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Another iconic live music room looks to be likely to close, but it’s an intractable landlord and possible redevelopment plans rather than the COVID-19 pandemic that appears to be primarily responsible for the plight of The Paddock Tavern at 178 Bathurst St. on the corner of Queen St. West.
“It is with a heavy heart we bring you this news: It appears The Paddock will be coming to an end shortly,” the club announced on its Facebook page a few days ago.
While the COVID closure has played a role in their decision to close at the end of this month, it is the landlord’s attitude that makes it impossible for the room to steer a course forward, the announcement adds.
“Our negotiations with our landlord have hit a stalemate. We are willing and able to participate in the CECRA commercial rent assistance to continue on, but the landlord is not. Our lease would end in 2025, they have a development proposal out for 2023, so we’ll leave it to you to speculate on intentions. We anticipate an eviction once the ban is lifted in September, or after an extension if there is one, if they do not apply for CECRA. As we’ve even offered to cover their 25% cut of rent forgiveness in the program, so they would collect full rent, they’ve declined, so it does look futile.”
The bar, which has been in existence since being opened as a hangout for jockeys and horseracing fans 76 years ago and bills itself as “Toronto’s third oldest bar,” began in the 1980s to acquire a reputation as a music room and has featured countless indie acts in recent years and been a mainstain of grassroots and other music festivals, offering live music most nights weekly until COVID hit.
The club says it will be open daily at least until the end of this month and is encouraging people to share their memories of it on social media using the hashtage #paddockmemories.
-By Gary 17, TorontoMoon.ca
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SHOW LISTINGS for Tuesday, August 11, 2021
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IN THE REAL —LIVE IN-PERSON SHOW LISTINGS
5:30> Jim Cuddy performs from the patio @ Restaurant at Redstone, 4245 King St., Beamsville ~original Country/alt-Country; $298
6-12> “Tuesday Bluesday” jam with host Rocco Novia & house band on the patio (moving inside if it rains) @ Rockpile, 5555 Dundas St. W., Etobicoke; $15 minimum purchase to jam
8:30-10:30> “Moonshine Café COVID-19 Isolation Stay-At-Home Virtual Open Mic” with Neil MacNaughton hosting live on stage @ Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St., Oakville and streaming online to patio on website ~songwriters; $2 + minimum purchase
ONLINE/ON AIR SHOW LISTINGS
*6am weekdays> CBCMusic shows feature all-Canadian content @ CBC Radio One
12:30 weekly> Chris Staig performs covers & originals on Facebook ~songwriter
2-5> daysormay; Cayucas; ARI streaming live on Bandsintown website ~contemporary original
3-7 weekdays> Julian Taylor hosts @ 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto & www.elemntfm.ca ~eclectic music 25% indigenous, 35% CanCon
4-6pm weekly> Blues Source International w. Ken Wallis @ 101.5 FM or 1015thehawk.ca
7-11 weekly> #TogetherAt Home Online Open Mic” with Matt Zaddy on Facebook Live Email [email protected] to sign up
7-8 weekly> “Songtalk Radio” songwriters interviews/chat with weekly guest @ CJRU 1280AM Toronto and online
7-9 weekly> “Unsung and On The Side” with Carolyn Fe on www.Rock-FM.ca
7-10 weekly> Bluesday On Tuesday @ CKUW 95.9 FM
7-10 weekly> Sabrina Weeks and Mike live on Facebook group
7-10 weekly> Lukaya Café online open mic with host Brennagh Burns on Facebook
7:30> Online concert fundraiser for Laidlaw Memorial Church (Hamilton) with Helen Graham & Hello In There band streaming live on website, and on Facebook ~Rock ‘n’ Roll/Pop covers
7:30> Dundas Music Club open mic watch party with videos posted on Facebook group ~ol’ time/traditional Roots
8 weekly> “Second Spin Tuesdays” on WPBS online ~retro flashback spins
8> Lu Kala performs live for “Play The Parks” series presented by Downtown Yonge BIA streaming on Facebook ~contemporary original
8 weekly> tviHD presents Suresh Subramaniam for Tamil Vision International video streaming live on YouTube ~Worldbeat: Tamil
8-10 daily till Aug. 16) “Habari Africa Virtual Festival 2020” with Ndeye Seck; Djely Tapa performing live and streaming online on YouTube ~Worldbeat: African
8:30-10:30> “Moonshine Café COVID-19 Isolation Stay-At-Home Virtual Open Mic” with Neil MacNaughton hosting live from club, streaming online on website ~songwriters
