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January 23rd, 2021 – JOHN SKINNER PAINTED ROCK/DAVIN de KERGOMMEAUX WHISKY UPDATE  

January 23, 2021 Tasting Room Radio, Uncategorized 00:51:41

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JOHN SKINNER PAINTED ROCK/DAVIN de KERGOMMEAUX WHISKY UPDATE

 

THE SHOW

 John Skinner – Co-founder of Painted Rock

John Skinner

 

In a normal year, Wine Align hosts their annual National Wine Awards. 2020 was not a normal year.

Their team decided to put together a “Guide to Canada’s Best Wines”

At Painted Rock they had already sold out their Chardonnay, Rose and Cabernet Sauvignon.

So, they submitted their Merlot,  Syrah, Cab Franc and Red Icon.

They were all judged Top Ten and the 2017 Red Icon was judged the Top Red Wine. A blend that 3 of the judges gave 5 stars for value.

And the 2017 Red Icon was the only Canadian Wine that made the 2020 Wines of the Year in Decanter Magazine.

Painted Rock

All of these awards are remarkable considering that in August of 2020  the winery was in danger of being overrun and burned to the ground by another summer firestorm.

Spotter planes and fire fighting helicopter crews and front line firefighters on the ground saved Painted Rock and their neighbours. John sent them away with boxes of wine. The firefighters then sold the wine at auction to support the local  foodbank.

Fires around Painted Rock

One more thing.  Just weeks ago John was skiing Whistler hard, the way he’s always done and at top speed he collided with a skier who crossed his run without looking. Whistler first responders located him, attended to his condition and got him off the mountain and to a hospital.  Thanks to them and his friends, he’s recovering nicely.

 It was that kind of year.

Let’s get caught up with John Skinner and Painted Rock!

www.paintedrock.ca

Davin de Kergommeaux  – Whisky Update

Davin de Kergommeaux

Its been a while since Davin and I hooked up.

Likely the release of his latest book The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries!

I know that the Canadian Whisky Awards would normally happen in the next little while in Victoria. Again, this is not a normal time. For 2021 it will be late February.

Getting caught up with Canada’s Whisky expert involves scanning the websites of over 200 distilleries and then trying to pin the man down.  He’s busy with on line  Zoom tastings  and book events  etc.

Davin is keen to talk about the burgeoning micro distillery scene, coast to coast.

Reviews on Wayward (Krupnik), Shelter Point (The Collective) (Ripple Rock).

The new Odd Society 5 year barrel program.

We finish with his recommendations for best New Whisky  in Canada and three whiskies to taste before “your lights go out”

Davin is the world’s leading authority on Canadian whisky, and has been called “Canada’s unofficial whisky ambassador” as well as being named one of the most influential Canadians in Food and Drink by The Globe and Mail in 2016.

He is a former contributing editor to Whisky Magazine, and has contributed to or co-authored eight other books about whisky, spirits, and cocktails. He now writes full-time, and is regularly featured in many websites and publications, including Whisky Advocate.

Davin De Kergommeaux is the founder and chairperson of the prestigious Canadian Whisky Awards and publishes comprehensive tasting notes on his website.

www.canadianwhisky.org

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Bella Bubble – Jay Drysdale brings the goods.

Haywire releases

Enrico Winery – in the Cowichan

The new Black Swift Winery

 

EP 140 | Sam Pollard MLK / FBI

January 23, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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MLK/FBI is an essential expose of the surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 Rev King was called by the FBI  “the most dangerous” Black person in America” The expose was undertaken by J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. government.  The film is based on newly discovered and declassified files, as well as revelatory restored footage. The documentary explores the government’s history of targeting Black activists. Directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI recounts a tragic story with searing connections to our current moment.  Remarkably, this story from the mid-60’s civil rights conflict has relevance in our headlines today.

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Mulligan Stew Jan 23rd 2021- The Piano Special

January 23, 2021 Mulligan Stew, Uncategorized

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It started with a donor suggestion. Many shows do.

