Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Brian Good: Toronto Mike'd #1133

Episode Date: October 19, 2022

In this 1133rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Brian Good from The Good Brothers about The Good Brothers, Tears Are Not Enough, Pat Burns, and his upcoming performances with Whiskey Jack. Banjo Dunc and Brian's wife Susie join the hang to keep us in line. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

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And Canna Cabana. The lowest prices on cannabis. Guaranteed. Joining me today, making his Toronto Mike debut, is Brian Good from the Good Brothers. Welcome, Brian, to Toronto Mike'd. Thank you, Mike. It's a pleasure to be here.

And you brought a bodyguard with you. Actually, two of them, but we'll start with a gentleman who's no stranger to this show. You brought FOTM Banjo Dunk with you. Yeah, I certainly did. Nice to be back in the hole, Mike. How long's it been, Mr. Dunk and Fremlin? It was Sam Grosso last time I was here. I remember the two of us sat and told stories. Loved it.

And I'm so glad you're back, and I'm so glad you brought Brian with you. Brian, what a pleasure. But Brian, we have another person in this room. Let's shout out. Is this your lovely wife, Susie? This certainly is my lovely wife, Susie. Say hi, Susie. Hi, Susie. Say goodnight, Gracie. Well, welcome, welcome, welcome. A lot of ground I want to cover with you, Brian. I'm very excited about this. and FOTMs have brought in some great questions, and then we're going to find out,

like, what do you have going on with Banjo Dunk and the Whiskey Jack? Like, I'm so excited to talk about that. But you just came from meeting fellow FOTM Bill King, right? How's Bill doing? Bill's doing great. We go way back.

53 years ago, we met at a place called the Richmond Inn in Richmond Hill, my hometown. And he was playing in a band. I forget the name of the band. He could tell you every member and everybody who was in the audience. He's got a great memory. But it was 53 years ago. He had just moved here from the States. He was dodging the draft. He was dodging the draft, and for good reason. And I'm glad he did. Absolutely. He's a welcome addition to the Toronto music scene. Yeah, we go back, and we've done a few things.

Well, we have Janice Joplin in common, because he played... Did you both sleep with her? They wish. Bill wishes. Did you know that, Sus? They wish. Bill wishes. Did you know that, Susie? I asked Bill, though. Because, you know, Janice had a high sexual.

Libido, she always said. Strong libido. And Bill did not enjoy that pleasure. He played with her, and I mean he played music with her. And we, as James and the Good Brothers on the Festival Express, around that same time in 1970, we got to play musically with Janis Joplin on the train going coast to coast across Canada.

As recently as this afternoon, my son is very, like, discovering music now, like music from well before his birth. He's almost 21 years old, and he was saying, hey, he was asking, he said, Dad, tell me some, like, women who rock. He wants, like, a list of women I think rock. And I said, oh, there's so many women who rock.

I said, but you gotta, I said, you gotta start with Janis Joplin. Like, I literally said that today. I can show you the text. And to hear now you have a connection with Bill King and that you both played with with janice joplin yeah it was uh quite a quite an experience actually it was uh going back to 1969 uh my brother my twin brother bruce and i were playing in a place called the penny farthing in yorkville it was just a little coffee house. And two gentlemen, when I say gentlemen,

they were the only guys wearing suits in the place. And they... Narcs. They looked like narcs. But they were promoters and they were promoting shows. And they offered us one of the first major gig we ever did at Maple Leaf Gardens at the time with Grand Funk Railroad. And from there, they offered us a management deal.

We took it. And because of that management deal, we got to be on that Festival Express because they were the guys who were promoting it. Wow, okay. What are their names, these guys? It was Thor Eaton and Kenny Walker. Eaton and Walker.

Amazing. Yeah. Okay, so, sorry, you say that was 69? Yeah, that's when we met, and the festival was in 70. So when did you and your brothers start performing at coffee houses in Yorkville? When did that begin for you two? Right around that time, 68, 69. We were playing literally for coffee and chili, pretty much.

So we weren't getting paid, but it gave us a stage to play our music. So sprinkled throughout, obviously, Dunk, you have carte blanche to just chime in with any questions or follow-ups or anything you want to say. You're a great FOTM, you know that. But I have some questions from other FOTMs.

They sent these in. One comes from comes from dale cadeau and he says i still have this beauty in my thinned out album collection he's talking about the self-titled uh the good brothers album he he had a picture of it on twitter then he writes the brothers were stalwarts at the streetsville bread and honey beer garden in the late 70s and he says says, good times indeed. It was good times indeed. It was. Thanks for that. And here's a question from some guy who calls himself Donk. He says, is it true your brother Bruce thinks he's better looking than you?

Well, he'll tell you that for sure. If you ask him, he'll tell you. On a serious note, we're going to have some lighthearted chatter. I want to find out more about the Good Brothers. And I have very specific questions. And then I want to find out more about the Good Brothers, and I have very specific questions, and then I want to find out what you're doing with Whiskey Jack. But I do, if you don't mind, Bruce, I'd like to, sorry, Brian, I'd like to offer my condolences to you on the tragic loss of your nephew Dallas Good from the Sadies.

We miss him quite a bit. I can't imagine what it's like for you guys. Well, thank you for that. Yeah, things are not the the same and they'll never be the same musically and and personally of course obviously and i got to see the sadie's play uh about 10 days ago in uh at the red dog in oshawa and uh or in peterborough sorry and uh it's you know travis is doing one heck of a job, I'm telling you, trying to do everything up there.

But, you know, the ghost of Dallas is still there on that stage, and that'll never stop. Well, I mean, it's a loss for the entire, you know, music community. But for the family, you're right, that but for the family you're right that's not something you uh you ever get over no that's true you know you mentioned bill king earlier who is a fine photographer i mean i could you know spend all day looking at great photos that he's taken but i recently received this book with great photos from massey hall and this is around the time that dallas passed away and there's's actually a great photo of Dallas in this

Massey Hall book. Just very sad. And again, I'm so sorry for your loss. Very photogenic guitar player. You can't take your eyes when you see a picture of him. You just can't take your eyes off him. Right.

As opposed to Brian. Well, I was going to say on a lighter note here So Sandy writes in Enjoyed the dances at Sheridan College Circa 1979 Great fun, thanks for playing those Will you close the Gravenhurst barge season again?

Yes we did close the Barge season this year as a matter of fact It was our 30th year there. We obviously skipped a couple of years, the COVID years. But it seems to be back, and we really enjoy that. That's one of our annual, obviously, one of our favorite annual shows that we've been doing. In fact, Dallas has played that one with us,

and Travis played, played it with us this year. So it's yeah. Fred Schultz is the guy who was, who first invited us to play there 30 years ago and he's still, still at it. Amazing. Amazing.