*9-12 weekly> “Soul Nation” with Bill & Jesse King & guests @ JAZZFM.91 ~Jazz/Soul outside the mainstream
9 weekly> “Tonic Tuesdays” hosted by Ian Andrews performing acoustic on Facebook ~acoustic Pop covers/originals
*9:30-10:30 daily> “Q” TV broadcast with Tom Power with segments from @TheCurrentCBC, interviews, entertainment news & more @ CBC-TV
10-11 weekly> “Howl” with hosts Nancy Bullis & Valentino Assenza on CIUT 89.5FM & online ~profiles of and interviews with poets and songwriters
RESIDING ONLINE SHOW LISTINGS
“RESIDING” items are those which are not time-sensitive and can be accessed 24/7
RESIDING> video of Laura Hubert Trio live @ balcony of Senator Restaurant July 17, 2021 on Facebook ~Pop Jazz with punch
RESIDING> video of Laura Hubert Band cover of “Loralei” @ Jazz Bistro filmed by Xpand Studio, on YouTube ~Jazz (0:4:47)
RESIDING> audio track of Laura Hubert Band cover of “Lazy Bones” + two more from One Night In Kensington live album, on website ~Jazz (0:4:47)
RESIDING> Steve Raiken performs original instrumental “Hard Driving” residing on YouTube ~Roots (0:02:56)
RESIDING> “A Nay Kleyd” (Rachel Korn) video by Lenka Lichtenberg with band, residing on YouTube ~Worldbeat: 1947 Yiddish poem set to music (0:04:59)
RESIDING> Catherine Thompson lyric video of original song “Only Lonely Me” from forthcoming Wild Cat album, residing on YouTube (0:02:53)
RESIDING> Q&A Duo (Tony Quarrington and Zoey Adams) perform outdoors in Tony’s backyard for Emmet Ray Presents concert series residing on Jazz In Toronto Facebook page ~Pop/Jazz (1:02:13)
RESIDING> “In Memoriam” Juno Tribute video to Canadian Artists who passed away in 2019 including Pete Otis residing on YouTube (0:05:49)
RESIDING> Wayne Smith video performing “Big Rock Candy Mountain” (Harry McLintock) on YouTube ~Roots (0:02:56)
RESIDING> Al Reilly’s Catalyst with Dan Walek & Mikey Roland perform “Make Me Do Anything You Want” (Foot In Coldwater) residing on YouTube ~classic Rock (0:03:50)
RESIDING> Bill Heffernan performs video collage of “Hide Out Refugee” original song, with Lucas Stagg, Jimmy Bowskill, Kenny Yoshioka and Alec Fraser on YouTube ~original Roots (0:04:34)
RESIDING> Margaret Stowe with Tony Quarrington, Ian Bell, Bob Bratina, Ian Thomas, Sonny Del-Rio, Jeff Bird & Michelle Josef performing on collaborative at home video of “Dr. Jaffrey Song” (about 1918 flu treatments developer) dedicated to Canadian Blood Services Plasma for Life, residing on YouTube and MP3 track on Bandcamp (0:03:39)
RESIDING> David Love (with band featuring Bruce Nasmith, Peter Harris, Paul DeLong) performs cover of “Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (Jonathan King) on YouTube ~ 60s Pop (0:03:06)
RESIDING> video of Screamin’ Evil Blues Band featuring Keith Danby & guest vocalist/bassist Dave “Tex” Bachelor performing cover of “Jesus Just Left Chicago” (ZZ Top) on YouTube (0:4:16)
RESIDING> mp3 of Harpin’ Norm Lucien original song “God Forsaken Blues” on Spotify ~original Blues (0:05:59)
RESIDING> video of jammers at “Bluesday Tuesdays” Blues jam hosted by Tombstone Bullets featuring Rocco Novia @ The Rockpile residing on Facebook ~Blues-Rock (0:01:18)
RESIDING> “Covid 19 Collaboration” remotely recorded montage video with several Toronto musicians performing “N.I.B.” (Black Sabbath) including James Alcock on vocals, Jenn Lady Evil, Roland Roxx, Dennis Camacho, John Robbie, Tim Smith, Sebastian Burnside, Josh Gordon (guitar), Nathan Smith, Anthony Cee, Deb Arruda, John De Medeiros, Dave Barrett, Torsten Braun, Scotty Rockss, Steve Gryzbala on YouTube ~classic Rock (0:10:04)
RESIDING> Josh Gordon performs instrumental version of “Fortunate Son” (CCR) residing on Facebook ~classic Rock (0:02:57)
RESIDING> Against The Wind featuring Amanda Gordon and Josh Gordon montage video performance of “Like A Rock” (Bob Seger) on YouTube ~tribute to Bob Seger (0:07:10)
RESIDING> Wayne Neon performs cover of “Sunday Morning Coming Down” (Kris Kristofferson) video on Youtube ~acoustic Pop cover (0:05:24)
RESIDING> The Giveback (Thomas McKay with Michaela May, Katey Morley, Mia Praught, Tara Slone, Stella Azzopardi, Brooke Palsson, Stacey Kaniuk, Steve York, Kathryn Rose, Rique Franks, Ben Spivak, Dominic Mancuso, Peter Serrado, Danko Jones, Julian Taylor, Tony Rabalao) video montage performing original song “Angels” (Thomas McKay/Tony Rabalao/Jonathan Evans/Michaela May/Jordon Zadorozny) to benefit frontline health workers and musicians going through tough financial situations, on YouTube (0:03:31) (donation requested on website)
