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SUMMARY:The 501 East
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URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/the-501-east-4/
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SUMMARY:Trivia Night @ Castros
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and friendly trivia night at Castros.  Free to play and prizes for the winners. \n 
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/trivia-night-castros-2/
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SUMMARY:Po' Boy & Subway Alex
DESCRIPTION:Po’Boy Jeffreys and Subway Alex Shaw return to Castros to bring you more Old-Timey Dance music of the Country and Jump Blues variety\,
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/po-boy-subway-alex/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T173000
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SUMMARY:Little Magic Sam
DESCRIPTION:When the world gets down on Little Magic Sam\, he gets down on a Les Paul. Hailing from St.Thomas\, ON\, Sam Taylor is a born entertainer with a penchant for raw blues and soul music and lyrics that bely someone much older than his 29 years. With an enormous stage presence\, it comes as no surprise that this multi-talented singer/songwriter has been performing internationally since the age of 7.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/little-magic-sam-33/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231026T092814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T092814Z
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SUMMARY:Communism
DESCRIPTION:Communism is a dance party band with high ideals and high kicks. Original songs and classic dance floor anthems by Donna Summer\, Kate Bush\, Talking Heads\, Prince\, and much 80’s.\n  \nDon Kerr drums (Bahamas\, Dan Mangan\, Ron Sexsmith\, Rheostatics)\nJason Haberman bass (Yaehsun\, Yukon Blonde\, Dan Mangan)\nMike O’Brien guitar (Zeus\, Dan Mangan)\nCraig Small – projections\n  \nWe are Communism – Don\, Mike\, Jason\, & Craig.  Joy\, unity\, and a dance floor for your heart.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/communism-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231125T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231125T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231026T092851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T092851Z
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SUMMARY:Thelonious Hank
DESCRIPTION:Thelonious Hank plays your father’s country\, rock n’ roll\, and jazz. They don’t use set lists and they take requests all day long
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/thelonious-hank-39/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231126T180000
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SUMMARY:The Del-Fis
DESCRIPTION:I don’t know what The Del Fi’s are; the more I think about it\, the more I don’t know what to say. But I know it’s right\, and I know it’s good. I know it works. I mean\, it’s Jerry Leger’s thing\, but when I asked him what he would say The Del Fi’s are\, all he would tell me is that I (meaning me) am The Del Fi’s\, just as you (meaning you) are The Del Fi’s. And because you are you\, you understand. Don’t you? \nOkay\, maybe we should try this again. Jerry Leger is a Toronto singer/songwriter\, and one of the best in the world\, as far as I’m concerned. If you haven’t heard him\, you have no right to be one of these people constantly moaning about how music was so much better when people actually played instruments\, blah\, blah\, blah. \nJerry loves Bob Dylan\, Neil Young and John Lennon. Sometimes it sounds as though all three are fighting for space in his songs. But those songs are his own\, the product of a natural born storyteller with a sense of rhythm that would make Little Richard’s big toe shoot up in his boot. \nJerry’s songs hit deep in your soul\, but he also often loves just making music with folks just to flex some of his old time rock and roll muscles\, and explore some of the paths his songwriting normally doesn’t take. That’s kinda where The Del Fi’s come in. \nIt’s rock and roll that we all care about right? I’m sure you wouldn’t still be reading this if you didn’t agree. So I guess that does make you a Del Fi. Welcome aboard and grab an instrument\, we’ve got a show to do.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/the-del-fis-12/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231130T180000
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CREATED:20231026T091325Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Daley & Sean Pinchin
