A surprising new development in Scarborough live music | TorontoMoon.ca 200828Fr | Shows for Friday, August 28, 2021

The Gruesome Twosome Al Reilly & Dan Walek -SUPPLIED

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Although Scarborough was turning into a bit of a dead zone for live music before COVID-19 hit, ironically since the pandemic restrictions first started to ease one of the first clubs to start bringing in regular acts is a somewhat nondescript room on Danforth Ave. between Danforth Road and Warden Avenue.

Crossroads Macedonian & Greek Restaurant, in the plaza at 3476 Danforth Ave., now has several jam nights every week plus a Thursday dj and occasional showcase acts —including tonight when a pair of veteran Scarborough entertainers team up as the Gruesome Twosome Duo for a 6:30 to 11 show.

Even during the COVID restrictions Dan Walek managed to get a couple of private show gigs, plus his Harvest band was one of the first to play socially distanced shows once restrictions were lifted in cottage country ahead of TO and area.

Al Reilly was also back in action quickly at the beginning of the reopening phases, as The Rockpile bar he’s hosted a Monday jam at for several years now sort of snuck in a resumption of those shows a little under the gun a couple of months ago.  On Sunday he’ll be back at that club  —to actually get married there to his longtime sweetheart!— after which his Catalyst band can be expected to take the stage hosting a party jam for guests.

(Hopefully it’s not the last ever show in the room —the word is it could be closing on Monday as the landlord wants to put in condos and isn’t being co-operate about foregoing some of the rent for the extended closure during the COVID lockdowns, leaving owner Dom in an untenable situation.)

You can never go wrong with either of these two entertainers and the between-song patter should be worth getting out to hear too,  Since both, as I’ve described in previous artists, are also inveterate and popular open stage/jam hosts I would not be surprised at all to see a few special guests (with their own mics and instruments, of course) pop in to perform and there’s no cover.

-By Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca
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4-6 weekly> Luanda Jones & Reg Schwager performing live for “Senator Serenade” from the balcony of Senator Restaurant (249 Victoria St., TO Central) & also streaming live on Facebook ~Jazz

5-11> Holly Clausius (recording release for Sunflower album) @ Augusta & Baldwin, 202 Augusta Ave., TO Central ~songwriter

6-8> Focused performs live in the gazebo @ Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E., TO East ~Jazz

6:30-11> Al Reilly & Dan Walek as Gruesome Twosome Duo @ Crossroads, @ Crossroads Macedonian & Greek Restaurant, 3476 Danforth Ave., Scarborough ~acoustic Pop covers/originals; $0

7> Shawn Sage performs live @ NTB Lounge, 2878 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Etobicoke ~acoustic Pop covers/originals

7-9 weekly> “Stay at Home Concert Series” with Gig Rabbit live from Mulligan’s Pub (2458 Dundas St. W. Mississauga) with band inside, patio open for guests and streaming live on Facebook ~Blues/R&B/Rock

7-9> River North Duo featuring Matt Zaddy performs live on the patio of Guelph Museums, 52 Norfolk St., Guelph~acoustic Pop covers/originals; $0 but registration required

4-10> “Giggin’ Two” benefit for Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation with Oli Graham; 4:10pm - Benn Edwards Jazz Explosion; Beresfords; Erin & Paul; - Four 1 Soul; Sweet and the Big Bad; Glenn Marais and The Mojo Train; Katie Fuentes; The Focklers; Ryan Ainsworth; Randy Brethour and The HooDoo Too @ Market Brewing Company patio, 1775 Leslie St., Newmarket and streaming live on website ~songwriters; $donation requested -details during event

8-11< Tak Arikushi performs live @ Alchemy, 890 College St., TO West ~Worldbeat (Japanese Jazz)

8> Second Pass on patio @ Rockpile, 5555 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke ~contemporary Rock

8-10:30> Queen Pepper @ Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria St., TO Central ~Jazz/R&B; $

8-11> Phil & John @ Timothy’s Pub, 344 Brown’s Line, Etobicoke ~acoustic Pop covers/originals; $5

8-11> Marc Joseph Band Duo @ London Gate Pub, 5395 Eglinton Ave., Etobicoke ~acoustic Pop covers/originals

