BLACK TAVERN

2012-01-18T22:12:00.000-05:00

2012-01-11T19:46:00.000-05:00

HEAVY BLACK SPIDERS

VOX/GUITAR - Chris Dragon
BASS - The Rev
DRUMS - Longhair Larry

Written and arranged By Chris Dragon
Produced and Mixed by The Rev JAN 7, 2012

CLICK THIS- MEAN OLD TOWN (Matanza Blues)

2011-12-02T08:50:00.000-05:00

THE BIGFOOT SESSIONS

Recorded in Barrie Ontario November 19, 2011

Mike Patterson - Guitar
Chris Dragon - Guitar
The Rev - Bass
Bayfield Larry - Drums

Bigfoot on MArs

PLAY HERE: A BIGFOOT

PLAY HERE: A REALLY BIGFOOT

PLAY HERE: THE BIGGEST BIGFOOT

2011-11-25T08:43:00.001-05:00

This jam came to together at the last minute. Emails went out that morning.
Confirmed and greenlighted. I jumped on the highway north of Toronto for an hour, rolled into Barrie... and then played all day long. I love it when it happens like that. No precieved ideas or expectations. Pure musical last minute freedom. After listening back... it reminded me of Eddie Hazel's Maggot Brain and a little Trower mixed in. I have no idea where this stuff comes from. It seems we are just a radio antenna to the universe...We called the day's session BIG FOOT. Here's a taste...

Recorded in Barrie Ontario November 19, 2011

Mike Patterson - Guitar
Chris Dragon - Guitar
The Rev - Bass
Bayfield Larry - Drums

LISTEN HERE: BIG FOOT 3D

2011-11-18T23:16:00.004-05:00

THE GODS FLEE EARTH: The Epilog

Here is a film I'm working on. This is part one. The soundtrack is jam session recorded at the begining of this year of the rabit 2011. A space trip salute to one of my favorite freak directors...the late great Stanley Kubrick...one of these days I will complete Part TWO and the CODA Part THREE....until then...cheech out and enjoy!

2011-11-16T19:09:00.001-05:00

That's my eyephone streaking across the canvas as I shot this picture from my hotel room window.
Creasant Street downtown Montreal

Second Degree
Darcy Hawkins - Guitar
Chris Dragon - Guitar

Montreal October 31 2011

TAKE TWO - Longtrain Blues

2011-11-04T21:21:00.003-04:00

It's October...the month of muse, and the top of the pyramid for me. (Creatively speaking). So what does a no-name, low brow artist to do?...Well that's obvious isn't it?... pack your damn bags boy...get on a a fuckin fast train...don't forget your acoustic...and don't get off until you get to Montreal. The town for musers...just like the blues men before me. Here is a taste of 4 hours of music, made with my mon amie from Montreal...the D-Man!...if you listen closely you can hear the fan blowin in the wind!

Second Degree

Darcy Hawkins- Guitar
Chris Dragon - Guitar,Vox, Wah Synth
October 31, 2011

PLAY HERE: Sin

2010-11-08T19:33:00.001-05:00

My first time playing solo at the legendary El Mocambo Toronto

2010-11-08T19:15:00.005-05:00

Seems like i'm banging one of these out a night now. No bass or drums. Just acoustic and electric in 2 takes. Still sloppy. It's hard to engineer and write at the same time. It's like drinkin beer and trying to do your long division.
I ended up using different lyrics. But I still like these ones too.

All those rainbows
spin'in around your head
All those rainbows
spin'in round

fill up the room
madness is only
lov'in lost
you
fill up the room
my lonely song
heart for you

All those rainbows
spin'in around your head
All those rainbows
spin'in round

they fill up the room
I'm chasing the colours
they take me from gloom
leavin the others
all thy pain

All those rainbows
that no one ever sees
All those rainbows
that no one ever sees but me
spin'in round your head

well they fill up the room
with all the colours
fill up the rrom
chase away the gloom
yeah yeah yeah yeah

-winochris

Rainy Day Road

2010-11-08T18:45:00.003-05:00

For many years now. As long as I have had email almost. My old buddy Johnny would now and then email me some crazy ass lyrics. Sometimes I'll through my own lines in and hit REPLY. But the last couple of years I've been keeping his lines as he sends them. Here is a sample of JR's lyrics as they came flying into my INBOX one late night. I just happned to be multi-tracking at that moment. Creative brainstorming dumped into the track.

johnnylyricsPart1Part2.mp3

2010-11-08T18:29:00.003-05:00

Jammin at Lake Ontario again...down in the basement of the Sound Academy.

