Woodshedding

Take a drive on the wild side!

Get your motor running and slide up the varathane highway Asessippi way, and you’ll find yourself at one of the best house concert venues in the province! Just north of Russell, just south of Roblin and a jog up the road from Inglis, is where Roots at Rusty’s is located.

Steve and Lori, the homeowners have hosted Home Routes concerts ever since building their house with home concerts in mind. We had a wee chat before talking to that months artist in residence (for 1 day!), Big Dave McLean.

Big Dave needs no introduction, so here goes… wikipedia says he “is a Canadian blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer and songwriter. A veteran performer, his work has had an influence on many western Canadian blues musicians, including Colin James and Wide Mouth Mason. Notable McLean songs include "She's Got the Stuff", "Kanadiana", "Up On Waverly", and "St. Mary At Main". Billboard noted that "Big Dave's been the quintessential behind-the-scene bluesman. He's done more to shape the Western Canadian blues scene than perhaps any other artist".

The best way to listen to Big Dave perform is in a venue like Roots at Rusty’s!

Put the pedal to the old VHS tape and get up to speed on the Demedash effect pedals. When you kick this one on, it will take you back to the land of diminishing and deteriorating audio, just like that tape you used to record your favourite shows over and over and over and…

Steve Demedash gives us a digital peek behind the creative mind behind the T-120 Videotape Echo effects pedal. Get that yesterday sound today!

Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, Unsilenced features a signature sound that is a dark & heavy twist of driving metal grooves and melodic power vocals. 

Vocals: Kurt Munt Bass: Mars Greentree Rhythm: Tim Fast Lead: Denny Bento Drums: David Beach

AARON MARSHALL CLARKE

Well-Known for his lyrical pallet, and a pulse that holds true to the heart, Canadian-born musician Aaron Marshall Clarke sets the pace, with a charisma weighted in gold, in a newly emerging style of progressive pop.

Danny Schur talks about his early days and what led him into a musical career that has taken him from the piano in his bedroom to producing Chantal Kreviazuk in the studio to writing Strike! the musical for the stage and finally into film with Stand! the big screen adaptation of Strike!

Joshua Gray talks about the local live music scene and explains why he put together 11 bands to play to raise money and necessities for Siloam Mission.