Yes, it seems like the Tour has finally reached the Magic Numbers. Over 100 stops! So, this is good. I still have a very few dates I'd like to fill: a couple on the East Coast, a couple on the West Coast, a couple in Quebec, and a couple in Ontario. The Prairie has got one date left. So, I could fill seven more shows over the duration... These won't make the poster. DPI Graphics gets the print work in the morning with 100 stops, and these posters will be up all over Canada before you know it!
Diva's working on the Tour Jackets, including some special orders already in... We're counting down. I'm booking flights and trucks. Can't wait to see you all out on the Blues Highway!
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Follow along on Canada's biggest blues tour as veteran road warriors Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean do 100 back to back acoustic shows across Canada. From first press release through final show you can ride with the Century Blues Tour.
Century Blues Tour
Century Blues Promo & Links
For Immediate Release: September 1st, 2009
Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean Announce 100+ Shows
Biggest Blues Tour Starts
Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean are pleased to report that their National Steel “Century” Blues Tour has grown to a record breaking, 100+ back to back shows spanning 9 provinces and 2 territories. Riding high on the roots revival, the veteran bluesmen will launch the tour at Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. W., Toronto, on Wednesday, September 9th.
The most comprehensive Canadian blues-roots tour ever mounted, the Century is setting new benchmarks for independent artists. “I think it’s the biggest tour anybody has done in this country,” says Doc MacLean, who claims to run the whole enterprise out of a virtual office consisting of “a laptop, a cell phone and a guitar case.”
Operating without arts funding, the Tour is absorbing the costs of bringing the blues to remote rural locations and the far north. “It’s something Big Dave and I feel very strongly about,” explains Doc, “a national tour should be national— not just a string of big cities on a highway.” Building on the “blues coming to your town!” theme,Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean have partnered with music retailer and educator Long and McQuade to offer complimentary, blues guitar workshops and masterclasses at locations across Canada.
To commemorate the Tour, Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean have released a special, live CD, “Big Road Blues.” The limited pressing, recorded and produced by Catherine McLelland for CBC’s “Canada Live,” will only be available at Century Blues Tour shows.
Doc MacLean and Big Dave McLean thrilled sold out halls from Halifax to Vancouver Island on their original Big Road Blues Tour. Back by popular demand, don’t miss this opportunity to hear them interact again, up close and personal in this epic, all acoustic songs and stories presentation. Loaded with new songs and old favourites, the Century Tour promises to be a classic, "must see" event.
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The Century Blues Tour. A Cool One Hundred. The lines of the horizon and the smell of barbecue. Broken strings, broken hearts, broken glass. Laughter and tears. Late nights and Cadillacs. Two of Canada’s best loved bluesmen playing vintage National Steel guitars, sharing songs and stories from Coast to Coast to Coast.
Contact and Info— Doc MacLean doc@docmaclean.com
Visit the 2007 Tour: http://bigroadbluestour.blogspot.com
Hear what it sounded like:
Visit http://www.sonicbids.com/docmaclean and play “Jimmie Lee Jackson’s Blues,” and "Feel Like Goin' Home."
Follow the Century Tour: http://centurybluestour.blogspot.com
Big Dave McLean is a Juno winning, Stony Plain recording artist: http://www.stonyplainrecords.com based in Winnipeg. His new acoustic release “Got ‘em from the bottom” is the 2009 WCMA "Blues Recording of the Year," and was Juno nominated "Blues Album of the Year." Big Dave was Maple Blues Nominated "Acoustic Artist of the Year" for the second year in a row, and this time was also nominated for "Entertainer of the Year." Last year he won the "Lifetime Achievement Award." It's gonna be a Big year for Big Dave as the album and regional nominations keep rolling in. See why he's being called the next "Prime Minister of the Blues."
Doc MacLean was recognized as "Acoustic Blues Master" at last year's Black American Music Awards. He's got a bunch of new songs you won't want to miss. "An audio version of the movie, Sin City," said Blues Revue. "The Master of Darkness." His coast to coast fanbase will make the Century Tour a great success and a wild adventure. Doc now hangs his hats in Toronto.
