Back to News & Events Main Pag "The Smell of Money" - CD Launch June 15th @ Free Times Cafe (College, W. of Spadina) - 8pm The "smell of money" was what apologists for the pulp and poison industry call the exhaust fumes emanating from the enormous smoke stacks standing atop pulp & paper mills. The first time I smelled the smoke stack in Campbell River, B.C. in 1996 I became wretchedly ill. A couple of the folks who played on the recording have also consented to play at this show. They are each a master in their own field. Kevin Barrett's a jazz musician 'par excellance', with his own band - The Kevin Barrett Group. He has also backed up many many jazz singers and also one other political singer, now retired, who calls herself "Sage". He was the producer and engineer of this CD and appears musically on both slide and electric guitars.  He found several of the other musicians who graciously consented to appear on the CD. John Millard comes from another whole musical stream, folk music via many theatre gigs like the horse caravan productions which toured the west of Canada, including the Gulf Islands, where I first saw one of their outdoor shows. But just calling it "folk music" would be like calling Anne Lindsay just a "fiddle player". These musicians transcend their instruments. John's banjo has flown on to something akin to folk-jazz.  He also has a long custom instrument called a cittern. It reminds me somewhat of a very long mandolin on steroids.  It's deep, resonant boom can be heard on some of the cuts on the CD.  John's band is called Happy Day. You may have heard him on CBC radio. The time of this show is 8 pm, June 15, 2006. The venue is the Free Times Cafe, at 320 College Street, just west of Spadina. The cover charge is $7, but if you pay $20 you will get the CD also. The CD contains 15 songs. Questions? 416-534-2066 If you want a good seat, phone the Free Times Cafe at 416-967-1078 and reserve for dinner a little before the show. I can't control the seating otherwise. 50 folks get into the back room with the stage if we pack the chairs around the tables. The rest will have to be in the outer, overflow room and peek in through a doorway.