<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:36:02.768-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Porkbelly Futures</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-324420472752375445</id><published>2008-10-01T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T11:11:23.557-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>This is a good time to reflect on our festival appearances over the summer.&lt;br /&gt;First off the mark was Toronto’s &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;City Roots Festival&lt;/span&gt;, following up on our show there last year. City Roots takes place in the historic distillery district, and the venue, the crowd, the weather (and the distilled products) were all first rate. This year, Paul was featured as both writer and musician, which was nice of them. Speaking of Paul, his latest novel &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The Ravine&lt;/span&gt; has just been “long-listed” for the Giller Prize… &lt;br /&gt;In July we performed at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mariposa&lt;/span&gt;, on the shores of beautiful Lake Simcoe at Orillia. I referred to Mariposa a few posts ago so you can read about it below, but months later it’s still a great memory. &lt;br /&gt;Next was The &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ottawa Blues Festival&lt;/span&gt;. We had a wonderful audience at one of their huge outdoor stages, but we also spent a lot of time &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; audiences, listening to Cindy Cashdollar, Redd Volkaert and other killer acts. In addition, the festival presented the Porkbelly “trio” in a lovely, small indoor theatre. This acoustic group consists of Paul, Rebecca and - on guitar instead of drums - Martin. &lt;br /&gt;Next up was London’s &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Home County Festival&lt;/span&gt;. By all accounts our main stage evening show went well, but we were mostly looking forward to what might transpire at the next day’s workshops. The first, a blues event, put us on stage with Jackie Washington and Mose Scarlett. The second, a Willie P. Bennett tribute, paired us with Stephen Fearing and Tom Wilson from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings plus Tony Quarrington and other special guests, and this is when the rainy weather Porkbelly had been dodging all summer finally found us. Even that, though, could not dampen the enthusiasm of the London audience. They stayed, they clapped, they sang along. &lt;br /&gt;The month of August took us to eastern Ontario and Clarendon’s &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Blue Skies Festival&lt;/span&gt; on Hwy 7 west of Ottawa. This happy hippie event is something to behold, with all 2,000 audience members actually camping on-sight every August holiday weekend. Blue Skies was similar to London’s Home County Festival in the following respects: we played our regular set to a large crowd; we participated in a great Willie P. tribute; it rained. It actually rained an incredibly great deal, but again, nobody complained. &lt;br /&gt;Our final festival engagement consisted of three nights at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Forest Festival&lt;/span&gt;. This was a Words &amp; Music affair, presented in an historic logging museum in the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve. We are much taken with the acoustics of this logging museum and are threatening to record a live album there. After the final show, forest owner Peter Schleifenbaum took us into the woods for a wolf howl, trying to get a response from the several packs that inhabit the forest. &lt;br /&gt;Reflecting on this summer of festivals, it’s astonishing how different they are, that each has its own, distinctive character and appeal. The commonalities, of course, are great music and happy audiences. It was a privilege to have participated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-324420472752375445?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/324420472752375445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=324420472752375445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/324420472752375445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/324420472752375445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-porkbellys-yes-thats-correct.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5944304489534179445</id><published>2008-07-21T18:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T05:13:56.424-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>In all the hoopla about Paul's &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;King Leary&lt;/span&gt; novel, we (OK, Stuart) managed to miss &lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/2008/03/paul_quarrington_gets_up_close_1.html#more"&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;item on the CBC's website, in which Paul responds to &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ten questions&lt;/span&gt; about the novel.  It's fascinating reading – and it's only been online for five months or so...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5944304489534179445?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5944304489534179445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5944304489534179445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5944304489534179445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5944304489534179445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/07/in-all-hoopla-about-pauls-king-leary.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-29608634786279671</id><published>2008-07-17T06:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T07:16:03.051-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.uncut.co.uk/"&gt;UNCUT&lt;/a&gt; Magazine is a popular U.K. monthly publication based in London. Our debut &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Way Past Midnight&lt;/span&gt; CD (now available in Europe on the Wildflower Records label) received this lovely review in Uncut's July issue: &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Got Them Ol' Literary Salon Blues Again&lt;/span&gt;..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"Blues songs about Ernest Hemingway and Booker winner Michael Ondaatje? Given that the delta pioneers were mostly illiterate, this latest contribution to the current blues revival is an improbably highbrow affair that reflects the status of main songwriter Paul Quarrington as one of Canada's leading novelists. Quarrington possesses a fine voice that sounds uncannily like James Taylor (remember his 12-bar homage "Steamroller" on Sweet Baby James?) and the band–complete with bassist moonlighting from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra–can choogle and boogie with the best."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nigel Williamson, Uncut Magazine&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-29608634786279671?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/29608634786279671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=29608634786279671' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/29608634786279671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/29608634786279671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/07/uncut-magazine-is-popular-u.