--Six Shooter Bullets --

September 2001

It's Poppy Season

Sat, Sep 1, 2001, 6:28 PM

Greetings!

Holy moly, everyone is on Six Shooter is on tour in September. So get out your calendar and makes some notes...In this issue:

  1. Martin Tielli debut solo CD release + tour dates

  2. Luke Doucet - on tour in Canada + the UK

  3. Mia Sheard - on tour in Canada + the US

  4. Captain Tractor - tour dates

  5. NQ Arbuckle - tour dates

MARTIN TIELLI

The much-anticipated debut solo album by Martin Tielli (of The Rheostatics) will hit the streets on September 11, with the official CD release party on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th at the HORSESHOE TAVERN.

Titled "We didn't even suspect that he was the poppy salesman," the album features acoustic guitar and voice by Martin Tielli and was produced by the legendary Michael Phillip Wojewoda. Last fall, Martin wrote more than 60 songs in preparation for this record. He made demos of half of them, recorded 20 or so, and chose 11 for the final track list. It's a beautiful record. The album will be available in fine record stores across Canada, and also at www.lodestarmusic.com, www.maplemusic.com, and www.hmv.com.

Tour dates for September are:

TORONTO: Thurs. Sept. 13, Horseshoe Tavern, with Luke Doucet supporting
HAMILTON: Fri. Sept. 14, The Casbah, with Luke Doucet and Duotang supporting
LONDON: Sat. Sept. 15, Call the Office, with Luke Doucet supporting
OTTAWA: Sun. Sept. 16, Acoustic Waves Series, Great Canadian Theatre, with Snailhouse supporting
MONTREAL: Thurs. Sept. 20, Club Zone, with Iz Cox supporting
KINGSTON: Sat. Sept. 22, Scherzo Pub, with Iz Cox supporting
PETERBOROUGH: Sun. Sept. 23, Gordon Best Theatre, with Paul McLeod supporting
WATERLOO: Sat. Sept. 29-30, Jane Bond, with Mia Sheard supporting (29) and with Iz Cox supporting (30)

For these dates, Martin will be accompanied by a full band, with Barry Mirochnick on drums, Greg Smith on bass, and Paul McLeod on guitar/vocals.

UP NEXT: The Rheostatics are also releasing an album this fall (in October), called "Night of the Shooting Stars". They will be going on a cross-Canada tour in October with Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), and in the US in November. Martin might do some opening slots on this tour...maybe, maybe not. We'll see.

Also, Martin's website (www.martintielli.com) will be up soon, and will feature, among a bunch of other stuff, a full-length downloadable song called "The Bridge", which, regrettably (because the song is just beautiful), isn't on the new record. So we thought we'd put it up on the website for you to enjoy.

LUKE DOUCET

Since the release of Aloha, Manitoba, Luke has been on tour non-stop. September is no different, and he's playing some dates in Ontario/Quebec, as well as overseas:

MONTREAL: Thurs. Sept. 6, Club Zone
KINGSTON: Fri. Sept. 7, Scherzo Pub
WATERLOO: Sun. Sept. 9, Jane Bond Cafe, co-bill with Danny Michel
TORONTO: Mon. Sept 10, Radio Monday, Ted's Wrecking Yard, w/ Kate Fenner, Mia Sheard, Kersti & Patrick of Ruby Drake
GUELPH: Tues. Sept. 11, Outdoor "Porch Series", U of Guelph, showtime 12 noon
WELLAND: Wed. Sept. 12, Niagara College, showtime 12 noon
TORONTO: Thurs. Sept. 13, Horseshoe Tavern, opening for Martin Tielli
ST. CATHARINES: Fri. Sept. 14, Niagara College, GLENDALE Campus, showtime 12 noon
HAMILTON: Fri. Sept. 14, The Casbah, opening for Martin Tielli/Duotang
LONDON: Sat. Sept. 15, Call the Office, opening for Martin Tielli

The later part of the month brings Luke to his first ever tour of the UK:

BRISTOL: Wed. Sept. 19, Severnshed
NOTTINGHAM: Thurs. Sept. 20, The Maze
GLASGOW: Fri. Sept. 21, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE: Sun. Sept. 23, The Witchwood
CHESTER: Tues. Sept 25, Telfords Warehouse
LEICASTER: Wed. Sept. 26, The Musician
BRIGHTON: Fri. Sept. 28, The Pavilion Theatre
SOUTHAMPTON: Sat. Sept. 29, The Joiners

In all the above dates, Luke will be opening for Oh Susanna, and also playing in her band. Then, his tour continues...

