Friday night rocked!

Crosspost alert: This post is a duplicate of the one on Jamilton. But read on... it isn't all the same!

L to R: Sean Cotton, Suzie McNeil, Lily Sazz, Tiffany Thompson. Yes, yes, our noses are all red because we were freezing!

Yesterday, I found out quite by accident that Suzie McNeil (of late known for her being a finalist on "RockStar INXS") would be playing downtown at Gore Park for the lighting of the CHML Christmas Tree of Hope. I figured it would be a great way to deliver her CDs for Women's Blues Revue Live. She's got a track on it called "Up Above The Clouds". We laughed about it, because I had a few songs on the project for which I was unsure of the composer, and Suzie Vinnick helped me track down a few of them. She called Sean Cotton, a frequent collaborator and backup band member for Suzie, to see if he knew who wrote that tune, and low and behold, it turned out to be him and Corin Raymond (aka The Undesirables). Anyway, she put on a great half hour set in sub-zero temperatures, and Sean and the band sounded great, too.

CBC Radio's "Fresh Air" host Jeff Goodes and Lily Sazz

After Gore Park, I headed back to Dundas to attend the Design Hope event at the Dundas Valley School of Art. I knew that Dan Medakovic was the organizer of the CD compilation that was a big part of their "out of the cold" campaign this year, and that Rob Lamothe (one of my faves) was performing there. That was a great event! Well-attended, and they raised over 55,000 dollars in the months leading up to last night. I bumped into lots of people I know, and got to meet Jeff Mahoney from the Spec in person, and an extra bonus was meeting Jeff Goodes from CBC. His show is on from 6-9am on Saturdays and Sundays, so as a night-owl musician, I never got to hear it. (At least not by getting up early... maybe by staying up too late!) Anyway, now that I'm married to Pastor Paul, I like to say that "Sunday is the new Monday", and I seldom miss Jeff's musings on his Ontario-wide show. I love hearing about the little towns and events going on across the province, and his interviews with the characters involved. Plus he plays an eclectic mix of music, and you never know what you'll hear.

Lily Sazz

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