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2705229449916408067</id><published>2008-07-08T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T12:20:22.799-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Incidentally, the Mariposa Festival's 2008 commemorative CD is a beautifully packaged set, and features tracks from 19 of this year's featured performers. We were surprised and pleased to see our own &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Gotta Love A Train&lt;/span&gt; first on the track listing!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2705229449916408067?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/2705229449916408067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=2705229449916408067' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2705229449916408067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2705229449916408067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/07/incidentally-mariposa-festivals-2008.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-6752124103056462138</id><published>2008-07-08T10:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-08T12:47:22.942-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly made its debut at Orillia's legendary &lt;a href="http://www.mariposafolk.com/signpost.php?dest=home"&gt;MARIPOSA FOLK FESTIVAL&lt;/a&gt; over the weekend, playing to overflow crowds in the "Mariposa Pub", really a spacious awning on an huge expanse of lush grass. Saturday was very special, a gorgeous summer evening with pleasure boats rocking on their moorings just offshore. We had mischievously decided to tamper with the mellow, mellow mood of the festival, and luckily, the crowd was ready. Not to put too fine a point on it, we rocked the place out. &lt;br /&gt;The next afternoon saw us paired with A &amp; R for a "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Blues and Reggae&lt;/span&gt;" workshop, and if anything, the crowd was even bigger. A &amp; R's trio instrumentation includes box drum and steel pan, so we had absolutely no idea what to expect. Amazingly, it worked a charm, with Chas and Marty spontaneously laying down a solid foundation to the reggae tunes, and our own stuff receiving a fresh new sound from A &amp; R. &lt;br /&gt;Everything just felt so comfortable, and some of the grooves (helped by Rebecca's cowbell) simply wouldn't quit. Stuart got a roar from the crowd for attempting, in a single song, to solo on four different instruments. (He only dropped one, but he almost dropped them all.) Fronting Porkbelly, of course, was P.Q., in great voice and with his guitar amp set to maximum raunch. Wouldn't it be great if life were like this all the time?&lt;br /&gt;Now we look forward to our &lt;a href="http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca/en/"&gt;Ottawa Blues Festival&lt;/a&gt; show Saturday afternoon. Thank you, Mariposa!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-6752124103056462138?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/6752124103056462138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=6752124103056462138' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6752124103056462138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6752124103056462138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/07/porkbelly-made-its-debut-at-orillias.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5002472758033236856</id><published>2008-06-06T20:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T21:19:07.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>London, Ontario is populated with lovely people. Some of these people seem to like Porkbelly Futures, because we keep getting asked back. London Free Press music journalist James Reaney recently published his annual summer concert guide, saying "I am thrilled to think of Toronto's Porkbelly Futures, the only band that can stand comparison with &lt;a href="http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-band"&gt;THE BAND&lt;/a&gt;, playing in Victoria Park. For free." &lt;br /&gt;This is a reference, of course, to London's &lt;a href="http://www.homecounty.ca/"&gt;Home County Festival&lt;/a&gt;. We hope to see you there. And if we meet Mr. Reaney there we'll... well, we'll buy him a drink.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5002472758033236856?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5002472758033236856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5002472758033236856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5002472758033236856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5002472758033236856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/06/london-ontario-is-lovely-place.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-4455114304244198295</id><published>2008-06-06T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T07:16:19.502-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>It seems we have some fans in &lt;a href="http://jamilton.typepad.com/dougcarter/"&gt;PORK COLBORNE&lt;/a&gt;, Ontario.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-4455114304244198295?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/4455114304244198295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=4455114304244198295' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4455114304244198295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4455114304244198295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/06/it-seems-we-have-some-fans-in-pork.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1819616517712394383</id><published>2008-06-06T06:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T06:31:13.358-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Our debut CD Way Past Midnight (now available in Europe, as well as on iTunes) has received a lovely review from the UK's biggest selling music magazine, &lt;a href="http://www.q4music.com/"&gt;Q4Music&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;The part we like best says: &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Pork Belly Futures play what they call “red eyed soul” and everyone else calls “12  bar blues”. Their music is muscular and rollicking, but what really makes them a little special is the bar room wit, such as Hemingway (“Hemingway always gets it right, With a simple syntax and a prose that’s right”) – a trucker style anthem for the thinking drinker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1819616517712394383?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1819616517712394383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1819616517712394383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1819616517712394383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1819616517712394383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/06/our-debut-cd-way-past-midnight-now.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5399438682925361438</id><published>2008-05-08T16:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T16:17:04.470-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Wake up and smell the coffee! On Saturday morning, May 10, three Porkbellys will be on CBC's &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Fresh Air&lt;/span&gt; program (Radio One in Ontario, 99.1). Host &lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/freshair/"&gt;Jeff Goodes&lt;/a&gt; has asked for music and a genial interview, and that's what Marty, Paul and Stuey intend to provide. Provided we make it to the studio in time for our 8:35AM slot...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5399438682925361438?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5399438682925361438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5399438682925361438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5399438682925361438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5399438682925361438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/05/wake-up-and-smell-coffee-on-saturday.