 

“Hey. How about a Piano Special. Outstanding keyboard artists over the years”

 

I immediately thought about Johnny Johnson, the pianist behind a lot of Chuck Berry hits. He usually got buried in the final mix, playing underneath Chucks vocals and guitar. But you could tell he was driving the bus. Chuck wrote Johnny B Goode for him.  I thought of Earl Van Dyke who lead the Motown Band, Champion Jack Dupree who was in the same  troubled boys school  in New Orleans as Louis Armstrong,  thought about the late great Richard Bell. Not only was he one of the very best players I have ever heard, he was just the nicest human being. Played with Ronnie Hawkins, Colin Linden, Janis Joplin and finally The Band. (Taking over from the late Richard Manuel) and he was proudly Canadian.

So that’s where this 2 hour piano special started.

 

Richard Bell (King Biscuit Boy)

Johnny Johnson (Chuck Berry)

Alan Price

Earl van Dyke (Years of Motown hits)

Champion Jack Dupree (New Orleans style)

Ike Turner (Howling Wolf)

Paul McCartney

Leon Russell (Joe Cocker)

Billy Preston (The Beatles)

Carole King

Aretha Franklin

Little Richard (doing Jerry Lee)

Jerry Lee Lewis (doing Little Richard)

Fats Domino

Booker T

Ray Charles

Stevie Wonder

Steve Winwood

Billy Joel

Elton John

Dr John

Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen)

Ian Stewart (the 6th Rolling Stone)

Bill Payne (Little Feat)

Richard Manuel/Garth Hudson  (The Band)

Brian Wilson

Randy Newman

Jon Batiste (Colbert Late Show)

 

There were so many others on the list, I’m thinking there’s  a Part Two forming.

 

Thanks to Michael Witt for his suggestion

 

 

 

 

PLAYLIST:

The Stew Jan 23 2021 The Piano Special
Mulligan Stew Jan 23 2021 – Piano Special www.mulliganstew.ca …………….Jan 23 2021
Done tore your playhouse down again King Biscuit Boy (Richard Bell) Badly Bent Best of King Biscuit Boy & Gooduns
I put a spell on you Alan Price The price to play
Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry ( Johnny Johnson) Rock and Roll Rarities
www.river-café.com www.deanehouse.com Piano Special
Pride and Joy Marvin Gaye (Earl Van Dyke) Hitsville
How many more years Howling Wolf (Ike Turner) The Definitive Collection
Old time rock and roll Champion Jack Dupree Golden Selections
Our first ever piano special www.mulliganstew.ca
Little woman love Paul McCartney RAM
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Leon Russell. Billy Preston. Carole King. Aretha
This is our first piano special Still to come Ray Charles.Little Richardf. Jerry Lee. Fats.Stevie. Billy. Elton
Cry me a river (live) Joe Cocker (Leon Russell) Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Get Back The Beatles (Billy Preston) 1 (One)
I feel the Earth move (live) Carole King Live at Montreaux 73
Dr Feelgood Aretha Franklin (Aretha and Spooner Oldham) I never loved a man
TDMulligan – Mulligan Stew. The Piano Special www.mulliganstew.ca
Whole Lotta Shakin going on (live) Little Richard Cast a long shadow
Long Tall Sally (live) Jerry Lee Lewis Greatest Live show on Earth
The Fat Man (live) Fats Domino Sentimental Journey (University of New Orleans)
Green Onions Booker T and the MG’s Best of
Coming UP Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder. Steve Winwood www.mulliganstew.ca
Mess around Ray Charles Rock and Roll
Superstitous Stevie Wonder Talking Book
Glad (live) Steve Winwood. Eric Clapton Live at MSG
www.nobleridge.com Coming UP – Billy Joel and Elton John
NY State of Mind (live) Billy Joel The Stranger Legacy Edition (Carnegie Hall)
Take me to the Pilot Elton John Elton John
Tipatina Dr John Gumbo
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Stones.Randy Newman. Brian Wilson.The Band.BRUUUUCE
Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen E St Band ( Roy Bittan) Born to Run
Hide your love The Rolling Stones (Ian Stewart) Goats Head Soup
Dixie Chicken Little Feat (Bill Payne) Dixie Chicken
TDMulligan – The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Sleeping The Band (Rich Manuel and Garth Hudson) Stage Fright ReMix
www.eauclairedistillery.com Last 3 pianists Brian Wilson.Randy Newman.Jon Batiste
Love and Mercy (live) Brian Wilson Love and Mercy
It’s money that I love Randy Newman Songbook
Thanks for checking in www.mulliganstew.ca
It’s all right Jon Batiste Soul – soundtrack

