Joel and band are moving from the prairies to the nations capital for a few days of well desrved rest . The Emergency joins them monday for a couple days of rehearsal before the Eastern shows remaining .
Meanwhile back at the ranch , what a rocking time was had at Tribeca 'tother night . It was the closest CBGB's vibe I've felt since ... cbgb's ? Nah , the Marz bar was better . ... more like the Double Deuce on Hollis with a dash of Flamingo stage 1 ( Grafton ) . Tom Smith got so excited when we joined him on stage for Warsaw that he popped 2 strings on his fancy new Taylor acoustic . I lent him mine and he blew our minds with the original composition , Long Sleeves . The Skank Williams were next . Adorably fantastic . Then Dawn and Dave with I Remember You by Steve Earle , and on to The True Love Rules ; 3 piece , dead simple , new danelectro pedal , step ... 1 , 2 , 3 , and boom ... newbies , ' I Manipulated ' , ' We Don't Belong ', and ' Wide Boy ' . Rolly topped the evening off , joining the band onstage where we blew the lid off with his ' Raining On Me ' , Steve Jones style . Zwick did a great job FOH . Late night come down drink , home to bed . Magic .

GloryHound and the Skyhawks at The Seahorse Tavern , Halifax , wed. , April 1 . With Dave Marsh's True Love Rules 10 pm .

Dave Marsh and True Love Rules Toronto shows ; Canadian Music Weak

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Showcase Schedule:
SATURDAY March 14th, 2009

Venue: Horseshoe Tavern 370 Queen St. West 416 598 4753On-stage at: 3:10 AM
SATURDAY March 14th, 2009

Venue: Rivoli 334 Queen St. W. 416 596 1908On-stage at: 11:00 PM
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Joel Plaskett solo shows across Canada ;
TOUR DATES:
21 April The Confederation Centre, Charlottetown PEI22 April The Playhouse Theatre, Fredericton NB23 April The Imperial Theatre, Saint John NB24 April The Capitol Theatre, Moncton NB02 May The Cobalt Classic Theatre, Cobalt ON05 May The West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg06 May The Distrikt, Regina, SK07 May Knox United Church, Calgary AB09 May The Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC10 May The Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria BC12 May Habitat, Kelowna BC13 May Pavilion Theatre, Kamloops BC14 May MacDougall United Church, Edmonton AB15 May The Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon SK

Joel Plaskett was there . He braved the minus a million degrees and crossed the harbour on the ferry , in quiet sea smoke , heading for the Seahorse . Stove and Tommy too . Vic , of course . Cambo ,Steph . John Wesley . Claire . Radiant . Striking . Hugh and Chris Laing . On and on .
Trouble about recalling everybody is just that . All sorts .
Downtown on a Wednesday night in January is for the lucky . Stand on Argyle street , cozy and spacious and chatty and quiet . You hear talk about hockey and guitars , old concerts and this coming summer . Donstock 4 . 15 paid and a guest list as big . Man , that's life in Halifax in January . Flick yer butt in the gutter James Cook spat in .
Skank William's have rejuvenated my faith in a stage , and a guitar/banjo .
Al Tuck is downstairs asleep . It was a late one .

Discs of the year: Playing by ear

Doug Taylor's high fives

Dave Marsh, The True Love Rules (New Scotland) Bursting from behind the Emergency skins, Marsh reveals mad guitar chops and a kinship with everyone from Jimmy Webb to Slade. This mature and reflective album morphs into a colossal stomper live, as on Natal Day weekend at Alderney Landing.

EXCLAIM! Review
Dave Marsh The True Love Rules
By Vish Khanna

Dave Marsh is a gifted songwriter and his fixation on edgy pop rock has yielded the best record from Halifax’s over-30 set in years. Sitting behind the Super Friendz and the Joel Plaskett Emergency as a solidly inventive drummer, Marsh is more than an unsung sideman and, on rare occasions, his distinctive compositions have snuck onto records by these aforementioned bands. The True Love Rules is Marsh’s first opportunity to stretch out and explore a crossroads that finds punk, glam rock, new wave and folk colliding beautifully. He invites past and present collaborators to help his shape infectious compositions, many of which celebrate Halifax. The big rock of “Backstreets Thread” is a fun roll call for local cronies, while traces of ’70s era Bowie are all over “Darling You, Nothing Else Matters” and “Move You Around.” There’s a cool kind of passion on The True Love Rules, a thoughtfully layered bit of cocky rock’n’roll by Dave Marsh. (New Scotland)http://www.reverbnation.com/davemarsh

A gig ; this sunday evening , at Tribeca , Halifax ; with The True Love Rules , Realiser and the fabulous Skank Williams .

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Donstock III photos Jennifer Mackay

The new album is out ! Produced by Joel Plaskett and Dave Marsh .
Buy it here ,

://www.maplemusic.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=5691&pf%5Fid=5690%2D01&lang=ENThe True Love Rules

The new album is out ! Produced by Joel Plaskett and Dave Marsh .

Buy it here ,

://www.maplemusic.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=5691&pf%5Fid=5690%2D01&lang=EN
The True Love Rules

Gig ; Dave Marsh and The True Love Rules ... at Tribeca , Granville Street , Halifax . Thursday May 8 , somewhere between 10:30 and 11 pm . Followed by the Tribe house outfit Gloryhound and The Skyhawks . Opening , from Toronto , the legendary Lonnie James .
Hockey game will be on . Sound ( possibly shirts ) will be off .

The Seahorse , tonight . 10:30 pm sharp . The True Love Rules Ancient Order of Water Buffaloes Show Band presents ; The True Love Rules , The Album , debut .

We're planning on 9 tunes in 30 minutes as the openers . Stick around for Down With The Butterfly and The Yellow Jacket Avenger ... if your mind hasn't been blown or your face melted ..

For those of you in Calgary . See if you can spot Joel Plaskett in your town this weekend . Go up and say hello , he's very approachable .

@ The Seahorse Tavern , Halifax , friday April 4th .

New track released online . It's saturday and a storm is a coming , so the omens are right for the online premiere of another song from The True Love Rules album from Dave Marsh . Called Darling You , Nothing Else Matters . Ok , enough of the guff ; Darling You , Nothing Else Matters @ www.reverbnation/davemarsh .