i know i said our mainstage was on sunday sept 5

well that has now been changed to saturday sept 4

maybe that’s better? come and find out

check it out here

carry on

jb

stay up all night and explore the amazing performances and installations all over beautiful downtown guelph ontario canada

remember that crazy parade thing with church bells and balloons that scott merritt and i built for last years festival

well it has a new life at the NUIT BLANCHE as a huge video audio installation in an historic mill ruin complete with weather balloon

check it out    THREE PARADES

it will screened on subway platforms during the festival

or you can see it here

having fun in the summer time?

back toiling in the folk mines with my old (and i mean old) band TAMARACK at the SHELTER VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL sept 3, 4, 5 in beautiful Grafton Ontario Canada

our mainstage is on sunday the 5th at 3pm but we are around for the weekend workshopping

check schedule

here is another from the Guelph show with Witek, Randall,  Jaro, and Harri

live music to this curious movie

SELF MASTERY

” Stand on the toes,  swing the arms outwards from the shoulders, repeat”

here is a recording of  a live performance of music for my short film RELENTLESS

JEFF BIRD  bass,  RANDALL CORYELL   drums, WITOLD GRABOWIECKI piano, JARO CZERWINEC   accordion

performed at THE CO-OPERATORS HALL  Feb 19 2010,   in beautiful downtown GUELPH, CANADA

carry on

jb

grand news for JARO FANS

Jaro will be joining me , Witek and Randall for my experiment at THE RIVER RUN CENTRE   in beautiful downtown guelph FEB 19 2010

come and get your dose of accordion love

get tickets here

carry on

jeff

in case you have forgotten what JARO looks and sounds like

jeff

how’s that new year thing working out for you so far?

way back in sept 2009 my good friend and colleague  SCOTT MERRIT and myself staged some sort of  grand hallucination called THREE PARADES

two horn bands, one bagpipe band,  three parade queens, all converging on a church tower, a gospel singer,  me locked in the church tower doing a quasimodo, and of course balloons.

it was part of the always daring GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL

well here it is

be amazed

back from two weeks at a cottage and boy do i feel good

swimming at dawn every day, staring at water and sky

check out the TOUR page for some interesting added shows

AND DON’T MISS

THREE PARADES

sunday sept 13 st georges church guelph ontario canada

three bands, three parade queens,   church bells, gospel music and balloons

crazy man!!!

see ya soon

over

jb

well it seems i have  survived the summer round of junkie touring once again.  It was great to see many of your smiling faces  again and to meet some new  ones .  I like to think of that july tour as the “hot and high an low tour.”

Hottest temp 112 in mesa az

highest  point  11000 ft at snowbird ut

lowest point -21 ft in the deserts of southern california

how does the body survive?

taking the rest of the summer off for some cottage time  “sleep eat swim read repeat”

BUT!!!

THREE PARADES

part of the GUELPH JAZZ FESTIVAL

SEPT 13 2009  1:15 pm    outside front entrance of St Georges Church in beautiful downtown Guelph.

My good friend and longtime colleague SCOTT MERRITT and i have concocted a festive spectacle for your entertainment and  wonderment

it involves three separtate bands, complete with parade queens, converging on the St Georges Church bell tower (played by moi “sanctuary”)

fun for the whole family

hope to see you there

carry on

jeff