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I’ve lost my July. It was over by the car keys and now it’s just – Gone!
That’s 31 days I’ll never get back.
I know where August is..it’s right in front of us and I’m ready to hit the
road.
The August 4th Stew celebrates a long weekend, a beautiful last month of
Summer and my sister’s birthday.
Maureen, this is your gift. (again)

We start with the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at Neil’s annual
Bridge School concert.
Over 8 minutes of a sublime Déjà vu.
Followed by The Band doing Buddy Holly and Little Richard doing Johnny Cash.
Both rock.
What follows is pure long weekend music
Aaron Neville AND Mavis Staples (she’s in Kaslo)
Frazey Ford, Jill Barber, The Doobies, Taj, Tedeschi Trucks, Colin James and
James Brown..both live.
You also get a Saturday night with Ray Charles Live at Newport, Shuggie
Otis, Steve Winwood, Justin Townes Earle, Chicago and Summertime (live) with
Gene Harris.
Happy Birthday Sis and Hey! all of you have a great August.
NEXT WEEK.. The Stew is Live at Edmonton Folk festival

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Ok, listen. It’s festival season. 
Stages everywhere are filled with great music. 
So this Saturday on Mulligan Stew we have our own festival. 
The What The f…k happened to July?” Festival. 
Playing music to recover those days gone by…

Any show that starts with “This is a Man’s World” LIVE has infinite possibilities.

Fyi – the next track is James Brown’s Please Please Please but as done by Dave and Phil Alvin…and we’re off and running!

Highlights include a double shot of David Byrne – as himself and as Talking Heads.

I particularly like The Stone Set with

Amy Helm – Roll the Stone

Leon Russell – Roll away the Stone

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – I’d have to be a stone.

The donor for hour two asked for specific Canadian artists..thus:

Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall..introduces a “new” song called Old Man.  Neil explains that he was writing about the manager that came with Ranch he had purchased.

“I think he’s around 70 now”…So, this is 1971 when Neil was a young man.  Neil today is 72 and he has become the old man he wrote about all those years ago.

Chilliwack – Fly at Night Live

Sam Roberts – Detroit 67 Live

Spirit of Canada (Barney/Doyle/BNLadies/Sarah/Colin James/Byrnes/Cuddy) – Live at The Commodore singing Home for a Rest for John Mann. The song was recorded and shot in the Men’s Washroom at The Commodore.  Please find GoFundMe/John Mann

The Stew ends with a rush of “everything”

Early Leeroy Stagger

Romi Mayes

Panic at the Disco

A mini “Midnight” set with Eric Clapton and Gregg Allman

And we finish with The Birthday Boy – Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones – Angie

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Saturday night at 9 PM The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer play the main stage at Taste of Edmonton. That concert will be also broadcast Live on CKUA Radio.

To celebrate, we’ve asked Shawn  “The Harp” Hall to pick up the phone backstage and fill us in on what the night holds and what’s next for them.

Love these guys. Plus Shawn’s an Island neighbor and I think owes me a beer.

The playlist below is your Saturday night roadmap.

Starting with Ry Cooder  Live.

Lyle Lovett/Aretha/Coldplay/Jann Arden/Otis etc

New music from

Lake Street Dive

Walk off the Earth

Colin James

Joey Landreth

AND…

For the donor and you ..a set of 60’s hits..memories for a grad class that has partied at  Sylvan Lake since the 60’s.

The Byrds            Mr Tamborine Man

Cream                   Badge

Beach Boys         God only knows

The Beatles        I need you

Marvin Gaye      I heard it through the grapevine

Bob Dylan            Like a rolling stone

Enjoy!!!

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Gurvinder Bhatia is a wine friend of mine..Lives in Edmonton

He is the wine editor for Quench Magazine plus the wine columnist for Global TV.

Once a year he takes many hours to listen to the artists appearing at the annual Interstellar Rodeo that takes place next weekend (July 20-21-22)

Then he pairs wine with the artist..which the audience can taste as they play.

It’s a brilliant crossroads of art and pleasure.

The Stew would like to provide, as a public service..an opportunity to practice this weekend.

We’ll play Feist, The Mavericks, Alejandro Escovedo and Courtney Barnett and Gurvinder will tell you why he chooses the wine to go with them.

Try this at home..it’s fun.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anonymous/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6571574a)
Singer Prince is shown in concert in 1985
Prince, USA

We also have a solid playlist, which includes two special songs..

First is Prince..just Prince and a piano from 1983..but it’s a Prince that’s full gospel mode with Mary, don’t you weep..

And then there’s Alejandro Escovedo’s new single Sonica USA which has created quite a stir in the USA.

Another artist speaking out against social and political conditions south of us.

If you’re in Calgary Have a great final Stampede weekend.

Cheers – tdm

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