8> Skip Tracer @ Jake’s Boathouse, 59 First Gulf Road, Brampton ~Rock ‘n’ Roll/Pop

8:30> Baobab Cherry; Yukiko Tsutsui; Donne Robers performs live @ Soufi’s, 676 Queen St. W., TO Central ~acoustic Pop covers/originals

8:30-11> The O’Chays with Patrick Ballantine performing live @ Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St., Oakville from inside stage, with live stream telecast on back patio (reservations required) and online on website ~Roots-Rock; $10

9> Dave Rave & Friends @ Tipsy Beaver, 3420 Rebecca St., Oakville ~contemporary original

9-1> Middle of Nowhere @ Black Swan Burlington, 4040 Palladium Way, Burlington ~Rock ‘n’ Roll/Pop

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9-1> Nolan Hubbard @ The Powerhouse, 21 Jones St., Stoney Creek (Hamilton) ~acoustic Pop covers/originals; $0

9-12> Monty @ Tavern on Grange, 259 Grange Rd., Guelph ~acoustic Pop covers/originals

9:30-1:30> The Lonely Hearts perform live @ Wheat Sheaf Tavern, 667 King St. W., TO Central ~Rockabilly

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Noon-6 weekly> Steel City Music with Gunner Smith @ The HAWK FM 101.5fm & streaming online ~Blues, etc.

1-2pm weekly> “Groove Radio” with host Bill King & guests @ CIUT 89.5FM & streamed online ~Jazz

1-1:30pm weekly> Come Sunday (Gospel Radio Show) w Paul Panchezak (Trickbag) @ 93.3 CFMU or cfmu.ca (Hamilton)

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3-7 weekdays> Julian Taylor hosts @ 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto & www.elemntfm.ca ~eclectic music 25% indigenous, 35% CanCon

3-4 weekly> “Athena Reich Variety Show” with live streaming performances by Athena Reich on Facebook ~songwriters

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5-6 weekly> Donnybrook for Toronto Jazz Festival streaming live on website and live to air on JAZZ.FM91 ~Jazz

2-6> Devon Gilfillian; Matt Nakoa; Royal Jelly Live streaming live on Bandsintown Live ~contemporary original

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7-8 weekly> Jeremy & Jenn perform live, streaming on Facebook ~acoustic Pop covers/originals

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8 weekly> “Live at The Barn” with The Fabulous Tonemasters performing on streams recorded by Andy Tough from barn studio in Norwood, streaming on YouTube ~Rock ‘n’ Roll/Pop

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RESIDING> The Kings documentary “The Kings: Anatomy Of A One-Hit Wonder” interviews with founding member of iconic CanRock band on YouTube ~original Rock/Pop (0:43:10)

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RESIDING> Catherine Thompson lyric video of original song “Only Lonely Me” from forthcoming Wild Cat album, residing on YouTube (0:02:53)

RESIDING> video of set by Screamin’ Evil Blues Band featuring Keith Danby residing on Facebook ~Blues-Rock (1:03:46)

RESIDING> Q&A Duo (Tony Quarrington and Zoey Adams) perform outdoors in Tony’s backyard for Emmet Ray Presents concert series residing on Jazz In Toronto Facebook page ~Pop/Jazz (1:02:13)

RESIDING> “In Memoriam” Juno Tribute video to Canadian Artists who passed away in 2019 including Pete Otis residing on YouTube (0:05:49)

RESIDING> Wayne Smith video performing “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McLintock) on YouTube ~Roots (0:02:56)

RESIDING> Al Reilly’s Catalyst with Dan Walek & Mikey Roland perform “Make Me Do Anything You Want” (Foot In Coldwater) residing on YouTube  ~classic Rock (0:03:50)

RESIDING> Bill Heffernan performs video collage of “Hide Out Refugee” original song, with Lucas Stagg, Jimmy Bowskill, Kenny Yoshioka and Alec Fraser on YouTube ~original Roots (0:04:34)

