Johnny Never

The small town of Port Hope, Ontario, sits on the steep hills at the edge of Lake Ontario like a sparkling Victorian era jewel dangling around the neck of a well-endowed duchess. The 19th century buildings along the main street…

JOHNNY NEVER AND JOHN COLGAN-DAVIS

PERFORMING BLUES HISTORY

An oral exploration of the roots of American Music

The history of American popular music and by extension popular music the world over, cannot be told without acknowledging the blues and its…

My Fellow Canadians,

It is Christmas time and I am going to be dropping the F bomb a lot.

Not because its Christmas. But just because WTF? Have you guys been paying attention to what the fuck is going on…

I still maintain that cutting off the tip of my left ring finger was the best luck I've had all year!

Luck.  Just what precisely is it? There are those who would posit that one makes one's own luck.  I've…

John and I returned from Memphis on January 21 and my luck changed for the better when I sliced off the tip of my ring finger on my left hand.  What a swell piece of good luck that was!

You…

We were sitting in the B terminal at LaGuardia International Airport waiting what we hoped would be our first successful attempt this week at flying to Memphis in time for the IBC.  A man I will call "The Professor" was…

Tuesday the 16th

Our first day in Memphis started here at the Philly airport. And ended at the Philly airport.

Five hours in the terminal, three hours on the tarmac waiting in the de-ice que. Then we finally arrived -…