Century Blues Tour Schedule
The Century Blues Tour
Tour Schedule Version: 5 Sept 09
R3/9 Toronto, ON CIUT-FM
F4/9 (Ottawa, ON) CKCU-FM
S5/9 Toronto, ON Bluz-FM
S5/9 (Ottawa, ON) CKCU-FM
6/9 Toronto, ON Travel day
W9/9 Toronto, ON Hugh’s Room
R10/9 Ottawa, ON Rainbow Bistro
F11/9 Burnstown, ON Neat Food Café
S12/9 Ottawa, ON Long & McQuade
S12/9 Kingston, ON RCHA Club, Blues Society
Su13/9 Quebec City, PQ Pub Limoilou
M14/9 Riviere du Loup, PQ (TBC)
T15/9 Fredericton, NB Travel day
T15/9 (Saint John, NB) CBC-1
W16/9 Fredericton, NB CBC-TV, in-studio
R 17/9 Fredericton, NB Long & McQuade
R17/9 Fredericton, NB Harvest Jazz & Blues
R17/9 Fredericton, NB Harvest Jazz & Blues
F18/9 Charlottetown, PE CBC-1
F18/9 Middle Musquodoboit, NS Bicentennial Theatre
S19/9 Charlottetown, PE Long & McQuade
S19/9 Breadalbane, PE The Dunk
M21/9 Mount Stewart, PE Trailside Cafe
R24/9 (Saint John, NB) CBC-1 (TBC)
R24/9 Halifax, NS Long & McQuade
R24/9 Halifax, NS Bearly’s
F25/9 Windsor, NS Spitfire Arms
S26/9 Sussex, NB Broadway Cafe
Su27/9 Quebec City, PQ (TBA)
M28/9 Isle Perrot, PQ Smoke Meat Pete’s
R1/10 Picton, ON Acoustic Grill
F2/10 Oakville, ON Moonshine Cafe
S3/10 St. Catherines, ON CFBU-FM
S3/10 St. Catherines, ON Golden Pheasant Pub
S3/10 Kitchener, ON Boathouse
Su4/10 Etobicoke, ON Private Function
M5/10 Mississauga, ON Private Function
T6/10 (Kincardine, ON) The Coast 95.5 FM
W7/10 Port Hope, ON Private Function
R8/10 London, ON The Lounge
R8/10 London, ON Fanshaw College
S10/10 Wallaceburg, ON House Concert (TBC)
Su11/10 Kincardine, ON House Concert
M12/10 Winnipeg, MB Travel day
T13/10 (Kamloops, BC) CFBX-FM interview
T13/10 Saskatoon, SK Vangelis Tavern, Blues Society
W14/10 Wadena, SK Shadow House Concert
R15/10 Nokomis, SK Nokomis Hotel
F16/10 Vermilion, AB Mistahyia Ski Lodge
Sa17/10 Edmonton, AB CKCU-FM
Sa17/10 Edmonton, AB Haven Social Club
Su18/10 Yellowknife, NT CBC North- Top Knight Pub
M19/10 Dawson City, NT In the Schools
M19/10 Dawson City, NT Youth Centre
M19/10 Dawson City, YK KIAC Masterclass
T20/10 Dawson City, YK Klondike Institute Art & Culture
W21/10 Whitehorse, YK Masterclass (TBC)
R22/10 Whitehorse, YK Old Firehall
F23/10 Calgary, AB Ironwood Grill
S24/10 Calgary, AB Long & McQuade
S24/10 Lethbridge, AB The Slice
S25/10 Black Diamond, AB The Stop
M26/10 High River, AB Carlson’s on MacLeod
T27/10 Invermere, BC Strand’s
W28/10 Revelstoke, BC Regent Inn
R29/10 Kelowna, BC Minstral Cafe
F30/10 Kamloops, BC Midday Television
F30/10 Kamloops, BC CFBX-FM, in studio
F30/10 Enderby, BC Lorenzo’s Café
S31/10 Kamloops, BC Long & McQuade
S31/10 Ashcroft, BC Private Event
Su1/11 Spence’s Bridge, BC Packinghouse
M2/11 Vancouver, BC (TBA)
T3/11 Surrey, BC (TBA)
W4/11 White Rock, BC Pacific Hotel, Blues Society
R5/11 Victoria, BC House Concert
R5/11 (Nanaimo, BC) CHLY-FM
F6/11 Duncan, BC Duncan Garage Showroom
S7/11 Nanaimo, BC Long & McQuade
S7/11 Nanaimo, BC The Caprice Theatre
Su8/11 Hornby Island, BC Blues Society- Community Hall
W11/11 Port Hardy, BC Travel/Rest Day, BC Ferry
R12/11 Prince Rupert, BC Tom Rooney Playhouse
F13/11 Terrace, BC Kiva, NWCC Campus
Sa14/11 Quesnel, BC Billy Barker Casino
Su15/11 (Winnipeg, MB) CJUM
Su15/11 Prince George, BC ArtSpace- Blues Society
M16/11 Banff, AB Wild Bill's
T17/11 Medicine Hat, AB Travel Day
T17/11 (Regina, SK) CJTR-FM
W18/11 Regina, SK The Exchange
R19/11 Redvers, SK Redvers Community Halll
F20/11 Yorkton, SK Gallagher Convention Center
S21/11 Winnipeg, MB Times Changed
Su22/11 Winnipeg, MB Times Changed
W25/11 Brandon, MB (TBA)
R26/11 Weyburn, SK Pump Jack’s
F27/11 Swift Current, SK Art Gallery of Swift Current
S28/11 Bow Island, AB Blues at the Bow
Su29/11 Winnipeg, MB Travel Day
Route schedule as of 05/09/09. Subject to Change. Unless specified, all dates noted are contracted or have contracts pending. All non-listed dates or TBA are available.
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