When Bo Diddley came to town, I used to back him up all the time. He used to come into town just by himself and then I became his Toronto band and we�d do some other gigs as well. We�d go as far as Montreal and around, you know�when we played at the Rib Row in Hamilton, those are my regular players [Gary Gray on electric piano, Brian Kipping on bass and Henry Diclemente on drums]. Henry�s new to the band, just over a year. The music business is crazy, but it�s alright. You�ve got to like to travel and I do.�
On playing at (Jeff) Healey�s on August 13: �Every time I�ve played there, he usually shows up and plays with me. I�ve played with Jeff tons of times. There was a time I did a house gig�I had a few house gig periods�it was during the winter time �cuz I didn�t want to be on the road too much�the marquee could have included Jeff's name, as he used to show up so often to play. It was sort of like an offer you can�t refuse�
Copyright "Rockin' the Blues from Canada" (2004)
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