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-3278950815280147132</id><published>2008-05-03T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T14:16:37.191-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The Toronto Blues Society's MAPLE BLUES magazine (May issue) carries a lovely &lt;a href="http://torontobluessociety.com/0805johnspicks.htm"&gt;review &lt;/a&gt;by  John Valenteyn of our new disc. John is also host of a great radio show, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Let The Good Times Roll&lt;/span&gt;, each Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00PM on Toronto's CIUT-FM, 89.5.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-3278950815280147132?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/3278950815280147132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=3278950815280147132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3278950815280147132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3278950815280147132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/05/toronto-blues-societys-maple-blues.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-6854384967077927641</id><published>2008-05-01T03:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T05:05:46.691-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly Futures' self-titled release on &lt;a href="http://cordovabay.com/"&gt;CORDOVA BAY&lt;/a&gt; received its official launch on Tuesday, April 29 at Hugh's Room in Toronto. A large crowd enjoyed the core band (extra-tight and focused just off an 18-day Quebec/Maritime tour) with some very special guests. Pride of place among these was Mr. Irresistible himself, &lt;a href="http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html"&gt;Sweet Daddy Siki&lt;/a&gt;, dressed very sharp and beseiged by fans and autograph seekers. Sitting at a table just by the stage, he received an earful of &lt;a href="http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html"&gt;David Gray&lt;/a&gt;'s spectacular slide guitar solo on &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Sweet Daddy&lt;/span&gt;, the song David co-wrote with Paul Quarrington which opens our new disc. &lt;br /&gt;Musical guests in addition to David (who's also our producer) included Maple Blues Award-winning Guitarist of the Year Teddy Leonard as well as Tony Quarrington on mandolin and Wayne Maddever on button accordion. On stage with Porkbelly Futures for the first time was young Megan Worthy, singing beautifully right beside Rebecca Campbell on several numbers (Megan's jazz finals at Humber College were the next day and we wished her well). David, Teddy, and Megan are all featured performers on our new disc, while Tony (who graced our first album) is represented by his gorgeous composition, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Hie Down Honey&lt;/span&gt;. The happy crowd included a couple who regularly come from Pennsylvania to hear us, plus musical friends such as Roberto Occhipinti, Al Lerman, Burke Carroll, Danny Greenspoon and many others. It was a wonderful event and we'd like to thank all who turned out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-6854384967077927641?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/6854384967077927641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=6854384967077927641' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6854384967077927641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6854384967077927641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/05/porkbelly-futures-self-titled-release.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2914159385792602614</id><published>2008-04-29T10:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T10:31:15.484-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Some kind soul has posted a You-Tube clip of our performance (referenced just below) of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Willie P. Bennett&lt;/span&gt;'s &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTnVcKleH6c"&gt;The Lucky Ones&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2914159385792602614?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/2914159385792602614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=2914159385792602614' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2914159385792602614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2914159385792602614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/04/some-kind-soul-has-posted-you-tube-clip.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5912945075283280000</id><published>2008-03-12T05:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T06:00:54.858-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Rebecca Campbell and Porkbelly Futures are among the performers who will appear in &lt;a href="http://hughsroom.com/calendar.html"&gt;A NIGHT FOR WILLIE P. BENNETT&lt;/a&gt;. The concert will take place at Hugh's Room on March 15, the night he had been scheduled to perform there. Rebecca was a colleague and close friend of &lt;a href="http://www.williepbennett.com/index1.html"&gt;Willie P. Bennett &lt;/a&gt;and has chosen to sing her favourite song of his, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The Lucky Ones&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;Also appearing will be Joe Hall, who Marty, Paul and Tony Quarrington toured and recorded with for years. Tony, who guested on our first album, produced Willie's &lt;a href="http://www.williepbennett.com/heartstrings.html"&gt;Heartstrings&lt;/a&gt; album in 1998 and was a member of Willie's touring band for The Lucky Ones.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5912945075283280000?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5912945075283280000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5912945075283280000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5912945075283280000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5912945075283280000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/03/rebecca-campbell-and-porkbelly-futures.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1682453371482627114</id><published>2008-03-11T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T14:19:49.844-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>BREAKING NEWS!!&lt;br /&gt;Porkbelly Futures has concluded a deal with &lt;a href="http://cordovabay.com/"&gt;CORDOVA BAY&lt;/a&gt; for the April release of our new album. Concentrating on a limited number of artists, three of the label's four releases last year received JUNO nominations, and State of Shock's single &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Money Honey &lt;/span&gt; went platinum with over 50,000 paid digital downloads. So that sounds promising...&lt;br /&gt;In addition, Cordova Bay Publishing will be actively promoting the entire Porkbelly song catalogue.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1682453371482627114?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1682453371482627114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1682453371482627114' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1682453371482627114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1682453371482627114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/03/breaking-news-porkbelly-futures-has.