Today, Whiskey Jack basks in the glow of what by all counts was the best Stompin' Tom birthday celebration to date. Planning has begun for next year - count on something special. Imagine celebrating Canada's 150th birthday with the songs…

I spoke yesterday with Samira Rehman, the Marketing and PR Coordinator at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.  We were discussing a plan to sell out our show on January 9th, 2016.  I must say, I was mightily impressed…

I reconnected today with one of the most important personalities in Canadian Country music that you've never heard of.  His name is Ron Sparling and he owns and operates a booking agency in Ottawa, Laurie Ann Entertainment.  Ron's been a…

We just received and email from Tom Connors Jr.  I sent him a copy of our new CD awhile ago.  His mom Lena plays it in her car and Tom?  Well, this is what he said:  

"Whiskey Jack not only…

We invite you to join us for an afternoon of Whiskey Jack gospel music on Sunday, November 22nd at 4:00 pm. We'll be performing in the chapel at The Church of St Simon the Apostle complex. John A. MacDonald was…

Each time we prepare for one of our Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom shows, I can't help but reminisce about our many nights on stage as we watched Tom, the old pro, embrace his audience with his antics and…

As a boy, from 1959 to 1969, I would religiously watch Don Messer's Jubilee on the CBC.  I had Don Messer albums and I enjoyed the Charlie Chamberlain and Marg Osborne duets.  Each week, the show would begin with Don…

In prepartaion for next summer's salute to Don Messer's Jubilee at the Stratford Summer Music Festival, I began to search for surviving cast members of the venerable CBC show.  I was worried we were too late.

I need not have…

We have a lot of videos, some new, some old, that are available on our Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/playlist…

I was checking out the number of visits on some of the more recent uploads and noticed that our fiddle medley…

The Stompin' Tom shows we've done this year have gone swimmingly!  I think it's safe to say all seven of us in the band feel caught up in a musical joy ride and we're having the time of our life…

I notice two of my favourite singers and song writers are coming to Massey Hall soon.  Emmy Lou Harris and Rodney Crowell are touring together and odds are, it should be a good show.

I've seen each of them perform…

This musical journey, Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom, has been quite the ride.  Besides the fact we've been able to perform the Tom songs we learned when we toured with him, we've been trying to add more and more…