Thank you to everyone....
Hi Everybody:
Last night was an intimate, delightful evening,
with love, music and a lot of friendship. Kris has had a lot of influence
on a lot of people and her influence continues to spread.
New friendships were forged, old friendships
were re-kindled, familiar songs were heard, new ideas were born, new music
was heard...it was a special evening, and one which we hope can be repeated
in the future....and a special lady was with us, all through the night.
Thanks to all those good friends that made
last night possible.
Jon Long of Long and McQuade who so generously
made the sound system and recording equipment available; Jon and Jon's
associates of Long and McQuade who brought over the equipment and set it
up.
Thanks also to Jon for strong moral support, and to Ratch (L&McQ) for
dropping in after work.
The folks at the Black Horse Restaurant and
Bar, who were nice enough to allow us to hold our "soiree" at their place,
and who provided beer and snacks for the musicians, a friendly and charming
venue, and friendly and efficient staff (Special thanks to Elizabeth who
switched her night off to be on duty last night - you're the best!)
John Valenteyn of CJRT who was nice enough
to be our host, and who made the evening run really smooth and sweet (removing
a big worry from the organizers....) Thank you John!
To the musicians
Grant Lyle of Brotherhood who was the first
one on the scene at the beginning and he went way beyond the call of duty
by playing the whole first set...also special thanks to Grant for arranging
and singing "A Way to Beat The Blues", a special tribute song to Kris.
Jeanine/Yammy who took her courage in both
hands and shared her beautiful voice with us, bolstered by Grant on guitar.
Go girl, you can do it!
Jerry Leblanc for sharing with us three of
his beautiful original compositions, Jerry's sweet voice, lovely lyrics
and strong tunes were enhanced both by his folky guitar, by Grant lyle
on Electric. Nice going guys.
And Brian Cober of the Nationals. Brian kept
the group spellbound with his great double slide playing and excellent
songs and nice singing. Can't wait for that new CD, man. As an extra treat
for us, Brian and Grant jammed a couple of tunes at the end of the set.
To the Press
Gary 17 of to-nite magazine who gave the event
a lovely write up in his magazine.
The Toronto Blues Society for giving the event
a plug in the Loose Blues News section, and for giving us a listing in
the Events section. Special thanks to Lily Sazz for making sure that the
event was mentioned on-line as well.
John Valenteyn of CJRT for playing songs from
Kris' album and for annoncing the event on his show, and for making all
the phone calls to people he thought would be interested.
All the blues radio show hosts and various
Toronto newspapers that were nice enough to announce the event.
To the rest of the gang
Bruce Walker for monitoring the sound system
and cassette recorder and for making sure that the event got taped. Also
for providing moral support throughout the planning and actualization of
the event. What a guy!
Eddy B for coming out and being there...and
giving his support.
All Kris' friends that emailed and called to
offer support; all the friends that came out; all the friends that wanted
to be there but couldn't - you were there in spirit; all the friends that
helped behind the scenes in countless ways.
Thanks to you all for making last night possible.
God Bless
Louise
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