Downchild Blues Band News

Three young local bands and performers are set to take to the stage at the Historic Red Dog Tavern, Hunter St.

416-872-4255 http://www.masseyhall.com Though many friends will make guest appearances with the local blues institution as it celebrates four decades, the most famous one will likely be fictional.

The Swedes are coming! It's a Nordic invasion as the Stockholm trio behind the whistle-centric indie smash "Young Folks" returns to town in the company of Sarah Assbring, the Gothenburg-based songstress who prefers to perform her beautifully forlorn songs under the Spanish moniker of El Perro del Mar.

BRAD WHEELER Published on Monday, Nov. 09, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov.

Downchild Blues Band is among the best of the white blues bands, whose music inspired the Blues Brothers, whose star Dan Aykroyd founded the House of Blues, which was poked by The Onion newspaper in a headline that read: "House of Blues Actually House of Whites." Let us marvel at the great cycle of life.

Comic actor Dan Aykroyd, who is guesting with Downchild on several eastern Canadian dates of this tour, became one of the group's biggest fans.

November 13 Lyle Lovett & His Large Band are at Massey Hall, 416-872-4255 Flyleaf is at the Mod Club, 416-870-8000 Skinny Puppy is at the Phoenix, 416-870-8000 Slayer and Megadeth rock the Air Canada Centre, 416-870-8000 Ashley MacIsaac is at Hugh's Room, 416-531-6604 November 13 & 14 Wayne Newton performs at Orillia Casino Rama, 416-870-8000 ...

If the recent snap from hot sunny summer to one frosty fall is dampening your spirits, the band who inspired the Blues Brothers has a melancholy tune or two for you.

White Rock's dynamic blues brothers - " Sam and Luke Remedios - " have won the right to share the stage with Canadian legends the Downchild Blues Band, original inspiration for Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's Blues Brothers.

Donnie Walsh, a man often referred to as a oethe father of Canadian blues,a is coming to rock the Golden Civic Center, on Thursday, October 22 as a highlight feature of the Live Kicks series put on by Kicking Horse Culture .

DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND with Colin Linden plays the Port Theatre Saturday , 7:30 p.m. Tickets $40; $36/members; $17/students. Call 250-754-8550. Published: October 05, 2009 3:00 PM Updated: October 05, 2009 6:52 PM COMMENTS COMMENTING ETIQUETTE: To encourage open exchange of ideas in the BCLocalNews.com community, we ask that you follow our guidelines ...

The Juno award-winning Downchild Blues Band makes a stop in Maple Ridge next month as part of a cross-Canada tour.

Donnie Walsh says he needs a hat. "If you want to be rich and famous you need a hat," said Walsh, referring to the title of his new CD,I Need a Hat,to be released on Oct.

TORONTO, Ont. Donnie "Mr. Downchild" Walsh hasn't been to Truro in more than 20 years.

TORONTO, Ont. Donnie "Mr. Downchild" Walsh hasn't been to Truro in more than 20 years.

A favourite at last year's festival, Little G Weevil is back playing a string of shows in the area including tomorrow night with festival founder Larry Kurtz and Mike Fitzpatrick from from Downchild Blues Band at the Winchester Arms in Orangeville at 9 p.m. Admission costs $5. Hungary-born blues man Little G Weevil only performed once at last ...