroin Eyes
06. Prophets
07. Burn
08. Mr. No Brain
09. First to Go
10. Right Now
11. Seventh Son
12. Typo Terristo
Band: Serious Festival
Release: Always Ok
Year: 2017
Genre: Rock
Resides: Windsor area
From: Chatham-Kent.
Writer:
Colin Luby
Recording/player info: N/A
Tracks:
01. Stranger on my mind.
02. Always ok
03. The Norm
04. Fourohone
05. Feeling Lucky
06. Death will come on so sweetly
07. Prolific or threatening
08. A learned thing
09. Thin air
10. Great things
11. Science fiction
Notes: SeriousFestival is the musical project of Colin Luby, started in his basement in 2010/11. He has been writing and performing these songs, and others, since.
Watch the release preview below.
Links:
* Bandcamp here.
* Soundcloud here.
* Facebook here.
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Artist: Bren Dube
Release: Paradigms
Year: 2017
Home: Chatham
Genre: pop/folk
Tracks:
01. Lost
02. Space
03. Grow
04. Honest
05. Hope
06. Let Go
07. Live on
08. Dawn
09. 9
10. White Light
Links:
* Youtube here.
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Artist: Gregger Botting
Release: Never Saw A Thing Coming
Date: Jan. 2017
Genre: Acoustic, Folk
From: Chatham Ontario Canada
Resides: Petrolia Ontario
Tracks:
01. Hippie Girl
02. Goodbye Casablanca
03. Train Wreck Parade
04. About to Fall
05. The Grand Catastrophe
06. It’s You
07. Never Saw a Thing Coming
08. Bad Day Blues
09. All ‘Bout the Soul (The Kristoffer..)
10. As Fast as You Come (You Disapp..)
11. Promise of Another Day
CD Preview below
Links:
* Website here.
* Facebook here.
* Download at iTunes here.
* Download at Amazon here.
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Band: Thumb Knuckle
Formed: 2016
Type: Cover band
Genre: Classic and modern rock/pop songs.
Home: London Ontario
Members:
Chris Eh Young – Guitar/vocals
Sean Thieven – Bass
Sean Bawden – Drums/vocals
Jerry DeAmaral – Guitar
Chatham Connection: Chris Y. & Sean T. are from Chatham. Thumb Knuckle can be found playing venues in London.
Links:
Thumb Knuckle on Facebook here.
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Band: Talk Radio
Year: 2017
Genre: Rock
Home: London
Formed: 2016
Recorded at Sugar Shack in London, Ontario
Members:
Aaron Allen
Myles Allen
Aaron Barry ( also in Gracie Mae)
Dustin Anderson
Chatham Connection: Aaron, Aaron & Myles are from Chatham-Kent. Frontman Aaron Allen has released several solo records over the years including a few timeless gems. He is also involved in many other projects past & present. Plenty of talent and ambition is rooted in Aaron’s blood, and he has joined up with another great line-up of musicians to bring these songs to life.
Tracks:
1. Small Town Girl
2. Miss You More
3. Easy Way Out
4. Any More
Links:
* Download album here.
* Facebook here.
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* Watch the Talk Radio Preview Below.
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Open Mic night (Floorz Yourz)
Where: Elephant’s Nest
When: 10-2am, Every Thursday night.
City: Chatham Ontario.
Hosted by: frank e fitz
Started in Oct. 2016.
Come jam at open mic. Bring your voice, guitar, keyboard, whatever you need to get up and perform a few tunes.
History: Open mic night had been held at the Nest on Tuesday nights for many many years, hosted by Julie Ross. For most of 2016, the weekly event was on pause, but is now back with a new host known as Frank E. Fitz.
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Band: The Marquis
Year: 2017
Genre: Country Covers
Home: Chatham
Members:
Mike Dierickse
Gerry Wardle
Gary Comeau
Dennis Souligny
Notes: The Marquis play a selection of old and new country, with dashes of rock and roll and hints of bluegrass – regardless the music is fresh, fabulous and fun!
Link:
Facebook link here.
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Tickets on sale now.
At The Cultural Centre Box office or online. Info below.
Aberdeen Reunion
Date: Saturday July 29th 2017.
Where: Bar Out Back 160 Keil Drive South, Chatham.
Gates open: 6:00pm, show starts at 6:30pm sharp, till 11pm.
(Outdoor event, Bar Out Back parking lot)
Bands:
Town Krier
Lyra
Electric Voodoo
Beggars Opera
Def Bombs
Event Mc’s
* Jason Allan (Comedian from London)
* Mat Drew (Frontman for Face4Radio, and previously Foster Child & The Janet Theory).
Prizes: ‘Ab Tab Draw’. Three $100 cash give-a-ways to cover your tab for the night.
Ticket Info:
Tickets: $18 + Handling fee.
Available at:
* The Cultural Centre Box Office, 75 William St. N., Chatham. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Monday To Friday.
* Or order online at cktickets.com
* Tickets go on sale Monday Feb. 13th.
Set Times
* 06:30 – 7:05pm Town Krier (Stage 1)
* 07:10 – 8:10pm Lyra (Stage 2)
* 08:15 – 8:50pm Electric Voodoo (Stage 1)
* 08:55 – 9:55pm Beggars Opera (Stage 2)
* 10:00 – 11:00pm Def Bombs (Stage 1)
Hotel Reservations:
* Holiday Inn (Sold Out)
* Comfort Inn. (519) 352-5500 ( 3min drive)
* Travel Lodge. (519) 436-1200 (3min drive)
* Retro Suites. (519) 351-5885 (Downtown, 10 minute drive)
About The bands:
Town Krier: Performed at the Aberdeen between 1983-1986. They still get together once or twice a year. Members include Billy Wolsing (Drums), Chris ‘Hymie’ Zelina (Bass & Vocals), & Herby Classens (Guitar).
Lyra: Performed at the Aberdeen in the late 1980’s. A great local rock band who’s members later went on to perform in Sweet Fa, Rockus, Blu Bones, Thunder Circus, Killer Dwarfs, Fear Disorder, Tangled Puppet, Manpower, & Teethin’ Freaks.
Electric Voodoo: Rocked the Aberdeen through the 90’s, mostly as a Jimmi Hendrix tribute. A popular true party staple band, and the soul of rock & roll for Chatham. Dave Major & Mitch Robinson will return. Bass player is unknown at this time, they had some great players & they will let us know who is available to attend.
Beggars Opera: Another great band from the Aberdeen 90’s era. Members also continue to be a part of many great bands out there today.
Def Bombs: Currently London’s most popular rock cover band, including members from Syre, Helix, Sven Gali, Leather Snake, & Before The Damned). Excited to have them perform.
A look at last years reunion here:
https://demokidblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/aberdeen-reunion-2016-chatham/
Do You want a full size copy of the event poster to print off for yourself?
Download or preview… click here. (7mb).
* Clips from last years Reunion.
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* If you have info or pics of the Aberdeen, email to: chatham_music_archive@hotmail.com
* Read up on the Aberdeen here:
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