Jon Dee Graham & Mike June in Winnipeg

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Something truly special happened this week in Winnipeg, and I sure hope you were lucky enough to be part of it. The mighty Stu Reid pulled off quite a feat when he lured the great Jon Dee Graham, Texas songwriting/guitar playing legend, to come to Winnipeg along with his touring partner Mike June, for 3 shows. The first was here at the TTBTGH home office, The Sunset Saloon, and it was incredible. It was a night filled with Jon Dee classics, a terrific introduction to Mike June, and it was topped off with some of Jaine’s finest ice cream to date!

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After that, things switched over to a jam-packed StuDome for another amazing show, entirely different from the first. The last night was held at The River City Social Club. The pouring rain chased some people (wimps) away, and those people missed out on one of the most amazing shows ever held in this city. The show featured an all-star Winnipeg band composed of Damon Mitchell, Tom “Twisty” Fodey, and Emmett “Corndog” Van Etten, affectionately dubbed “The Winnipeg Cocks” (Jon Dee’s regular band in Texas is “The Fighting Cocks.”) I’ve been to many, many shows, but it’s been years since I’ve seen anything even remotely close to being as powerful, memorable, and amazing as this one. It will live in my Top 10 shows of all time list for a long time to come, I’m sure.

Somewhere in there, Jon Dee and Mike were kind enough to head on down to UMFM to record an interview and some live performances, and those will air TODAY, June 22 on Tell the Band to Go Home, 2-4 pm CDT (the live bit is at 3:15, but there’s music from both right off the top as well.) Listen live: http://www.umfm.com/listenonline/

Here’s a brief preview of one of Jon Dee’s performances:

Here are some of Stu’s clips from River City Social Club. The night started off with an amazing solo section where Jon Dee played some of his most beautiful songs, and told some astonishingly hilarious stories (I hurt myself laughing so hard!)

And here are some photos from the visit:

Please, friends, check out:

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Jon Dee Graham and his amazing music

And make sure you do your best to attend shows at The Sunset Saloon (including Martyn Joseph July 29!), The StuDome (including Leeroy Stagger, June 26) and River-City Social Club (including Rodney Decroo in July.)

Listen to The Twang Trust, Wednesdays, 6-8 pm on CKUW: http://twangtrust.ca/

Podcast: April 6, 2014

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Here’s the latest entry in our archive of timeless episodes that you may hear again at some point when I can’t make it in, and can’t quite find the time to record something new. It doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, it’s nice to have a few of these on hand.

This time, we’re going with a theme, albeit a bit of a silly one – we’re playing artists in order of their alphabetical placement – going all the way from Alvin to Zeman on this A to Z episode!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men – Mobile Blue – Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
Rayland Baxter – Olivia – Feathers & Fishhooks
Neko Case – Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – New Coat of Paint
Dala – Sunday Dress – Who Do You Think You Are? – CDN
Justin Townes Earle – Mama’s Eyes – Midnight at the Movies
Steve Forbert – Song for Katrina – The Best Of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
Patty Griffin – The Cape – This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark (This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark)

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Lee Hazlewood – Summer Wine ( With Suzi Jane Hokum) – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Alabama Pines – Here We Rest
Eilen Jewell – Dusty Boxcar Wall – Letters From Sinners & Strangers
Peter Katz And The Curious – These Are the Days – More Nights – CDN
The Lowest of the Low – Letter from Bilbao – Shakespeare My Butt – CDN
Paul Macleod – Giants – Tell the Band to Go Home – CDN
Nathan – Let them Look – Key Principles – CDN – WPG
Oh Susanna – Alabaster – Johnstown – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

K Phillips – Lincoln City, OR (Keep It Safe) – American Girls
Paul Quarrington – Wherever You Go – The Songs – CDN
Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous – More Adventurous
John K Samson – Relative Surplus Value – recorded live on UMFM – CDN – WPG
The Tallest Man on Earth – Troubles Will Be Gone – The Wild Hunt
Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner – 89/93: An Anthology
Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother the Mountain – Our Mother the Mountain

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Tom Waits – Hold On – Mule Variations
XTC – Dear God – Skylarking
Neil Young – No More – Freedom – CDN
Brock Zeman – Talking Reality Show Blues – Brock Zeman & The Dirty Hands – CDN
NQ Arbuckle – XOK – XOK – CDN
The Band – Get Up Jake – A Musical History – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Apr. 3, 2014

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Show reviews & previews aplenty, including Juno madness, Ridley Bent, Sweet Alibi, Matt Epp, and more, along with an unreleased gem from our namesake, Mike Plume!