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1335034210798994444</id><published>2008-03-11T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T01:00:58.308-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We understand that &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Colin Linden&lt;/span&gt;, whose stunning slide guitar solos on &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gladstone Hotel&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Hemingway&lt;/span&gt; enhanced our Way Past Midnight release, has joined &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Emmylou Harris&lt;/span&gt;'s band. We are big fans of Emmylou, and her music has been a continuing influence. (We've also admired her guitarists: Ricky Skaggs, James Burton, Albert Lee, Daniel Lanois, Buddy Miller and now Colin. Whew!) &lt;br /&gt;We therefore feel a special connection to both &lt;a href="http://www.colinlinden.com/About_Colin/Bio/Easin_Bio.html"&gt;Colin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.emmylou.net/"&gt;Emmylou&lt;/a&gt; as well as to blues singing sensation &lt;a href="http://www.roxannepotvin.com/english/bio.html"&gt;Roxanne Potvin&lt;/a&gt; who guests on our new CD and has a impressive new release of her own, produced by... Colin Linden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1335034210798994444?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1335034210798994444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1335034210798994444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1335034210798994444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1335034210798994444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/03/we-understand-that-colin-linden-whose.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2106165914336086398</id><published>2008-03-04T05:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-04T05:43:29.985-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>CBC announces: "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Long live the King!&lt;/span&gt; Paul Quarrington's &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;King Leary&lt;/span&gt;, a novel about hockey, winter and a charming octogenarian rascal, has won Canada Reads 2008." &lt;br /&gt;Read more here: &lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/"&gt;http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/&lt;/a&gt; and watch a video here: &lt;a href="http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2008/02/king-leary-crowned-in-canada-reads_9352.html"&gt;http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2008/02/king-leary-crowned-in-canada-reads_9352.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2106165914336086398?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2106165914336086398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2106165914336086398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/03/cbc-announces-long-live-king-paul.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-4292243834046237227</id><published>2008-02-24T08:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T08:20:20.428-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We're coming up the big announcement of the winner of CBC Radio's &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CANADA READS&lt;/span&gt; contest, in which five selected books each have an on-air advocate. Paul's &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;King Leary&lt;/span&gt; is one of the finalists (and we believe certain to win). The merits of this 1987 novel are expounded on air by Dave Bidini of the Rheostatics (and a fine author also). Learn more here: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/books-kingleary.html"&gt;http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/books-kingleary.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-4292243834046237227?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/4292243834046237227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=4292243834046237227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4292243834046237227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4292243834046237227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/02/were-coming-up-big-announcement-of.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5919343872733963263</id><published>2008-02-03T04:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T05:07:38.809-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>One of our Ontario appearances last fall resulted in this: "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;BEST FOLK/ROOTS CONCERT OF THE YEAR&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;“Porkbelly Futures played The London Music Club to an appreciative audience and were as bloody great as you’d expect from a band good enough to have somebody from the Canadian Brass playing guitars and harmonica, the double bassist from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra bowing away and a Governor General’s Award-winning novelist supplying most of the lyrics. And they had London’s Teddy Leonard guesting on guitar. When Porkbelly Futures come back, don’t you dare miss them.” &lt;/span&gt;James Reaney, London Free Press, Dec. 29/07 &lt;br /&gt;Thank you Mr. Reaney! We were also pleased to see &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Blackie and the Rodeo Kings&lt;/span&gt; (featuring Porkbelly contributor Colin Linden) in runner-up spot. We'll be back at the London Musical Club on &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Saturday, March 22&lt;/span&gt;. The estimable Mr. Leonard will be with us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5919343872733963263?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5919343872733963263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5919343872733963263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5919343872733963263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5919343872733963263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-always-fun-reading-those-reviews-of.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-6787408310514191049</id><published>2007-12-14T13:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-14T13:05:48.047-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Quarrington here, with late-breaking news flashes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porkbelly Futures played a lovely event the other night, a Christmas Party hosted by my friend Judith Keenan, who makes BookShorts, which are short films inspired by books. You could check out the &lt;a href="http://www.bookshorts.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; to see what I’m talking about. (Martin Worthy, our fabulous singer/songwriting drummer has done the music for some of these.) Anyway, the party was co-hosted by Irene Duma (who has made several BookShorts) and Sue Kenney (who had a BookShort made from her book, “Confessions of a Pilgrim”.) We’re going to be producing a BookShort for my upcoming novel “The Ravine.” The Gents performed also, a very accomplished comedy troupe, featuring the talents of Bruce Pirrie (another BookShorts veteran), Matt Baram, Bob Bainborough and Doug Morency. And Marty Adams, a mainstay at Toronto’s Second City, played Santa Claus. There was high hilarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, Quarrington (me) is very jazzed about the upcoming round of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Canada Reads&lt;/span&gt;, because his (my) friend Dave Bidini is going to champion the hockey novel “King Leary.” It’s been almost impossible to get hold of this book, which is one of his (my) faves. But it’s out in a lovely new edition from Anchor Press. Anyway, read all about it &lt;a href="//www.cbc.ca/canadareads/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-6787408310514191049?