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Bringing you the best in Blues
with a strong focus on Canadian talent
in concert and on air
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HAPPY ST. PADDY’S DAY! Hope you had a good one

This weekend on INSIDE THE BLUES w. James Doran
In honour of St. Patrick’s Day – Blues by Irish & Irish descendant artists
ANGEL FORREST BAND
at BLUES ON THE RIDEAU at THE COVE INN, Westport ON
March 25th
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INSIDE THE BLUES w. James Doran
Broadcast and streamed weekly

Saturdays from Noon-1 pm ET on www.BluesRadioCanada.com
Repeated Mon, Wed, Fri at same time
Sundays from 7-8 pm ET on 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
Repeated Wed night 10-11 pm
All shows are also ARCHIVED after broadcast at www.insidetheblues.ca
and can be listened to there at any time

Sponsored this week by:
DAN AYKROYD WINES www.danaykroydwines.com &
THE COVE INN, Westport ON www.coveinn.com

PLAY LIST – March 19/20
Blues songs by Irish, & Irish descendant, artists

VAN MORRISON & THE CHIEFTAINS
Star Of The County Down/Irish Heartbeat/1998 Polydor UMGD/Cathal McGarvey

VAN MORRISON w. THEM
Baby Please Don’t Go/original 1964 – 1990 The Best Of Van Morrison/Polydor/Williams

GARY MOORE
Walking By Myself/Still Got The Blues/1990 Virgin Records/Jimmy Rogers
Story Of The Blues/After Hours/1992 Virgin Records/Gary Moore

RORY GALLAGHER
Goin’ To My Hometown/1972 Live in German TV Studio/You Tube/Rory Gallagher
Loanshark Blues/original 1987 – 2009 Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher/Eagle Records/Gallagher

U2
Mysterious Ways/The Best Of U2 – 1990 to 2000/2002 Universal Music International/Clayton, Adam – Evans, Dave – Hewson, Paul David – Mullen, Larry, Kidjo, Angelique

DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND*
I’m Finished/Good Times Guaranteed/1994 Downchild Music/Donnie Walsh

JIM BYRNES*
Hot As A Pistol/Everywhere West/2010 Black Hen Music/Jim Byrnes

HARRISON KENNEDY*
Get Up ‘n Go/High Country Blues/2007 Electro-Fi Records/Harrison Kennedy

MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE*
May You Come And Stay/Drive On/2001 Borealis Recording Co/B.A. Markus & M.J. Browne
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ANGEL FORREST*+
Hangman/Angel’s 11/2016 Self/Forrest-Coulombe
+ Playing Blues On The Rideau at The Cove Inn, Westport ON March 25 www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca
*denotes Canadian artist
Thanks for listening!
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BLUES ON THE RIDEAU @ THE COVE INN
Westport, Ontario
www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca

Dinner & Show fundraisers featuring some of Canada’s best Blues bands

March 25
From Montreal – ANGEL FORREST BAND
www.angelforrest.ca
3X Maple Blues Award winner Best Female Vocalist with a voice like Janis Joplin!
Great new album just released “Angel’s 11”


Dinner & Show only $65
Proceeds from this show go to KICK IN FOR KIDS
CALL 1-888-COVEINN

Most BOTR nights this season have Sold Out in advance so CALL AHEAD TO RESERVE so you don’t miss out. Note: Your credit card is not charged until the night of the Show
Changes in reservations can be made up to 1 week prior without penalty

* Visit www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca for more details on the bands including photos, LINKS to their websites, Facebook pages and You Tube videos

BLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca in cooperation with
The Cove Inn, Westport www.coveinn.com

Sponsored by
Dan Aykroyd Wines www.danaykroydwines.com
Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca
101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com and
LAKE 88.1 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca
The Ottawa Blues Society www.ottawabluessociety.com

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so you can keep up to date!

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Thank you. We look forward to seeing you for another year of fabulous Blues!

