Live From the Great Western Ballroom Volume One

1997, GWB001

Comments

The Great Western Ballroom is a radio show hosted by Gabino Travassos on CJSR in Edmonton. Each hour-long show includes an interview with a band and a number of songs recorded in the CJSR studio. This CD consists mainly of songs, but also includes snippets from various interviews. It's listed here because it's the only CD available with music by the Mike McDonald Band. At a very early point in the band's history, before the band really meshed and felt comfortable with the new material, they played the show. The version of "Magic Powers" here isn't nearly as good as the version on the unreleased MMB CD, as I'm sure Mike would agree, but it's a moment of the band's history. Also worthy of note: songs by Luann Kowalek (like Mike, a member of the Bodkins), the Vinaigrettes (featuring Carolyn Mark and Ed Dobek), and Hookahman (including Larry Shelast, formerly of JGW, and Sherry Lee Heschel, formerly of MMB).

Track listing

• Placebo 4: Olive and Onion Oil
• Hayden: Hardly
• Tim Williams: Police Dog Blues
• Luann Kowalek: Rome
• The All Woman Brothers' Band: Favourite Jeans
• Sister Lovers: Sarah Polley
• Jennifer Kraatz: Without Prejudice
• The Invisible Jug Band: Just Trying to Drown
• Robert Zimmer: Meister Kleister
• Taste of Joy: Whirlpool
• The Vinaigrettes: Doctor Tomorrow
• Ben Sures: In a Perfect World
• The Plaid Tongued Devils: Boyfriend
• The Mike McDonald Band: Magic Powers
• The Brewtals: Wipeout at Wabamun
• Hookahman: Moving Day
• Mung: Jock Hunt

Only songs, not interview excerpts, are listed above. Bands included among the interview excerpts: Jr. Gone Wild, Hookahman, and several others.

Contact:

The Great Western Ballroom
PO Box 68095
162 Bonnie Doon Mall
Edmonton, AB
T6C 4N6

fax (403) 492-3121

email: gabino@incentre.net

website http://www.ualberta.ca/~cjsrfm

Brought to you by Steve Roby, 1998.

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