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/6787408310514191049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=6787408310514191049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6787408310514191049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6787408310514191049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/12/canada-reads.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1630714741649084201</id><published>2007-11-14T20:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T20:20:16.222-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>He doesn't sing or jump around on stage, but nobody can miss &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chas  &lt;br /&gt;Elliott&lt;/span&gt;. We like to refer to this gentle giant as the world's tallest  &lt;br /&gt;free-standing bass player. Porkbelly players (and knowledgeable  &lt;br /&gt;audience members) keep track of his expression during concerts,  &lt;br /&gt;looking for the smile that bursts forth when the music feels  &lt;br /&gt;especially good. Chas has performed and recorded chamber music with  &lt;br /&gt;the great Glenn Gould - which very few can claim! - and added his "low- &lt;br /&gt;frequency bass generator" sounds to some famous film scores that we  &lt;br /&gt;all hum along to. He towers over his section mates at the Toronto  &lt;br /&gt;Symphony Orchestra, but &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The iPod That Never Leaves Him&lt;/span&gt; (TiPTNLH) is filled with deep, powerful, soulful, funky music. An interesting guy...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1630714741649084201?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1630714741649084201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1630714741649084201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1630714741649084201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1630714741649084201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/11/he-doesnt-sing-or-jump-around-on-stage.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-6629719556309436152</id><published>2007-11-12T09:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-12T09:10:09.894-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>We've just performed at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;London Music Club&lt;/span&gt;, a wonderful Ontario venue operated by a couple of genuine music lovers. Janice and Peter Denomme have converted a gorgeous heritage home into a restaurant/live music site that's one of the nicest we've seen anywhere. Check it out &lt;a href="http://www.londonmusicclub.150m.com/LonMusicClubDirections.htm"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; London Free Press columnist James Reaney's blog review of our show read: "Paul Quarrington and the other Futures write songs about Sweet Daddy Siki, broken hearts, trains, Newfoundland disasters and just about everything else... Guest guitarist Teddy Leonard was so hot that Quarrington joked he thought he was in Zed Zed Top (nice to see it pronounced properly). Anyway, when they do come back, go! This might have been the gig of the year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-6629719556309436152?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/6629719556309436152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=6629719556309436152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6629719556309436152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/6629719556309436152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/11/weve-just-performed-at-london-music.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1883475501420063058</id><published>2007-10-26T05:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T06:16:39.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Paul Quarrington rolls up his sleeves and wades in on &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Bob Mersereau&lt;/span&gt;'s new book &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The Top 100 Canadian Albums&lt;/span&gt;; in The Globe and Mail &lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071020.BK100A20/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;. Nineteenth on the list is The Rheostatics' &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Whale Music&lt;/span&gt;, named after Paul's novel of that title. The band subsequently recorded the soundtrack (including Paul's Genie Award-winning song &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Claire&lt;/span&gt;) for the &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Whale Music&lt;/span&gt; movie.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1883475501420063058?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1883475501420063058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1883475501420063058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1883475501420063058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1883475501420063058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/10/top-100-canadian-albums.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5712953862644219609</id><published>2007-09-27T09:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T06:17:17.127-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The producer of our recordings is Toronto’s own &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;David Gray&lt;/span&gt;, so we like to drag him into the limelight now and then. First off, Dave’s a killer guitar player - so good that Butterfield tried to pry him out of Parachute Club to join a band he wanted to put together in California with the great Ben Keith. So that’s nice. Mostly, though, he’s our wonderful producer, a master of diverse musical genres who takes infinite pains with our material and, well, us. It was Dave (we often call him DG) who suggested Rebecca would be perfect for the band, and we all know how great that’s been. He also got folks like Colin Linden, Richard Bell, Roxanne Potvin and Teddy Leonard onside. He loans us gear too (DG has tons of gear) and encouraged Stuey to learn the pedal steel guitar, which adds a great new sound to our music. &lt;br /&gt;Like us, DG has a keen interest in the original Blues/Roots/Country musician Porkbelly Futures from whom we get our name and inspiration. He even has a couple of original (and, unfortunately unlistenable) Porkbelly recordings.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5712953862644219609?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5712953862644219609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5712953862644219609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5712953862644219609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5712953862644219609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/09/producer-of-our-recordings-is-torontos.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2896498413832573471</id><published>2007-08-15T16:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T06:17:39.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>(Paul) We have completed work on our new album, which, after endless bickering, we’ve decided to call “&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Porkbelly Futures&lt;/span&gt;.” After ourselves, you see, it’s no mere coincidence. We are now in the final stages, pressing copies and printing covers, and everything should be ready to go in a couple of months. &lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, we are playing a couple of very interesting gigs. One is at the Black Swan (154 Danforth, just east of Broadview) on Friday, August 17th. Loyal Porkbelly fans know that the band started there, lo those many years ago, playing the blues and knocking our instruments off the stage. Well, much has changed. Our music is no longer as bluesy, though I expect we will still knock much equipment off the stage. We intend to play two sets of our own music, north country blues, and then perhaps we’ll reprise some of that muddy Mississippi and shuffling Chicago stuff. It should be grand fun.