Jeff Nicholson New Album We Need the Electricity


Colorado Bound This is the live version of "Colorado Bound" from "We Need the Electricity". Too bad we didn't have any fun. Feb 23, 2012 1 comment Share My AUB-1 fretless Ampeg Bass Don't even ask me to sell this gem. This bass guitar has a scroll headstock with two large F-holes. Introduced at NAMM in 1966, a total of 1150 were built. I have one. Here are the pics. I have the original case and user's manual. Mint condition AUB-1's are rare today. 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. Feb 11, 2012 Add comment Share The Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal is 202 kilometers and connects Ottawa and Kingston, Ontario. There are 24 locks. It took a friend and me 7 days to paddle it in a canoe. Here is the trailer of the blockbuster movie. Feb 8, 2012 Add comment Share Jumping photo Taking these photos with Tokyo photographer 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'. Jan 29, 2012 Add comment Share Elvis We went to Memphis one summer. It was so hot and humid. We went to Graceland. 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). Listen carefully to how much Elvis means to him, how well-spoken and easy-going he is. Then I walked and filmed the Graceland Wall. I wrote a song to go with this video. So many signatures... Jan 29, 2012 Add comment Share I Left Hockey for Rock and Roll 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... I Left Hockey For Rock and Roll Download MP3 Subscribe with iTunes Jan 29, 2012 Add comment Share Don Cherry The most controversial hockey man in Canada, Don Cherry, endorses 'Bang!' Jan 29, 2012 1 comment Share It all started... with a Christmas present. 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... Jan 29, 2012 1 comment Share Gene Simmons This guy seems to likey! He likes to fish too... Jan 29, 2012 Add comment Share Hockey I've got a hockey song on all three of my CDs. 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. I felt better when I saw that my song followed a Tim Horton's commercial. Pure Canadiana! Here's the video: You can download "Hockey" free here or on the 'Music' page. Hockey Download MP3 Subscribe with iTunes Jan 29, 2012 Add comment Share
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