Pickin'
updated
August 10, 2019
Note: I am in the process of updating the audio clips here to a higher resolution. Most will sound way mo' betta
Mikey's Juke Joint, Calgary, Alberta Saturday afternoon jam sessions 2008
August 23 - Steppin' Out Put a Little Love In Your Heart (with the 'Grant Sim Fiasco')
September 6 -
Get Outta My Life, Woman
September 13 - Don't
Let Me Down (with the 'Grant Sim Fiasco')
I'm Never
Lookin' Back
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow Never
Been To Spain In
The Night Time July
11, 2009
The
Rodans Sentimental Journey
The earliest existing sample of my
guitar playing c.1962.
The
Chevrons
Keep It Down 
Rush
Hour
My first
two compositions, ever. Recorded at Earl Brown's studio, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1965.
Telephone Blues
Flip side of the John Mayall and the
Bluesbreakers 45, Witch Doctor. This clip is the introduction to the song by our
bass player, Scott, and the first several bars. Some pop history here recorded
at the Trianon Ballroom, Regina, Saskatchewan on June 29, 1966. Note: please
excuse my absolutely horrendous vocals! It took me about 15 years or so
to somewhat figure out my voice.
The
Backstreet Dudes Spooky
(Classics IV)
20-75
(Willie
Mitchell The
Rockcliffe Hotel, a 'saloon' a few miles north of the Quebec-Vermont border,
1968.
Wascana
(I) Fly Away
(Edgar
Winter's White Trash)
Trianon Ballroom, Regina. March 31, 1972. The finale of a gig which
included the Jazz Workshop, The Flying Colors and A Group Called Mudd. I played electric piano and sang lead. Amongst
this bunch was
Kenny Shields, who would ultimately join the band.
No Amount Of
Lovin'
(Paul
Butterfield Blue Band) The
Hatt, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Recorded by Gord MacAuley, April 7, 1972.
Wascana
(II) Stratus
(Billy Cobham)
Tough Mama
(Bob Dylan)
Who
(Sons Of
Champlin)
Concert
Darke
Hall, Regina. Complete concert set. March 31, 1974.
NOTE: Right-click MP3 icon then
'save as..'. Play file after download. It's BIG!
SET LIST: Midnight (Daryl
Gutheil)/Time For Now
(Bob Deutscher) , Back To
The Future (Daryl Gutheil)
, Living For The City
(Stevie Wonder),
Spain (Chick Corea),
Who?/Heaven Only Knows (Sons
Of Champlin), Clear The Way
(Daryl Gutheil),
Stratus (Billy Cobham),
Release (Bob Deutscher),
Nature Nature (Bob Deutscher)
(includes drum solo - cut short: tape ran out), Space Circus Part 2
(Chick Corea)
Witness
Time Ain't Long
(Ace)
The Old Gold,
sometime in early 1976. This section
was part of a jam on 'High Heeled Sneakers'.
Granfalloon
Mercenary
Territory
(Little Feat)
Patience
(Bob
Deutscher) Grand Central
Station, Edmonton, Alberta. October 29, 1976.
Shango
This Masquerade
(Leon Russell - George
Benson version)
Shaky
Ground (Delbert
McClinton) From
a rehearsal in a back room of Lou Blair's club in Calgary, The Refinery.
January, 1977.
Jamieson
Booker Nobody's
Baby Tonight
(Stewart, Burtt) University of
Calgary, Fall, 1978. From a live CJAY-FM broadcast 'Discumentary'.
Crowcuss
Just Friends The
Savoy, Vancouver, BC. April 9, 1980. Perry White on tenor sax. Some serious
blowing here, all around. A Taste of 'St. Thomas' at the end.
How Far
(Should You Let Yourself Go) Again,
The Savoy. Another unreleased song of ours. Others Included You're
Not A Kid Eddy More, I Can't Forget You, Sad Eyes, You Say You Love Me, I
Saw Her Again, Gimme Gimme, Crowcaine and Jungle Bwana!
The following clips
are the guitar breaks from our Starting to Show Album recorded at Century
21 Studios, Winnipeg, Manitoba in July, 1979.
Spinning Round
Herman and Larry had spent a couple hours working
out some keyboard parts while I waited to do my solo overdub. When my turn
finally came I cut the track in two takes the second of which was only to
fix the way it resolved into the vocal. I used my 1962
Fender Esquire
with a
Dod Overdrive unit and an Electroharmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger
for the effect. I had two amps set up for most tracks, my early '60s
Fender Twin and a Roland JC-120.
Starting
To Show
I had some
weird flu-like virus while we were cutting this track. I had been resting
in another studio until it was time to cut this track. As with most of my
solos, I was in the control room with a long cord leading from my guitar
to my amp in the studio. The guitar of choice in this case was my 1959
Gibson Les Paul Special
.
Fat
City
I used my
modified 1952 Gibson Les Paul
on this track.
Patience
Again, the
Les Paul. Bill, who has recently toured with the Guess Who, rewrote some of the lyrics
for this recording.
Long
Time Coming
This was a
live take of the band off the floor in the studio at about 4:00 AM
somewhere near the end of our sessions for the album. Here I used my Esquire, again through the Roland. The only
overdubs were Larry's solo and the vocals.
Tokan Olive
From the
CHFM-CKXL compilation album Rocky Mountain Magic recorded at Circa
Studios, Calgary, 1981. Written by Ken and Anne Sitter, produced by Mark
Goodman.
Playground Joy Ridin'
(Fabulous Thunderbirds)
The Bowness Hotel, in Calgary sometime in
1982.
The
Components Emotional
(Loverboy)
She
(Gram Parsons)
Strathmore, Alberta. March 18, 1983.
Sidewinder
Spodie
(David Lindley)
The King Edward Hotel (The Eddy), Calgary. July
29, 1983.
(Men At Work)
Play Guitar
(John
Mellencamp) The
Olds Hotel. June 15, 1984.
(Complete
song)Presto
Tango
Still Got The Blues (second half)
(Gary
Moore) Poncho's, Calgary. March 14, 1992.
(New upload - the
Complete
song)08/10/2019
The
Steamers
Wonderful Tonight
(Eric
Clapton) The
Highlander Hotel, Calgary. January 25, 1998.
(COMPLETE song)
Knock On
Wood
(Eddie Floyd) Mr. Schnapps,
Calgary. November 5, 1999.
Blues Can Jam April 22, 2013 Take Me To The River Song 2 Crossroads Song 4 Goin' down