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Artist – Title – Album

Rodney Crowell – Fever on the Bayou – Tarpaper Sky
Bobby Bare Jr – The Big Time – Undefeated
The Belle Brigade – How I See It – Just Because
The Bros. Landreth – Our Love – Let It Lie
The Bros. Landreth – Runaway Train – Let It Lie
Luke Doucet – Blood’s Too Rich – Blood’s Too Rich

JP Hoe – Conversation – Mannequin
Justin Rutledge – Through with You – Valleyheart
Chloe Albert – Honey Bee – Dedicated State
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Lean on your Peers – Kings of Love
Ridley Bent – Fill Your Boots – Wildcard
Ridley Bent – Heartland Heartbreak – Buckles & Boots
Ridley Bent – Suicidewinder – Blam
Sweet Alibi – Deep – We’ve Got To
Sweet Alibi – Trouble – We’ve Got To
Kim Churchill – Single Spark – Silence / Win
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – Learning to Lose Control – Learning to Lose Control
Mike Plume Band – Me and Ern – unreleased

Podcast: March 30, 2014

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It’s Junofest weekend in Winnipeg, and there’s so much going on that today’s show had to be pre-recorded, but I had to make sure that there was something on to celebrate great Canadian music and a couple of exciting upcoming events.

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

David Francey – Long Long Road – So Say We All – CDN
Little Miss Higgins & The Winnipeg Five – Dead Cow Hill – Bison Ranch Recording Sessions – CDN – WPG
Lee Harvey Osmond – Break Your Body – The Folk Sinner – CDN
The Strumbellas – In This Life – We Still Move on Dance Floors – CDN
Lindi Ortega – I Want You – Tin Star – CDN
Ridley Bent – Kickin’ Up Dust – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Cry – Buckles & Boots – CDN – WPG

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Ridley Bent – Pastures of Heaven – Blam – CDN – WPG
Jadea Kelly – Heavy Heart – Eastbound Platform – CDN
Kim Churchill – Window to the Sky – Silence / Win
Matt Epp + The Amorian Assembly – War – Learning to Lose Control – CDN
Sunparlour Players – I Hope this Isn’t the End for You – The Living Proof – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Jonathan Byrd – Slip Away – You Can’t Outrun the Radio
Corin Raymond – Brand New Song – Paper Nickels – CDN
Raghu Lokanathan – Sugar Candy Mountain – Petal Press – CDN
Scott Cook – When We’re Back Around – One More Time Around – CDN
Chris Trapper – Skin – The Few & The Far Between
Chris Trapper – Look What the Wind Blew In – ’til the Last Leaf Falls
The Push Stars – Keg on my Coffin – Paint the Town

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Chris Trapper – West Side – Technicolor
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Everything that I Have Is Broken – Crooked River Burning
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Li’l Firecracker – Hard Love and Free Luck
Ricky Young – Acoustic Guitars – Learn to Steal
Leeroy Stagger – Sleep Alone – Everything Is Real – CDN
Jim Bryson – Fleetwood – The North Side Benches – CDN
The Jayhawks – Stumbling through the Dark – Rainy Day Music

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Mar. 27, 2014

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Upcoming shows! New music! Fun stuff! Oh my!

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Artist – Title – Album

Odds – Game Face On – Game Face On
Odds – Blow This Place Up – Game Face On
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Drugs and Junk Food – Crooked River Burning
The New Meanies – Scenic Anomaly – Three Seeds
The New Meanies – Northern Shore (Drowned) – Highways
Scott Nolan – Postcards – No Bourbon & Bad Radio
Scott Nolan – Rosie – No Bourbon & Bad Radio
The Beauties – Without You – The Beauties
Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices – Brand New Song – Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices
Craig Cardiff – Safe Here – Floods and Fires

Chris Trapper – Bye Bye Beautiful – Technicolor
Chris Trapper – Northwest Sun – Technicolor
Chris Trapper – The More I Think – The Few & the Far Between
Colin Hay – I Can’t Get Up Out of This Bed – American Sunshine
Whitehorse – Brisee – Ephemere Sans Repere
Luke Doucet – It’s Not the Liquor I Miss – Broken (and other rogue states)
Del Barber – Everything Is Not Enough – Headwaters
JP Hoe – Nothing’s Gonna Harm You – Mannequin
Matt Epp & The Amorian Assembly – When You Know (featuring Serena Ryder) – Learning to Lose Control
July Talk – Paper Girl – July Talk

Podcast: March 23, 2014

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The Juno Awards celebration is coming to Winnipeg, and it’s right around the corner, so we’re feeling the excitement and looking forward to some of the magic on today’s show. We’ve also got some great new music, a great new discovery, and memories of the 2 night CD release party for Del Barber’s Prairieography!

