The year in rear view

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone that came out to rock with the band in.....Toronto, CN Tower; Victoria; Vancouver; Salmon Arm; Banff; Calgary; Edmonton; Saskatoon: Winnipeg; Montreal; Ottawa; St. Catherines; St. Thomas;Toronto, QE Theatre; Dartmouth, Ship Victory; Fort McMurray, Fredericton; Sudbury; Calgary; Yarmouth; London; Guelph; St.John's; New Glasgow Jubilee; Charlottetown, Chatham; Halifax, H.U.F.F.; Fredericton; Huntsville; North Bay; Barrie; Lindsay; Oshawa; Kingston; Coburg; Belleville; Waterloo; Hamilton; St.John's; Labrador City; Happy Valley-Goose Bay; Bonavista; Gander; Grand Falls; Corner Brook; Stephenville: Clarenville: St. John; Moncton; Windsor; Truro; Glace Bay; Toronto,5 Nights Horseshoe Tavern 65th; you made 2012 a year to remember. And to all the great acts we performed with. See you in 2013!

Chris ' the Elk ' Pennell presents Robert McJohnsonton

Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay,

The Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.

New Brunswick Rock

The Saint John Imperial Theatre and Moncton Capitol Theatre were two more stellar shows in beautiful settings with those rocking fans. Hard to top, but it's on to Nova Scotia and our first trip ( really? ) to Windsor, The Home of Hockey, and Truro, The Home of Hookey ( according to my trailer park heroes, Hip Club Groove ). Come say hello.
  And we haven't forgotten our final east coast gig of the year on Wednesday, Glace Bay! at the, also gorgeous, Savoy Theatre. All shows being ably opened by our pal and moral compass, Mo Kenney!

The JPE in Newfoundland

Newfoundland Labrador and fish cakes

Breakfast in Gander was the fish cakes. Just like yesterday in Bonavista was the fishcakes. Only these fish cakes were a little different; fluffier, less compact, little more h'onion. Doesn't matter, the fish cakes in Newfoundland and Labrador are what fish cakes are all about.They're like Roy Orbison songs, they are awesome everywhere.
 One small downer has been the scarcity of caribou meat , but the hunts been off for a couple years so that makes sense. We 're still hopeful of some moose.Tonight, however, is Justin's mom's place in Grand Falls, and there, awaits us, is the full jiggs dinner. Can't wait. The show might get a little bluesy for the first while.

 St. John's, Lab City, Goose Bay, Bonavista,Gander; it's all been the tour I was looking forward to.
 You're next, Grand Falls, Cornerbrook, Stephenville, Clarenville!

Newfoundland and Labrador

Tonight, Hurricane Sandy blows through the trees still full with the colours of a classic autumn. Somewhere, off Cape Hatteras, The Bounty settles in her own sandy grave, there with Blackbeard's ghost. But we --safe and snug?-- look to Newfoundland and Labrador, to old friends, and our next rocking road trip. Keep yer heads down and your spirits up!

Huntsville,North Bay,Barrie,Lindsay,Oshawa,Kingston, Coburg,Belleville,Kitchener/Waterloo,Hamilton

Huntsville,North Bay,Barrie,Lindsay,Oshawa,Kingston, Coburg,Belleville,Kitchener/Waterloo,Hamilton = a great way to spend October in Canada.

Scappy Ontario Tour Autumn 2012

The Emergency return to the road with shows in Ontario this month. See you in beautiful 

Huntsville this Saturday.

 

Wild turkeys flocking to Muskoka cause danger

LAKE OF BAYS – Beware the wild turkey.

Fine show to start the tour.Cool TomThompson satue and nice reception in pub afterwards. Many thanks to Bronwyn and Emery for the delicious thanksgiving dinner and conga jam. On to Lake Nippissing and North Bay.

Planet earth

St. Claire Capitol Theatre, Chatham, Ontario

Lightening Bolt in PEI.

The Scoop Outs - Ordinary Blues - Live at Donstock

London, Ontario

Joel in the Budapest.










Joel meets Mike Love.

London, Home County Folk Festival

The summer of Scrappy rolls on into the Home County Folk Festival, London, Ontario, this weekend for a Saturday night soiree. Will the saints come marching in? Hope to see you all there. 

Here's a photo of the Emergency with Paul Newman.

Sudbury and Calgary

Yet another rockin' weekend across this great land (although 6 flights and a massive head cold don't mix too well, it was worth every seat belt clicking minute ). A SUDBURY Saturday night at the Northern Lights Festival Boreal and our first STAGE INVASION since the Pavilion stage mini-collapse of 06. No one was hurt and a good time had by all. Great shows from Canailles and Yukon Blonde, too. Sunday was CALGARY and the Wildhorse Saloon tent during Stampede week, love them boots and shorts fashions! 

Fredericton

See you in September, Freddy!                                        pic Charles Barry

Ft McMurray to Fredericton

Not exactly a weekend at the lake...
 Rockin' the midnight sun up in friendly Fort McMurray.
 Happy Canada Day in Fredericton. Thanks Charles!

A busy July

We're looking forward to our first trip to Ft. MacMurray for the Friday gig. Hear there are a few east coasters out there we'll have to meet. Also, this coming Sunday we'll be in beautiful Fredericton, NB, for Canada Day! True patriot love, indeed. It's a busy month for the JPE with shows all across this big country. So come say Hey, kid. See you in Sudbury, Calgary, Yarmouth, London, Guelph, Huntsville and St.John's. What cha wanna hear?

Summer!