So I'm going to play a little music here. That's why you've all got headphones on. So just a little bit here and there. Let's see what i got here where do i begin standby oh yeah this is actually one i want to start with except from the beginning excuse me my apologies that's because dunk uh played up my production skills so i had to make a few mistakes. I'm singing tonight on a midnight flight I know my baby loves me Ten days gone and it's been too long

And I know she's thinking of me I don't care if the rain don't shine All I see is the light in her eyes I'm singing tonight on a midnight flight I know my baby loves me Baby, love me. High white sky. Midnight Flight. Brian, take us back.

So you kind of gave us a taste. What were you saying there? Singing tonight is right. Yeah, our first album, it surprised a lot of people, songs like this, because we were known as a bluegrass, you know kicking bluegrass band right and uh so for us the producers on that first album were it was co-produced by john kapak and uh our good friend adam mitchell and we did a lot of his songs adam mitchell of course, wrote some tremendous songs

for some great artists. Out Among the Stars, for example, we recorded that on a live album later on, and it was recorded also by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and not to mention Merle Haggard. Oh, just those three bums. Just those three, but I have to say they recorded it after us. Sounds great.

And, you know, for those, you know, we have a lot of Gen Xers listening, and they're, like, going to be surprised, I think, by this fact, but you guys win the Juno Award for country group or duo eight years in a row? That's correct. Who's counting? I'm counting. Listen, where are all those Junos right now? Does Susie know?

Where are they right now? Like, are they on display somewhere? They're in our house. Yes, they are. Okay, so do you have all eight just side by side? I'm trying to envision it in my head. Well, I have seven downstairs

in the music room and one up on the fireplace upstairs they keep one in the bedroom Mike don't kid yourself

well that's what I was getting at I just wanted to know if he had worked that mojo but that's kind of

that's wild by the way the years are 1977 to 1984 that you guys and does it get silly

like I mean what happened to the ninth year like is it just you just withdrew yourself from consideration 1977 to 1984 that you guys, and does it get silly? Like, I mean, what happened to the ninth year? Like, is it just, you just withdrew yourself from consideration? No,

Prairie Oyster came along. Okay. They're great friends of ours. In fact, John P. Allen, they're, they, he was playing guitar and fiddle for them. He played with us before Prairie Oyster,

and they're all good friends keith glass uh rustic carl we grew up with them because they were musically and and otherwise because they lived in king city and we lived in richmond hill it's only like four miles away from each other so five miles so we we hung out together even before we started playing professionally when did you realize that you guys were going to make it after all uh shout out to the mary tyler moore show like was there a moment where you're like hey this is happening like maybe you're driving and you hear a good brother's song on the radio or something like that no i'm still waiting for that to happen but q107 comes around at 77 they must have played some good brothers

no? Scruff Connors played our music on the morning show and he played a song called The Hot Knife Boogie it was a we're going to do a little song for you called The Hot Knife Boogie

no segue yes we are and we want you all to sing along with us everybody boogie say what The Hot Knife boogie! Say what? The Hot Knife Boogie! That's what I thought! Well, went to a party,

had the time of our lives. Out in the kitchen, they were heating those eyes, they were doing that boogie. That's what I thought! The Hot Knife Boogie! That's what I thought! Hey, everybody boogie, we're gonna get high tonight

Well, there weren't no papers Yeah, let's face it. No wonder Scruff liked this song, okay? So this is a hashish anthem, is that correct? That's what it turned out to be, that's for sure. Yeah, Scruff was a very good friend of ours and he inspired that song and another song that we wrote called Honk on Bobo.

That was kind of his catchphrase. And so that was actually recorded live at the C&E Stadium, the old C&E Stadium. And it was a show with Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin. It was to raise money for the Canadian Olympic team that didn't go to Russia over the Afghanistan. Well, there was the boycott. So we boycotted Moscow in 80. And then they boycotted, do I have this right?

They boycotted LA in 84 to retaliate. Right, right. So it got political. But that was recorded live at that venue. But then we actually had Kelly J. Kelly J. was with Crowbar. What a feeling, what a rush. Of course.

He played piano on that session. And then we sent the tape, back in the days before computers, we had to send that two-inch tape to BC, to Vancouver, and we had the Powder Blues Band add the horn section to it. It was sort of a live

studio. I hear the crowd in this jam and that whole live album, the crowd's so engaged. Is there any sweetening of the crowd? Any smoke and mirrors there? Is that all live off the floor? It's live off the floor. Some of the textures are different because there were three different venues.

One was the El Macombo on this live album that we did. The other was the CNE Stadium. And the other one was a place called the Jubilee Auditorium in oshawa and so we took those three venues recordings that we had done over time picked the best and uh and ran with it and so those audiences are are real so blonde hash black hash what was the preference there brian f nepoepoganyloboprimonizumab. Oh, I see. Well, you know where you get a good deal on that is Canna Cabana. Well, of course.

That's exactly where we would go for that hash. That's where I'll go after the sex. Over 100 locations across the country will not be undersold on cannabis or cannabis accessories. All right, we were talking. Actually, I'm going to come back to Scruff. Man, I love Scruff. I'm going to hash a little bit later, too. I tried to tell him that I didn't mean him any harm. I looked up at him. I was pouring on the charm. I said, honk on Bobo, too. Oh, everybody here, you can honk on Bobo.

Everybody there, they can honk on Bobo. Anybody, anywhere, honk on Bobo with a Bobo honk song. All right, Brian, is this another drug song? It gets to be at the end. Are all the Good Brothers songs about drugs, Brian, is this another drug song? It gets to be at the end. Are all the Good Brothers songs about drugs, Brian? You'd think so. No wonder you get along with Banjo-Dunk so well. Let me put it this way.

All our popular songs are about drugs. See, as a kid, I had no idea. And I'll tell you later where I first really learned about the Good Brothers. I'll ask you about somebody very soon I first really learned about the Good Brothers. I'll ask you about somebody very soon. But so this was adopted by Scruff essentially because Honk on Bobo. I always knew Honk on Bobo. Yeah, from Q107 and Scruff Con.

Like I said, it was a catchphrase of his. He would say, it was an insult. He'd say, why don't you go Honk on Bobo? You know, so you could take it to mean whatever you wanted. Oh, sure. I think it meant one thing in particular. Okay, so it might not be drugs. It might actually be self-satisfaction maybe or something of sexual nature.

What do you think, Banjo? What do you think honk on bobo means? Sex or drugs. It's pretty much one or the other. Sex or drugs and you guys bring the rock and roll. Here's the verse. The drug verse is coming up here. I said, can't you take a joke? And that's when I landed in jail. Well, the very next morning I had to see the judge. I begged the man for mercy till I knew he wouldn't budge.

