Allison McGourtey- Producer
Bernard MacMahon. Director
Makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin
A documentary about the first 18 months of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy, Robert. John Paul and John Bonham.
Before it all exploded, and their lives got CRAZY.
And………it’s in IMAX.
The complete story can be heard on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube Channel.
Amazing filmmaking and storytelling.
First-hour donors, from Banff, suggested Colin James, Duke Robillard, Blue Rodeo, and Eric Burdon. Hour Two. Comes from the legendary Ritchie Thursday Ladies Night Group.
They will gather around the nearest speaker and share the tunes with sips of B.C. Wine. A great request list doesn’t really surprise me because they’re all lifetime fans of CKUA.
Special Guests are
Allison McGourtey- Producer
Bernard MacMahon. Director
Makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin
A documentary about the first 18 months of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy, Robert. John Paul and John Bonham.
Before it all exploded, and their lives got CRAZY.
And………it’s in IMAX.
The complete story can be heard on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube Channel.
Amazing filmmaking and storytelling.Next Week – Colin James
PLAYLIST
The Stew – TDMulligan
Guests – Becoming Led Zeppelin
Director and Producer
That’s where it at
Colin James
Colin James and Big Band Vol3
It hurts me too
Eric Burdon
Crawling King Snake
Run
Jackie Venson
The Love Anthology
Talk to me
Los Super Seven (Delbert McClinton)
Heard it on the X
Work in Progress
Honeybear -The Band
Work in Progress
The Stew
TDMulligan
Coming Up – Robert Plant & Blue Rodeo
Turn it around
Duke Robillard (Suzann Forrest)
Turn it Around
Terry Mulligan
CKUA 50 50
Why not YOU?
Even this shall pass away
Robert Plant
Band of Joy
Western Skies
Blue Rodeo
Lost Together
Dean House & River Cafe. On The Bow
Coming Up – Becoming Led Zeppelin
The Stew
All over now
Ry Cooder
Paradise and Lunch
Pressure Drop
Toots and the Maytals
Pressure Drop
Remembering Mike Bloomfield
Mulligan Stew – CKUA
Check out the 50.50
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan (Mike Bloomfield)
Highway 61 Revisited
September Fields
Frazey Ford
Indian Ocean
Last Night
Travelling Wilburys
The Travelling Wilburys Vol 1
Coming Up – Becoming Led Zeppelin Documentary
TDMulligan
In Hour Two
Oakland Stroke
Tower of Power
Back to Oakland
This is Mulligan Stew – Year 29
In Hour Two – Becoming Led Zeppelin Doc
for the Ritchie Ladies
It’s a good life if you don’t weaken
The Tragically Hip and Feist
Live from No Dress Rehearsal
Feeling you
The paperboys
At peace with ones ghosts
Love so strong
Bonnie Raitt
Just like that
Long black veil
Harry Manx
Bread and Buddha
coming up – Documentary called
Becoming Led Zeppelin
with Director and Producer in London
why I sing the blues
BB King
Live and Well
The Calling
Carlos Santana (Eric Clapton)
Supernatural
When I call your name
Mariel Buckley – Bros. Landreth
Something New. Something Blue
Coyotes Banff
NEXT – Becoming Led Zeppelin
With Director and Producer
Becoming Led Zeppelin Interview
Allison McGourty Producer & Bernard MacMahon Director
It’s the first of two Whisky Specials from the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards and the 2025 Victoria Whisky Festival.
There are always headlining whiskies and star whisky makers in attendance!
Whisky fans want to taste and explore the new releases from Crown Royal, Canadian Club, Forty Creek, Hiram Walker, JP Wiser’s Lot 40, Pike Creek, Gooderham and Worts, Nikka, Amrut, The Dalmore and Glencadam.
For the first time ever, Gisbelle Distillery a distillery from China, would be joining the lineup.
The West Coast and Vancouver Island were well represented.
Stillhead, Odd Society, DubhGlas, Sheringham, Sons of Vancouver & Shelter Point.
Over 200 whiskies were up for the awards. 14 judges from across the country tasted and scored.
The Grand Prize Winner, judged Canadian Whisky of the Year was,
The Peat Project Moscatel Barrique single malt from Macaloney’s Island Distillery (Saanich)
(Heather Leary – Graeme Macaloney – Davin de Kergommeaux)
Here are the guests on part one of the 2025 Whisky Awards and Victoria Whisky Festival
Davin De Kergommeaux – Davin is the flag bearer for Canadian Whisky. He singlehandedly brought Canadian Whisky to the attention of Canada and The World.
