Playing Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's famous Gibson Firebird with custom leather pickguard. King Eddy, Calgary 1986. Gibb Monks on sax
A memorable evening at the old King Eddy in Calgary with the great sax legend Lee Allen (Little Richard, Fats Domino, Dr. John, The Blasters) note: Dr. John, The Blasters, Donnie Walsh of Downchild and Otis Rush were also in the room.
With one of my greatest heroes Johnny Winter. I was so lucky to meet him several times and to be on the bill with him at a couple of festivals.
The Hoodoo Sons with the mighty Bill Dowey (foreground), Tom Knowles (back) and Brad Carter (left) 2012 Reunion tour
I opened for Ray Bonneville and was invited to play a couple songs at the end of Ray's soulful and groovin' set. Huge honour for me.
Working in the band with Daniel Stern (Home Alone, City Slickers) and Sherry Stringfield (ER, NYPD Blue) in a film called Viva Las Nowhere that also starred James Caan.
photo by Lawrence Chrismas. Photograph was part of a Lawrence Chrismas exhibit of photographs of western Canadian musicians. 1993