I'm not the kind of fella who would ever hold a grudge. But he can honk on Bobo, too. Oh, everybody here, you can honk on Bobo. Let's go, Banjo-Dong, let's go. Honk on Bobo. Anybody, anywhere, honk on Bobo. He can bobo honks on you. Everybody here, go. Honk on Bobo. Anybody, anywhere. Honk on Bobo. If a Bobo honks on you. Everybody here, you can honk on Bobo.

Okay, so lots of ground to cover, but maybe Banjo-Dunk, tell us. Like, if we want to honk on Bobo live in person. So this wonderful gentleman you brought to me, Brian Good from the Good Brothers, going to join you? Tell me where. Yes. We'll revisit it later.

And his wife, Susie, of course. Of course. The Redwood Theater, November 4th, 2022. So November 4th, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Correct. Brian and Susie Good are going to drive down from Simcoe County to the Redwood Theatre to join. Now, remind us,

you've been on many times, but who's in Whiskey Jack? Whiskey Jack is Douglas John Cameron. Did I tell you? I don't mean to interrupt. I met him for the first time at TMLX10.

I heard all about it. Okay. And when's he going to be an FOTM? No, I told him and I looked him in the eyes and said, I want you on Toronto.

I'm like Uncle Sam. I pointed at him and said, I want you on Toronto Mike. I'm like Uncle Sam. I pointed at him and said, I want you on Toronto Mike. Then he says he'd love to do it. We just literally have to get the darn date and time in the calendar, but it's going to happen. And Billy McGinnis, who is Stompin' Tom's fiddle player for 10 years, he's from PEI, and our bass player is a fellow named Rayo Rochon, also from PEI.

And, yeah, that's the combo. Well, I can already tell from this, like, the last half hour that that's going to be a blast. Yes. Well, you figure you've got a bunch of, first of all, you've got all of us. You've got Brian Good. You've got Susie Good. You've got Marie Buttrell, country music royalty. I mean, they won eight Junos.

She lost eight Junos. She's the Susan Lucci of the Junos. Absolutely. Why doesn't Brian give her a couple? That's what I want. He doesn't need eight. Well, as a matter of fact, Marie and her husband are going to stay with Brian and Susie on the fourth evening of the fourth. They're going to drive to Brian's house, and they're going to stay with him.

And I'm lobbying hard for her to leave with two or three of these. And if they don't give them, I think she should steal the damn things. Yeah, just like towels from a hotel. Who could blame her? Now, okay, so I've heard this described as Canadian country music legends. I've heard it described as

a hybrid of Prairie Home Companion and the Grand Ole Opry with a little vinyl cafe thrown in the mix. Yeah. That's a good description, and that's something I'd want to see. Thank you very much. That's it. Okay, so obviously it's Toronto, Mike.

So the Toronto show, which is November 4th, is the one to hype. But Parry Sound, there's listeners in Parry Sound. Is that the next stop? Well, yeah, that's the next night, and the beautiful Stocky Centre, which we played quite a few times. But then the afternoon after that, now you're talking Brian and Susie country, because this is serious downtown Simcoe County in Alliston, Ontario. Which is, correct, let me think here, this is 89 and 400?

Because my grandmother lived in Guilford. 89 and more Highway 27 and 89. Okay, so it's to the, yeah, because it's, yes, to the west, right? Because I'm just thinking in my head here. Yes, because my grandmother lived to the right. Like we'd get off at that Cookstown, Alliston outlet mall. You'd go toward the lake. Right, right.

And if you drop down to 88, you got Bradford. You got Bradford and 88. And if you go, if you keep going. We're west of that. Right, right. And if you drop down to 88, you've got Bradford. You've got Bradford and 88. And if you keep going... We're west of that. You're west. Okay. And that's where they've got like a Honda plant there, right? Yeah, they've got the big Honda plant in Alliston.

It's new to Compseth, is the county. And what's the Gibson Centre like in Alliston? I haven't been there. It's a beautiful little theatre. Yeah, a beautiful historic place. And again, it's a place that we've played quite a bit. There's a, you know, these are our people, Micah. You know, this is where the serious fans live up that way.

And they'll support this show big time. Well, thank you for starting here where the non-serious fans are here in Toronto. Well, you've got to admit, come on now, Mike. I've listened to a few of these podcasts, man, and I'm looking at the list right now, and let's see, country, I'm sure there's someone on this list. I have a blind spot, but I'm trying to fix that. I'm so excited Brian Good is here. Well, look today, today, for sure.

Look at this. You've got royalty here. I'm honestly, you know, I'm getting very specific. I'm so glad Brian's here. There's one big reason i'm gonna ask him about in a minute but i just want to let people know if you want tickets and how many is it four shows in total no it's three shows this time okay so these three shows i talked about like toronto perry sound alliston you go to whiskeyjackmusic.com correct go there

right now that's an order all fotms and man. And man, it's going to be a blast. Okay. I have a great question for you from Rick A. This is for Brian, not Banjo Dunk. I got many other questions for Banjo Dunk, but they're all personal and private. So I'll have to ask those later.

Rick A writes in, don't ask why, but I was recently listening to the 1983 Blue Jays home opener. The good brothers sang the anthems. Any recollection of performing this event or any other pregame anthem that ever stood out to you, Brian? Well, sing it now, Brian. In French, please.

Actually, I do recall that very well, actually, because it was a playoff. There was two of them. We did a playoff game, too, when... 85 would be playoffs. What's his name? Oakland center fielder with a... Henderson.

Hit the ball so far. Oh, that's Jose Caseco. Thank you. See, he was a baseball fan. It was the 500 level at the Dome. I still think it has a record for... We sang the anthem at that game. 89.

Very good. 89 it would have been. And there was another time which was a little more insignificant. But then, of course, we did a couple of anthems for the Toronto Maple Leafs at the old Maple Leaf Gardens when Pat Burns was a coach. And as a matter of fact, Pat Burns used to play guitar with us on occasion in the off season.

Brian, let's not bury the lead here. This is when I learned about the Good Brothers. Okay. I admit, I admit Banjo, I didn't,

I wasn't raised, even though my mom loved Kenny Rogers. So there's a lot of Kenny Rogers. She played Kenny Rogers all the time. But.

Good taste. In that greatest hits album that has the Lionel Richie Lady on it. Lady. Yeah. That album, a million times. Thank you. but good taste in that greatest hits album that has the lionel richie lady on it lady yeah that that album a million times thank you you're mine i don't even remember the words but it's fantastic okay but what am i saying here it was the pat burns so pat burns coach of our toronto maple leaves he uh joins tell me everything you can about the late great pat burns because i love

that guy he was a great guy. He was a good musician. He played guitar. It's funny that when he played with us, and of course, it drew some press. He said he came into his office at the Gardens, and he said there was a representative from Fender Guitars, and they wanted to give him a Telecaster, a Harley Davidson Telecaster with all the fringe and the buckles and the orange and the colors and everything else. And that was him playing guitar with us once on stage.