His latest book is the updated and expanded third edition of Canadian Whisky – The Essential Portable Expert.
I love the first line.
“Handles, mickeys, shots or drams, no matter what its measure, Canadian whisky is a story of Canada.”
Davin is my ultimate connection to the world of Canadian Whisky. He helped create these awards and leads the judging team.
Davin de Kergommeaux
Grant Stevely – Distiller at DubhGlas (Oliver)
In the fall of 2010, Grant purchased some property at Gallagher Lake near Oliver, B.C.
“I wanted to build a distillery from the ground up, which is distinctly different from a lot of other
distilleries,” he says. “So we built the distillery with expansion in mind.”
Grant Stevely
At the heart of the operation is a German-made Arnold Holstein still.
No sooner did Stevely open Dubh Glas Distillery in the spring of 2015, when he began winning awards
for his first product, Noteworthy Gin.
“Dubh Glas” is Scottish Gaelic for “from the dark water.” It’s pronounced “Douglas,” which happens to
be Stevely’s middle name.
Jason MacIsaac – Distiller. Sheringham (Langford, BC)
Sheringham Distillery won Best Contemporary Gin at the 2019 World Gin Awards
Its Seaside Gin captured the award against World-class competition from 23 countries, including the UK and USA.
“We created Sheringham because we saw a hole in the market: the opportunity to create the world’s most drinkable spirits. This approach has served us well, and in the seven years since founding Sheringham, we have been on the ground building authentic connections with buyers, retailers, and consumers, sharing our story and highlighting our chef-driven approach to innovation and quality.” (Distiller Mag)
Jason and wife Alayne now have their growing portfolio available across Canada and in 15 markets in the USA.
Graeme Macaloney – Master Distiller Macaloney Island Distillery (Saanich)
There once was a wee Scottish lad by the name of Graeme Macaloney who found a summer job bottling
whisky and fell in love with Uisge Beatha, the ‘water of life’. He dedicated his heart to finding a way to
make whisky for a living.
Graeme set up shop on Saanich, just outside Victoria. Some of his favourite Scottish and Irish whiskies were island-made.
Graeme has found his “island” in Canada.
Congratulations Champ!!
– Distillery opened in 2016
– The first whisky made onsite and released in 2020
Founded by the Colebank family, Stillhead Distillery Inc. opened its doors in October of 2017.
After working 15 years in the tech industry, Master Distiller Brennan Colebank left his job to pursue his dream career,
blending the two things he loved most: chemistry and spirits. The chemist has created an amazing portfolio and a home for Whisky in the Cowichan Valley.
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are one of the most interesting bands working anywhere today.
Sometimes they’re in a recording studio time warp with more songs to choose from than Gabriel.
Followed by tours and festivals everywhere.
Then they disappear
The punch line to the tale is, the Blackie guys have their own lives, careers and fan bases.
What’s most remarkable is, after more than 25 years, they are still a band and friends.
For Example:
Stephen Fearing is releasing his next album on March 13 – The Empathist. Wildly outstanding music. (We’ll be talking again.)
Stephen starts his Canadian tour at The Carleton Room in Halifax with two sold-out nights Feb 4-5.
Kicks off album release March 13 at Mary Winspear in Sidney, Vancouver Island.
Alberta dates March 21 Festival Place Sherwood Park, March 22 River Park Church Calgary.
Colin Linden
Colin continues to produce artists at his Pinhead Recorders in Nashville.
He’s also been touring with T Bone Burnett. He co-wrote and co-produced T Bone’s latest album The Other Side. Next week Colin starts a new album, just in time to hit the road again.
Colin begins his own tour – The Ride on Tour – on April 23, hitting Calgary on June 1 and Canmore on June 3.
Tom and Terry
Tom Wilson
I’ll just give you the short version.
Re-recording songs, with son Thompson, from his play Beautiful Scars. Writing and recording soundtrack music for a number of projects including a film by Tanya Tagaq. Between his flourishing artwork, writing a new book, and starting a new album, Tom also enjoys the glow of an Order of Canada induction. That’s the short version.
Blackie – The Band.
Plans are underway for dates in Canada. Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Belmont Festival Edmonton (June 20)
They are planning shows in Hamilton, Toronto where cameras will be filming. More events to come.
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are one of the most interesting bands working anywhere today.
Sometimes they’re in a recording studio time warp with more songs to choose from than Gabriel.
Followed by tours and festivals everywhere.
Then they disappear
The punch line to the tale is, the Blackie guys have their own lives, careers and fan bases.
What’s most remarkable is, after more than 25 years, they are still a band and friends.