&lt;br /&gt;The following week, on Saturday the 25th, we will be playing in the woods. It’s true. Our management seems to be upset about a small bit of pilfering, anyway, they have booked us into the Haliburton Forest. They say we will be playing upon a floating stage. (We say, let’s see the stage first.) Anyway, for more information, check out &lt;a href="http://theforestfestival.com."&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2896498413832573471?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/2896498413832573471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=2896498413832573471' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2896498413832573471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2896498413832573471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/08/paul-we-have-completed-work-on-our-new.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-1005503189783361635</id><published>2007-08-15T07:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T00:10:53.199-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>A Porkbelly song that’s been getting a great response lately is &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sweet Daddy&lt;/span&gt;, written by Paul Quarrington and Dave Gray.  It’s about Sweet Daddy Siki (a.k.a. “Mr. Irresistible”) a flamboyant black Texan with flaxen, silvery white hair who became a wrestling legend in Canada in the 50’s and 60’s. Our song tells the story of Sweet Daddy's rise from "bad guy" to the super star that all the bad guys had to fear. Sweet Daddy also has some music in him, penning a honky-tonk number to accompany his famous Siki Strut. He said “the tune drives the women nuts when I enter the ring." Paul and David wanted to create a song that paid homage to a man who was a part of their childhood. &lt;br /&gt;Reginald (for that is his real name) still lives in Toronto and can be found overseeing karaoke events on Saturday afternoons at The Duke of York tavern at Queen and Leslie. We leave you with the words of a champ: &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A lot of people try to copy me, but there's only one Niagara Falls and only one Mona Lisa. And there's only one Mr. Irresistible -- Sweet Daddy Siki."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-1005503189783361635?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/1005503189783361635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=1005503189783361635' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1005503189783361635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/1005503189783361635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-porkbelly-song-thats-been-getting.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-5942000817977811390</id><published>2007-08-05T10:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-05T14:53:45.965-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>August is a month that produces good memories. We did our first show for the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Edmonton Folk Festival&lt;/span&gt; in August last year, and CBC’s Saturday Night Blues was there to record our main set. Teddy Leonard celebrated his birthday by performing with us on guitar. Paul was a popular media interview subject and the band was photographed with The Canadian Guitar (made from pieces of historic wood from across the country). Porkbelly also performed workshop sets, with both Amos Garrett and Susan Tedeschi accepting invitations to sit in. A mammoth party was planned for the last night of the festival, with the great African band Salif Keita and Amos Garrett's group providing the music. Stuart sat in on harmonica with Amos when Rusty Reed was indisposed. The party went on a long, long time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-5942000817977811390?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/5942000817977811390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=5942000817977811390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5942000817977811390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/5942000817977811390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-is-month-that-produces-good.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-7865038520200458333</id><published>2007-07-28T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T04:29:12.712-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>A recent addition to the Futures' performances is &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;March Storm&lt;/span&gt;, about a horrendous &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;maritime disaster &lt;/span&gt;off Canada's Atlantic coast. A group of fisherman participating in the 1914 spring seal hunt was stranded on the ice floes when a vicious storm struck without warning. After 3 days of hurricane winds and freezing rain, 78 men were found encased in ice. Paul, Marty and Rebecca portray different characters in Stuart's song, with Paul on board ship, Marty on the ice and Rebecca on shore. &lt;br /&gt;The definitive account of this disaster is Cassie Brown's &lt;a href="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/cns_archives/008riggsjuly28_1994.html"&gt;Death on the Ice&lt;/a&gt;. Another treatment can be found in a marvelous chapter of Wayne Johnston's &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Colony of Unrequited Dreams&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-7865038520200458333?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/7865038520200458333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=7865038520200458333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/7865038520200458333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/7865038520200458333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/recent-addition-to-futures-performances.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-4626850309885745847</id><published>2007-07-24T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T21:31:54.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly Futures opens (on August 25) the inaugural season of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Forest Festival&lt;/span&gt;, a celebration of the arts in Ontario's Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve. The band will be performing at sunset on a floating stage on a totally secluded lake, with the audience seated in an amphitheatre on shore. Noted blues/jazz vocalist Zoe Chilco will be our guest. &lt;br /&gt;Porkbelly Stu is festival director, as it happens, as well as board president of &lt;a href="http://patriamusic.ca/"&gt;Patria Music/Theatre Projects&lt;/a&gt;, which presents the environmental music dramas of renowned Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer. The Forest Festival is an outgrowth of Patria, which boasts honourary patrons such as Adrienne Clarkson and Paul Quarrington. But we digress. You can learn more about the festival and book your tickets &lt;a href="http://theforestfestival.com/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-4626850309885745847?