RESIDING> Margaret Stowe with Tony Quarrington, Ian Bell, Bob Bratina, Ian Thomas, Sonny Del-Rio, Jeff Bird & Michelle Josef performing on collaborative at home video of “Dr. Jaffrey Song” (about 1918 flu treatments developer) dedicated to Canadian Blood Services Plasma for Life, residing on YouTube and MP3 track on Bandcamp (0:03:39)

RESIDING> David Love (with band featuring Bruce Nasmith, Peter Harris, Paul DeLong) performs cover of “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (Jonathan King) on YouTube ~ 60s Pop (0:03:06)

RESIDING> video of Screamin’ Evil Blues Band featuring Keith Danby & guest vocalist/bassist Dave “Tex” Bachelor performing cover of “Jesus Just Left Chicago” (ZZ Top) on YouTube (0:4:16)

RESIDING> mp3 of Harpin’ Norm Lucien original song “God Forsaken Blues” on Spotify ~original Blues (0:05:59)

RESIDING> video of jammers at “Bluesday Tuesdays” Blues jam hosted by Tombstone Bullets featuring Rocco Novia @ The Rockpile residing on Facebook ~Blues-Rock (0:01:18)

RESIDING> “Covid 19 Collaboration” remotely recorded montage video with several Toronto musicians performing “N.I.B.” (Black Sabbath) including James Alcock on vocals, Jenn Lady Evil, Roland Roxx, Dennis Camacho, John Robbie, Tim Smith, Sebastian Burnside, Josh Gordon (guitar), Nathan Smith, Anthony Cee, Deb Arruda, John De Medeiros, Dave Barrett, Torsten Braun, Scotty Rockss, Steve Gryzbala  on YouTube ~classic Rock (0:10:04)

RESIDING> Josh Gordon performs instrumental version of “Fortunate Son” (CCR) residing on Facebook ~classic Rock (0:02:57)

RESIDING> Against The Wind featuring Amanda Gordon and Josh Gordon montage video performance of “Like A Rock” (Bob Seger) on YouTube ~tribute to Bob Seger (0:07:10)

RESIDING> Wayne Neon performs cover of “Sunday Morning Coming Down” (Kris Kristofferson) video on Youtube ~acoustic Pop cover  (0:05:24)

RESIDING> The Giveback (Thomas McKay with Michaela May, Katey Morley, Mia Praught, Tara Slone, Stella Azzopardi, Brooke Palsson, Stacey Kaniuk, Steve York, Kathryn Rose, Rique Franks, Ben Spivak, Dominic Mancuso, Peter Serrado, Danko Jones, Julian Taylor, Tony Rabalao) video montage performing original song “Angels” (Thomas McKay/Tony Rabalao/Jonathan Evans/Michaela May/Jordon Zadorozny) to benefit frontline health workers and musicians going through tough financial situations, on YouTube (0:03:31) (donation requested on website)

RESIDING> cover of “Under Pressure” performed by 22 Port Credit musical artists including David Hines & Lynette Fairweather in video montage produced by Derek Lathrop on YouTube (0:04:48)

RESIDING> Rob Minderman mp3 for “Stir Crazy” original song for COVID songwriting contest on Reverbnation.com ~art-Pop (0:04:01)

RESIDING> Roger “Pops” Zuraw video for “Fine Weather Blues” original song from album Remembering The Lakeshore on You Tube ~songwriter (0:02:56)

RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien video for original song “Coboconk” on YouTube ~songwriter (0:03:32) 

RESIDING> The Young Novelists featuring Graydon James perform “Back To The Hard Times” and more on YouTube channel ~contemporary original

RESIDING> video of Chris Birkett & The Free Spirits performing original song “The Power of Our Love” from new album 11:11 on YouTube ~Funky contemporary Pop (0:04:49)

RESIDING> Fernando and the Sentimental Rebels featuring Fernando Curcione perform on video of “Mama Dear” for Mother’s Day on You Tube ~songwriter (0:03:45)

RESIDING> Lenka Lichtenberg performs original Yiddish song  about pandemic, “Amol geven a Tsayt” (“Once There Was A Time” to melody of “Those Were The Days” & lyrics by Hindy Abelson) with English singable subtitles on YouTube ~Ethnic Roots (0:04:30)

