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'Live at the Palais' cracks top 10 US Roots/Blues National Radio Chart!
2008-04-16
Downchild 'Live at the Palais' is number 8, on the Roots/Blues Radio Chart. Read More Downchild is a nominee for Favourite Blues Artist/Group or Duo of the Year. Fans will be able to vote for Downchild, beginning Tuesday, Feb 5th, by visiting www.cmw.net. The members of venerable blues band Downchild, featuring Mississauga vocalist Chuck Jackson, walked away the big winners at Monday's 2008 Maple Blues Awards ceremony, held at the Mod Club in Toronto. Band members took home a total of five awards, with Jackson capturing the Male Vocalist of the Year award. Other Downchild members to win awards were Mike Fitzpatrick (Drummer of the Year), Gary Kendall (Bass Player of the Year), Pat Carey (Horn Player of the Year) and Michael Fonfara (Keyboard/Piano Player of the Year). View Article "There's not a wasted moment in this entire 11-song set. Solos are blissfully precise, colourful and explosive in turn. This is the classic, take it to your grave, testament of one of the greatest blues bands in the world. Period" - Gregg Quill, The Toronto Star, March 2007 4/4 Stars Downchild has snagged a leading eight nominations for the Maple Blues Awards, including Entertainer, Electric Act and Recording of the Year. The Toronto Blues Society is honouring the finest in Canadian Blues. They have nominated 'Downchild - Live at the Palais Royale' (Producer Donnie Walsh) for the Maple Blues Award, Recording of the Year. Blues fans can cast their votes online at www.mapleblues.ca. Voting will begin on November 4, 2007 until midnight December 8, 2007. The winners will be announced at the annual Maple Blues Awards gala in Toronto on Monday, January 21, 2008. Recognize outstanding achievement in Canadian Blues, Vote Downchild! Click to Download Press Release When four of Canada's most distinguished musical figures sat down to compile a list of more than 125 "essential" Canadian tunes they picked only one blues tune. "(I've Got Everything I Need) Almost" was written by the Downchild Blues Band's leader, Donnie Walsh, back in 1973, and was included on the group's second album, Straight Up. Five years later, the tune was adopted by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd and was a hit on their recording Briefcase Full of Blues. The list was part of The Toronto Star's tribute to Canadian music - Downchild's classic was the only blues song on a roster that included songs by artists as varied as Oscar Peterson, Ian Tyson, Bruce Cockburn, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, Leonard Coehn and Shania Twain. The choices were made by opera singer Maesha Brueggergosman, composer Alexina Louie, Eddie Schwartz (president of the Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame) and Toronto Star critic Vit Wagner. |
