I enjoy playing rock, blues, and
folk music. I own and play (in approximate order of
competence) the following musical instruments: guitar,
keyboard, harmonica,
saxophone, trumpet, penny
whistle, and bongo drums. I also
sing, and write my own songs.
Quick links to some MP3 sound files:
Knapsack Woman,
High Park,
Confusing Wonder,
Over and Over Again,
Never Satisfied,
Aide-moi, Aide-moi,
Anywhere.
And now the details ...
In 2007 I did some more multi-track home recording, including the new song
Knapsack Woman (see
lyrics).
In 2000, I recorded the CD Just for Fun; see the
sound files and lyrics.
I have done various musical performing and recording, around Toronto
and elsewhere, including:
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Organizing the fun music show Jeff & Friends
(see sound files,
poster,
and set list)
at The Oasis music
club, on Saturday, June 22, 1996.
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Organising the follow-up show Jeff &
Friends II (see sound files,
poster,
and set list) on Saturday,
Oct. 24, 1998, again at The Oasis.
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Performing musical
accompanyment at Theatresports Toronto / Bad Dog Theatre shows, where
I also perform improvisational
comedy.
I have also done some other (more minor) musical performing, including:
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Being a guest performer with the band
Tuna Casserole Blues
-- featuring Mike
Rosenthal,
Mark Watts, and Kevin
Wimberley -- who perform
blues music
at various clubs (including the Black
Swan, on Danforth at Broadview)
(see photo).
-
Performing at open mic events run
by Danny Marks.
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Performing solo at the "Salon talent nights" run on Tuesday evenings and
some Sunday evenings at
Fitzgerald's Pub (Queen St. E., at Scarborough Rd.),
at Siren's (2213 Queen St. E., at Wineva),
and at Lido's (1971 Queen St. E., east of Woodbine).
-
Being a guest performer
at the restaurant/club The Wild Indigo (on College St.
at Clinton).
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Recording one verse (0:58) of Paul Simon's The Boxer,
available in streaming RealPlayer (123K) or
larger RealPlayer (606K) format.
-
Performing two spoof songs about Bayesian statistics with Gareth
Roberts, at the 2006 "Valencia 7" meeting in Tenerife
(see lyrics,
youtube1,
youtube2).
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Performing two spoof songs (plus five regular songs for dancing)
with Gareth Roberts, at the "MCMSki" conference in Bormio, Italy
(see lyrics,
photo1,
photo2).
-
Performing two spoof songs about Bayesian statistics with Gareth
Roberts (the second also with David Leslie), at the 2008 ISBA conference
in Australia
(see lyrics,
photo1,
photo2,
photo3,
youtube1,
youtube2); I also accompanied
Mark Huber and various others.
Please e-mail me if you
would like to be informed of future musical performances.
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