Bass/Vox - Paulie
Guitar - Mikey
Drums - Marcel
Guitar - Chris

Friday Oct 29 2010

JAM THIS

2010-02-25T21:17:00.001-05:00

2010-02-25T20:56:00.003-05:00

FEB 20 2010
BARRIE ONTARIO

The Black Cat Acoustic Sessions

Drums - Scott Coulter
Guitar 1 – The Hobbit
Guitar 2 – WINO
Vibes - REV

TRACK ONE
DROWNING WHITE BEAR

2010-02-10T08:06:00.002-05:00

HARDTAIL at the legendary El Mocambo.

HARDTAIL

2010-01-01T23:43:00.005-05:00

BLACKTOP FILM

THE REV - BASS
SCOTT COULTER - DRUMS
WINO CHRIS - GUITAR/VOX

RECORED AND MIXED BY THE REV
AMITTYVILLE HORROR HOUSE STUDIOS
BARRIE ONTARIO

2010-01-01T19:30:00.002-05:00

THE FIRST DEMO OF THE DECADE.
RECORDED JAN 1 2010 @ SUBMARINE STUDIOS, TORONTO
DOWN AND OUT

2009-12-30T21:27:00.004-05:00

Vince Hawkins - Guitar
Chris Dragon - Guitar
Bass - Darcy Hawkins
Drums - Gary Glenn

REHERSAL FACTORY DEC 27 2009
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JR

ASTRO GLIDE (WINO MIX)

2009-12-30T21:25:00.001-05:00

REHERSAL FACTORY DEC 27 2009

2009-12-30T21:18:00.001-05:00

BOXING DAY MORNING JAM

Christmas 2009 from angelsmoke on Vimeo.

2009-02-08T14:17:00.009-05:00

THE ANDRETTI COPPOLA SESSIONS
Fri. Feb. 6 2009
DARCY HAWKINS - 12 String
WINO CHRIS - 6 String
VINCE HAWKINS - 6 String

Some old friends get together. An acoustic setting. I'm calling this THE ANDRETTI COPPOLA SESSIONS after the killer wine Darcy uncorked. We do the kitchen blues thang. Four bottles of wine and a wood oven Sicilian Pizza later, the phone rings.

It's 4 am and we're still riff'in.......IT's JOHNNY!

...here's the video. (give it some time to dump into your web browser)

4 AM JOHNNY BLUES
Vince on guitar w/Johnny Ramsden on Cell Phone.

DARCY HAWKINS,WINO CHRIS, VINCE HAWKINS:

QMANBLUES
THE RAVEN

-for Q

2009-01-05T19:36:00.002-05:00

MISSING EVERYTHING

For the brother of a brother from another mother no longer with us - as we spin around the sun.

Vince - Lead Guitar
Chris- Guitar
Marty - Ampeg BAss
Miles - Drums
Johnny - Vocals

Saturday Jan 3 2009 @ Rehersal Factory, Studio One. Toronto.

2009-01-05T19:12:00.005-05:00

DIVING DUCK ON THE KILLING FLOOR

This was the final jam song of the night. A mashup of Killing Floor Blues over Diving Duck.

"If the river was whiskey, I would be a diving duck"

Vince - Lead Guitar
Chris- Guitar
Marty - Ampeg BAss
Miles - Drums
Johnny - Vocals

Saturday Jan 3 2009 @ Rehersal Factory, Studio One. Toronto.

2009-01-04T12:44:00.004-05:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR

VIRGIN

Well here it is. With a little help from some friends, the very first jam of 2009. Live off the floor with the ZOOM H2. This was the first off the cuff cut, that started a 4 hours jam session.