 

January 16th, 2021 -PROTECTING THE NARAMATA BENCH/AMPERSAND DISTILLERY  

January 15, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:53:06

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PROTECTING THE NARAMATA BENCH/AMPERSAND DISTILLERY

 

THE SHOW

Tasting Room Radio was created in a studio barn on the Naramata Bench in 2007.

We were attracted by the space, the people and the farming community.  Since we moved back to the Coast in 2011 we’ve become aware how The Bench has grown. In some cases, not in a good way.

The good news is the food/restaurant  possibilities have become much better,  sustainable farming has become the norm.

The wines have truly become better and better.  Some World Class. Accommodation has improved and grown with the area.

With success comes some serious challenges. Wine fans from all over dream of living part of the year in wine country.  No problem unless building that housing could seriously affect the whole of Naramata Bench.

Let’s face it. From April to October the Okanagan Valley can be swarmed with visitors. The Naramata Bench and its single road on a busy day can be challenging for the wine fan and the farmer.

Now comes “the development” on Spiller Road. Just at that S shaped “crash corner” at Red Rooster. High on that hill a housing community is taking shape and it threatens the locals and their vineyards.

The Bench

A Penticton petition calling to “preserve and protect” Penticton’s Naramata Bench has gathered close to 15,000 signatures . The 121 acre site located beside the local land fill boasts  324 single and multi-residential housing units.

Some residents aren’t impressed.

“Allowing the Naramata Bench to be developed beyond the current agricultural density would forever change the look and feel of the area. It would take away from the destination as a sought after recreational area, affect wildlife, the natural abundance and ultimately affect all of the businesses in the area in a negative way,” reads the petition started by Josie Tyabji on Change.org.

We thought it was time to share this conflict with you, the wine fan.

We have interviews with :

Lindsay O’Rourke  Co-Founder of Tightrope Winery.

Lindsay ORourke. Tightrope

Gjoa  Taylor & John Bilodeau from Gjoa Vineyards

Gjoa Taylor. John Bilodeau

Duncan McCowan  President of Hillside Estate Winery and Bistro

Duncan McCowan Hillside

Chef Ned Bell  Naramata Inn. (recorded before Christmas but gives a sense of how special  Naramata Town and area are)

https://naramatainn.com/

www.tightropewinery,ca

https://www.gjoasvineyard.com/

https://www.hillsidewinery.ca/

www.preservenaramatabench.com

 

BUT FIRST:

We start this weeks Tasting Room Radio with a revisit to the sparkling Ampersand Distillery in Duncan, Vancouver Island.

Jessica. Jeremy. Stephen. Ramona Schacht Ampersand

Jessica Schacht is the co-founder of Ampersand, along with her husband Jeremy, along with Jeremys parents Stephen and Ramona.

In 2007 the same summer that Meg and I moved to Naramata, Stephen and Ramona moved to the Cowichan Valley to start a vegetable farm. Jeremy perhaps  didn’t see it as a farm “per se” but as another classroom  to extend his education in chemical process engineering.  A distillery was born. They created all the equipment themselves and called the passion project Ampersand.

How well did they learn?

Ampersand Gin was voted Best BC Distilled Gin 2016-2018

Per Se Vodka was voted Best BC Distilled  Vodka 2016-2019

And Per Se won World’s Best Varietal at the 2020 World Vodka Awards.