RESIDING> Robbie Rox talks to Roxanne Tellier in “Off The Beaten Tracks” Podcast on Instagram (0:21:55) ~spoken word

RESIDING> “Čekáme kdesi na konci aleje – Lyric Video” of original song by Lenka Lichtenberg on YouTube (0:04:23)

RESIDING> David Storey & band perform “We Are The Greatest” original song live at Free Times Cafe, video on Instagram ~songwriter (0:04:15)

RESIDING> video of Lynn Harrison performing “Living Room Concert” from home on Facebook ~songwriter (1:41:11)

RESIDING> One Eyed Oracle aka Boris Buhot) new album Really Small Town links on website ~original Rock/Pop

RESIDING> Dougal Bichan performs original songs “More Than 100”, “Two Chairs”, “Clarkstown Flood”, bagpipes solo & more on YouTube channel & on InstagramTV ~songwriter

RESIDING> Shawn Brady video performance of original song “The Ballad of Cinderella” with the late Hervé Basset on keys on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:40)

RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien mp3 of new song “I Can Hear the Heartbeat (Of A Thousand Whales)” on spotify.com ~songwriter (0:4:11)

RESIDING> Robbie Rox video channel featuring archival band videos of original songs spanning 40 years plus several recent recordings of original tunes solo acoustic on YouTube ~eclectic originals

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RESIDING> Late Fakirs featuring Greg “Harpfool” Shields perform continually growing collection of original tunes from “Corona-chan Collection” ~videos link on YouTube ~contemporary original

RESIDING>  Shawn Brady performs original song “Sideways 2020” video on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:46)

RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of John’s Prine’s “Sam Stone” acoustic solo on YouTube; (0:5:22)

RESIDING> Al Reilly performs “Still Loving You” Scorpions cover acoustic solo on YoutTube (0:6:17)

RESIDING> Doc Higgins performs original song “The Lonesome Death of John Prine” on YouTube; (0:4:36)

RESIDING> Robbie Rox performs original song “Small Things Make Me Happy” solo acoustic for Good Friday on Facebook ~songwriter; (0:1:25) 

RESIDING> Sebastian Agnello performs “Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila” @ Black Swan live in 2011 on Moon TV on YouTube; (0:2:54)

RESIDING> Kevin Jollimore performs “Stay the Blazes Home” for COVID protocols on YouTube ~ original Roots Rock; (0:3:20)

RESIDING> Drew Winters all ten tracks from Last Call In Montreal album on YouTube and on Spotify ~original Pop

RESIDING> Scott Rogers solo and with Maggie Keogh as Maggie & Mr. Rogers ~several videos on YouTube

RESIDING> Rob Minderman performs “Invisible Enemy” original song about COVID-19 on YouTube (0:4:00)

RESIDING> Wayne Neon and the Amazing Tubular Orchestra™ on Youtube: Social Distance Sessions live ~eclectic covers & originals (0:18:22)

RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of “Sam Stone” by John Prine on YouTube; (0:5:22)

RESIDING> Susie Grooves & Company performs “Rhianna” at Southside Johnny’s on Facebook (0:3:44)

RESIDING> Eclectic Power Company featuring Graham Clarke covers “Wheat Kings (Tragically Hip) on InstagramTV (0:3:10)

RESIDING> Josh Gordon on Koch guitar solo for “Koch Quarantine Sessions” on YouTube (0:1:33)

RESIDING> Howard Gladstone performs original Roots solo on Facebook ~songwriter (0:5:32)

RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs solo on Facebook live ~Pop Rock/Roots/Blues covers (1:52:53)

RESIDING> David McLachlan performs two original songs recorded @ Bluebird Café, Nashville, on YouTube (0:8:02)

RESIDING> Alex Radeff & Donkey perform original song “Another Night At The Bar” on YouTube, recorded @ El Mocambo, December 1993 (0:4:20)

RESIDING> Howard Gladstone at Winterfolk XVIII performs “Crazy Talk” on You Tube ~songwriter (0:4:10)

RESIDING> Roger “Pops” Zuraw with Joshua-Walker & friends performs original song “Headboard Boogie” on YouTube ~songwriter (0:4:55)

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