Chris- Guitar
Marty - Ampeg BAss
Miles - Drums
Johnny - Vocals

76 LP Custom> D*A*M DragoNFly>Marshall Plexi>4x12 G12T-75's

Saturday Jan 3 2009 @ Rehersal Factory, Studio One. Toronto.

2008-08-05T18:25:00.003-04:00

THE BALLAD OF BROWN CADDY (part one)

headin down the highway
in an old cadillac
bright lights shinning
oh it hit me in my eye
roll down the window
and the winds blown strong
Stevie Ray Vaughan on the radio

Music By Vince, Darcy, Chris
Lyrics Chris
Recorded in Montreal August 3 2008

A work in progress, but I'm gonna put it up on my blog anyways.
Recorded with one stereo mic with no monkey business recording filters.

THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING DARCY.....YOU THE MAN!!!!!!

It's short.... but ENJOY !

photo: Vince and Q-man

2008-07-24T22:54:00.004-04:00

POLARIS A ROX

GENRE STYLE:
Instrumental Psyche Space Rock

SPECS:

Garage Band

PLAYERS:
Wino Chris - All tracks

COMMENTS:

MUSIC WRITTEN AND RECORDED
JULY 23 2008 - wino chris

2008-07-24T22:23:00.004-04:00

FLIES IN THE KITCHEN

GENRE STYLE:
Acoustic Alternative

SPECS:

2 Multi tracks with phase FX

Vocals: AKG C3000

PLAYERS:
Wino Chris - Acoustic Guitar

COMMENTS:
Done in one take on two tracks.

LYRICS WRITTEN
June 8 2008 - wino chris

MUSIC WRITTEN AND RECORDED
June 8 2008 - wino chris

2008-06-26T05:43:00.001-04:00

VOODOO MAN.

The lyrics were written back in the 90's. A decade of creative productivity for me. Slowly I finally put some music to the words. Hopefully when the era of Bush ends, it will inspire a whole new creative evolution. In the meantime, I'll wait. Lyrics to come.

GENRE STYLE:
Acoustic Voodoo Blues

SPECS:

2008 Empahone Acoustic. > DI > Fast Track Pro > Mac Book Pro > Garage Band > Track Echo Filter > SWITCH APP > MP3 @ 320

Vocals: AKG C3000

PLAYERS:
Wino Chris - Acoustic Guitar

COMMENTS:
Done in one take two tracks track.
Photography by: Voodoo Plastik
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blind_imagery/

LYRICS WRITTEN
Jan 18 1996 - wino chris

MUSIC WRITTEN AND RECORDED
Thursday, June 12 2008 - wino chris

2008-06-13T11:56:00.000-04:00

MATANZAS BLUES

The first raw cut to start this blog. Inspired by a trip to the Havana Jazz Festival with a side road trip to the City of Matanzas. Also called "La Atenas de Cuba" (the Athens of Cuba) for its poets.

The name Matanzas means "massacre" and refers to a putative slaughter at the port of the same name.

MATANZAS BLUES

Train left Mantazas
Leaving you here behind
Train left Mantazas boy
leavin ya high and dry
leavin ya high and dry

Well it's alright there dude
you've been there before
standing in the shadow
so no one can see ya
even the dogs feel torn
you've seen it all before

Matanzas mean old town
full of darkness and shame
take the train
to Havana town
get me out of
this here place

Get me a cold beer blues
then hide in the shadow of trees
Get me a cold beer blues
then hide in the shade of a tree

But the train left Mantazas
leavin ya high and dry
the train left Mantazas now
leavin me here behind
leavin me here behind

Got no place
to lay my head tonight
wishing I was in Havana Town

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GENRE STYLE:
Acoustic Delta Slide/Blues

SPECS:

2008 Empahone Acoustic. Tuned to Open G . AKG C3000 > Fast Track Pro > Mac Book Pro > Garage Band > Track Echo Filter > SWITCH APP > MP3 @ 320

PLAYERS:
Wino Chris - Acoustic Guitar

COMMENTS:
Done in one take on one track. Both guitar and vocals recorded into one mic at the same time.

RECORDING DATES:
Thursday, June 12 2008