{"id":68,"date":"2012-07-11T14:39:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seeitlivecanada.ca\/?p=68"},"modified":"2012-08-24T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T20:04:00","slug":"vancouver%e2%80%99s-new-blues-headquarters-the-electric-owl%e2%80%99s-inaugural-blues-event-featuring-colin-james-and-steve-dawson-sunday-march-25-2012-by-paul-fitzgerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seeitlivecanada.ca\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver\u2019s New Blues Headquarters The Electric Owl\u2019s Inaugural Blues Event Featuring Colin James and Steve Dawson. Sunday March 25, 2012. By Paul Fitzgerald"},"content":{"rendered":"
All Pictures by Paul Fitzgerald<\/span><\/div>\n
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All you Blues Fans\u00a0 out there, there is a new Joint to see your favorite Blues artists. The Electric Owl, a new club in the old American Hotel is featuring a\u00a0 Blues icon every last Sunday of the month. This first show was a sell out to 160 happy guests. Tables can reserved but the menu is limited to sharing plates or appetizers. The Owl Poutine is the most popular dish and the staff were great. They worked hard to keep up to the demands of a very thirsty crowd. All around a great experience.<\/div>\n
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Colin was in His Element at The Electric Owl . <\/p><\/div>\n

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Blues Artist Steve Dawson<\/p><\/div>\n

To warm up the audience Steve with his Hen House Band played six songs. Some from his new CD Night Shade, and some old Blues classics. Steve is an astounding artist and 7 time Juno winner. The Hen House\u2019s Bass player, the barefoot Keith Lowe kept everyone amused with his facial expressions and wild Bass playing. Geoff Hicks was on drums and kazoo and Chris Gestrin on keyboards and organ were fabulous. Blues Baby !<\/div>\n
It was a night to play homage to all the great blues artists. Hits by Sam Cooke, Irma Thomas, Johnny Otis, John Hiatt, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan were played . Ry Cooder\u2019s Billy The Kid was a favorite of Colin\u2019s. Another hit , Sneaking Sally by Robert Palmer was mentioned as a favorite of Steve\u2019s. Even a more recent hit by Patty Griffin, Up To the Mountain was belted out by Colin and Steve and the Hen House band. It was a Blues party. The Finale, Johnny Otis\u2019s Hand Jive had people up dancing where ever they could. The Encore was Sam Cooke\u2019s Having a Party. They joked it was from Sam\u2019s Cook Book.<\/div>\n
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Colin jammed on acoustic guitar as well as mandolin, banjo and electric. Man this guy is Talented !<\/p><\/div>\n

Instrument changes were for every song. Colin had two different acoustic guitars, a mandolin, harmonica and four separate electric guitars which included his famous Black SilverTone given to him by\u00a0 Canadian Blues legend Don Freed with the promise to never sell it for any amount of money. By the end of the night Colin\u2019s fingers were almost bleeding and guitar strings were breaking. It was a Blues jam the likes I will never get to experience again. Steve Dawson was jaw dropping on the Sliding Hawaiian Steel guitar and had as many instrument changes as Colin including a banjo and mandolin and the acoustic guitars. I was just in total astonishment at their combined talent.<\/div>\n
If you\u2019re a Blues fan, The Electric Owl is the place to see your favorite Blues artists. Rock has it\u2019s roots in the Blues man! Next Blues show Sun. April 29, with Alvin Youngblood Hart. Enjoy!<\/div>\n
Setlist of Blues favorites played by Colin James and Steve Dawson with The Hen House Band<\/div>\n
Last Fair Deal Goin\u2019 Down\u00a0 (Robert Johnson)
\nRattle Snakin\u2019 Daddy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Blind Boy Fuller)
\nUp To The Mountain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Patty Griffin\u00a0 )
\nAint Nothing You Can Do\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Van Morrison)
\nWatching The River Flow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Bob Dylan\u00a0 )
\nTake it Down\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( John Hiatt\u00a0 )
\nHooDoo man Blues\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Junior Wells\u00a0 )
\nIt Aint No Lie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Elizabeth Cotten )
\nTried and Tempted\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Wood Brothers )
\nBilly The Kid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Ry Cooder )
\nSneaking Sally\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Robert Palmer)
\nPressure Drop\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( The Maytels\u00a0 )
\nDevils in The Jukebox\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Ray Lamontagne )
\nCypress Avenue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Van Morrison )
\nRuler of My Heart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Irma Thomas\u00a0 )
\nHand\u00a0\u00a0 Jive\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Johnny Otis )
\nHaving a Party\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Sam Cooke, Sam\u2019s Cook Book )<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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