By the time this gets to you the language will be nonsense.....
April 18 2008
It is official. After a 12 year long summer break The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir will be playing at Hillside 2008 - July 25-27 in Guelph Ontario. Bourbons will be playing Saturday July 26 on the Main Stage. The band lineup will be - Chris Brown, Kate Fenner, Chris Miller, Jason Mercer, Dave Wall, Gene Hardy, Andrew Whiteman and Tom Bona (plus guests). Tickets go on sale May 3 at 10am. Go to http://www.hillsidefestival.ca/ for all things Hillside. WHOOO HOOOO!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET BOURBONIZED!
August 18 2007
Every Thursday night in September, The Citizens' Band will host Thursday nights at The Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington) - The first two weeks will feature Kate joining the band and special guests performing songs from her new album. - 249 Ossington Avenue at Dundas Street - 416-850-4579.
August 3 2007
Ultrasound Showbar July 8 1992 show video and audio added. This was not a BTC show but featured Gordie Johnson, Kate Fenner and Dave Wall performing covers, standards and some songs from Dave Wall's solo "Lozenge" album.
August 1 2007
The Diamond Club show from Toronto March 04 1989 added. This is the oldest live show I have found so far. It is taken from the VHS shot by Mama Wall which is also up in flv and mov format (mov is zipped).
July 30 2007
The Tangerine Club show from Toronto March 23 1989 added. This is the second oldest live show I have found so far. It is taken from the VHS shot by Mama Wall which is also up in flv and mov format (mov is zipped). It contains the song Destruction from "A First Taste Of Bourbon", features cameos by Kate and Peter Mercier and has Sean James on sax.
July 12 2007
Audio for September 28 1991 show (taken from video) added as well as individual video tracks for show.
July 9 2007
45 Minute Live video from Lee's Palace September 28 1991 added.
July 2 2007
Horseshoe Tavern Show from December 23 1994 added courtesy of Richard Clegg.
May 11 2007
Solo Dave Wall and Chris Brown Show added from the Free Times Cafe in 1995
May 10 2007
Three new shows added both courtesy of Jon Lax. Clinton's Tavern 1992 with The Hopping Penguins, Lee's Palace February 7 1992 and Lee's Palace November 30 1991.
April 23 2007
Coming soon - new live shows and new Bourbon Live video.
April 16 2007
New shows added:
November 10 1990 Clinton's Tavern Toronto, ON
February 23 1991 Clinton's Tavern Toronto, ON
April 26 1991 Barrymore's Ottawa, ON
November 24 1991 Clinton's Tavern Toronto, ON
January 22 1993 Harpo's Victoria, BC
April 14 2007
The Blue Zone Ottawa - September 2 1989 show added. Sound Samples added to shows so you can check the audio quality.
April 13 2007
Here is a link to an article on The Torontoist Blog regarding the fact that you can not buy any Boubons albums.
March 29 2007
I have just set up a new site called The Canadian Music Forum. It is going to be a resource for where to find information on Canadian Bands on the Net (presently under construction). It is also a huge Music Forum for all Canadian Band discussions old and new, present and extinct.
March 19 2007
Video for Worms added.
Bourbon Myspace page started up.
March 16 2007
Chris and Kate are playing at The Living Room in NYC tomorrow (Saturday March 17 at 9PM).
March 11 2007
A whole bunch of new articles, promotional material and Object Ankhs (including original artwork) added courtesy of Jon Lax. More material will be uploaded shortly. Jon also provided me with about 15-20 live shows which will be added as I can convert it.
THANKS A MILLION JON. YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND WILL BE BY ALL FANS.
February 18 2007
New Articles added. Make Amends Promo Single CD artwork added. Object Ankhs added. Photo Feature added.
February 14 2007
January 27 1995 show from Halifax Nova Scotia provided by Tim M. (via Jon Lax who used to run the original BTC Money Boy site).
February 9 2007
A huge Thank You to Andy F for providing two new live shows for the site. These are DAT recorded, awesome sounding shows from The Town Pump in Vancouver January 29 and 30 1993. The January 29 show is not complete but the Jan 30 one is (save for Domino which can be heard on the fade of Sam And Richard).
February 8 2007
Double Bourbon Nights
Note that Chris Brown will be opening up for The Apostle Of Hussle at the Grad Club at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario on Saturday February 10 at 8:00PM.
Also Chris and Kate will be playing at Marion's Continental in NYC on Monday February 12 at 8PM sharp.
January 28 2007
Articles Section added and links to Thomas Trio and The Red Albino with BTC live from Halifax 1992 on Youtube.
January 18 and 19 2007
Dave Wall is playing at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto: appearing as part of The Art of Time Ensemble; An Evening of Jewish Music with a fantastic group of musicians, including Marilyn Lerner, David Buchbinder and Martin Van De Ven.
December 31 2006
23 Minute Ear To The Ground Special on the Bourbons added. This was a CBC series from 1992 which profiled up and coming Canadian bands. I also have Thomas Trio and the Red Albino (who were an awesome live band), Leslie Spit Trio and Rheostatics which appears on my Rheostaticslive website.
December 30 2006
Splash page and Afterglow Video added
December 29 2006
Nightingales NYC 1992, The Diamond Club Q107 Broadcast 1992 and Lee's Palace 1991 shows added. The Lee's show was taped by Gary Gottlieb, an old friend of mine. He was the guitarist for the bands "After Hours" and "Funkasaurus". "After Hours" played at the first High School Battle Of The Bands at The Concert Hall in 1985. The same show where the Bourbon's played for their "first" show.
December 28 2006
If Hell Had A House Band and most lyrics added. Lyrics from Darrin Cappe and courtesy of www.monkey-boy.com. Please email me with corrections/errors to info@bourbontabernaclechoir.com
December 20 2006
I have added info and artwork for all the albums I have including Sister Anthony, Superior Cackling Hen, Shyfolk, 1985-1995, a couple of singles and also the History page.