And my beef was, nobody's coming to me and offering me free hockey gear. I can feel the resentment. Oh, I was very resentful. They never came to me and offered me new guitars, but here they are giving a hockey coach carte blanche. Anyway, it was fun. He was a great guy. In fact, we did an album

with him um that was never released it was just a recording we did together and it uh it was all irish music and it was uh we called ourselves the butcher boys and we were uh we were butchering the songs but no it was it really came out nicely out nicely. It was a lot of fun to do. We still have the recording somewhere. We had thought about releasing it at one time, and then Pat sadly, tragically got sick and is no longer with us. No, very sad, very sad.

But it's funny. I was a big, obviously I still am actually. It plagues me. It haunts me, if you will. But a big Leafs fan. So when Pat Burns was playing of the Good Brothers, like, you know, me and my friends are like, oh, who are these Good Brothers?

Why aren't they the Great Brothers? And, you know, you start to dig in. You know, we were being educated, basically, thanks to Pat Burns. Like, there must have been some reawakening of the new generation when Pat Burns was hooked up with you guys. Well, it wasn't the first time that we had aligned ourselves with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In 1975, when we did our first album, we were, of course, like every other Canadian act, looking for financing. And at the time, 1975, there was a defenseman his name was dave dave dunn and uh he put up the money for our first album he and another guy and uh and we that was our first uh juno award that the album you heard midnight flight that was financed by dave dunn and uh and we used to be sort of the house band for the Toronto Maple Leafs back then. And, of course, it was Daryl Sittler, Borea Salming, Dave Keon, Ron Ellis, Eddie Shaq, and the list goes on of great players on that particular team.

Oh, Tiger Williams. Of course. Of course. The Tiger. And Red Kelly was the coach at the time. And it was in the old days of the, the good old days of the Toronto Maple Leafs when they still weren't winning. Nothing's changed.

Nothing's changed. Well, hopefully this will be the year. Oh yeah. I haven't heard that one before. Listen, I'm like, let's,

let's see you in April and see what happens. Because, you know, regular season success from this team is like yawn. Like, I've seen this movie before. You know, let Austin score 60. That's fine. But can you win a series, please? It's been a while. That'd be nice, wouldn't it?

Yeah, I beg of thee. Do you know the last year that Toronto Maple Leafs won a playoff series? Not the Stanley Cup. We all know that's 67. When was the last year they won a playoff series? Not the Stanley Cup. We all know that's 67. When was the last year they won a playoff series? Anybody know? Was it 93? Oh, no.

It's much more recent than that, thankfully. But 93 was the... Actually, no. We've been to the conference finals since then with Pat Quinn as the coach. But the answer is 2004. That's a single series, 2004. That's awful. Well, when I die, I want the Toronto Maple Leafs

to be my pallbearers, just so they can let me down one last time. He's been holding that one in the reserve. I've been dying. Now I need to follow up to say, shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. There it goes. Proud sponsors of the program.

What a segue. Before I ask you this question, Brian, from Buds Always, There it goes. Proud sponsors of the program. What a segue. Okay. And before I ask you this question, Brian, from Buds Always, I think that means he's a Leafs fan, actually. It's his handle on Twitter, Buds Always. Do you enjoy beer? Do you partake in the drinking of a craft beer? Yes, I do.

I enjoy any kind of beer, almost. Almost. Well, you're going to go home. So brewed right here in southern Etobicoke is Great Lakes Beer. It's delicious, fresh craft beer. And I'm going to set you up with some fresh craft beer to take home with you. Fantastic. I love the can.

I love the design. Oh, they do great artwork. Absolutely. So you're going home with a beer, but also because you're going to be hungry when you're drinking that beer. I have a frozen lasagna for you. It's in my freezer upstairs. So that box is empty, but I'll fill it up before you leave. Palma Pasta, literally delivered today.

I said, I got Brian Good from the Good Brothers coming. I said, oh, and can you sneak another one in there for my good friend Banjo Dunk? And they said, anything for Dunk and Fremlin. So you too, Banjo. You get yourself a nice large meat lasagna from the freezer too. So thank you, Palma Pasta. Thank you, Great Lakes Brewery. Bud's Always.

The question is this, and I actually don't understand the question. So Brian, you're going to explain it to me, or you're going to tell me Bud's Always has been smoking a little too much. But he says, ask him how Joe's lip is. He says, ask him how Joe's lip is. That's a line from the Hot Knife Boogie. Okay. He got too close and he burned his lip.

You know what? Then there's Joe. He thinks he's hip. He got too close and he burned his lip. Okay. I should have known that. There you go. See, he's doing his homework. Don't.

Did you know that one? I didn't. Okay. I don't feel so bad now. I was so stoned when I listened to that song. I had no idea what it was about. Shout out to Kenna Cabana. I'm going to play another jam,

and then hopefully we can chat a little bit about it. But here is some more live Good Brothers. This is from my very first album. It's a song that he wrote about a garden that he grew and a rabbit that ate that garden. There's a song that he wrote about a garden that he grew and the rabbit that ate that garden. Out in an open field, a strange crowd filed a yield. A hat's a plant like you have never seen.

There was a dozen in all, and they stood five feet tall, and their color was organic green. Well, I heard someone mention, good weed is your intention. Don't cover them and keep them from the sun. So to the flowers that beat, I let them grow free, and that's when all my problems begun. He'd lean back on his hind feet And then he'd start to eat Until two feet up the stocks had been stripped clean Now there's a robin running around He's hopping up and down He's freaked out while he grinned away at his tail He's got two bloodshot eyes

And he doesn't realize To get him high I could have caught the tail Well, we can't slip away So, Brian, we mentioned your twin brother, Bruce, but also let's shout out Larry Good. So the Good brothers are your younger brother, Larry, your twin brother, Bruce.

Who's a better banjo player, Larry Good or Duncan Fremling? He can be a shit, Brian, when he wants to be. Oh, he's doing a good job right now. I'll tell you, putting me on the spot, well, I think they're both equally good. They have their own style, and they're both equally good. They have their own style and they're both terrific banjo players. I should be a politician.

I was going to say, if you considered running for office, you'd have a chance of a non-answer like that. So, I know I'm causing some trouble there, but I'm curious the writing process. Can you shed some light, enlighten us? Let's take this song, for example.

This is The Rabbit. How does this, give us the details. Does somebody write a melody and a hook or something, and then somebody starts writing lyrics? How does the writing process work for a song like The Rabbit? Well, at that time, back in the 70s, that's our first album. Bruce and I were writing independently. We weren't writing together.

So you'd have to ask bruce that question because that's his song but it is a true story he had a few plants uh he did go back at one point to check them out or to water them whatever it was and he found that they had been raided by rabbits and i asked him how he knew it was rabbits and he said because the little brown balls that were brown balls of poop around the plants. Anyway, there was that. But these days, when we write together, it's either or. One, we'll come up with an idea for a lyric, and then we start into it together.

