March 30 re-cap, and a pro woot woot...

The band Igloo featuring Tim Watson (Slick), Sandra Bouza (Mo) and JC really helped bring this Super Robertson Supper Show into the pro zone. Nothing like a totally solid rhythm section with a easy grooving songbird who's not afraid to fly in all kinds of conditions for a free Jam.

Hot damn... that's the word I should never use... "JAM" a very dangerous word for sure... everybody uses it so you can be sure of a misunderstanding anytime you make the rookie mistake of using the word. The only way the word "Jam" can get any worse is if you put the word "Open" in front of or "Band" behind it... and if that were to ever happen you would be better off just getting your testicle pierced and going home for a nice soothing ice bath.

I should present it more like... come out and play with me and I'll keep it real simple adding proper thought through words at the right time to give the simple grooves the rite to claim "song" territory... and if you can really play I want you to soar. Stage time is a scoobie snack to all those shaggies out there if you know what i mean, and if you use the word Jam you will have all sorts of stage starved hammerheads ready to plow you with a never ending blues number, a butchered cover or a fucking ballad of their personal heartbreak that they refuse to get over.

So if i were to say "Jam" this is what i mean:



A known song in A and B, with room to groove, a repeating chorus that singers can sing (words printed) and some verse sections that i think are unique, relevant and interesting. Personally i think it was a great version and king hell thanks to all the folks for adding their individuality and coming together... Slick, JC, jason, Mo, Jocelyn and a guy on guitar i hate to say i can't remember his name... his guitar battery was dead so you can't hear him, and the camera cut him off... random placement nothing personal.

I have been thinking about my band 21 tandem repeats in terms of this whole scenario with respect to the way i make and play music. Being a longtime 'band member" person i have spent the last number of years trying to pretend that we are a band in the traditional sense... meaning that when i apply for things i try to pretend we are this band with members, or set members for that matter, in some bizarre effort to fit into the mold. In the end of course it comes off like a lie, because it is, and i end up leaving the great untapped potential off the table for discussion... my greatest strength goes into the closet, hidden like it was some bastard child in the early 1900's.

What is my strenght?
I can take a group of people who have never met or played together up on stage and pull off a pretty decent live show on zero rehearsals playing simple songs i have written over the years that leave room for people to be involved. I just recorded probably the best record i have ever done with a group of fine musicians that i know and many have been part of the band for some time without any rehearsals or discussion... people had a few takes for sure.

Every SRSS i play could be thought of as an open audition to the band 21 Tandem Repeats for external cast members... it is actually brilliant... a fluid band, a cameleon band, a band not hindered by conflicting schedules... as Darth Vader might say "It is my destiny". It is interesting, when i first started the Super Robertson Supper Show i tried to play the first 4 years with the band... it was our rehearsal, and i thought we did great and then we hit the point where the band collectively had more children than members and scheduling conflicts arise, but with all things in life a new dawn is always upon us.

I never wanted to be anyone, Just want to be like myself:



This song was born in a moment back in London Ont. when i was still in university and i was discussing my future in rock and roll with a roommate. He happened to be black so he figured he would be the next Jimi Hendrix, and so the question would be "who would I Be"... should i be Keith Richards? I replied i don't want to be anybody i just want to be myself which brought ridicule and scorn on my ass because of course as a matter of music business principle you should be like somebody. It makes sense... Lady Gaga is the new Madonna... find the niche and fill it... i say this with respect to all those involved, it's just the way it goes.

so on April 6 2011:

Hi everybody,

It's that time of the month again...
Jesse and I are hosting the Super Robertson Supper Show Wed. Apr 6 @ The Railway Club. We're on 7:30 to 8:30, the kitchen is open, no cover.

This week our guests are...
Vancouver's talented Amanda Jane Lee
also appearing on the this weeks Supper Show SSRI's Jo Hirabayashi and Pup McKinney

If you're in the mood for some good songs and charming hosts come on down.
This weeks theme is Professionalism.

Kind regards,

Cameron and Jesse

You have to like this "professionalism" angle and Amanda Jane Lee has actually done radio promotion and invited hundreds on social networking.

And in the end it's all just memories.

Think positive, and your dreams are there for the taking.

SR