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Brand new year!!

  • January 26, 2016
  • by Lewis Handford
  • · canadian drummers · drumming · Events · In the studio. · live music · live music shows · montreal music · music · Paul Cargnello · Quebec · rock drummer · studio drummer · surf music · theatres · touring

Hey all!

It’s been about 1000 years since I have posted and so I thought I would just drop a line to re-cap how things have been going for the last while. Mainly as a way to keep things in perspective for myself, remind me that things have been going pretty good for me professionally, but also to remind me of how far I need to go. So. . . . . .

 

Copyright Jay Leblanc 2014
Copyright Jay Leblanc 2014

With 60+ gigs last year it was pretty full. That doesn’t even include the hours of rehearsal and travel time. Lots of surf shows with The Mighty Swells that included our second year at The Great Lakes Surf Battle at The Cadillac Lounge in Toronto with was absolutely incredible. So many awesome bands and new friends made. Luau or Die, Derk Derkerson, The Blue Demons, The Robots, The Gnarly Ones, King Beez, The Black Eleven, The Reverb Syndicate, Rocket XL5, The Huaraches, The Men In Gray Suits, The Cliff Divers, The Calrizians are all some of the best musicians and greatest bands that I have ever had the pleasure of sharing the stage with. The Candian surf community is truly a formidable and welcoming place!!!!

Paul Cargnello and The Suspense

I also had on-going good times and wonderful gigs, touring, rehearsals, studio construction, and green tea hangs with my musical partner in crime Paul Cargnello. This year holds some great things in store including more gigs and tours with the plans to release a new record so stay tuned for that. Lots of more details to follow as always. I have already recorded drums for a session with Paul as producer to a great Franco artist out of Quebec City by the name of Jean Philippe Couet. So stay tuned for that record to be released very soon.

I would have to say that a major highlight and by far the biggest production I have ever been a part of was the Noel Nights 2-night performance at the Maison De Symphonique in early December. I was very fortunate to land this show for the 2nd year in a row playing drums with one of the greatest bands assembled to support a headlining cast of the best singers around.
Rufus and Martha Wainwright were of course the masterminds behind this show to benefit the Kate McGarrigle fund with is a great organization that benefits teaching and research in sarcoma which Kate suffered from. Artists that were in the show were Janie and Anna McGarrigle, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucy Wainwright-Roche, Emmylou Harris(fulfilling a long term desire I’ve had to not only meet EmmyLou but also play drums for her!!!!), Jenni Muldaur, Teddy Thompson and so many more members of the clan that made the night so memorable and magical!!!!!

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So here is to a new year with a whole bunch of great possibilities ahead!!

P.S.: Perhaps you may be wondering why it would take so long to write a new year post? Well. New years doesn’t mean much to me since January 26th is really the beginning of my year since its my birthday. So while I eat cake and ice cream and wonder why no-one is looking at my blog, I’ll be looking forward to what is in store for me and mine!!!!

-Lewis

Big announcement part 1

  • October 31, 2014
  • by Lewis Handford
  • · montreal music · music · rock n roll · touring

Hey Folks!!!

As promised: I have some news comin at you and I figured I’d give it to you in a few installments!

First up: I have the great and supreme pleasure of announcing that I am now playing drums with Paul Cargnello. We have been rehearsing up the songs off his new album The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know which is being released at the end of November on Stomp Records (The Union Label Group/Warner)

To fans of Paul’s work: we will also be playing a bunch of the old tunes as well so don’t worry about that!! Below is a list of upcoming shows as well as the first video off the new album. All dates will also be posted on my shows page.

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you on the road at the shows!! For a teaser of the songs off the new album just click on this ***LINK*** to view the video for ‘Rebel Architectes’.

15 nov 2014

Baie Comeau (Québec)

L’Ouvre-Boîte – 20h

25 nov 2014

Trois-Rivieres, (Québec)

Gambrinus – 21h

27 nov 2014

Montréal (Québec)

Petit Campus – 21h

28 nov 2014

Québec (Québec)

Knock Out – 17h

29 nov 2014

Chicoutimi (Québec)

Le Sous Bois – 20h

4 dec 2014

Toronto (Ontario)

The Cave – 21h

5 dec 2014

Barrie (Ontario)

Clarkson’s – 21h

6 dec 2014

Ottawa (Ontario)

Zaphod’s – 21h

13 dec 2014

St. Jean sur richelieu (Québec)

Lagabière – 20h

19 dec 2014

Sorel (Québec)

Pub O’Callaghan’s – 20h

20 feb 2015

St-Casimir (Québec)

Bar La Taverne – 21h

21 feb 2015

Québec (Québec)

Le Cercle – 21h

Upcoming Tour: DANY LAJ AND THE LOOKS JANUARY RUN 2014!!!!!

  • January 14, 2014
  • by Lewis Handford
  • · live music · live music shows · rock drummer · rock n roll · touring · travel

***DANY LAJ AND THE LOOKS JANUARY RUN 2014***

Dany Laj and The Looks hits the road for a mini tour in southern Ontario. Some great shows included in here with an especially awesome show at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern opening for The Jim Jones Review from Great Britain.

January 16
Bay City Music Hall 50 Leander Drive Hamilton, ON

More information: https://www.facebook.com/BayCityMusicHall

January 17,
Opening for The Jim Jones Review at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, 370 Queen Street West (corner of Queen St W & Spadina) Toronto Ontario, Canada M5V 2A2

Tickets: http://ticketf.ly/17sEavV

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Lolas 616 Pitt St Cornwall, ON K6J 3R8 1.613.936.9898

More info: https://www.facebook.com/lolas.pubandgrub?fref=ts

January 23
All ages show for Stomp! records “Les Soirées Stomp” with The Sangomas https://www.facebook.com/TheSangomas , Green Cup https://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Cup/11685472553 and The Frisky Kids at Petit Campus 57 Prince Arthur street, Montreal, QC H2X 1B4

More info: http://www.unionlabelgroup.com/bands/91/les-soires-stomp/

Les Soirees Stomp

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