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May 1, 2012

Greg — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:16:41 +0000

So my friend Nick Friesen decided to make a music video for one of my songs… this makes three videos that have been made for songs from Disintegration Blues but Nick’s is first one to be released so it’s officially my first video ever. I’m pretty happy… truly honoured actually.

In other news, Rob Gardiner and I are flying to Germany on Thursday for what will be my first tour ever in Europe with my band. These will be special shows I predict… lots of new songs, Rob’s first time across the ocean, etc. If you find yourself in Europe please consider attending one or more of these shows.

April 26, 2012

Greg — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:48:06 +0000

Rob Gardiner, my drummer for the past two years, has never been to Europe. A week from today he and I will board a flight from Winnipeg to Chicago and then from America across the Atlantic to Germany for a two week tour. I think he’s going to like Europe and I think Europe will like him. Details are HERE.

February 20, 2012

Greg — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:14:24 +0000

It’s Louis Riel Day in Manitoba, a day off to contemplate the cultural foundation of this province and perhaps make amends for the mistakes of the past. I’m not from Winnipeg but I’ve come to love it here, as much out of fascination for the slow pace of change as for the crazy rivers and huge skies. The ingredients for a place like this are magical and terrifying: impossible winters, beautiful summers, generous people, segregation of class and ethnicity, isolation, relatively cheap rent, terrible drivers, cultural diversity, urban sprawl, etc etc. There is much more good than bad here and for a hundred reasons I’ve found it very hard to leave. Quite the opposite, I’ve started a local record label, I’m playing in several side-projects and I’m working full time in community development. Winnipeg is both a stick and a carrot!

Over the next several months I will find many opportunities to go elsewhere, an overdue tour to BC and back perhaps, a tour through some of Europe, but like Louis Riel I will keep coming back here, hopefully with a different ending… but who knows? The future, like much of the past, is an open book.

November 12, 2012

Greg — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:47:53 +0000

I’m sitting at a tall round table in a pool hall in Winnipeg’s West Central neighbourhood. There are 15 or so elderly Italian men gambling on various games of chance a few metres from me as I type. It’s 8am on a Saturday morning. I’m impressed people get up this early on the weekend to play cards.

I have some shows coming up. Solo shows, long overdue… I honestly can’t wait to play. Perhaps I will see you there?

September 12, 2011

Greg — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:49:16 +0000

I would like to thank everyone who attended, played, and helped to promote the shows we did in Winnipeg this past weekend. These were very special nights for me that I won’t soon forget.

On another front, I’ll be doing a short tour of Germany at the end of next week and the shows are all but confirmed! See the SHOWS page for details.

August 26, 2011

Greg — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:07:37 +0000

I haven’t been this excited about a show in a LONG time. To make things that much more exciting there are actually TWO shows! Here’s a link to the details:

Winnipeg’s WECC Sept 9 and 10

The first night is a Friday night so we plan to ROCK from start to finish… absolutely no prisoners, arrive prepared to pogo. The second night will be more thoughtful, romantic, and intense… more for music aficionados who like stories, atmosphere and want to leave a show feeling somehow different than when they arrived. That’s the plan… I think we will succeed.

In the mean time, I did an interview on a Toronto-based internet radio show today that turned into an hour long co-hosting gig… have a listen:

Greg talks about the new record, the new label, the many bands he’s in, the new day job, the city of Winnipeg, etc

August 11, 2011

Greg — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:07:14 +0000

Just got home from out east. I’m feeling a little under the weather since we pulled back into Winnipeg, I guess I burned the candle down a little too far this time around… but it’s the summer time and there are beaches and funny motels and exotic local beers wherever we stopped so I’m not going to chastise myself or act like I didn’t know this would happen. Sick? Sure but was it worth it? Definitely.

Thanks to everyone who came to, promoted, advertised, and took video footage of our shows. I love you people… I also love the folks who organized Sappy Fest and invited us to maybe the best party I’ve been to in 5 years. Great food, great service, great music, great friends everywhere… amazing!

Some folks have been kind enough to post footage from some of our shows, looking through it all I found this document of us going crazy in Trois-Rivieres last October…

July 24, 2011

Greg — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:42:38 +0000

I’m at my brother’s place between Toronto and Ottawa… so nice here, and incredible hot outside today. After over 3000kms of driving and 2 shows in 3 days I feel like laying in the grass in my brother’s back yard more than I feel like driving to Ottawa. That said, I have many good friends in Ottawa and tonight’s show will be fantastic… win win!Couldn’t sleep last night so I made this:

Disintegration Blues Tour 2011

July 17, 2011

Greg — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:13:29 +0000

This week marks the first of what I hope will be many Disintegration Records tours. This time around, we’re celebrating the upcoming release of my new album, with a trip across Eastern Canada. My own band will be sharing the stage with Winnipeg’s Cannon Bros in all of these lovely cities:

July 22nd @ the Division House in Lindsay
July 23 @ the Spill in Peterborough
July 24 @ The Elmdale Tavern in Ottawa
July 29 @ The Capital in Fredricton
July 30 @ Sappy Fest in Sackville
July 31@ The Upstairs in Sydney
Août 2 @ Gambrinus à Trois-Rivières
Août 3 @ Bar à Pitons à Chicoutimi
Août 4 @ Le Cagibi à Montreal
August 5 @ Bread and Circus in Toronto
August 6 @ the Casbah in Hamilton

I promise to bring CDs, vinyl, t-shirts and be ready to rock. See you soon!

June 20, 2011

Greg — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:31:16 +0000

The Disintegration 2011 Tour is updated and can be seen here.

Also, did I mention that my good friend Cam Loeppky and I have started a record label? It’s called Disintegration Records and I made this basic website for it my self. Our first release will be a CD/digital version of my new recording, Disintegration Blues sometime in late August.