DESCRIPTION:Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years\, Mike has toured Canada\, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation\, the Travellers and others. \nSean Pinchin is a Canadian slide guitar hero that has been playing professionally for over twenty years. Based out of Toronto\, Sean averages 4-5 live shows per week in the Ontario circuit\, and self manages cross-Canada tours annually. His breakthrough album Monkey Brain nabbed him a 2017 Juno Nomination for Blues Album of the Year and cemented his reputation as a guitar player’s guitar player.\nGonna Be Okay is the beginning of Sean’s fourth recorded project with Juno-winning producer Rob Szabo\, and is a revitalized endeavour into the Folk-Rock\, Singer/Songwriter category. The overwhelmingly positive reaction to Monkey Brain(2016) and Sean’s increasingly compelling live show saw him graduate to many larger theatre and festival stages in the years since he released Rustbucket (2013). Sean has spent the last several summers performing at nationally and internationally renowned festivals including: Memphis International Blues Competition\, Montreal Jazz Festival\, Mont Tremblant International Blues Festival\, Trois Rivières En Blues\, Orangeville Blues Festival\, Donnaconna Blues Festival and Kitchener Blues Festival as well as supporting Juno-Winner Steve Strongman at multiple theatre shows in Ontario.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/mike-daley-sean-pinchin-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231201T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231201T193000
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SUMMARY:Fraser / Daley
DESCRIPTION:A popular concert and recording act for over 14 years\, Toronto-based Fraser/Daley has released three CDs of original music and performed widely\, consistently entertaining audiences with their large and varied repertoire\, big sound and spontaneous sense of fun. Alec Fraser hails from Glasgow\, Scotland and is a respected bassist and Juno and Maple Blues Award winner. Mike Daley was dubbed by Jeff Healey ‘one of Canada’s finest guitarists’ and has a long list of live and studio credits. Alec and Mike met while working in Healey’s touring band in the mid-2000s and found that they enjoyed singing together after the gig. In 2008 they began playing together regularly in Toronto as Alec perfected a unique bass-drums combination instrument that gives this duo the unmistakable sound of a trio. Their three albums\, Fraser/Daley\, The Whole Fam Damily and Fifty Miles of Elbow Room have garnered steady sales and strong airplay on blues and folk radio\, and Alec and Mike have become sought after for their versatile performances\, playing everything from intimate house concerts to street dances. Learn more at fraserdaley.com.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/fraser-daley-38/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231201T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231202T020000
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CREATED:20231107T172426Z
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SUMMARY:DJ Rob
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URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/dj-rob-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231202T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231202T190000
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SUMMARY:Danny Marks
DESCRIPTION:This iconic rocker’s roots go back to the sixties as a founding member of Capitol Records’ group\, Edward Bear. After a span as a journey man session musician throughout the seventies\, Danny settled in to the club scene\, establishing a cult following as a genre bender in music and humor. \nA house band gig at Toronto’s famed Albert’s Hall led him to host his own nation-wide TV show\, Stormy Monday. Through the eighties\, Danny starred in CBC radio’s hit series the Hum Line. \nMost recently\, Danny Marks recorded two original music albums\, Guitarchaeology and True\, before paying tribute to Toronto’s R&B roots with Big Town Boy in 2005. \nDanny’s in his thirteenth year as the radio host of JAZZ.FM91’s Saturday night blues show\, bluz.fm. \nAs a child\, young Danny would lock himself in his room with a stack of 45’s\, an old Seabreeze record player\, and a fantasy of having his own radio show. More than a few years later this pre-pubescent propensity paid off.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/danny-marks-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231203T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231203T180000
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CREATED:20231118T174432Z
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SUMMARY:The Gary Kendall Trio
DESCRIPTION:Gary Kendall\, originally from Thunder Bay\, Ontario has been a working musician since the late 1960s. He is a multiple Maple Blues Award winner as bassist of the year[1] and a Juno Award winner with the Downchild Blues Band. His distinguished musical career was so honoured by the Maple Blues Awards as early as 1993 and a Juno Award in 2014.[2] Since 1999\, Kendall has acted as the musical director of the Maple Blues awards program.[3]
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/the-gary-kendall-trio/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T220000
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CREATED:20231118T174527Z
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SUMMARY:Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation
DESCRIPTION:The Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation (TWAC) comprise of some of the best musicians in all of Toronto coming together for their love of Tom Waits and paying Tribute to him and his music!
