I’m thrilled to tell you all that I’ll be returning to Ontario this july to play a couple of high profile shows.
CANADA DAY on Parliment Hill in Ottawa. July 1, 2007 I’ll be taking part in the Canada day celebrations in our nation’s capital. I’ll be playing a few songs in a songwriters circle in the afternoon.
My first album Thin Man is now available on itunes and 26 other digital distribution companies. Those of you looking for instant gratification can now have my music playing on your ipods in a matter of minutes. Enjoy.
Click on this link and iTunes will open on the Robert Wilson itunes page.
Hi Gang, I’ve just returned home from a month long tour of the UK. I was over there working with a band called Po’Girl. We did 28 shows in England Ireland and Scotland. It was great to wander the green hills of England and drink some pints with the Irish. I’ll post some photos below.
Copies of my first album THIN MAN are once again available through our online record store.
I’ve received a lot of emails from people asking where and when they can get Thin Man. I’m here to tell you .. It’s right here right now. So tell your friends and alert the neighbours and please order your copy soon. Thanks for your patience!
Now you can email my videos to your friends. Just click on the “SHARE” button in the bottom left corner of the video screen click here to see all my videos Or go to my Video Page
Broadcasting to the universe. Robert has stepped aboard the digital bandwagon and is producing his own radio show. Packed full of Robert Wilson rarities: Live tracks, home demos, interviews and more. Go check out our new Podcast page for all the info you need to get it going on.
I can feel the summer pushing in on me from here. June 3rd today, and even though it’s raining, I feel like I’m standing in the doorway of summer. I’m busy working on filling up the next few months with music and travel.. Lots of both.
I’ve taken a job working with Kinnie Starr, that will have me traveling all over Canada for 2 weeks starting on June 20th. I’ll be out on the road with Kinnie and her crew mixing sound for her shows. We’ll be playing the opening slots for Buck65. He’s another amazing artist. I’m looking forward to hanging with these people and seeing the cities of Canada. Check out these dates.
Calgary – June 20 Edmonton – June 21 Winnipeg – June 23 Ottawa – June 24 Vancouver – June 27 Victoria – June 28 Saskatoon June 29 Toronto – June 30 Ottawa – July 1st
If you are in any of these cities, come out and say hello to me. I’ll be hiding behind the sound board.
In other news.. My summer is starting to fill up with plans to be on the road a bunch. I’ll be playing Montreal and Toronto followed by a trip from Vancouver to San Francisco. Then I’m home for a week before I take off to the interior of BC and a show in Calgary early in August, then I’ll be off to Vancouver island and them back down to the USA for some dates in Seattle. Sounds like a good summer!!
I’m just now firming up all the details and I’ll let you all know soon. If anyone out there is interested in hosting a house concert in any of the cities, towns or regions that I’ve just mentioned please get in touch with me soon and we’ll see if we can line something up.
I can’t wait to see you all with your lovely sun tans.
I stopped into my local guitar shop on Friday. You see I recently purchased a new electric guitar. Shocking I know. I’ve been playing acoustic guitar pretty much exclusively forever. But I’ve finally found an electric guitar I can love. I have to thank my friend Kevin Spencer for the break though. I met up with Kevin in Toronto last June. I was out there playing a music festival and Kevin was in town guitar teching for Daniel Langois. (Daniel has arguably the best sounding guitar tone on the planet.. What a beautiful show that was.. but I digress)
Walking down Queen street late one morning, I was explaining to Kevin that I’d never found an electric guitar that I could play with my heavy handed acoustic style. Kevin just gave me a nod and said ” I know the guitar for you. WE went into Steve’s music shop and my friend picked out a Gibson 335 for me and put it in my hands. Saying to me “Rob, this is your future”
The 335 is a big hollow body electric guitar, with two fancy “f” holes in the body. It’s got some weight to it and it plays a lot like an acoustic guitar. If you’ve ever seen BB king’s guitar “Lucille” you know what I’m talking about. I was pretty much instantly sold. I would have walked out of there with it in my possession if it weren’t for the $3000 price tag.
So fast forward almost a year… 2 weeks ago I took the plunge. I went down and bought myself an Epiphone Sheraton. It’s the Korean made version of the famous Gibson 335. Not quite as pricy but just as pretty. I’ve been sleeping the pretty girl ever since.. whoot whoot!!
But as some of you may realize.. an electric guitar is of little musical use unless you have something to plug it into. And so for the past few weeks I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect mate for my beloved guitar. I believe that the stars were with me because I walked into my favourite local guitar shop on Sunday. I was surprised to find the place open. It was Easter Sunday after all. Thankfully there is no Sabbath day for the rock! Jamie who works down there mentioned to me that he thought there was a rare 70’s tube amp coming into the store on consignment. By all accounts this was the bomb amplifier. A Garnet “session man” – made in the early seventies. ( I have a strong belief in things born in the early seventies.. Van Morrisons’s “Moon Dance” album, the best Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye tracks…ME.
So on Monday afternoon, after 2 hours worth of “Smoke On The Water” and “Stairway To Heaven” blasting out of the amp room at the music shop. I loaded my new amp into my Van. She weighs a hell of a lot but damn does she ever sound good. She sounds like the seventies.
So my friends you’ve been warned. There comes a time in a man’s life when he has to put away acoustic things and step into the world armed with the tools to rocks. That day has come for me.