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Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Mar. 20, 2014

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The new NQ Arbuckle album is on its way, so we see what we think. We’ve also got a new one from Whitehorse that’s got us in the mood to parlez francais (or something like that.) Sunparlour Players and New Country Rehab are coming up, and Del Barber’s doing release shows. Phew, that’s a show!

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Artist – Title – Album

NQ Arbuckle – Red Wine – The Future Happens Anyway
NQ Arbuckle – Back to Earth – The Future Happens Anyway
NQ Arbuckle – Huntsville Affair – Not Alone (Medicins Sans Frontiéres)
Whitehorse – Éphémère sans repère – Éphémère sans repère
Rheostatics – Chanson Les Ruelles – Melville
Whitehorse – Strawberry Blonde – The Road to Massey Hall
Ron Sexsmith – Wishing Wells – Retriever
Ben Arnold – House of Cards – Calico
Bruce Knauer – Allnight Breakfast Special – Allnight Breakfast Special
Sunparlour Players – How To Build A Fort With Nothing – The Living Proof
Sunparlour Players – I Hope This Isn’t The End For You – The Living Proof
Lake Street Dive – Use Me Up – Bad Self Portraits
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Don’t Walk Away, I’m Talking to You – Crooked River Burning
Del Barber – Love Song for the Last 20 – Love Songs for the Last 20
Del Barber – Love and Wine – Headwaters
Del Barber – Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye – Prairieography
New Country Rehab – Alone & Forsaken – Lost Highway EP
New Country Rehab – Too many Parties and too many Pals – Ghost of your Charms

Podcast: March 16, 2014

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A couple of long-awaited new releases to kick off the show, from Ridley Bent and Sunparlour Players. We also got the Folk Fest lineup and the Junofest schedule this week, so plenty to chat about there. Lastly, there are a couple of great shows coming up this week, including the two night CD release for Del Barber’s new one, Prairieography!

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Artist – Song title – Album Title – CDN=Canadian – WPG=Winnipeg artist

2:00 – 2:30 pm

The Damnwells – You’re Gonna Love Me Again – Golden Days EP
Ridley Bent – The Most Beautiful Woman Around – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – You Got Lucky – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Ridley Bent – Brooklyn Texas – Wildcard – CDN – WPG
Sunparlour Players – Soapbox – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – How To Build A Fort With Nothing – The Living Proof – CDN
Sunparlour Players – Bless this City – The Living Proof – CDN

2:30 – 3:00 pm

James McMurtry – Choctaw Bingo – Live in Aught-Three
Langhorne Slim & The Law – The Way We Move – The Way We Move
Shovels & Rope – Boxcar – Shovels & Rope
Shinyribs – Song of Lime Juice & Despair – Gulf Coast Museum
James Hill – Little Wing – A Flying Leap – CDN
David Myles – I Will Love You (acoustic version) – single – CDN
Joe Nolan – Did Somebody Call the Cops – Tornado – CDN

3:00 – 3:30 pm

The Bros. Landreth – Tappin’ On the Glass – Let It Lie – CDN – WPG
JP Hoe – Learn to Let You Go – Mannequin – CDN – WPG
Chloe Albert – Say Goodbye – Dream Catcher – CDN
Luke Doucet – Long Haul Driver – Blood’s Too Rich – CDN
Lee Harvey Osmond – Oh Linda – The Folk Sinner – CDN
July Talk – Having You Around – July Talk – CDN

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Del Barber – Story that You Tell – Where the City Ends – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Miles and Years – Love Songs for the Last 20 – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – The Waitress – Headwaters – CDN – WPG
Del Barber – Big Smoke – Prairieography – CDN – WPG
New Country Rehab – Home to You – Ghost of your Charms – CDN

Podcast: Steel Belted Radio Mar. 13, 2014

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New music aplenty, some great upcoming live shows, and some of the great “other” stuff you don’t hear on your normal radio!

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Podcast: March 9, 2014

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The new music just keeps on rolling in, and we’ve got plenty of wonderful releases to go through today. Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and while we never need a reason to play a bunch of our favourite female artists, it seems especially important to do it today.

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