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

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!

Wednesday: The Woodshredders Bluegrass Jam : CAFE SHAIKA; Sherbrooke st/ Girouard. traditional Bluegrass music with Terry Joe, Pat Loiselle, Roger Haughey picking  some hot instrumentals and old-time favorites, abnd backing up any and all pickers and singers! good times and pleasant atmosphere.
Thursday : Moonshiner’s Jam : GRUMPY”S; 1242 Bishop st.. Acoustic old-time,country and 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!

howdy folks, unfortunately, due to the amount of spam that I receive in my e-mail inbox, it makes it very hard to sift through all of it to find legitimate e-mails….so those who want to contact me can e-mail me at terry joe banjo @ yahoo. com. ( left spaces to keep those spammers from doing the same there)