 Very happy to welcome back to TRR – Jessica and Ampersand.

http://www.ampersanddistilling.com/

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 Davin de Kergommeaux – Whisky/Spirits Update

Shelter Point

Eau Claire Distillery

Sheringham Distillery

 

 

 

 

EP 139 | MLK / Art Bergmann

January 15, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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What a Time.

Covid19. Political Balance of Power

Friday was the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Monday is/was Martin Luther King Day in America.

At the same time, punk pioneer Art Bergmann discovers he’s an inductee for The Order of Canada.

 

This week on the Mulligan Stew Podcast we celebrate both.

 

Sam Pollard is a well-respected editor and film director. He’s been part of Spike Lee’s films having edited Mo Better Blues, Clockers, etc.

When he read that the FBI files on Martin Luther King Jr were being unsealed he realized he had the subject of his next documentary.

While Dr. King was talking and walking for civil rights in the USA the FBI, lead by J Edgar Hoover, was spying on Dr. King. They were looking for any information that would discredit his legacy. As Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize he was being labeled “the most dangerous negro in America” by the FBI.

It’s possible his verbal opposition to the Viet Nam War may have led directly to his assassination.

To recognize Dr. Kings Birthday and National Day we’ve included just a couple of minutes of Sam Pollard’s commentary. The complete interview will be posted next week.

Art Bergmann is a Canadian punk pioneer. His bands and songs were pointed, angry, and loud.

But what he was railing against were First Nations rights, aboriginal education, and health. Police misconduct. Politics. Organized Religion. Governments of all stripe.

As the Order of Canada press release noted “for his indelible contributions to the Canadian punk music scene and for his thought-provoking discourse on social, gender and racial inequalities”

Art hasn’t slowed down either.

His new album Late Stage Empire Dementia is about to be released. We’ll play two tracks plus Bound for Vegas.

Ladies and Gents, we are thrilled to present – Art Bergmann.  Order of Canada Inductee.

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Mulligan Stew Jan 16th 2021-Requests, a bag of Beatles and a lotta LIVE

January 15, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Another week of headlines and deadlines. What it needs is MUSIC

 

Last week I mentioned on-air if the audience wrote me some requests, 3 tracks, and why those choices, I’d do my best to include some in The Stew.

The response was immediate and great fun.

I think there’s 8 total this week and really good choices for Steve Earle, Tom Petty Live, The Band Live, Mike Plume Band, Aaron Neville, Black Keys, Dr. John, Janis Joplin Live.  More to come next week.  Did I mention this was fun?

Our donors asked for new Springsteen plus  Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks (stop dragging) and Fresh  Canadian voices.  So I played Ruby Waters, CoCo Love Alcorn, Bebe Buckskin, Mariel Buckley (with Bros Landreth)

Saturday night music from Jr Wells, Clapton Unplugged, and the last 7 tracks of Abbey Road/The Beatles.

And a heads up –  The Mulligan Stew Podcast is a spirited and warm exchange with Order of Canada inductee Art Bergmann and a short conversation with  The  Director of the film documentary MLK/FBI Sam Pollard.

Please consider celebrating the legacy of Dr.  Martin Luther King Jr.

