House Concert
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Jammin' 4 Jay
August 23, 2008
9978 Allard Crescent
Ft. Langley, BC

View our schedule here and our poster here

Jammin’ 4 Jay 2008 takes place this year on Saturday, August 23rd, from 1:00pm to 1:00am.

Our Society will be hosting a wide variety of bands and musicians to entertain you at this year’s event, and raise funds for our charity.

Tickets are $25.00 per person, and include a barbecued hamburger or hot dog, as well as non-alcoholic refreshments.

A no-host bar will also be available, as well as pony rides for the kids, a golf hole, and a beach volleyball tournament.

Overnight camping by tent or by RV is available by advance reservation for a nominal fee – please inquire and book early, space is limited and goes quickly!

Jammin’ 4 Jay is a family event, with something to offer everyone.

We encourage you to attend this year’s festival. Please support the Jammin’ 4 Jay Charitable Society and help us help young drivers stay safe, and as Greg says, “tickle the dream!”


Performer Bios
Peter
Andrea Cooper
Don Freed
Shona Le Mottee
Time Readman - timreadman.com


Don Alder
Vancouver, BC
DonAlder.com

Don Alder plays acoustic fingerstyle guitar with a passion that has quickly earned him a reputation as Vancouver's "best kept little secret". Don is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist with a "wow factor" that has let to multiple endorsement deals with major manufacturers and a collaboration with Greenfield guitars to produce a signature acoustic guitar- the "Don Alder G4" model.

Don's live performances are awe-inspiring and his explosive techniques are jaw dropping. He is the 2007 International Fingerstyle Champion (Winfield, KS) and we are proud and honoured to welcome him back for his second appearance at Jammin4Jay.

“We are extremely proud to have Don as a National Endorsee. Don chose our handbuilt L-Series flat tops as his weapon of choice. We recognize that Don is at the forefront of the ‘new fingerstyle’ movement and look forward to a long relationship with this mind blowing guitarist”. - Chris Seldon, Marketing Manager, Yamaha Guitars Canada

"Alder can make a single instrument sound like a 4 piece band. The Guy's like the acoustic Hendrix". - Picque News Magazine


Carrie Catherine
Saskatoon, SK
Carrie's website

Imagine Diana Ross growing up as a prolific songwriter on the Saskatchewan prairie and you’ve got Carrie Catherine and the sounds of green-eyed soul. When Carrie Catherine brings her sassy songwriting and poetic lyrics to the stage, the story behind “green-eyed soul” comes to life. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Catherine’s songs narrate the colorful and dramatic journey of a small prairie girl struggling to discover soul music in the unlikeliest of places: the harsh, flat Canadian prairie.

The songs, the groove, and Catherine’s smooth vocal stylings draw audiences into an intimate search not just for soul but of the soul, as Carrie Catherine struggles to love, leave, and listen to the land she calls home.

“ if Saskatchewan singer-songwriter Carrie Catherine hasn’t blipped onto your screen yet, you’re spending too much time listening in the wrong direction… her smooth-as-old scotch voice is reminiscent of a young Bonnie Raitt (and just as growly sexy)” —John Threlfall, Monday Magazine, Victoria BC.


Gary Comeau & the Voodoo All Stars
Vancouver, BC
website

Take the rhythm of the Maritime Acadian music, season well with Louisiana zydeco blues, add a twist of Highway 61 era Dylan, serve it up with great showmanship, and you’ve got a potent musical cocktail that will have your head spinning and your feet dancing!

Gary’s song, "Marianne," was featured (and played by his band) in The Paramount Film, “Double Jeopardy,” starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. Another song, "I Think about You All the Time” was featured in the 2003 film release “Wise Guys”.

Reserve a spot on the dance floor with Gary Comeau and the Voodoo All Stars.


Alannah Fox
Australia
website

Alannah Fox (Al for short … or tall, come to think of it …) is a roving performer of exceptional quality. A confident, colourful stilt walker, juggler and clown Al adds instant atmosphere to an event. Watch for her striding across the grounds, and take part in FREE stiltwalking and juggling lessons. We’ll provide the stilts and the juggling utensils.


Don Freed
Saskatoon, SK
website

In a career extended for more than 35 years, Don Freed has become Canada’s “everyman” songwriter and travelling bard. Continually searching the quiet corners of the country looking for a tune or a word or for a good story he has animated the people he has encountered into creating their own music. Far past the reaches of pop culture, in places where people live close to the earth, in communities where language itself is defined by nature, Don has become a student learning the words of every small village and a teacher showing children how to take those words and turn them into songs about their place in the sun.

“A Real-Life Piped Piper” - Peter Mansbridge, CBC Newsworld

“I think he is extraordinary." - Roger Greenspun, New York Times

"Canadian culture his forté" - NOW Magazine


Kronik
Langley, BC

This local rock band has been a big supporter of Jammin4Jay since day one. They’re here to help us rock out the end of a great day of music. Put on your dancing shoes!


Raghu Lokanathan
Victoria, BC
website

A born storyteller, Raghu says; “I write, read, watch, listen, remember, imagine, play and practice, while I'm waiting to find the next song that sounds like itself, that has character and spirit.” Raghu has toured across the country several times and recently moved from his home town of Prince George to the warmer if wetter climes of Victoria BC.

"Sing Out' magazine described his 2004 album Caledonia as: "...a charming collection of songs about some very peculiar characters...".


Andy Slade
Duncan, BC

This young pianist hails from Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley. Classically trained as a youngster, he graduated from the University of Victoria’s Jazz Music Program in 2007. He has spent the last year studying latin piano and percussion at the University of Vera Cruz in Mexico. He’s just returned from his first Yukon tour.


Steve Slade
Whitehorse, YT
website

Steve earned the sobriquet “the Yukon’s most excellent musical ambassador” for his work promoting both Yukon music and musicians and bringing “outside” talent to the various Yukon festivals and events.

At J4J you’ll find him working as an MC, Stage Manager and performing in the occasional workshop.

“a monster of music” – The Yukon News


Ken Waldman
Alaska
website

A former college professor, Waldman has had published six full-length poetry collections, a memoir, and has released seven CDs that combine old-time Appalachian-style string-band music with original poetry. Since 1994 he’s worked full-time as Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, performing at some of the nation’s leading universities, festivals, arts centers, and clubs. Over 400 of his poems and stories have appeared in such journals as Beloit Poetry Journal, Chariton Review, Quarterly West, and Yankee.

“Waldman, a former college professor and Philadelphia native, moved to Alaska twenty years ago and has been a traveling minstrel for more than ten years. He brings his instruments, a few fellow musicians, and his poems about surviving a plane crash (locals once called him 'a walking dead man'), watching grizzlies feed in a garbage dump, and other adventures in the forty-ninth state.” -The New Yorker, Above and Beyond (January, 2006)

“ In the tradition of the late John Hartford.” -Joe Nickell, The Missoulian

“ Waldman is a rugged techno-savvy Walt Whitman for the 21st century. His life is itself an epic poem worthy of recognition. But his actual literary and musical production is even better.” -Jarret Keene, Tucson Weekly (March 2006)


The Whiskeydicks
BC/YT
website

Described as "one hell of a good time", The Whiskeydicks have spent the past few years carving a reputation for themselves throughout the Lower Mainland and as far away as the Yukon.

Notorious for being a bit cheeky, their shows have been met with growing enthusiasm from audiences. With a couple of small tours and soon another huge gig at the infamous Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, The Whiskeydicks are commited to playing and gigging into the future.