RESIDING> cover of “Under Pressure” performed by 22 Port Credit musical artists including David Hines & Lynette Fairweather in video montage produced by Derek Lathrop on YouTube (0:04:48)
RESIDING> Rob Minderman mp3 for “Stir Crazy” original song for COVID songwriting contest on Reverbnation.com ~art-Pop (0:04:01)
RESIDING> Roger “Pops” Zuraw video for “Fine Weather Blues” original song from album Remembering The Lakeshore on You Tube ~songwriter (0:02:56)
RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien video for original song “Coboconk” on YouTube ~songwriter (0:03:32)
RESIDING> video of Chris Birkett & The Free Spirits performing original song “The Power of Our Love” from new album 11:11 on YouTube ~Funky contemporary Pop (0:04:49)
RESIDING> Lenka Lichtenberg performs original Yiddish song about pandemic, “Amol geven a Tsayt” (“Once There Was A Time” to melody of “Those Were The Days” & lyrics by Hindy Abelson) with English singable subtitles on YouTube ~Ethnic Roots (0:04:30)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox talks to Roxanne Tellier in “Off The Beaten Tracks” Podcast on Instagram (0:21:55) ~spoken word
RESIDING> “Čekáme kdesi na konci aleje – Lyric Video” of original song by Lenka Lichtenberg on YouTube (0:04:23)
RESIDING> David Storey & band perform “We Are The Greatest” original song live at Free Times Cafe, video on Instagram ~songwriter (0:04:15)
RESIDING> video of Lynn Harrison performing “Living Room Concert” from home on Facebook ~songwriter (1:41:11)
RESIDING> One Eyed Oracle aka Boris Buhot) new album Really Small Town links on website ~original Rock/Pop
RESIDING> Dougal Bichan performs original songs “More Than 100”, “Two Chairs”, “Clarkstown Flood”, bagpipes solo & more on YouTube channel & on InstagramTV ~songwriter
RESIDING> Shawn Brady video performance of original song “The Ballad of Cinderella” with the late Hervé Basset on keys on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:40)
RESIDING> Harpin’ Norm Lucien mp3 of new song “I Can Hear the Heartbeat (Of A Thousand Whales)” on spotify.com ~songwriter (0:4:11)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox video channel featuring archival band videos of original songs spanning 40 years plus several recent recordings of original tunes solo acoustic on YouTube ~eclectic originals
RESIDING> Little Peter and the Elegants perform 11-song set covering Sha Na Na at Wheels On Danforth, August 2019 to celebrate 50th anniversary of Woodstock ~video on YouTuboe (0:30:11)
RESIDING> Late Fakirs featuring Greg “Harpfool” Shields perform continually growing collection of original tunes from “Corona-chan Collection” ~videos link on YouTube ~contemporary original
RESIDING> Shawn Brady performs original song “Sideways 2020” video on Facebook ~songwriter (0:4:46)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of John’s Prine’s “Sam Stone” acoustic solo on YouTube; (0:5:22)
RESIDING> Al Reilly performs “Still Loving You” Scorpions cover acoustic solo on YoutTube (0:6:17)
RESIDING> Doc Higgins performs original song “The Lonesome Death of John Prine” on YouTube; (0:4:36)
RESIDING> Robbie Rox performs original song “Small Things Make Me Happy” solo acoustic for Good Friday on Facebook ~songwriter; (0:1:25)
RESIDING> Sebastian Agnello performs “Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila” @ Black Swan live in 2011 on Moon TV on YouTube; (0:2:54)
RESIDING> Kevin Jollimore performs “Stay the Blazes Home” for COVID protocols on YouTube ~ original Roots Rock; (0:3:20)
RESIDING> Drew Winters all ten tracks from Last Call In Montreal album on YouTube and on Spotify ~original Pop
RESIDING> Rob Minderman performs “Invisible Enemy” original song about COVID-19 on YouTube (0:4:00)
RESIDING> Wayne Neon and the Amazing Tubular Orchestra™ on Youtube: Social Distance Sessions live ~eclectic covers & originals (0:18:22)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs cover of “Sam Stone” by John Prine on YouTube; (0:5:22)
RESIDING> Eclectic Power Company featuring Graham Clarke covers “Wheat Kings (Tragically Hip) on InstagramTV (0:3:10)
RESIDING> Howard Gladstone performs original Roots solo on Facebook ~songwriter (0:5:32)
RESIDING> Kathleen Lovett performs solo on Facebook live ~Pop Rock/Roots/Blues covers (1:52:53)
RESIDING> David McLachlan performs two original songs recorded @ Bluebird Café, Nashville, on YouTube (0:8:02)
RESIDING> The late Steven (David) Morrison performs original song “One Good Reason” with backing band at Relish open stage in 2013, on YouTube ~Country Pop (0:05:04)
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