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Jan 16. 2021
Welcome to Mulligan Stew with tdmulligan www.mulliganstew.ca It’s request time
Breakdown (live) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Plantation Live
red and white blues Mike Plume Band red and white blues
Ghosts Bruce Springsteen and the E St Band Letter for you
www.winebc.com Coming UP – Requewsrs for Aaron Neville & Black Keys www.mulliganstew.ca
Tell it like it is Aaron Neville Best of
Eagle Birds Black Keys Let’s Rock
This is Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Stop draggin my heart around Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty Bella Donna (on YouTube)
The Weight (live) The Band The Last Waltz
Someday Steve Earle Guitar Town
Walking Blues (live) Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged
Mulligan Stew Coming UP a request for Janis Joplin Live
Ball and Chain (live) Coming UP – Janis and The Beatles 7 Abbey Road tracks The Woodstock Experience
This is Mulligan Stew – Year 26 Podcast is – Art Bergmann spotify google play apple podcasts
sun king the Beatles Abbey Road
Mean Mr Mustard the Beatles Abbey Road
She came in through the bathroom window the Beatles Abbey Road
Golden slumbers the Beatles Abbey Road
Carry that weight the Beatles Abbey Road
The End the Beatles Abbey Road
Mulligan Stew Podcast Art Bergmann – Order of Canada Punk Pioneer
Quantum Physics Ruby Waters if it comes down to it
Trouble CoCo Love Alcorn Wonderland
www.mulliganstew.ca coming UP – A Double Dip of DooWop
Charlie Brown The Coasters Best of
Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight The Spaniels Best of
Art Bergmann is the MulliganStew Podcast www.mulliganstew.ca
I walk on guilded splinters Dr John Gris Gris
Satisfaction Jr Wells All Blues’d up
www.coyotesbanff.com
Mulliganstew Podcast is with Art Bergmann – Order of Canada
Muskeg Blues BeBe Buckskin Muskeg Blues
www.mulliganstew.ca Send 3 requests to [email protected]
When I call your name Mariel Buckley w Bros. Landreth Something new Something blue

 

January 9th, 2021- David Hawksworth and Liam Mayclem

January 9, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:57:55

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David Hawksworth –THE COOKBOOK

Liam Mayclem – The Foodie Chap. SF

 THE SHOW

David Hawksworth – Hawksworth The CookBook

It’s a beauty this one.

Everyone seems to need something different from new cookbooks.

Photos, recipes, stories about the author, and how recipes came to be.

How easy or difficult. How well researched.

There seems to be many potholes that cookbooks fall into.

This is not one of those books because David Hawksworth is not one of those chefs.

 

“On opening a new cookbook, I get in the passing lane and speed to the recipes. But when I cracked open Hawksworth The Cookbook by David Hawksworth and Stephanie Noel I stayed in the slow lane, captivated by Hawksworth’s story interspersed through the book.”  Mia Stainsby Van Sun

As a leader in contemporary Canadian cuisine, Chef Hawksworth’s restaurants, Hawksworth and Nightingale, have been fixtures of Vancouver’s dining scene for the past 10 years, aweing diners with the intricate, beautiful, and refined dishes that have become synonymous with his name. In this book, he shares for the first time the artfully developed recipes that have brought him unparalleled success over the years, and challenges readers to recreate these dishes for an unforgettable dining experience.

 

“I have been a fan of Chef David Hawksworth’s precise French school-style, and Pacific Northwest ingredient-driven cuisine for over 20 years. This book is an incredible tool, full of secrets and techniques, for all cooks to up their game—at home and at work. Well played.” —CHEF DAVID MCMILLAN, JOE BEEF RESTAURANT GROUP

Hawksworth is a celebration of Chef Hawksworth’s career to date, with recipes ranging from his time training in London with Michelin-starred chefs, to Ouest, the first restaurant where he served as head chef, to opening his own fine-dining restaurant.

The book’s simpler and more casual recipes reflect the family-style dishes served at Nightingale and the casual fare of Bel Café (a downtown lunchtime go-to destination). The recipes included require varying levels of skill and time commitments. Casual foodies and adventurous cooks alike will find new culinary pleasures with Chef Hawksworth as their guide.

Winner of 2012 and 2013 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Restaurant of the Year and Chef of the Year and for four consecutive years, Best Upscale Dining, as well as enRoute magazine’s top three Best New Restaurants, and Maclean’s magazine Restaurant of the Year; Hawksworth has anchored himself at the helm of the Vancouver – and Canadian – dining scene.

This interview takes you through David’s beginnings, how little he knew about cooking when he got to London, the lessons learned from Michelin starred chefs, and how he lived his dream once back on the West Coast.