And we either collectively or independently, somebody will come up with a tune. It's not like Gilbert and Sullivan. It's not one writes the lyrics and the other writes the music. Or like Elton John. Elton John and Bernie Topin. Right, right. No, we just sort of wing it. We get an idea and run with it.

So that's basically it. But it's just one of these, there's no magic behind it. There's no real, it's magic when it happens. Thank you. Susie's right. It's just magic when it happens. I think now at this point, Brian, you've earned yourself a Toronto Mike sticker,

courtesy of stickeru.com. Oh, thank you very much. And I know I shouted out Ridley Funeral Home, but they did send over, you each got, if you pull, so Banjo, you pull that white thing, and this, I won't put it in your eyes, but you have yourself a nice flashlight. You need to see in the dark.

One for you, one for Banjo Dunk. Where's the gift from Mechanic Cabana? You know what? Canna Cabana. You know what? Oh, you had to use... They call this the afterglow. It's a handpipe from Canna Cabana. That's yours, buddy.

Oh, that'll come in handy. Yeah, enjoy. Enjoy. I have a... You know, there's a segue into it. I guess it's not really a joke. It actually happened. Yeah um i don't want to step on your your no no please your sponsors here on everything but uh you know when the blue jays

first came to toronto the question was how did they get the name labatt's blue blue jays well that's there there you go however there's more to it than that okay i'm ready i'm i'm sitting there wondering. I'm watching the ballgame and saying, why did they call them the Blue Jays? And then I realized I was sitting there. I had a blue in one hand and a J in the other, and it all made sense.

That's way better than mine. Are you going to tell them your smuggling story, Brian? Oh, God. I'm ready. How much time do we have here? How much time do you have? I think it's a good lesson. I have a big hard drive here.

Let's go. I think it's a good lesson for the little kitties out there that want to smuggle drugs across the border. I think Brian. Are you serious? Yeah. Okay, well. At least I didn't get busted. But the story goes, we had a rule.

James and the Good Brothers, this is back in 1970. And the rule, of course, was pretty simple. Don't carry drugs across the border. We were on our way to play at the University of Syracuse, and we were crossing the border. And if we had pot, we'd put it in a jar and stash it somewhere and then pick it up later on the way back if we came back that way. So at any rate, we got to the border. And of course, with long hair and musicians, they pulled us over.

And, of course, with long hair and musicians, they pulled us over. They brought us into the office, and they started searching the van. We had a station wagon at the time. And so they brought us up to open our suitcases and things like that, and we're standing around, and suddenly the pungent smell of hashish sort of permeated. And so we're all looking at each other saying, what's going on here? And the Border Patrol, the American side, they're tearing the thing apart. The wood paneling's coming off? They're looking. They said, where is it? And I'm saying, it're tearing the thing apart. The wood paneling's coming off. They're looking.

They said, where is it? And I'm saying, it's patchouli oil. They said, I don't think so. So we were there for a couple of hours, and so at any rate, finally they did let us go because we did have a gig, and we had the proper papers and everything else. So they let us go. They held us up for a long time.

So we were driving down the highway and I said, pull over. They pulled over and what had happened was I broke the rule. I broke the rule. I had taken a piece of hash and wrapped it in tinfoil, and I'd taken the dome light lens off the cap, and I had tucked it behind the light. Now, it was one of those fuse lights, and as soon as they opened the door of the thing, it started burning.

The hash actually started burning, and it just stunk like you you you got away with it bruce and james had no idea that i had done that and uh i'll tell you they really lit into me when they found what had happened however they they had no problem smoking it anyway that was pretty dumb on my part and i was just but you never never again right that was like uh you dod part, and I was just... But you never again, right? That was like you dodged that bullet, and you were like, never again will I... Dodged that bullet. Okay. Until Bruce...

Until we were flying one time, quite a few years later as the Good Brothers this time. Right. And Bruce had a little film can with some pot in it right and it was before 9-11 and all that so it was pretty easy to get through but there was a security they'd just look through your bags and send you on but they picked up this little film can the guy popped the tap the cap off it and smelled and he said what is this and bruce reached over and said let me see that and he grabbed it from the guy and he took off oh he took off right there he was out of the line and out of the airport he went outside gone threw it away well larry and i of course we said

we can't go because we're going to do a flying somewhere to a gig said there's no point in us going unless he's coming with us so we were waiting in the terminal for him, and the two Mounties and the security guard come walking up to me. Okay. Remember, this was my twin brother that did that. Right, right. And the security guard said, that's the guy. Oh.

And they said, the RCMP said, do you want to be searched here, or do you want to go to a room? I said, I'm afraid you're making a huge mistake. The guy said, it was him, officer. And they said, come with us. And they were about to take me down to their interrogation room. They were putting their rubber gloves on. That's right.

And Bruce walked up. Now, he had gotten rid of it and he walked up to us. And I said, are you sure it's not him that you have in mind and the the security guard looked at him and looked at me and he said well it was one of you and the then the rcmp said all right guys on your way oh you dodged another bullet right case closed oh that's that's the advantage of having an identical twin brother. Oh, because then he can just point at each other like that Spider-Man meme. It wasn't me. Oh my goodness.

So, you know, we're talking about weed here. And of course, Bill King, Bill King loves his weed, man. Bill King,

my buddy, Mark Hebbshire, who I record with every Friday. Hebbsy man loves his weed. Hebbsy man's in my backyard in a couple of weeks for a special episode. We're all going to get high on, like live on the recording. We got the guy from Canada Cabana coming over. Nice.

Another guy who was joining us, one of the biggest, most wonderful potheads I know, Canada Kev. Now Canada Kev, when he heard Brian Good was coming on, sent in this great question. So we're going back with this one,

but he goes, I need to know more stories about their time on the incredible Festival Express. Going to California to record an album with the members of the Grateful Dead. know more stories about their time on the incredible festival express going to california to record an album with the members of the grateful dead uh he wants to know uh did jerry garcia and bob weir play on that album as well okay where do i start it was a fantastic trip in the beginning yeah um yeah okay so it was the Grateful Dead. We were on the Festival Express, and we were invited by the Grateful Dead to go to San Francisco to record.

We took them up on their generous offer. We did do our first album called James and the Good Brothers, and Jerry Garcia did not play on it. There is a steel guitar, but it was Ollie Strong played on it. It was a Canadian guy. However, Bill Kreitzman played drums. Right. He's credited on that.

Yes. And Jack Cassidy, the bass player for the Jefferson Airplane, played bass. Actually, he played bass bella laica, believe it or not. Okay. I don't even know I could tell them apart. It's a diamond-shaped guitar-looking thing. It's, I think, a Russian or some kind of... You own one of those, Dunk?