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/4626850309885745847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=4626850309885745847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4626850309885745847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/4626850309885745847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/porkbelly-futures-opens-on-august-25.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-965638086254361963</id><published>2007-07-18T10:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T12:52:10.384-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Many Porkbelly fans know that Paul and Marty began professional careers together, eventually becoming the rhythm section of Joe Hall's legendary Continental Drift and then making records as a duo. Their debut album as a duo, in fact, yielded the #1 Canadian hit single &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Baby and the Blues&lt;/span&gt;, which was pretty good for first chance at bat (helped along no doubt by Daniel Lanois' catchy pedal steel playing). The boys' exhilaration was short-lived, however, as the small label they were on was completely unprepared for success and couldn't supply enough product to stores to meet the demand. Today, Paul and Marty refer to that single as having been &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;#1 With an Anchor!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.quarrington.org/qwalbum.htm"&gt;HERE'S&lt;/a&gt; the album which yielded that gem (among others).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-965638086254361963?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/965638086254361963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=965638086254361963' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/965638086254361963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/965638086254361963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/many-porkbelly-fans-know-that-paul-and.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2508758628981399268</id><published>2007-07-13T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T13:45:07.835-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly returns to its roots by performing at &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Black Swan Tavern&lt;/span&gt; on August 17. Located on the Danforth, The Black Swan was the first Toronto venue to regularly invite us to perform - and perform we did. Stuart got so carried away in a guitar solo once that he kicked over his tenor sax. The horn and its stand crashed off the stage onto the floor but he kept right on playing (!?). Porkbelly was pretty much a Chicago Blues-type band then, but when we started writing our own material, it didn't seem all that bluesy. This came as such a surprise that we stopped performing while we underwent a sort of identity crisis. It's still hard to describe what our music is, but some describe us as  "A North Country Band Born in the Blues".&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2508758628981399268?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/2508758628981399268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=2508758628981399268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2508758628981399268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2508758628981399268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/porkbelly-returns-to-its-roots-by.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-286385627130454305</id><published>2007-07-09T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T11:36:05.061-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>In April, 1969, Chas, Paul, Marty and Stuart attended a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Paul Butterfield Blues Band&lt;/span&gt; concert in Toronto. We didn't know each other, but years later realized we'd all been there that night getting an earful of the blues. Apart from The Man himself, we were struck by 19 year-old guitarist Buzz Feiten and Dave Sanborn on sax (though Rod Hicks on bass and drummer Phil Wilson were also mighty). That concert made quite an impression on Stuart, who even today can bore anyone to tears by describing every last detail of the night. To hear the band we heard click &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=VoqG3hif_dg"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-286385627130454305?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/286385627130454305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=286385627130454305' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/286385627130454305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/286385627130454305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/in-april-1969-chas-paul-marty-and.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-2134499053455984934</id><published>2007-07-09T11:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-12T12:01:23.884-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly would like to acknowledge our top-secret, behind-the-scenes guys. This will completely blow their cover, but for those of you who are asking, Bob Wilson (our manager), Colin Pilmer, Michael Runciman and Wayne Maddever are also Porkbellys. No, they don't perform with us (although Wayne contributed button accordion to our first disc) but they support us, guide us and drink with us. If you'd like to say hi, just look for the four best-looking guys in the audience at our next show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-2134499053455984934?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/2134499053455984934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=2134499053455984934' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2134499053455984934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/2134499053455984934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/07/porkbelly-would-like-to-acknowledge-our.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-3636830346897017976</id><published>2007-06-25T05:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T13:52:41.862-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Whew! Apart from just completing a new CD (with guest cameo by &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Roxanne Potvin&lt;/span&gt;), Porkbelly Futures performed recently in Sault Ste. Marie, Winnipeg, Brandon, Dryden, Thunder Bay and in Minden (Twisted Pines Festival) as well as Toronto for NXNE (at the Gladstone Hotel) and The Toronto City Roots Festival. July is a time for developing new material. Look for us next at The Black Swan, Toronto August 17, and in The Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Refuge (!), August 25.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-3636830346897017976?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/3636830346897017976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=3636830346897017976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3636830346897017976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3636830346897017976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/apart-from-just-completing-its-new-cd.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-8289789935154068286</id><published>2007-06-23T10:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T11:37:14.061-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly Futures will forever be grateful for its association with the late &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Richard Bell&lt;/span&gt;, who performed and recorded with the band over a five year period. A wonderful tribute to Richard (by the Toronto Star's Greg Quill) can be found &lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/228025"&gt;HERE &lt;/a&gt;  Another very informative article (by the Globe and Mail's Nicholas Jennings) can be found &lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070623.OBBELL23/TPStory/?query=Richard+Bell"&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-8289789935154068286?