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/tom-waits-appreciation-congregation-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231205T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231205T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231205T143523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T143523Z
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SUMMARY:Trivia Night @ Castros
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and friendly trivia night on the 1st Tuesday of every month at Castros.  Free to play and prizes for the winners. \n 
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/trivia-night-castros-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231207T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T200748Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Daley & Selena Evangeline
DESCRIPTION:Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years\, Mike has toured Canada\, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation\, the Travellers and others. \nGrowing up with the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald\, Chaka Khan\, Prince\, Sting\, Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder helped shape the artist that is Selena Evangeline.  She was a grand prize finalist in Caribbean Idol in 2011 and the winner of Avon’s first-ever Global Talent Search – Avon Voices.  As a songwriter\, her snapshots of real life have won her an Ontario Independent Music Award for Best Urban\, an honourable mention in the 2007 and 2008 John Lennon Songwriting contest\, and had nine of her songs from “This Girl’s Life” (her debut album as Selena 7tySix) featured on CTV’s “Da Kink In My Hair”.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/mike-daley-selena-evangeline-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231208T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231208T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231118T174619Z
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SUMMARY:Little Magic Sam
DESCRIPTION:When the world gets down on Little Magic Sam\, he gets down on a Les Paul. Hailing from St.Thomas\, ON\, Sam Taylor is a born entertainer with a penchant for raw blues and soul music and lyrics that bely someone much older than his 29 years. With an enormous stage presence\, it comes as no surprise that this multi-talented singer/songwriter has been performing internationally since the age of 7.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/little-magic-sam-34/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231209T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231118T174702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T174702Z
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SUMMARY:Thelonious Hank
DESCRIPTION:Thelonious Hank plays your father’s country\, rock n’ roll\, and jazz. They don’t use set lists and they take requests all day long
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/thelonious-hank-40/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231210T190000
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CREATED:20231118T175141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T175141Z
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SUMMARY:A Charlie Brown Christmas
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/a-charlie-brown-christmas-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231211T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231211T220000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231118T175520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T212408Z
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SUMMARY:The 501 East
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/the-501-east-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231207T201347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231207T201432Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Daley & Jenie Thai
DESCRIPTION:Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years\, Mike has toured Canada\, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation\, the Travellers and others. \nWhen you meet her\, Jenie Thai is composed\, pleasant\, amiable\, friendly\, and — she won’t like the word but you have to live with it — sweet. She has an open face\, long hair\, a ready smile and an easy laugh. \nAnd she is also tough\, and gritty\, and plays barrelhouse piano steeped in the blues — and if that wasn’t enough to get your head around\, she also writes and sings tough and tender ballads\, direct from her heart to yours. \nThere’s a new album\, Night on Fire\, with a sold out show at Toronto’s Hugh’s Room and — while she now calls Toronto home — she lives on the road\, and there’s dust on her shoes\, love in her heart\, and a whole lot of music in her soul.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/mike-daley-jenie-thai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231215T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231118T175248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T175248Z
UID:2331-1702661400-1702668600@castroslounge.com
SUMMARY:Fraser / Daley
DESCRIPTION:A popular concert and recording act for over 14 years\, Toronto-based Fraser/Daley has released three CDs of original music and performed widely\, consistently entertaining audiences with their large and varied repertoire\, big sound and spontaneous sense of fun. Alec Fraser hails from Glasgow\, Scotland and is a respected bassist and Juno and Maple Blues Award winner. Mike Daley was dubbed by Jeff Healey ‘one of Canada’s finest guitarists’ and has a long list of live and studio credits. Alec and Mike met while working in Healey’s touring band in the mid-2000s and found that they enjoyed singing together after the gig. In 2008 they began playing together regularly in Toronto as Alec perfected a unique bass-drums combination instrument that gives this duo the unmistakable sound of a trio. Their three albums\, Fraser/Daley\, The Whole Fam Damily and Fifty Miles of Elbow Room have garnered steady sales and strong airplay on blues and folk radio\, and Alec and Mike have become sought after for their versatile performances\, playing everything from intimate house concerts to street dances. Learn more at fraserdaley.com.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/fraser-daley-39/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231216T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231215T165141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T165141Z
