Viewing: Whiskey Jack Music News - View all posts

Proud To Be A Canadian 2018 Tour

We're very pleased to announce that Whiskey Jack has just signed our 5th licensing agreement with the two organizations that run Tom's affairs, Stompin' Tom Ltd. and their record label, Ole Majorly Indie. The photo below includes, from left to right, Robert Ott, CEO of Ole, Duncan Fremlin, Manager of Whiskey Jack and Andy Curran, Senior Consultant, Ole. We're all very excited to continue spreading the spirit of the Canadian mosaic associated with Canada's favourite troubadour, Stompin' Tom Connors.

The…

Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom On Tour Now!

“Whiskey Jack Presents Stories and Songs of Stompin' Tom” was born shortly after Stompin' Tom died in 2014. However, Whiskey Jack started collecting the songs and stories that eventually became part of this show in 1990 when Duncan Fremlin, Whiskey Jack's leader, toured with Tom for the first time. There were many adventures along the way.

The show is 100% Canadian - not only a portrait of their years on stage with Stompin' Tom, but also anecdotes and songs from their years as cast members on the CBC's…

Accolades Pour In For Fifth Annual Birthday Celebration

It was a fantastic and fairly typical winter afternoon to celebrate Canada and her greatest singers and songwriters. Fantastic because the musicians were in fine form and the songs that they sang were heartfelt and soothing to the northern soul...and typical because it was storming outside. The large and enthusiastic audience was not discouraged by the icy roads (although many out-of-towners didn't make it).

One fan, a trucker from Sudbury wrote to say he "had a terrific time yesterday - bought the…

Press Release - Annual Stompin' Tom Birthday Show

We thank you for your interest and continued support for Stompin' Tom's legacy and for our show, Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom..

Note the new location and the time. We are grateful to the many of you who drive long distances to attend our shows so hopefully, this earlier start will make for a more enjoyable day.

We have commissioned a short 15 minute theatrical play about Stompin' Tom. It will be presented during the intermission at our show on February 11.

Whiskey Jack & Zoomer Radio

present

…

Elite Showcase for Stompin' Tom

Last Wednesday was a monster day in the life of our show. We were invited to perform the Hockey Song as part of Stompin' Tom's induction into Canada's Walk of Fame ceremony at the Liberty Grand Ballroom in Toronto. It was a thrill of a lifetime for all of us.

Don Cherry and Ron McLean introduced the segment via video and as we all expected, it was all about "hockey". We then sang a rousing version of The Hockey Song accompanied by an unbelievably good house band. We invited "Prime Minister Mulroney…

TV Shoot at Milton Theatre, October 28, 2017

We're very pleased to announce that our show on October 28, 2017 at the Milton Theatre for the Arts will be filmed by the highly skilled professionals at Orchard TV and streamed live on the internet. Dave Ferri and his Orchard TV crew have completely rebuilt and modernized their facilities. Their new mobile studio is state of the art and a thing of beauty.

For Immediate Release: August 26, 2017 • Please include in your listings/announcements

Whiskey…

Revised Program Published Soon

My good friend and an important part of the Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom entourage Jim Baine is the man primarily responsible for the Canada 150 Program that we've been giving away at our shows this summer. It's a very impressive publication with essays by the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, John Farrington (Tom's ghost writer), Jim Bain and me, Duncan Fremlin.

We're happy to report that Jim is working at a new version that will be available at our 2018 shows. There'll be a few more stories from my…

Taking Stock! Where We've Been...Where We're Going

Here at Whiskey Jack head office, we sat down with our pencil and abacas to figure out how many shows we've performed since this tour began in 2014 and we were amazed to discover:

# Shows - 38

# Fans who have attended these shows - 9500

# Shows booked into 2018 - 10

# Songs in repertoire....A LOT!

# CD's released featuring Whiskey Jack and Stompin' Tom - 3

# Videos posted on our Youtube Channel - not sure but over 25 for sure!

# Videos that have gone viral - 1 (last time we looked, there were 89,935…

The Real Canada Day Party Was in Wawa...not Ottawa!

I'M NOT SURE when the Canadian flags began to appear in great numbers but by the time we got to Webbwood, they were impossible to ignore - they were everywhere.

IT WAS TWO days before the July 1 party was to begin and we were on our way to Wawa to perform our Canada 150 show. Stompin' Tom's music was going to return to Wawa to help that famous town celebrate the unveiling of their new goose. It was obvious that the country, or at least Northern Ontario, was in the mood for a party, the incessant rain…

Surprise Visitor to our last Cadillac Lounge Show

Our friend John Miller, Artistic Producer for the Stratford Summer Music Festival dropped into our Caddie show last week. He blessed us with these kind words.

"It was, as always, a terrific show! What is so clear is the tightness of your performance, a feat that comes from years of close affiliation, camaraderie and playing together."