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UPCOMING EVENTS @ THE COVE INN, Westport ON

Great LIVE music is happening all the time at THE COVE INN, Westport
Only a 90 minute drive from Ottawa, 45 minutes from Kingston
EVERY WEEK
Most Saturday nights – Acoustic Duo HEAD OVER HEELS in the Dining Room
Wednesday nights – singer, songwriter, guitarist SHAWN McCULLOUGH hosts Wings ‘n Tunes Night

UPCOMING
March 18 – JOHN WILBERFORCE Country, guitar 6-9 pm No Cover
March 19 – SHAWN McCULLOUGH Country/Rock 7-10 pm No Cover
March 25 – BLUES ON THE RIDEAU – ANGEL FORREST BAND 7-11 pm Dinner & Show $65
March 26 – JEF LEESON (formerly Ambush) & friends – Live Recording! 8-11 pm $10
April 1 – From Montreal – ROB LUTES Folk/acoustic Blues 6-9 pm $10

FOR UPDATES VISIT www.coveinn.com under ENTERTAINMENT or call 613-273-3636
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If you want REGULAR WEEKLY EMAIL BLASTS on upcoming local and regional Blues concerts we recommend that you get on the OTTAWA BLUES THIS WEEK email List compiled by Liz Sykes of the Ottawa Blues Society. Email her at ottawablues@gmail.com to get on board.
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BLUES SOCIETIES and JOIN! We have two of the best in the country in our area. Members get regular Blues event updates, discount tickets for Blues shows, prize giveaways for free concert tickets, discounts on Blues CD purchases and more….

OTTAWA BLUES SOCIETY www.ottawabluessociety.com Individual membership $30 a year
KINGSTON BLUES SOCIETY www.kingstonbluessociety.ca Individual membership $25 a year

Hogtown Allstars Review

THE HOGTOWN ALLSTARS – 6 of Canada’s best Blues artists – Chuck Jackson, Michael Fonfara, Pat Carey, Gary Kendall & Mike Fitzpatrick from Downchild plus guitarist Teddy Leonard – returned to BLUES ON THE RIDEAU @ THE COVE INN, Westport this past weekend Feb 20 & 21 and put on another pair of great performances. It was the third year in a row this band has played the Series and anyone who has attended their shows knows why. Entertaining, fun and superb musicianship.

Collectively The Hogtown Allstars represent almost 300 years of Blues playing experience and it shows. Led by singer/harmonica player/comedian Chuck Jackson these guys entertain right from the first song mixing it up with their renditions of old Blues classics along with their own original songs. The crowd gave them a standing ovation and demanded an encore both nights.

The Cove Inn once again served up a delicious buffet that received 9’s and 10’s out of 10 on the Comment Cards and many compliments.

$400 was raised each night for the Rideau Vista and St. Edward’s Elementary Schools bringing this year’s BOTR fundraising total to over $2,700 for local Westport charities.

Comments from Comment Cards: (note the frequent use of the word “awesome!”):

“AWESOME PARTAY! 10 out of 10 for everything”
Renee Capello, Perth (4th visit to BOTR)

“Awesome evening. Thank you. 10 out of 10 for everything, 15 for the band! :-)”
Louise Ellison, Ottawa (First timer)

“Love the food, venue, service, sound, band and people here. Please keep it up! 10 out of 10 for everything – 12+ for the band!”
Suzanne Mahoney, Ottawa (Has attended over 10 shows over the years)


Chuck Jackson


Michael Fonfara


Gary Kendall & Pat Carey


Mike Fitzpatrick


Young singer extraordinaire Elyssa Mahoney was in the audience & was asked to sing a couple with the band

DAWG FM winners Byron Graham & Leslie Carbonneau savouring some of The Cove’s famous buffet


Standing ovation!