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SUMMARY:Will Whitwham & Jared Craig
DESCRIPTION:Will Whitwham is one of Canada’s most prolific and talented singer/songwriters. As a founding member of the Wilderness of Manitoba\, he has written and recorded five albums and three EPs. The group was nominated for a JUNO award. The Wilderness of Manitoba toured Canada\, the US\, the UK\, the Netherlands and Germany including performances at the End of the Road Festival\, WOMAD\, SXSW and the Reeperbahn Festival. \nHe has also written and recorded two albums as Lake Forest\, an EP for the Whateverly Brothers\, an album for Pyramid Tropic\, and collaborated with recording artists Martha Johnson\, Eamon McGrath and Delhi 2 Dublin. The Wilderness of Manitoba was nominated for Sync Artist or Songwriter of the Year at the first Canadian Sync Awards during Canadian Music Week. Their songs (written by Whitwham) have appeared in such US television series as This Is Us\, Elementary\, Parenthood and No Tomorrow among others. Whitwham’s next project is an EP under his own name called End of Dreams.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/will-whitwham-jared-craig/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231217T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231217T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T171941
CREATED:20231118T175408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231118T175408Z
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SUMMARY:Sugar Rush
DESCRIPTION:Sugar Rush is the ultimate party band\, playing really fun\, upbeat covers spanning different genres from classic rock\, funk\, soul\, blues\, country\, jazz\, disco\, 80s\, motown\, hard rock\, reggae\, oldies\, R&B\, and folk! Get ready for a full evening of dancing\, singalongs and just really good music! \nSugar Rush has been a GTA staple since 2007\, returning to the circuit after a brief hiatus\, familiar to many a musician and music fan for their jam nights at the Curzon\, their Friday night residency at the Loaded Dog\, beach parties and corporate events. Anchored by Frankie Dee and Tony Carpino with a rotation of top notch players with special surprise guests and currently featuring Gary Lee Hill. This dynamic crew brings all the best classic rock\, funk\, soul\, blues and much more to keep the floor filled. Always guaranteed sweet sounds with Sugar Rush.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/sugar-rush-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231221T200000
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SUMMARY:Mike Daley & Bazil Donovan
DESCRIPTION:Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years\, Mike has toured Canada\, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation\, the Travellers and others. \nBorn in Halifax\, Nova Scotia — but raised in Toronto — Bazil “Baz” Donovan gained fame as the longtime bassist for Blue Rodeo. Though traditionally associated with country music (especially hardcore old-time country classics)\, he is adept at every genre he attempts. He first picked up a guitar at nine and the bass at 13\, and started playing professionally at 17. His first group — composed of friends from high school — was a covers band called Demons. His first touring gig was the All-Star Bar Band\, a country covers outfit that Donovan describes as “a human jukebox.” In 1980\, Donovan joined the Sharks (a new wave-funk combo) with Blue Rodeo’s original drummer Cleave Anderson\, David Baxter\, and vocalist Sherry Kean\, before joining up with two Toronto groups\, Strike One (a reggae-ska band) and Scab (a punk outfit).\nIn 1984\, Donovan answered the now-famous ad in NOW magazine that read\, “If you’ve dropped acid at least 20 times\, lost 3 or 4 years to booze and are looking good and can still manage to keep time\, call Jim or Greg.” At a friend’s suggestion\, Donovan answered the ad\, leaving a message with Jim’s wife\, Rena. By serendipity\, Greg Keelor\, Jim Cuddy\, and Donovan’s old friend Cleave Anderson (who had just joined the band) were sitting around the Bamboo discussing who they could get for bass. Since they all knew one another from the circuit\, Donovan’s name came up and Cuddy recalled seeing his name in response to the ad. The threesome called from the restaurant and Donovan was rehearsing with Blue Rodeo the next day. Their first gig came six months later at Toronto’s Rivoli.\nDonovan has continued to play with other artists despite remaining one of the three founding members of Blue Rodeo\, playing with artists like Oh Susanna (co-writing two songs on her Sleepy Little Sailor album) and Justin Rutledge. His unique relationship with Greg Keelor is chronicled in the song\, “Me & Baz” on Blue Rodeo’s Tremolo album. His predilection toward country music is ironic in that\, in his own words\, “I did not love country music (when I started playing it) — it was my parents’ music — but I had my Jimi Hendrix and King Crimson records at home to rock my world.” Bazil Donovan’s ability to pick up a guitar and bass and launch into a song from any genre — he performs an impromptu version of Randy Travis’ “Diggin’ Up Bones” on Blue Rodeo’s 2008 documentary\, Blue Road — is what makes him the ultimate musician’s musician. He can play with any artists and make whatever style of music they may be delving into literally “rock.”\nDonovan’s “solo” country career actually began when he was still in high school\, playing on the country music circuit in Toronto. At the time\, his girlfriend was a singer who was performing to make extra money to put herself through school. One night at one of her gigs\, the band’s bassist — who was also an ambulance driver — got an emergency call just as the gig was starting. Donovan filled in for what became the first of many shows — soon after\, he was working Queen Street regularly: three weeks at the Winchester Hotel\, two weeks at the Claremont Tavern\, a month at the Drake Hotel\, and a month at the Parkdale Tavern. Eventually\, for matinee shows\, lead vocalists wouldn’t show up because of hangovers and Donovan began singing the cover songs\, leading him to title his first solo album Matinee (a set of his best-loved cover versions).