For Example:
Stephen Fearing is releasing his next album on March 13 – The Empathist. Wildly outstanding music. (We’ll be talking again.)
Stephen starts his Canadian tour at The Carleton Room in Halifax with two sold-out nights Feb 4-5.
Kicks off album release March 13 at Mary Winspear in Sidney, Vancouver Island.
Alberta dates March 21 Festival Place Sherwood Park, March 22 River Park Church Calgary.
Colin Linden
Colin continues to produce artists at his Pinhead Recorders in Nashville.
He’s also been touring with T Bone Burnett. He co-wrote and co-produced T Bone’s latest album The Other Side. Next week Colin starts a new album, just in time to hit the road again.
Colin begins his own tour – The Ride on Tour – on April 23, hitting Calgary on June 1 and Canmore on June 3.
Tom and Terry
Tom Wilson
I’ll just give you the short version.
Re-recording songs, with son Thompson, from his play Beautiful Scars. Writing and recording soundtrack music for a number of projects including a film by Tanya Tagaq. Between his flourishing artwork, writing a new book, and starting a new album, Tom also enjoys the glow of an Order of Canada induction. That’s the short version.
Blackie – The Band.
Plans are underway for dates in Canada. Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Belmont Festival Edmonton (June 20)
They are planning shows in Hamilton, Toronto where cameras will be filming. More events to come.
Our thanks to donor Lorene Cowburn for the first hour of support.
She lost her love Brad 2 years ago. Brad was a member of the CKUA board.
“I would like to dedicate the hour to all my family and friends who supported me. And all the staff and donors at CKUA.”
Songs are for Brad, Cassie and Sassy!
As for the songs:
Playing a tribute to George Harrison.
John Hiatt, Colin James, Jackson Browne, William Prince, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Petty,
New tracks from
Ringo, Doobies with Mavis Staples, Julian Taylor and Jim Cuddy, Ringo with Billy Strings and Larkin Poe.
The fires outside Los Angeles had brought tragedy and carnage.
Everything stopped for the firefighters, medical teams, first responders, support teams, and those directly affected by the wildfires.
It’s awards season in LA. The 2025 Critics Choice Film and TV Awards were to take place in January just as the fires were raging. Those fires and the conditions that swept them through homes and communities have subsided enough that the Critics Choice Awards are now taking place on Friday, Feb 7th. 4-7 Pacific/7-10 East On E Channel
It’s also found on FuboTV DirectTV and SlingTV.
Firefighters and first responders will be honoured at the beginning of the broadcast.
I was able to convince Tom Wilson, Colin Linden and Stephen Fearing to join me on Zoom this morning to talk about the state of Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and their own solo careers.
(I was really hoping to convince them to get together again and make music)
Because each of them had worked with and had become friends with the late Garth Hudson, I decided to take the first 5 minutes to ask them for their thoughts on Garth and the legacy of The Band.
Well, 5 minutes became 10 or more but I’ve edited it down to a tight 5 minutes for Saturday’s Stew. It’s powerful stuff.
Next week we’ll include much more of the interview we gathered to do.
Stephen has a new album coming in March, Colin is touring with T Bone Burnett and has dates coming our way on his Ride On Tour and Tom Wilson is just flat-out busy. He is releasing singles which are songs from his play Beautiful Scars.
Two donor hours this week.
Hour One. The Witts suggested Kue Varo, Kathleen Edwards and I have birthday tunes from Alicia Keys and Lucinda Williams.
Hour Two. Mary and Graeme have lots of suggestions. “how about a Canadian Hour to celebrate being a Canadian”
The sad news of Garth Hudson passing and the loss of the last member of The Band started me rolling with Canadian artists who were influenced by The Band.
The Band
Blue Rodeo, Kevin Hearn and Garth Hudson along with Band tracks that featured Garth..
Garth sitting in on tracks by Leonard Cohen and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
We also include our just recorded comments about Garth and The Band from all three members of BARK. They had known Garth and had played with him.
The longer Blackie and the Rodeo Kings interview will be heard on next weeks Stew and the complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube.
You’re going to love the music in this show. It salutes one of the most distinctive and historical artists in all of music. The Band.
They crafted music that captured the history of the American Deep South. Four Canadians and a singular drummer, with an unmistakable voice, from Arkansas.