NEXT UP:

March 20 – PAUL REDDICK BAND www.paulreddick.ca

A fabulous singer, songwriter and harp player – 7X Maple Blues Award winner and Juno & Blues Music Award nominee.
Dinner & Show only $60. Advance reservations required. Call 1-888-COVE-INN
More info at www.bluesontherideau.ca

BLUES ON THE RIDEAU at THE COVE INN, WESTPORT www.coveinn.com is a monthly Dinner & Show fundraiser Series featuring some of Canada’s best Blues artists – now in its 10th year. Sponsored by Dan Aykroyd Wines www.danaykroydwines.com, 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com and LAKE 88 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca

Blues on the Rideau Presents – Fathead

FatheadThe great Toronto band – 2X Juno Award and multiple Maple Blues Award winners – FATHEAD www.fathead.biz returned to BOTR @ The Cove last Friday – the 4th visit since the Series started – and once again showed why they are one of the crowd favourites.  This time around they were missing their fabulous lead singer JOHN MAYS who unfortunately is going through some tough medical issues right now but the lovely and talented MISS ROBIN BANK$ stepped in as a Special Guest and did a superb job. It was a full house and a happy one – the dance floor remained packed all night (as always at BOTR @ The Cove) and both FATHEAD and ROBIN sold a bunch of their new CD’s – “Fatter Than Ever” and “Modern Classics”.
The Cove’s sumptuous buffet included roasted pork loin with applesauce, a spicy pineapple chicken, butternut squash ravioli, roasted potatoes, mixed veggies and salads. And the chocolate torte square w. raspberry sauce dessert was to die for!
Westport Food Bank$600 was raised – plus some food and additional cash donations – for the WESTPORT FOOD BANK. The audience also stepped up big time with $300 in contributions to the HELP JOHN MAYS OUT Fund with everyone sending their love and best wishes to John for a full and speedy recovery. (If you want to help John out during this tough time you can do so on the FATHEAD websitewww.fathead.biz)
COMMENT CARDS
“Another fantastic Blues night at The Cove! Fathead and Robin Banks were awesome! 10 out of 10 for everything – as usual :-)”
Joan & Greg Mumford, Kingston (have attended many BOTR shows)
“Food was amazing. Band excellent. The ‘fill in’ singer Robin Banks was at the top of her game. 9’s and 10’s for venue and sound, 11 out of 10 for the food, service and band!”
Ellie Russell, Sydenham (has attended 5 previous shows)
“Warm and cozy. Like a big family party! 10 out of 10 for everything, 15 for the service!”
Margie Norwood, Westport (multiple show attendee)
“Eclectic audience, awesome band, good time! 9’s and 10’s for everything”
Harold McPhail, Almonte (first-timer)
“Loved the lights on the ceiling – they added great atmosphere. And couldn’t believe how good the sound was in the space. Terrific! 10 out of 10 for everything – 10+ for the food and service”
Jennifer Klatt, Brockville (first-timer)
Fathead ConertBOTR @ THE COVE takes a break over Christmas but returns with a roar in 2015 with the mighty JACK DE KEYZER & his band on JANUARY 23. Tickets are already selling fast for this night so call and reserve now. And BOTR tickets make a great CHRISTMAS GIFT for the Blues lover on your List!
DINNER & SHOW still only $60
Proceeds go to support local charities
Well-priced accommodation at The Cove and nearby B&B’s
Advance reservations required
CALL THE COVE to RESERVE (613) 273-3636 or 1-888-COVE-INN
For the complete 2015 BOTR LINE-UP – with audio links and YOU TUBE’s of the bands – visit www.bluesontherideau.ca
Blues on the RideauBlues on The Rideau is produced by CHOOSE THE BLUES PRODUCTIONS  www.choosetheblues.ca in co-operation with THE COVE INN, Westport ON www.coveinn.com with support from DAN AYKROYD WINES www.danaykroydwines.com, 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com and LAKE 88 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca
WISHING YOU AND YOURS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON! See you in the New Year

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