Kingston ; ye gods , a large night ; 850 + at The Ale House ; many fashionable people , especially whomever walked off with the whisky ; off to dreamland at 6 . And up at 10 for , MONTREAL , Club Soda ,where Joel did a nice solo of the new tune Old Friends , with many old friends in town for Pop Montreal , as well as Mr. and Mrs . Elkas . Out for drinks and smoked meat , up fer a plane ride at 8:30 . It's time for an apple .

Acadia Uni

Deep Roots Festival

Polaris Prize ; Good luck , JOEL ! http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fuw1OH&h=fbe42bbc29fd89eb730a434e4a27b30b Ah well , prizes are for the 4H Club . Congrats to ' Fucked Up ' though , it looks good on you .

MIND YOUR VOLUME ...it's a little hot , this one . The Cause Of Many Troubles by Dave Marsh ( Joel Plaskett Emergency ) and The True Love Rules , live at Donstock IV , (The Joel Plaskett Emergency played both Donstock I and Donstock II ) with Emergency bassist Chris Pennell on percussion , somewhere in there. We'll see everyone at theDeep Roots Festival in bucolic Wolfville , this coming thursday . This gig will feature Anna and Rose .

The JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY reconvenes for shows this week ; and thanks to everyone at the Harvest Jazz and Blues festival in fabulous Fredericton , great crowd .
at UPEI and Dalhousie Uni , Thursday and Friday , Sept .09 /10 . These may be Student ID only shows so call or check online with them . Great shows at both Uni's this week , glad everyone came out .

Dave Marsh and the True Love Rules( Dawn Negus and Paul Boudreau ) play Lunenburg this Tuesday night ,http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=132056912987&ref=nf
Thanks to Michael Best and Eva from Rum Runners for a real cool time . Don't know about Christmas day but every tuesday should be one spent in beautiful Lunenburg having a lobster dinner across the street from the Bluenose on a gorgeous summer evening . Invite us back !

But EVERYONE is invited to the Harvest Jazz and Blues fest Wednesday , Sept .16 in Fredericton as well as the Deep Roots Festival , Acadia Uni , Wolfville , Thursday Sept. 24 .

Also congratulations to Joel and Dave for their Music Nova Scotia nominations . Rave on . http://www.musicnovascotia.ca/

JOEL will be playing in Brooklyn , New York , tomorrow night ;
Thu, Aug. 20th
Union Hall Performance, Bell House/Union Hall
Brooklyn, New York

also ; Dave Marsh and The True Love Rules , with special guests , Matt Murphy and Dawn Negus , will be performing at Baba's Lounge , Charlottetown , PEI , Monday , August 24 , to kick off the Close to the Coast Festival , 10 pm .
Thanks to everyone in PEI for a right good laff . And to Matt Murphy for the Ipod road game , " Steal ! " .

Skank Williams

Mountain Memories

Donstock IV ... deep in the hills of Pictou County ; The Emergency , Skank Williams , beer bellies , hillbillies , Tom Smith , Realiser , bluegrass , and a life well lived . Rave on brothers and sisters , rave on .