Have a listen
PLAYLIST:
Mulligan Stew (Blackie & Rodeo Kings )
Saying Goodbye to Garth -TDMulligan
CKUA
Thats what love will do for you
Little Milton
Tin Pan Alley
I was fooled
Eric Clapton
Clapton
Atlantic City
The Band
Jericho
Fever Dreaming
Madeleine Roger
NERVE
Just don’t care
Kue Varo
Cowboy Witchcraft
TDMulligan – The Stew
Guests Colin Linden-Tom Wilson-Stephen Fearing
-Saying goodbye to Garth
Gimme some lovin’
Spencer Davis Group
Revolution
Carry on
CSNY
Deja Vu
Kansas City (live)
James Brown and the Famous Flames
Live at the Apollo Vol 2
Deane House – River Cafe
Coming Up – Kathleen Edwards & Lucinda Williams
Mulligan Stew
Yes its me
Fats Domino
12,000,000 records
Human touch
Kathleen Edwards and Bahamas
single
I got a feeling
Lucinda Williams
LW sings The Beatles from Abbey Road
Mulligan Stew welcomes
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Saying Goodbye to Garth
Fallin’
Alicia Keyes
Songs in A Minor
I was fooled
Eric Clapton
Clapton
I got people
David Ramirez
All the not so gentle reminders
Coming Up in Hour Two
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Say Goodbye to Garth Hudson
Doctored
Mickey Jupp
Times like these
Mulligan Stew welcomes Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Remembering Garth Hudson and The Band
Stephen. Colin and Tom
King Harvest
Blue Rodeo with Garth Hudson
Garth Hudson Presents
The Night they drove old Dixie down
The Band
The Band (Deluxe)
You ain’t goin’ nowhere
Garth Hudson and Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle
Garth Hudson Presents
Life is a Carnival (live)
The Band
The Last Waltz (deluxe)
The Stew – Hour Two
Coming UP – Blackie say GoodBye to Garth
Tom, Colin and Stephen
Came so far for beauty
Leonard Cohen and Garth
Recent Songs
Chains of Love
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
Coyotes Banff
Mulligan Stew Year 29
Donor supported CKUA Radio
The Returner
Allison Russell
The Returner
Interview with Blackie/Rodeo Kings
about Garth Hudson and The Band
Full interview about their projects Next Week
Once were brothers
Robbie Robertson
Sinematic
Nothing in Ramblin’
Fabulous Thunderbirds & Bonnie, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal etc
Rhys Pender – Master of Wine/Little Farm Winery (Similkameen)
Kathy Malone – Winemaker at Hillside Estate (Naramata Bench)
There are so many elements in play during the 2025 BC wine-growing season. AND it’s just started.
Two cold snaps that damaged or killed many vines and vineyards over the past two Winters.
It caused many growers to consider planting more winter-proof varietals and adjusting vineyard locations.
Then came news that an agreement had been reached between Wine Growers of BC and the BC provincial government.
While the new plantings were taking hold, in order to help farming families survive, for one year BC wineries could source their grapes from out of the province. Many headed for Washington. Some to Oregon, California, Ontario, the Frazer Valley and Vancouver Island. The last two BC wine regions were not hit by the cold.
Some wineries flatly refused to use non-BC fruit.
Rhys Pender
Soon, we’ll all start to see labels that say something like “Washington grapes crafted in BC“!
Have fun tasting the blends and varietals that we’ve never seen or tasted here before.
You’re supporting BC farmers and wineries at the same time.
On Tasting Room Radio and this Podcast, we’ll be doing a series of specials on how various wineries and growers have committed to survive and thrive. Who knows what their new direction may be.
There’s no denying it – BC Wines will be changing but there will be wines!!!
Enjoy the conversation between myself and Master of Wine Rhys Pender and Winemaker at Hillside Estate on the Naramata Bench Kathy Malone.
Our Donor in hour one is our fearless former leader Ken Reagan.
Ken wrote
“Let’s dedicate this hour to the people of the City of Angels and to the first responders and firefighters from the US, Mexico, and Canada. I wish them all safe harbor.”
Those fires continue and so will we.
Ken suggested filling the hour with Los Angeles-based bands and artists.
Considering the vast amount of music that’s been created and released in Los Angeles, the problem was – which ones to play.
Hour one includes
Jackson Browne
CSN & Young
Los Lobos
Sheryl Crow
Tom Waits
Eagles
Joni Mitchell
Marc Jordan
Randy Newman
And from the Wrecking Crew sessions
Byrds
The Beach Boys
Simon and Garfunkel
Mamas and Papas
Hour Two of The Stew
Stephen Fearing
Lucinda Williams
Indigo Girls Live
Kathleen Edwards
Nathan Graham
We honour Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), David Ruffin (The Temps), David Crosby and we finish with a remembrance of the legendary Janis Joplin. It’s her birthday on Sunday
