TOM WAITS TRIBUTE NIGHT
Wednesday Jan. 7th @ 7:00pm
The Block Co., Burlington
January means it’s time for the annual Tom Waits Tribute Night. The 2025 event, hosted by The Killin' Time Band, was one of the last shows at the now defunct Casbah. Brad Hailz thought that was his last one, but he must have had trouble saying no to Brodie, because it’s back and taking place at The Block Co in Burlington. The first tribute night was in February 27th 2011! Brad said he started it because:
“I have always been a big Tom Waits fan and when he was inducted in to the R&R hall of fame I was inspired … I saw TW at the Hummingbird centre for Mule Variations tour in 1999 and was blown away by his stage presence and how everyone in the venue was held in the palm of his hand waiting on his every word and note.”
The Tribute always took place at the Casbah but this year it’s been moved to the Block Co in Burlington.
Brad has some amazing video of last year’s performers on the Killin' Time Band’s YouTube page (www.youtube.com/killintimeband). Each performer/band brings their own sound and style to the Waits classics and you get so many different sounds and translations of Tom’s material. Performers this year include: Killin' Time Band, Alfie Smith and Dan Walsh, Andy Griffiths, Greg Brisco, Martin Verrall, Will Gillespie, The Brown Notes, Kevin Beeby, Wreckless Harbour, Ronley Teper and Tim Posgate, Tyrone Ramsey, Deeps and even more. As The venue is smaller than the Casbah, the tickets will go fast so don’t hesitate to get your tickets before they’re gone.
RETURN OF CANUCK TUNES
Fridays, Noon - 3pm
Cat and Fiddle
Every Friday at noon, the online radio station Canuck Tunes host “Shake It Up” at the Cat. It's been off for a couple of weeks over the holidays but returns on January 9th. There is no cover, and you'll see 2-3 different musical acts from the Hamilton area and southern Ontario perform mostly original tunes and stripped down versions of their songs. The artists are interviewed by host, Famous Framus, and play in between questions. It's a great way to spend your lunch or a couple hours in the afternoon to support local live music.
The lineup for January is: Matty Simpson and Just Jullian on January 9th, Samantha Ava and Cam Wilson on January 16th, Thomas Duxbury and Kendra Pierroz/Wildbloom on January 23rd and Paul Sage/Cohorts and Kimberly Robyn and Friends on January 30th.
See you for lunch and some great music.
NEW VENUE ... AND NEW ALBUM
MARTIN VERRALL ALBUM RELEASE
January 18th
The Parlour at Ridiculous (old Fever, lower level)
Unfortunately we lost another venue last month. The Slye Fox in Burlington has been bought and shut it’s doors to be rebranded. Yet at the same time, we have another new venue opening up in Hamilton. What was once Fever is opening up as Ridiculous. The venue is run by Matteo Merlo, who put on the gin EXPO the last few years. The event space, like Fever which was once there, will host a number of events including comedy, DJ’s and of course, Live Music. Casbah Brodie has gotten involved with Matteo to help make this venue jump. There will be 2 rooms, the smaller is branded “The Parlour” and the larger (opening in February) will be “Room One”. The official launch will happen in January but at press time there are a couple of shows to note including: The Mahones (Jan 23rd), Smile: A Grunge Tribute (Jan 24th ), Factory/Dead Souls (Jan 31st) and Riddem Riders Marley tribute (Feb 6th). But the first show at “THE PARLOUR” is an album release for “c/o The Brain” by Hamilton's own dark poet Martin Verrell. It should be a great show to kick off live music at this new venue.
THE LINDA RONSTADT SHOW
HER SONGS, HER STORY
Friday Dec. 5th @ 9pm
Doors Pub, Hess Village
This is a Drury Lane Plus Performance. THE LINDA RONSTADT SHOW: Her Songs, Her Story stars Karen Coughlin. This show honours the music & career of the “Queen of Rock”— Linda Ronstadt. This musical tribute show walks you through dozens of songs & stories of Linda's 5 decade career.
Karen Coughlin is the perfect Linda Ronstadt, with the vocal range to cover all of Linda’s diverse musical genres—from folk, country, rock, pop, operetta & standards—as well as having the acting chops to tell her heartfelt story. Emulating Linda’s looks, mannerisms and stage presence, this show will make you feel like you’re back at a Linda Ronstadt concert in the 70’s. Book your tickets now to hear songs like: Blue Bayou, When Will I Be Loved, You’re No Good, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, What’s New, Somewhere Out There and many, many more!!! This is a chance to see a more unusual tribute act to one of the best female singers from the last century.
TRICKBAG PLAYS KING BISCUIT BOY
Film & Performance
Friday Jan. 23rd
Shawn and Ed Brewing
Trickbag is a Hamilton mainstay and have played the area bars and festivals for decades. This month they’ll be playing at Shawn & Ed Brewing. They always put on a great show and all of the members are fantastic musicians. With their mix of blues, rock and originals, they never disappoint and usually have a good following. For this show, they are going to dedicate an entire set to their late friend and musician, Richard Newell, aka King Biscuit Boy. King Biscuit Boy was one of the, if not the best harmonica player to ever come out of Canada. But more than that he was also as a great songwriter and guitar player. Trickbag, having played with Richard, will perform his tracks better than anyone else. If you are a fan of the blues and great songs like Corrina Corrina and Biscuit Boogie, then I would make sure to check this show out. Grab yourself a light SHED ULTRA while you’re there too.