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/8289789935154068286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=8289789935154068286' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8289789935154068286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8289789935154068286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/porkbelly-futures-is-grateful-for-its.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-7698640990425140770</id><published>2007-06-23T07:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T11:38:08.939-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>(Stuart) The sound of our band has changed recently with the addition of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;pedal steel guitar&lt;/span&gt; on some tunes. Derived from the Hawaiian guitar, its most striking feature is the sustain of the notes, which never seem to die away. (The notes don’t even stop when you want them to, which is why I have a volume pedal under my right foot.) My steel guitar has ten strings, six of which are tuned to a major chord. Like its Hawaiian cousin, the pedal steel is played (in part) by sliding a steel bar up and down the strings, but a system of 4 foot pedals and 5 knee levers mechanically alter the tunings while you play, giving a much richer tonal palette. This system also means that the notes don't consistently appear in the same place. Middle C, for instance, appears in 4 different positions on the same string! Our instrument - named "Rosebud" by Paul, though some call her Rosie- was made in Penetanguishing, Ontario, by the remarkable Ed Fulawka. See the pedal steel guitar (and order Ed’s fantastic barbeque spices) &lt;a href= "http://www.ambrec.com/fulawka"&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-7698640990425140770?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/7698640990425140770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=7698640990425140770' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/7698640990425140770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/7698640990425140770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/sound-of-our-band-has-changed-recently.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-560499712939778073</id><published>2007-06-21T19:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T07:59:17.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Porkbelly Futures performs at the Toronto City Roots Festival, 10 PM Saturday, June 23. &lt;br /&gt;As TORONTO LIFE'S Jason Anderson reports: "As one of the city’s most unique historical sites, the Distillery District is an appropriately old-fashioned locale for a celebration of traditional-minded music. Now in its third year, the Toronto City Roots Festival features a wide array of performers doing their thing in various venues and open-air locations... [A] highlight of the fest will be the set by Porkbelly Futures, a rambunctious crew fronted by Paul Quarrington." Learn more &lt;a href= "http://www.torontocityroots.com/2007_Festival.htm"&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-560499712939778073?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/560499712939778073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=560499712939778073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/560499712939778073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/560499712939778073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/porkbelly-futures-performs-at-toronto.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-3015702616896552737</id><published>2007-06-21T18:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T19:39:32.192-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>(Paul) Sadly, Porkbelly Futures must report that their friend and colleague Richard Bell passed away on June 15th. In the words of his dear friend Chas Elliott, "He was a great guy and a great keyboardist." Now there is a wise-cracking organist accompanying the Heavenly Choir, and God is going to want to take away his pitchwheel.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-3015702616896552737?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/3015702616896552737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=3015702616896552737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3015702616896552737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/3015702616896552737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/paul-sadly-porkbelly-futures-must.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-8464070201307609860</id><published>2007-06-21T16:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T04:10:22.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Be sure to visit our website: &lt;a href="http://www.porkbellys.com/"&gt;www.porkbellys.com&lt;/a&gt; And our MySpace site &lt;a href= http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=123308938&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-8464070201307609860?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/8464070201307609860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=8464070201307609860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8464070201307609860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8464070201307609860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/be-sure-to-visit-our-website-www.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-344612451024032594</id><published>2007-06-21T16:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T07:49:28.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>The band has just completed its new CD, a sophomore effort, though not "sophomoric" we hope. Produced by the remarkable David Gray, release will be in the fall, and the title will be... Porkbelly Futures.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-344612451024032594?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/344612451024032594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=344612451024032594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/344612451024032594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/344612451024032594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/big-news-is-that-band-has-just.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751413180672865939.post-8610688295388645607</id><published>2007-06-21T16:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T17:43:06.084-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Welcome to our blog, the home of "Toronto's Most Excited Band."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4751413180672865939-8610688295388645607?l=porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/feeds/8610688295388645607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4751413180672865939&amp;postID=8610688295388645607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8610688295388645607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4751413180672865939/posts/default/8610688295388645607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://porkbellyfutures.blogspot.com/2007/06/welcome-to-my-blog-home-of-torontos.html' title=''/><author><name>The Hog Bloggers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12173046098258741148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