I have no idea what he's talking about. Balla Laika. Banjo or GTFO? Google it. No, it's an unusual instrument, but that was that. And what was the other question? Well, basically, any stories you can share about the Festival Express. Who did you sleep with, Brian?

Where did you sleep last night? Well, actually, it was quite an experience. They had several cars, of course. There were equipment cars that carried the sound system, stage, all the gear. There were jamming cars. There was an acoustic jamming car. There was an acoustic jamming car. There was an electric jamming car. There were sleeper cars, of course.

There were club cars where you could eat. And there was a, let's see, a rehab car. But there were doctors on board. There was a doctor on board just because we're on a train and a lot of people. It was a great experience. But I guess that was when we got to meet all these great artists and become a part of that San Francisco scene. We did play at Fillmore West with the new riders of the purple sage they became friends

of ours because we were doing we were uh at the time we were sort of new on the scene so were they um and uh we played it with boss gags at the uh wow at the fillmore we sort of we lived in san rafael just outside of San Francisco. We rented a house there for the year we were there, but it turned out we, we came home, Bruce and I had roots here, but James was from Winnipeg originally, and he was single. James Aykroyd. James Aykroyd. And he was at the Winnipeg scene. He's, you know, Neil Young and Randy Bachman, they were all in that same circle. They all knew him, and I didn't realize that until he passed away

about 20 years ago now. Were you a bluegrass band at that time? We were playing, actually, no, it was an auto harp and two guitars and a bass. We were doing more of a Crosby, Stills, Nash, harmony, original material. We were covering some Merle Haggard stuff and just sort of sprinkling it with country music, sort of like the Byrds were back then.

Country music? Mike, you know what that is, eh? Yeah, that's Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Banjo Dunk, The Big Three. CFGM. Jane Houghton mentioned CFGM and you had no idea. That's 640, right? You who

knows more about radio than anybody in the city did not know. Okay, let me ask you this, Banjo. I'm glad you're calling me out. I'm going to ask you, what year did it flip from country? Like, what year did 640 stop playing country? They didn't. They're still playing country, aren't they? You might want to check

that radio. CFGM is long gone. Long gone. But we're talking at some point in the maybe early 80s, or I'm out to lunch here. I remember I was listening to 680 CFTR for the top 40 in the early 80s. That was my jam. They weren't playing the Good listening to 680 CFTR for the top 40 in the early 80s. That was my jam.

They weren't playing the Good Brothers on 680. They were? I heard them there. Okay, what song? I want to know. Fox on the Run. Fox on the Run. Okay, Fox on the Run.

I have a question about Fox on the Run. See, this is all my way to show off my great segues here. This came in from Langer. In fact... Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da- sun. She took all of that. Poor boy could be burned. Maybe die like Fox on the run. Like Fox on the run.

Well, everybody knows the reason for the fall. And when Ted made paradise his home, now it'send me and took a foray ride like a lonely fox I need a place

to hide. She walks through the corn lane down to the river. Her hair shone like golden hot corn sun. She took all of that for a boy could give her and laughed, made a guy laugh was played on 680 CFTR, all hits. So Tom Rivers might kick this out in the mornings.

I know he came over from 1050. He was there when I was listening in the early 80s. But I want to shout out Langer. He's a good FOTM, friend of Toronto Mike. Which, by the way, Brian, you're now an FOTM as well, joining a club that includes the great Banjo Dunk. Do you want to be a member of any club that would have Dunk as a member? But Langer just wanted to write it,

and he remembers listening to this jam as a young a young boy and he is quite fond of it so I was going to dedicate this to Langer Dunk Mike when you were warning Susie and Brian like how this hour or so would go uh I'm curious well firstly I am actually curious like what did you say when you said, okay, I know you never heard of Toronto Mike, but here's what's going on. Tell me what you said, and then I'm going to ask you about something specific. So I said, think Brian Lanahan behind a mic on a podcast.

Think the research that Brian went in. You're going to be asked questions that's really going to blow your mind, and I think you're up to the task there today. You've blown Brian's mind today, Mike. Did you tell Brian that I did an entire 2.5 hour deep dive into the charity single, Tears Are Not Enough? I did. And you have some questions about that, I am sure. I do. I'm looking Brian in the eyes right now. Brian, what do you remember about that experience?

And I mean detail, like who invited you? What do you remember about recording that day? Did David Foster tell you to, you were in the chorus, Who did you drive with? Who drove you home? And tell me,

was Mark Holmes the dink I heard he was? Shout out to Platinum Blonde. Oh, I'm not going to, I'm not going to get into that. Come on. Then I'm cutting your mic. I remember, well, I went with gordon lightfoot

actually i picked him up and i drove him there we both arrived together um the reason i was the reason i was part of it was uh they they invited a good brother we had to sort of flip a coin because there was a room for both of you. Or I guess for all three of us. So, you know, it was just a matter of numbers. So they asked which one wanted to. I happened to live closer to the city than any of the rest of the guys. And so they chose me. I didn't, you know, I was happy they did. So I arrived with Gordon Lightfoot. Bernie Fiedler was waiting for us, pacing, you know, because his boy was on they did. So I arrived with Gordon Lightfoot. Bernie Fiedler was waiting for us, pacing, because his boy was on his way, Gordon. Right.

But, okay, so we go in and all these people, well, of course, there was Brian Adams, who wrote the song, and David Foster are behind the glass. We were all just doing our parts, singing choruses. I was in the chorus. I didn't get to sing a lead line. Gordon did, of course. Neil Young did.

And here's one part I remember. We were watching Neil do his part and listening to him, and David Foster said, Neil, could you do that one more time? You were a little flat. He said, flat? That's what I do. That's my sound, man.

He said, that's my sound. Do you know that story? I actually do know that story. And I actually, I just love that story. Yeah, he said, that's my sound. And Foster said, hey, you're right. Sorry about that. story and i actually i just love that story yeah he said that's my sound and and uh and foster said hey you're right sorry about that oh my goodness okay so uh i've had conversations with a few people recently dan hill was on the program and i was pestering him if quite were you at the reunion

show because david foster got some kind of were you invited to the reunion show because that's bullshit i'm gonna protest uh yeah yeah it's like we weren't invited well we were invited to the reunion show? No. Because that's bullshit. I'm going to protest. Yeah. It's like we weren't invited. Well, we were invited to the, it was sort of a reunion of the Festival Express. The people, when they premiered the documentary, it was a Dutch company that had a father, a son that had done all the recording. And, you know, we met with the producers and everybody afterward.

And there was somebody like Bonnie, you know, Delaney and Bonnie. Bramlett? Bramlett. She was there. There were a few other artists there. But at any rate, after talking to him, he said, you know, I would have included a segment of you guys if I'd have known you were still playing together.