PUTNEY: Mon. Oct. 1, Half Moon
LONDON: Tues. Oct. 2, Kashmir Klub
LONDON: Wed. Oct. 3, The Borderline, supporting Tom Russell
LONDON: Thurs. Oct. 4, The 12-Bar Club
LONDON: Fri. Oct. 5, The River Bar
BRIGHTON: Sun. Oct. 7, The Greys, supporting Thea Gilmore

UP NEXT: Luke will be doing a full-fledged west coast tour in October, again with the amazing Danny Michel.

MIA SHEARD

Mia will be touring in Ontario/Quebec in support of her beautiful record, Reptilian (Perimeter Records), and later this month in the US:

TORONTO: Mon. Sept 10, Radio Monday, Ted's Wrecking Yard, w/ Kate Fenner,
Luke Doucet, Kersti & Patrick of Ruby Drake
KINGSTON: Fri. Sept. 14, Scherzo Pub, (with full band), and at a fundraiser on Sat. Sept. 15
WATERLOO: Sat. Sept. 29, Jane Bond, opening for Martin Tielli
WAKEFIELD: Sun. Sept. 30, Black Sheep Inn, 4 pm, with taping by CBC (with full band)
TORONTO: Wed. Oct. 3, C'est What?, (with full band)

Blame Canada Round One: With Toronto quickly gaining the deserved reputation as the hotbed of talented singer-songwriters, it makes sense to take it on the road to show everyone what the fuss is all about. Dubbed “Blame Canada” by creator Karen Pace, the series will take four Canadian songwriters to the US to perform workshop style (similar to the Radio Mondays series at Ted's Wrecking Yard in Toronto). The maiden voyage of Blame Canada features: Mia Sheard, Dan Bryk, renann, and Tom Wilson (Junkhouse frontman).

MONTREAL: Sun. Sept. 16, Club Zone, , 9 pm
NORTHAMPTION, MA: Mon. Sept. 17, Iron Horse, 9:30 pm
NEW YORK: Tues. Sept. 18, CB's Gallery, 9 pm
PROVIDENCE, RI: Wed. Sept. 19, The Green Room,
CAMBRIDGE, MA: Thurs. Sept. 20, The Kendall Cafe, 9 pm
PHILADELPHIA: Fri. Sept. 21, Dos, 9 pm
HOBOKEN, NJ: Sat. Sept. 22, Love Sexy, 7 pm
BURLINGTON, VT: Sun. Sept. 23, Red Square Bar, 6 pm

UP NEXT: October brings Mia to western Canada where she'll brave BC and the prairies with her captivating solo performance.

CAPTAIN TRACTOR

Captain Tractor had their biggest show ever last month in Edmonton for the World Track and Field Championships, where they rocked the worlds of 35,000 people. Yowza! September brings them to:

EDMONTON: Fri. Sept. 7, Lister Hall, University of Alberta
REGINA: Fri. Sept. 15, The State,
SASKATOON: Sat. Sept. 16, Screamfest, Saskatchewan Place, 3 pm

UP NEXT: Chris Wynter's soundtrack for the musical, RED LIPS (which premiered at Leave it to Jane/Citadel Theatre last spring) will soon be available at www.lodestarmusic.com for twenty bucks.

N.Q. ARBUCKLE

Who can say when Neville's record will actually come out. Some re-mixing still needs to be done, and then there is the question of artwork. Neville has been bounding all over the world, but promises to get it together next month for a possible Christmas release. You can preview the amazing material at a couple of shows he’s co-billing with the similarly fabulous and utterly entertaining Carolyn Mark:

TORONTO: Thurs. Sept. 20, Ted's Wrecking Yard
WATERLOO: Sat. Sept. 22, Jane Bond Cafe
TORONTO: Mon. Sept. 24, Radio Mondays, Ted's Wrecking Yard, w/Jim Bryson,
Kathleen Edwards, and Carolyn Mark

Whew! No wonder I didn't get any sleep last month! Thank you all for your support of great independent music. Until next month...


Shauna de Cartier
Six Shooter Records