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/mike-daley-bazil-donovan-3/
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SUMMARY:Little Magic Sam
DESCRIPTION:When the world gets down on Little Magic Sam\, he gets down on a Les Paul. Hailing from St.Thomas\, ON\, Sam Taylor is a born entertainer with a penchant for raw blues and soul music and lyrics that bely someone much older than his 29 years. With an enormous stage presence\, it comes as no surprise that this multi-talented singer/songwriter has been performing internationally since the age of 7.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/little-magic-sam-35/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231223T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231223T190000
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SUMMARY:Thelonious Hank
DESCRIPTION:Thelonious Hank plays your father’s country\, rock n’ roll\, and jazz. They don’t use set lists and they take requests all day long
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/thelonious-hank-41/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231228T180000
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SUMMARY:Mike Daley & Selena Evangeline
DESCRIPTION:Mike Daley is a guitarist and singer based in Toronto. A professional musician for over 30 years\, Mike has toured Canada\, the United States and England and has recorded extensively in a variety of musical styles. He is a longtime member of Fraser/Daley with bassist Alec Fraser and is also proud to work with a variety of bands around Toronto including the Tom Waits Appreciation Congregation\, the Travellers and others. \nGrowing up with the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald\, Chaka Khan\, Prince\, Sting\, Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder helped shape the artist that is Selena Evangeline.  She was a grand prize finalist in Caribbean Idol in 2011 and the winner of Avon’s first-ever Global Talent Search – Avon Voices.  As a songwriter\, her snapshots of real life have won her an Ontario Independent Music Award for Best Urban\, an honourable mention in the 2007 and 2008 John Lennon Songwriting contest\, and had nine of her songs from “This Girl’s Life” (her debut album as Selena 7tySix) featured on CTV’s “Da Kink In My Hair”.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/mike-daley-selena-evangeline-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231230T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231230T190000
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SUMMARY:Staig & Billings
DESCRIPTION:Chris Staig’s music has been described as “a winning combination of power pop\, roots rock and singer/songwriter pop.” Chris Staig has been described as a “songwriting Charles Atlas” \n  \n 
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/staig-billings-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231231T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231231T173000
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SUMMARY:Steve Good's Hank Williams Tribute
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate New Years Eve in Honky Tonkin’ style.  Yes\, friends Hank Williams A Ghost from the Past is bringing unfiltered honky tonk to Castros Lounge! \n 
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/steve-goods-hank-williams-tribute-3/
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SUMMARY:Will Whitwham & Jared Craig
DESCRIPTION:Will Whitwham is one of Canada’s most prolific and talented singer/songwriters. As a founding member of the Wilderness of Manitoba\, he has written and recorded five albums and three EPs. The group was nominated for a JUNO award. The Wilderness of Manitoba toured Canada\, the US\, the UK\, the Netherlands and Germany including performances at the End of the Road Festival\, WOMAD\, SXSW and the Reeperbahn Festival. \nHe has also written and recorded two albums as Lake Forest\, an EP for the Whateverly Brothers\, an album for Pyramid Tropic\, and collaborated with recording artists Martha Johnson\, Eamon McGrath and Delhi 2 Dublin. The Wilderness of Manitoba was nominated for Sync Artist or Songwriter of the Year at the first Canadian Sync Awards during Canadian Music Week. Their songs (written by Whitwham) have appeared in such US television series as This Is Us\, Elementary\, Parenthood and No Tomorrow among others. Whitwham’s next project is an EP under his own name called End of Dreams.
URL:https://castroslounge.com/event/will-whitwham-jared-craig-2/
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