Because other than in the jamming cars, we do show up. It was just a flash of us with, I think there's Sylvia Tyson, Bill Kreitzman, Jerry Garcia, a few of these people, and my brother and I were part of that, you know, just sort of a flash. And he said, but if I had known you were here and still working together and that you'd be here, I could have easily put in a clip of James and the Good Brothers. One of the interesting things that happened to us in Calgary, we didn't even have drums

back then. We were just bass, two guitars, bass, auto harp, playing sort of an acoustic thing. Right. And in Calgary, you know, those Chinook winds come in. Well, the drum kit that was behind us, not being used, blew right off the stage, right past us and into the audience.

That was one of the highlights of the thing. But while we were in Calgary, we were in the, here's another story. We were, Bruce and James and I rented a car and we were going to Banff. We'd never been to Banff.

We'd never seen the Rocky Mountains. So we rented a car and we saw Janice Joplin. Of course, we had met by then and we were acquainted anyway. We said, we're going into the mountains. Do you want to come along with us for the experience? She said, I ain't into trees and rocks. So at any rate, aside from all that, we did drive into Banff, and we got pulled over by the RCMP.

Well, long hair in a new car type thing. So we got pulled over, and we had our instruments with us. And so we told them that we were playing at the festival express they said prove it this actually happened wow so we took out the instruments and we played of all songs alberta bound nice gordon lightfoot song right for these guys they said yep okay on your way thank you that's That's good. It's almost like showing ID. That's great. You could do a whole show on RCMP stories, Mike. Musicians and RCMP stories.

Like the one that stole a chunk of hash out of our car just outside Winnipeg back in 1981. Lots of stories like that. Well, tell me that story right now. Well, no. Again, a car full of longhairs. The RCMP pulls over and he makes us sit in the ditch and searches the car, and we get back in, and away we go. And it's 81.

Yeah, 81. Our bass player goes, geez, what happened to my hash? I had stuck it in the seat. Well, it was gone. The guy found it and absconded with it. Maybe you were lucky. Yeah. All right, just bringing you back to...

Reality? Tears are not... Yeah, back to life. Tears are not enough. I'm just trying to think of things. One thing that's interesting, you might find it interesting, maybe not, is that I was talking to Terry David Mulligan about...

Because he was in the room when David Foster and Bruce Allen are kind of like... There's a documentary, and you see him kind of sitting there or whatever. And I wondered, I always wondered why Buffy St. Marie was not at this recording. Where was Buffy St. Marie? Like she'd be a natural, I think, to be a part of this. And Terry David Mulligan talked about the phone call Bruce Allen got. And then Bruce gets this call and he hangs up and he goes, Buffy bailed. And I've been using the expression Buffy bailed. Anytime somebody can't make

something or I got an extra ticket, Buffy bailed, Buffy bailed. So we didn't have any Buffy Bailed. And I've been using the expression Buffy Bailed. Anytime somebody can't make something, I got an extra ticket. Buffy Bailed. Buffy Bailed. So we didn't have any Buffy St. Marie. We also, I'm trying to think who else. Leonard Cohen was not. I'm not sure where he was.

Do you have any insight? Where was Leonard Cohen? Where was he, Brian? I couldn't tell you. I don't know. Was Jim Valance there? He co-wrote this with... Jim Valance was there, yeah.

With Brian Adams, of course? He played drums on our first album, actually. Really? Yeah. Okay. He played drums on, we did a cover of Brown Eyed Girl. That was a hit for you guys. No, for you guys, wasn't it?

Well, it got airplay. Well, that, yeah, and Aceces How Long? Those were both... How Long? We recorded those with Bill Henderson from Chilliwack. Right. It was Bill Henderson and there was Brian McLeod was another guy. They were members of Chilliwack and we, we were, uh,

back then we were managed by, um, and our record label was solid gold records. And it was, um, it was Dixon and Pro Pass were our management team. And so they, and they also managed,

uh, the head pins, Chilliwack, uh, a number of groups back then. They were a pretty big company at that time, weren't they? Yeah, they were. At any rate, so they hooked us up with these other acts

that were on our label, and it was a good time. They were good times back then. And the B-side to how long, your cover of Ace is how long? The B-side's Hot Knife Boogie, right? If you say so. is yeah yeah i think i think it is which is which is wild okay so i have another gift for you another gift for you uh brian and suzy you guys could share this obviously and uh banjo dunk you get your own because i understand you don't live with brian and suzy so you need your own okay wireless speakers so bluetooth you can, you can play music on those, of course, but you know what

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Christmas is here. One more jam here because I have Brian Good in the basement. Woke late last night and the hall light was on. Looked there beside me and I saw she was gone. I ran to the window and I looked outside. She got into his car. Now it's my turn to cry. Oh, please come back to me. Oh, please, please come home No, don't do that to me

No, don't leave me alone She begged and she pleaded, she wanted to stay But I wouldn't listen Sounds amazing. Sounds amazing. Sounds great. Great production, eh? Great production. Oh, thank you. That honking guitar was Danny McBride. Not the actor Danny McBride,

the musician and the artist. Not the eastbound and down guy. No. Danny McBride is Bob McBride, the musician and the artist. Not the eastbound and down guy. No. Danny McBride is Bob McBride's brother. Bob was lead singer for Lighthouse. And Danny played with us, and he went on to play with Chris DeBerg after that. Lady in Red. Exactly, that guitar.

Can I tell you, the primary school I went to in grade seven and eight, we had dances. And that's the jam. You got to have the nice, close, slow dances. Yeah. Lady in Red, Krista Berg. I'll never forget. And that sexy guitar riff that he plays. I'll never forget, Brian.

It's pretty cool. I need a moment. Do you mind? But, and then he went on, after Krista Berg, he played with, you know, the guy, Hasselhoff. He's big in Germany. Hasselhoff. David Hasselhoff? Yeah, yeah.

Big in Germany. Big in Germany, yeah. Germans as, you know, the great, you know, Germans love David Hasselhoff. Like the French love Jerry Lewis. Right. Right, right, right, right. Anything you can remember at all? You've already shared some great memories

of this particular song, but just before we remind people how they can, you know, see Brian and Susie Goode with Whiskey Jack, and of course Whiskey Jack includes my good friend Banjo Dunk. We're going to give all that info again.

But any other information on this jam? I'm curious, what stations would play this song? It sounds like it belongs right on all those album-oriented rock stations. Yeah, well, it sounds like New Country back then. Does that mean Eagles? Is that code for Eagles?

That's kind of, yeah, that was the influence right there. What year is this? It's an original song. What year is this, Brian? Oh, your guess is good. Probably 85, maybe. Oh, I actually have that info at my disposal. Yes, absolutely.

78. Oh, goodness. You're off by seven years there, Brian. An unreliable narrator. Yeah, goodness. You're off by seven years there, Brian. An unreliable narrator. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I know. It's Eagles Ask, which is a compliment, by the way. But, of course, an original composition.

