Words http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:20:00 GMT http://bandzoogle.com Colorado Bound http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1801522 This is the live version of "Colorado Bound" from "We Need the Electricity".  Too bad we didn't have any fun.

]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:20:00 GMT EC050BEA96741AF7C76337418F71B932 My AUB-1 fretless Ampeg Bass http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1768772 Don't even ask me to sell this gem. This bass guitar &nbsp;has a scroll headstock with two large F-holes. &nbsp;Introduced at NAMM in 1966, a total of 1150 were built. &nbsp;I have one. &nbsp;Here are the pics. &nbsp;I have &nbsp;the original case and user's manual. Mint condition AUB-1's are rare today. &nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Danko">Rick Danko from The Band played one. &nbsp;I absolutely love the &quot;thump&quot; of it. Click on the pics to read more juicy details. &nbsp;R.I.P. Rick and thanks always for your inspiration.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.xstrange.com/aeb1.html"> Rick Danko from The Band played one.  I absolutely love the "thump" of it. Click on the pics to read more juicy details.  R.I.P. Rick and thanks always for your inspiration. 
]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT 4561B6AB9D1E64557A22DAE266B0F3DA The Rideau Canal http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1762111 The Rideau Canal is 202 kilometers and connects Ottawa and Kingston, Ontario. &nbsp;There are 24 locks. &nbsp;It took a friend and me 7 days to paddle it in a canoe. Here is the trailer of the blockbuster movie. Here is the trailer of the blockbuster movie.

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:45:00 GMT 2390A74189643F85AB7D24015DBB9651 Jumping photo http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747414 Taking these photos with Tokyo photographer <a href="http://www.alfiegoodrich.com/">Alfie Goodrich&nbsp;was a load of fun. &nbsp;We laughed ourselves silly. &nbsp;It was raining off and on and I almost had a heart attack jumping up and down so many times...one of them ended up on the inside cover of 'We Need the Electricity'. Alfie Goodrich was a load of fun.  We laughed ourselves silly.  It was raining off and on and I almost had a heart attack jumping up and down so many times...one of them ended up on the inside cover of 'We Need the Electricity'.
]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:15:00 GMT E38BF4DCAD9CB11B00DE8C8C5B2EEA4B Elvis http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747396 We went to Memphis one summer. &nbsp;It was so hot and humid. We went to Graceland. &nbsp;I interviewed this guy who was at the front of the line for a candlelight ceremony (we saw him the next day on t.v. in the airport on a CNN interview). &nbsp;Listen carefully to how much Elvis means to him, how well-spoken and easy-going he is. &nbsp;Then I walked and filmed the Graceland Wall. &nbsp;I wrote a song to go with this video. &nbsp;So many signatures...

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:50:00 GMT DF6F8A47E0CFB366C9F67C82E4ADB409 I Left Hockey for Rock and Roll http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747388 Grade 9 and 10, in Regina, Saskatchewan, was a turning point for me. &nbsp;My dream to play in the NHL morphed into rocking it on the skins with AJAL. my dream in high school was with the band when my pearl drums beat out my playoff plans i used to play peewee but i got hurt then i heard 'tom sawyer' and became neil peart i left hockey for rock and roll... it wasn't because i was a nerd it wasn't because my team kept on comin' in third it wasn't because i wasn't a jock it was all because of johann sebastian bach i left hockey for rock and roll... my dream in high school was in the band but now i take a slapshot every chance i can cause i left hockey for rock and roll but i came back whattya think about that, dad? i play hockey and rock and roll it's good for my soul it's good for my soul... Grade 9 and 10, in Regina, Saskatchewan, was a turning point for me.  My dream to play in the NHL morphed into rocking it on the skins with AJAL.

my dream in high school
was with the band
when my pearl drums
beat out my playoff plans
i used to play peewee
but i got hurt
then i heard 'tom sawyer'
and became neil peart
i left hockey for rock and roll...
it wasn't because i was a nerd
it wasn't because my team
kept on comin' in third
it wasn't because i wasn't a jock
it was all because of johann sebastian bach
i left hockey for rock and roll...
my dream in high school
was in the band
but now i take a slapshot every chance i can
cause i left hockey for rock and roll
but i came back
whattya think about that, dad?
i play hockey and rock and roll
it's good for my soul
it's good for my soul...

