Congratulations to M.Roy from Gatineau, QC and R.Bauer of Laval, QC ,the winners of the Free Raftin Trip raffle and now get a chance to go down the Riviere Rouge with Azur Rafting and yours truly, Terry Joe, as their guide!

Those who would like to book a day of rafting can go to www.azurrafting.com and request TJ as your guide…aka “Turtle”.
See the rest of y’all at a festival or on the creek!

To read a Cd review of Mountain Calling in Country Music News by Larry Delaney go to www.countrymusicnews.ca/news.ihtml?step=2&article_id=1152

Summer’s almost here, time to go sunnin’, winter’s over, so  my nose has stopped runnin’, finally got my guit-box back that feels good to be a-strummin’,the rapids are ready as the rivers are running , &&&& got 2 much-anticipated cd projects that will soon be coming!

Desert Heat has recorded a hot ,new country follow-up to “Forever Road” and Yonder Hill will soon release their debut recording. Stay tuned for release dates.

Terry Joe, DESERT HEAT’s multi-instrumentalist, was nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award to be part of the ALL-Star Band in the “Specialty Instrument” Catagory for his banjo playing. The boys in the band say they are already proud of him, if he wins maybe his mom will be too!!The awards are Sept.10th.

Looking for old-time country or bluegrass music in Montreal? There’s a few places I try and make it out to weekly to pick and sing; each has it’s own particular charm…
Monday : Bob Fuller’s Hillbilly Night :THE WHEEL CLUB; 3373 Cavendish blvd. Old-time country music, openstage, 2 country songs written before 1965. buy a raffle ticket!

Thursday : Moonshiner’s Jam : GRUMPY”S; 1242 Bishop st.. Acoustic old-time,bluegrass, circle jam.

Sunday : Bluegrass at the Barfly : THE BARFLY;4062 St.Laurent blvd.. Bluegrass openstage, 3 songs with a pick-up band backing singer.hat-passed.

See ya there….I’ll be the one picking the banjo!