Please come back to me. And it sounds amazing. I was listening to it the other day, and I'm like, oh, man, sounds great. Sounds great. So, quick reminder to everybody listening. I've thoroughly enjoyed my hour plus. How long did Bill King get? I want to know.

I want to make sure I got longer than Bill. Well, we got there at 8 this morning. And you just left. It was a three and a half hour show. He said he'd edit it down. I don't know. Well, you read my rules, right, Dunk? I demand twice as long as Bill King gets.

That's my rule. Well, we have a dinner engagement tonight, Mike. We can't stay that long. All right, so let's get to the, this is important information I gave it to you earlier, but you go to whiskeyjackmusic.com. You can buy tickets. The three shows that we're talking about right now,

the upcoming three shows, I mean, you can tell me if I get this right. November 4th at 7.30 p.m., you're here at the Redwood Theatre in Toronto. At Girard and Greenwood, an old vaudevillian theatre. A beautiful, absolutely beautiful place. I mean, I can already hear Canada Kev going to that website and buying tickets because of Brian and Susie Goode.

And again, I don't mean to slight, but I'm so ignorant to this genre. It's a huge blind spot. Remind me, Marie Bottrell. Is that how you say her name? Country music gold. This woman has been part of the country music scene and international country music scene since she was 11 years old.

And if circumstances had been different and perhaps she had come on the scene at a different time from Miss Murray, things would have turned out a little bit differently. But it's timing, isn't it, Brian? Absolutely.

Anne Murray did the anthem, you know, we talked about Brian Good doing the anthem before the Jays, a home opener in 83. Anne Murray did the anthem before the home opener in 77. That's right. Which was the first ever Blue Jay game. and she's a hell of a golfer.

I understand. Anne Murray. She lived in a golf course on Thornhill. Did you ever play with her? No, and Murray. She lived in a golf course on Thornhill. Did you ever play with her, Brian? No, never did. Are you talking about golf? She'd kick your ass. I'm talking about golf, I take it.

Yeah, well, she plays for a different team. Yeah, she would kick my ass, no doubt. All right, the second night, we are going to see these great people. Parry Sound, the Stalky. Yes, and you have an audience in Parry Sound. There's no question about that. And this is another one. Ontario just has, we are

so lucky. We have some of the most beautiful theaters in the world, and this is one that's right on Georgian Bay. And if they get there early enough, they'll be able to see the sunset right outside the window of this beautiful theater. Alright, what time is that sunset scheduled for? Well, whenever we go on, that's exactly when the sun is going down. Okay, cool.

And not only that, you should remind them that they can also visit the Bobby Orr Museum. It's right in the same building. That's right, the Bobby Orr Museum. I just watched the 72 Summit series that Dave Bedini was a part of, and I just watched the whole thing. Wow. And there's no interview with Bobby Orr because Bobby Orr refused to be on the documentary because they had Alan Eagleson on the documentary. Yes. Good for him.

Yeah. So, I mean, yeah, yes. So I don't know if there was a, so, yeah,

I have no problem with being principled like that. So, but Bobby Orr, I would have liked to heard from him because he was at every game, even though he was not cleared to play in any of those eight games. Did you play the anthem in Moscow? I'd rather not. Thank you.

All right, so that's November 4th, and the last show there of these three is November 5th, where you're at the Gibson Center in Alliston, and that's amazing. And again, I really did hear from somebody who I trust. I heard it was like you take Prairie Home Companion, you add some Grand Ole Opry, and then you sprinkle in some Vinyl Cafe

and you got yourself this Canadian country music legend. I know, I get tingles just thinking about it. There's so much. That's too good to be true. You just want to hug everybody when you get out of this show, let me tell you. It is a feel-good show. Don't leave.

Don't leave about the lasagna. Any final words here? Susie just told me breaking news. The show in Alliston is November 6th, 4 p.m. in the afternoon. Right. Thank you. You're right. No, that is a 4 p.m. good because, you know, we get

tired. No, no, Mike. We get tired. Okay, yeah. So 7.30 is the Toronto because we're up late and then it comes down a bit for Parry Sound. Now it's a 7 o'clock show for Parry Sound, but those guys in Alliston, those guys and gals, they got to have the show at 4 o'clock.

That makes complete sense to me. We go to bed early up there. Go to whiskeyjackmusic.com. Did everybody enjoy themselves? Yes. Super time. Great. Don't leave without the lasagna, and we got to get that photo.

You know that dunk, but I need my, and I need a photo with all of us, and then I need a photo just the lasagna, and we've got to get that photo. You know that, Dunk. And I need a photo of all of us, and then I need a photo just of Brian. Yep. Those are my demands, because Bill King got as much time as I did, so I'm a little upset about that, but that's okay. And that brings us to the end of our 1,133rd show. You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike.

Banjo Dunk. Are you at Banjo Dunk? I am so. And that's a dunk of a C. That's correct. Even though the Raptors play tonight, it's not dunk of a K. That's correct.

Can you dunk? I cannot. Too short. A cookie and milk. I can do that. Our friends at Great Lakes Brewery are at Great Lakes Beer. Palma Pasta is at Palma Pasta. You're getting your lasagna,

but I'm also inviting you. I'm looking at you, Banjo Dunk, to TMLX 11, the first Saturday of December at noon. We're at Palma's Kitchen. You would love it. You would love it. Sticker U is at Sticker U. Moneris is at Moneris. Raymond James Canada are at Raymond

James CDN. Recycle My Elect Canada are at Raymond James CDN. Recycle My Electronics are at EPRA underscore Canada. There's a great jam kicking with Cliff Hacking we

recorded earlier this week. Ridley Funeral Home are at Ridley FH and Canna Cabana are at Canna Cabana underscore.

See you all tomorrow night when Bob Willett comes over to kick out jams that don't sound like any other song in the artist's catalog. You're going to love it. See you then.

And your smile is fine and it's just like mine and it won't go away. Because everything is rosy and gray. Well, I've been told that there's a sucker born every day But I wonder who Yeah, I wonder who Maybe the one who doesn't realize There's a thousand shades of grey Cause I know that's true, yes I do I know that's true Yes I do

I know it's true Yeah I know it's true How about you? All them picking up trash and them putting down rogues And their broker in stocks to class struggle explodes

And I'll play this guitar just the best that I can We'll be right back. Rosie and Gray Yeah, the wind is cold But the smell of snow Warms me today And your smile is fine And it's just like mine And it won't go away Cause everything is Rosie and Gray Well, I've kissed you in France

And I've kissed you in Spain And I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain And I've kissed you in places I better not name And I've seen the sun go down on Chaclacour But I like it much better going down on you Yeah, you know that's true Because everything is coming up We'll see you next time. And it won't go away Cause everything is rosy now Everything is rosy Everything is rosy and gray