There’s the great story about Willie Mitchell (then a Canuck) and his wife dining at West with the new owners of the Hotel Georgia, a building David had always admired and dreamt about making it his home base. His life changed that night.

We welcome back a chef, a friend, and fishing partner David Hawksworth.

https://hawksworthrestaurant.com/

 Liam Mayclem – The Foodie Chap. San Francisco.

Liam Mayclem

Liam has been on Tasting Room Radio many times. We met when we both did movie junkets together in LA and NY.

In between films and interviews, we talked about food and wine then movies.

Emmy Award-winning radio & TV personality,  Liam is best known as the host of EYE ON THE BAY on CBS 5 and as “The Foodie Chap” celebrating San Francisco Bay Area culinary stars daily on #1 KCBS Radio.

Annually, Liam hosts the main stage at EAT DRINK SF – a gathering for SF food fans.  He also hosts the culinary stage at BOTTLE ROCK NAPA VALLEY. This year he made sushi with Chef Morimoto and Snoop Dog, tasted fried chicken made by Flava Flav, and enjoyed nitrus cocktails concocted by Chef Dominique Crenn.

He’s also the first call made when a charity event needs a host or auctioneer. He’s a very busy guy our Liam.

I wanted to get caught up on how San Francisco’s wineries, restaurants, and citizens are handling the Covid 19 Pandemic.

I also wanted to get caught up on how Liam was doing and what he was doing.

Did I mention he’s a very busy guy?

 

https://www.radio.com/kcbsradio/authors/liam-mayclem

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Ampersand Distilling

New BC releases

Virtual tastings in Portugal and Barossa Valley

 

 

 

 

Mulligan Stew Jan 9th 2021- Weeping in The Promised Land

January 9, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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All time is history. However…right now we appear to be living through a very historical time. For all the wrong reasons.

A Covid 19 pandemic systematically stealing lives.

Angry revolts in the streets of America. Divided friends and families.

Dark and lonely days my friends.

It’s a lot to ask music to heal these days but heal it can.  That’s asking a lot of artists who are going through their own hell.

But try we must. heal we must.

Let’s try on Saturday night…One tune at a time including one very special song from John Fogerty.

It’s called Weeping in the Promised land.

John wrote the title down 25 years ago and only now has it become a record.

John couldn’t figure what the song wanted to say until 2020.  Then it came to him.

Just John Fogerty at a piano and an unseen choir.  Powerful stuff friends…

(the video below is a slightly different version of the one I’m going to play)

Along the way we’re going to celebrate famous birthdays on this Day Jan 9

Dave Mathews  – 1967

Jimmy Page – 1944

Joan Baez – 1941

Roy Head – 1941

We’ll also play tunes by Lou Reed – who married a cocktail waitress named Betty in 1973. For a couple of days.

The Beatles whose album Beatles 65 went from #98 to #1 in a week in 1965

The Rolling Stones – because the heart and soul of that band Mr. Charlie Watts first sat down at the  Stones drum kit in 1963.