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:25:00 GMT FCB749407D647FF7B5C453E4C2C3FD7D Don Cherry http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747383 The most controversial hockey man in Canada, Don Cherry, endorses 'Bang!' The most controversial hockey man in Canada, Don Cherry, endorses 'Bang!'

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:10:00 GMT FBB4A09FA91E26A159215D25184FE2A7 It all started... http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747382 with a Christmas present. Note to new musicians: &nbsp;NEVER sell your first instrument, like I did with my beloved Baxter Percussions. &nbsp;I sold my first guitar, too. &nbsp;How I wish I still had that <a href="http://www.mannguitars.com/hummingbird.cfm">Mann Hummingbird...


Note to new musicians:  NEVER sell your first instrument, like I did with my beloved Baxter Percussions.  I sold my first guitar, too.  How I wish I still had that Mann Hummingbird...]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT 9823000156E0A1A71B09F76C15264BF2 Gene Simmons http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747364 This guy seems to likey! &nbsp; He likes to fish too... &nbsp; This guy seems to likey!

 
He likes to fish too...

 
]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:35:00 GMT D9BE5B42321B3D23AE73504C337749C9 Hockey http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747356 I've got a hockey song on all three of my CDs. &nbsp;The first one was picked up by CBC television and broadcast across Canada on Hockey Day in Canada. Lucky me, I was in Tokyo and didn't get to see it. &nbsp;I felt better when I saw that my song followed a Tim Horton's commercial. &nbsp;Pure Canadiana! Here's the video: <a href="./files/ON-CBC.mov"> <a href="./files/ON-CBC.mov"> &nbsp; You can download &quot;Hockey&quot; free here or on the 'Music' page. &nbsp; Here's the video:
 
You can download "Hockey" free here or on the 'Music' page.  ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:15:00 GMT 8C02AF0F1335478C60D3307BDECD7E8E April Wine http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747353 Have you ever travelled to a concert in a small aluminum fishing boat? My daughter and I did! &nbsp;We went to see April Wine last summer, parked it at the dock, Delta, Ontario for a mid-summer outdoor rocker. &nbsp;After the great concert we went around the back and &quot;intercepted&quot; the band. &nbsp;&quot;How about a pic?&quot; &nbsp;I asked. &nbsp;No problem! &nbsp; Then I asked Miles for one together and he was a bit grumbly...but when I looked at the picture at home I saw he stuck his thumb up. &nbsp;Thanks guys! &nbsp;I grew up listening to April Wine!
Then I asked Miles for one together and he was a bit grumbly...but when I looked at the picture at home I saw he stuck his thumb up.  Thanks guys!  I grew up listening to April Wine!


]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT 327663CD675CC5587E8CDA2F44DF7F61 Bob Dylan http://jeffnicholson.net/home.cfm?feature=3143070&postid=1747351 Sometimes I refer to Bob Dylan as &quot;Uncle Bob&quot;, even though he's not my uncle. &nbsp;I really got into Bob Dylan during the 80s when I was in University, living in St. John's, Newfoundland. &nbsp;I've seen him perform here in Tokyo three times. &nbsp;The last time, last year, I was sick as a dog and I recall being in the bathroom being sick, hearing Uncle Bob and band playing &quot;Desolation Row&quot; . &nbsp;&quot;Fitting&quot;, I thought. Here's my rendition of his &quot;Like a Rolling Stone&quot;, my all-time favorite... Here's my rendition of his "Like a Rolling Stone", my all-time favorite...]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:50:00 GMT 11F6F8A6B8EEBA67F078B07B38FA5230