It's the first day of summer! Here in Nova Scotland it was hot and sunny, and funny. At least funny in the Hades-like confines of the Echo Chamber studio, where Marsh was mixing the tracks for the long awaited True Love Rules follow up, with studio honcho Charles Austin. Quote of the day," A little construction in the background isn't necessarily a bad thing, right?". Joel is possibly out west with the family and the Elk was at the salon clipping like a scrapbook Sweeney Todd. Happy summer to you all and look for more Scrappy Happiness out there this summer, starting in Fort McMurray on June 29th!

Luck of the Irish

If you had the luck of the Irish...

The True Love Rules open the show tonight for our buds,
Laura Merrimen and The Hard Tickets, ALBUM RELEASE.
 9pm, The Carelton, Halifax.$12
 www.lauramerrimen.com 

A return to the Ship Victory

It's not often the band you're in plays the tavern where the old man spent your college fund, but this is the case with the JPE gig this Saturday at the Ship Victory in Dartmouth. A mere beer bottle's throw from the Navy yard called Shannon Park where we grew up and threw down and then threw back up again. Guests include Bar B Q buddies Scoop Outs and Mo Kenney. Who needs college, anyway? Having one useless BA in Johnston is enough.  The ship was rocking and the night victorious. Great crowd in a unique venue. Hopefully we've opened up a new side of town for some more gigs. Mo Kenney, with Chris Colepaugh, was a real charmer. The kid stays in the pict cha ! And the Scoop Outs were all fidgety fringes rock and roll at it's best and partied with us later and drank all the beer. A great night had by all.

Willie Nile, the Carleton, joel plaskett emergency

WILLIE NILE meets the EMERGENCY, again. For the third year running NY based rocker extraordinaire,Willie Nile ( One Guitar, Vagabond Moon, The House of a Thousand Guitars) returns to Halifax and Mike Campbell and Mike Rhodes', Carleton Bar and Grill, for a night of Backstreet running and gunning. And again, Chris and Dave, The Emergency, will back him up, with our pal Jay Smith ruling the axe. It's always been one of the highlights of the season, baby.
 Below is a post from Willie's first visit and my jet lagged jump straight from the airport into rock and roll cruise control.
Dave
 
pS. Willie's been doing Nowhere With You in his shows sometimes and looks like Joel will be up for a tune ce soir, Also, young punks Gloryhound, soon to be found all over the new True Love Rules album , will rock out a few they've been working on with the Jewel of the Nile himself.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Willie Nile played the Carleton in Halifax last night and he was flippin' amazing . Great songwriter . I know because we made it to the show ; straight from the 7 am lobby call in Surrey to the 8 pm arrival at Stanfield International . Wasn't a whole lot left in the gas tank after the weekend and a great show at the Surrey festival but Willie summoned the reserve out of us with two highly entertaining sets . Bit of rockin' guitar , bit of piano , whole lotta talent , it was fab . Nice work from Robbie Crowell too . Big props to Mike Campbell for his inspired booking . http://www.willienile.com/main.html

My April Wine Riot

Busted ! Here's an article on the anniversary ( 32 years...Jeez zus ) of the Halifax/Dartmouth April Wine Cross Harbour Ferry Melt Down Riot. Twas not my first brush-cut with John Law... but a very rock and roll one; the usual stuff... Rock and Roll show, poor planning, poor judgement, paddy wagons, nite in jail, meet yer brother inside...y'know, everything 16 was cracked up to be.

Granville St. Vancouver

Granville St., Vancouver

We lucked out with a good Mexican place just down the street from the gig at the Vogue Theatre. Here, on the stroll back, we stopped at a light and the natural light was just right for a mugging.

Laura Merriman

Here's a great new song by my friend Laura Merriman and her band ,The Hard Tickets, produced by Brian Murray. We'll be playing together at her cd release in June at the Carleton in Halifax.

Joel's New Wheels

Joel bought a wicked Japanese German car. It's now on a train, heading to Nova Scotia...where the rust licks everyone's lips.

More Scrappyhappiness- Simply Chris

Simply Chris.

Scrappy Tour-ists out west

The Elk in natural habitat

Scrappy scrapes out west.

Victoria

Rockies

Steve 'Snickers' Smith

Matt

The last night of the tour and here we are in St.Thomas,Ont. Promises to be a grand finale in the Princess Avenue Playhouse. However, it will have it's work cut out for itself, topping the Avening Community Hall rock and roll party last night.
 The work was cut... and so were we by the end of it.

Scrappyhappiness Touring

The Scrappyhappiness tour, first leg, is rocking to a triumphant victory lap here in Ontario. Tonight's show in St.Catharines at the Brock Centre was typically off the chain and a good time was had by all. In fact it can be verifiably stated that ALL the shows have been terrific, suitably scrappy and harmoniously happy.From Victoria and The Vogue in Vancouver,through the charm of Salmon Arm, to the guaranteed kitchen partiness of Banff, Calgary,Edmonton and Saskatoon.Winnipeg was a winner and three days in Montreal did everyone a favour.Ottawa held their hearts high even though we knew game 7 was the end of the season for the Sens. Not even a 10 hour day of traffic jams on the 401 could dampen our jams.rock on Canada,we deserve each other. Xo

Being introduced in Salmon Arm, BC.

The Strombo show.

The CN Tower gig was very atmospheric. Good to see so many friends in TO.

For those in Halifax, and abounds, this evening( Sat.Feb4) there is going to be a Ska-Rockin'-Blues Jamming- Silent Auction ... viewing... for Lisa and Rey, whose house burned down unexpectedly last month. Quality tunes for a good cause!

Week 4. Spot the china cymbal on upcoming release. And, wearing the wool knit colours of Dartmouth.