Throw in some Bob Dylan – Crossing the Rubicon

The Band and The Staple Singers

Leeroy Stagger

BB King and Van Morrison

BB King and Eric Clapton

Steve Earle

Ray Charles

Chrissie Hynde

Onward my friends – there’s a new day coming

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Jan 9 2021 www.mulliganstew.ca Onward
Albert’s Shuffle Kooper. Bloomfield.Stills Super Session
Stronger than that Bahamas Bahamas is Afie
Subterranean Homesick Blues Rickey Lee Jones The Village
Heatwave (live) Joan Osbourne Standing in the Shadow of Motown
www.deanhouse.com www.river-cafe.com
early in the morning BBKIng and Van Morrison BB King and friends (80)
Riding with the King BBKing and Eric Clapton Riding with the King
www.mulliganstew.ca NEXT – Dave Mathews.Led Zep.Joan Baez.Roy Head
you and me Dave Mathews Band Big Whiskey
Going to California Led Zeppelin LZ 4
The night they drove old Dixie down Joan Baez Blessed are…
Treat her right Roy Head Still treat em right
www.nobleridge.com Coming UP – A Beatles Mix
I’ll be back The Beatles Beatles 65
Watching the wheels Chris Cornell No one sings like you anymore
www.mulliganstew.ca tdmulligan
Weeping in a Promised Land John Fogerty Single
This is Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.cxa
walking the dog The Rolling Stones Englands Newest Hitmakers
Dirty Blvd Lou Reed Dirty Blvd
Good News CoCo Love Alcorn Wonderland
Crossing the Rubicon Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
www.eauclairedistillery.com NEXT – The Band and The Staple Singers
The Last Waltz Suite – The Weight The Band and Staple Singers The Last Waltz
Caught in the Middle Leeroy Stagger Me and The Mountain
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Steve Earle. Dion. Ray Charles.Chrissie Hynde
Champagne Corolla Steve Earle JT
blues coming on Dion and Joe Bonamassa Blues with Friends
Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Drown in my own tears (live) Ray Charles Live
How glad I am Chrissie Hynde and Valve Bone Woe Valve Bone Woe

 

 

EP 138 | Chef David Hawksworth

January 9, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Chef David Hawksworth has released his first cookbook.  Hawksworth. The CookBook

Yes, it has incredible recipes but the stories of places and kitchens, victories, and defeats run throughout the pages.

It’s a great read. It was/is an amazing life.

David grew up on Canada’s West Coast but hit the road teaching himself how to cook (never a good move)

In London, David worked for the legendary Marco Pierre White (who trained Gordon Ramsay,   Mario Batali, and Shannon Bennett).  After nine years in London, Hawksworth decided if he wanted to see 40 and realize the dream of his own restaurant he would have to return to Vancouver.

Finally in 2011, after many many months of planning, David opened Hawksworth. It was an immediate hit and named restaurant of the year in 2012 by Maclean’s magazine, and consistently ranked as one of the best in the country. David and his team also opened  Nightingale in 2016 in Coal Harbour, and two Bel Café locations, plus a catering arm.

This podcast has a lot of his life story included but keep in mind, he’s still writing new chapters.

This interview and book are not really about that he’s doing all these amazing things, it’s about HOW he did it – WHY he did it – and answers the question – at what price?

He was very well served by adding Chef Stephanie Noel and Journalist Jacob Richler to his team. Well done you two.

At one point we talk about chefs and cookbooks that influenced him. Then we talk about all the future chefs who will be influenced by this book. We welcome  David Hawksworth and his first cookbook.  HAWKSWORTH. The Cookbook

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/568438/hawksworth-by-chef-david-hawksworth-with-chef-stephanie-noel-and-jacob-richler-foreword-by-chef-philip-howard/9780525610090

EP 137 | A dozen interview guests who all made the CKUA Top 100

January 2, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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There are a few times over the path of a year that shows create themselves.

This is one of those shows and it was perfect for the podcast.

Our guests leave us with  comments about how their songs got written and how albums got made.  How they survived Covid19 lockdowns, the loss of stages and tour dates, the JOY of staying home and rediscovering family life.  Statements were taken from various interviews over a wild and dark 2020.

These were many of the albums that listeners repeatedly told us got them  through a lost and lonely year.

Every one of these artists made the CKUA Radio Top 100 album list and one of them – Frazey Ford – was the #1 album of the year. (most spins over the year)

https://ckua.com/read/top-100-albums-of-2020/

Frazey Ford (Vancouver)

Margo Price (Nashville)

William Prince (Winnipeg)

Ron Sexsmith (outside Toronto)

Roy Forbes  (North Vancouver)

Andy Shauf (Toronto)

Mike Plume (Edmonton)

Corb Lund (rural Alberta)

Nathaniel Rateliff (Denver, I think)

Bahamas  (Halifax)

Elvis Costello (Vancouver Island)

Tami Neilson (Auckland NZ) 

 

Happy New Year – all of Y’ALL