Timothy’s doesn’t mind sharing musical wealth created by others

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It’s a lucky thing for patrons of Timothy’s Pub on Brown’s Line in South Etobicoke that other club owners in the west Etobicoke and Port Credit area don’t try to take the same high-handed attitude towards controlling bands that appear in their rooms as does owner Tim Brem.

Otherwise they wouldn’t be enjoying today’s excellent matinée show with Danny B, who brings in the Blues Hall Of Fame-listed group that recently celebrated its first year anniversary performing Saturday afternoons at nearby Blue Goose Tavern, along with, no doubt, some of the local followers he’s created there in that time.

Brem, who always displayed sort of a Jekyll-Hyde persona when I dealt with him over the course of about a decade a long time ago, can be the nicest and most reasonable guy you’d ever want to know. But then on some days and in some ways there are peculiarities of attitude that defy logic and aggravate the hell out of those who otherwise enjoy associating with him.

He’s tried very hard, some musicians say —and with some success— to convince some of the bands that appear in his room to not also perform at other clubs in the Alderwood-Long Branch area —at all. While anyone can understand that you don’t want the band being featured at a place around the corner tonight also trying to bring the same crowd out to your place tomorrow, the idea of getting groups to “blackball” other area clubs entirely is not only arrogant, it’s also foolhardy and ultimately self-defeating.

Someone who lives in the area that sees a band they like at, say, Southside Johnny’s, may well go out to a nearby room such as Timothy’s, the Goose or Maple Leaf House to catch them again on another weekend. That actually benefits everyone, because it keeps customers in the neighbourhood and helps to create a scene. It’s how a “Club District” becomes just that. But the concept seems to be lost on Brem, who apparently believes that the fact he’s been there nigh on two decades should allow him the right to set policy for the entire area.

Not that he’s really been able to do so. A group like Freedom Train, for example —which was introduced to the area at Southside Johnny’s several years ago— continues to perform there, albeit very occasionally these days at Brem’s request.  But they are very much in evidence in nearby Port Credit, where they’re regular attractions at both Roc ‘n’ Doc’s and two or three times a month at the newer Lake Affect (where, in fact, they appear this afternoon).

Along with less imperially-minded owners like Terry at the Goose and John at Southside, who don’t seem to have a problem being part of a circuit rather than living on their own planet, no doubt this afternoon Tim’s patrons will feel the same way as Danny B brings his inimitable brand of showmanship —combined with the superb musicality of guitarist Brian Gauci, bassist Uli Bohnet and piano-man Michael Keys— to the pub at 344 Brown’s Line from 5-8.

-Gary 17, www.torontomoon.ca

SHOW LISTINGS for Sunday, November 16, 2021:

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11-2> Liane Fainsinger for Jazz brunch @ Relish, 2152 Danforth Ave. TO East

11am-2pm> Gloria Valentine & Nina Shapilsky for Jazz brunch @ Free Times Café, 320 College St., TO

*11am-3pm> Rockabilly brunch with The Cosmotones @ Dominion On Queen, 500 Queen St. E., TO ~Rockabilly

*12-3> Julian Fauth’s Blues brunch @ Axis, 3048 Dundas St. W., TO West ~Blues

noon> Excelsior Dixieland Jazz Band @ The Rex, 194 Queen St. W., TO ~Jazz

12-4> Ontario Poetry Society presents TOPS @ Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St., Oakville

1> Quebecois Jam @ Tranzac Club (Southern Cross), 292 Brunswick Ave., TO

*2-5> Ros Kindler Trio @ Morgan’s, 1282 Danforth Ave., TO East ~Jazz

*2-5> acoustic jam with host Bill Black @ The Working Dog Saloon, 3676 St. Clair Ave. E., Scarborough

*3-6> open mic with Nicola Vaughan @ Hirut, 2050 Danforth Ave., TO East

3-5> Alaniaris @ Tranzac Club (Southern Cross), 292 Brunswick Ave., TO ~Jazz

3> The Mckays; Greeway Blvd. @ C’est What, 69 Front St. E., TO ~

*3-6> Michael Brennan @ Graffiti’s, 170 Baldwin St. TO ~East Coast Rock/Blues Roots

*3-7> jam at CJ Barleys, 213 The Queensway, Keswick

3> Sean Hulley Jazz Trio @ Black Horse Pub, 452 George St. N., Peterborough

3:30-6:30> Red Hot Ramble @ The Rex, 194 Queen St. W., TO ~Jazz

*4-8> Michael Theodore 4-piece @ The Irish Shebeen, 5555 Eglinton Ave. W., Etobicoke North ~Pop

4-8> The O’Deadlys @ Blue Goose Tavern, 1 Blue Goose Rd., Etobicoke South ~Celtic/Top 40

4> Fraser & Daley @ Castro’s Lounge, 2116 Queen St. E., TO East ~Rootsy Blues

*4:30-8> New Orleans Connection All Stars & guests @ Grossman’s, 379 Spadina Ave., TO ~New Orleans Jazz

4> Eric Lambier @ Simcoe Blues & Jazz, 926 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa ~Elton John-style piano Pop

*4:30-8> Chuck Jackson’s All Stars @ Roc’n Doc’s, 105 Lakeshore Rd. E., Port Credit ~Blues

*5-9> John Dickie/Pat Perez Band @ Linsmore Tavern, 1298 Danforth Ave, TO East ~R&B/Blues

*5-9> All ages open jam with Juggernaut Jam Band featuring Andy Narsingh @ West Shore Bar & Grill, 877 Bayly St., Pickering

**5-8> John Borra & Sam Ferrara w. guest @ The Communist’s Daughter, 1149 Dundas St. W. TO West ~Country

*5-9> Robbie Lane & The Disciples @ Seven44, 744 Mount Pleasant Road, TO North ~vintage Rock/R&B; $10

5-8> Sarah Jane Scouten @ The Local, 396 Roncesvalles Ave., TO West ~old time Country

5> Danny B’s Blues Band with Michael Keys on piano @ Timothy’s Pub, 344 Brown’s Line, Etobicoke

5> Monk’s Music @ Tranzac Club (Southern Cross), 292 Brunswick Ave., TO

5-8> Sunday Wilde Blues @ Gate 403, 403 Roncesvalles Ave., TO West ~Jazz

5-9> Freedom Train @ Lake Affect, 1 Port St., Port Credit ~Rock/Top 40

**5-8> The Stew @ Mulligan’s, 2458 Dundas St. W., Mississauga ~R&B/Rock

*6-10> jam with Tommy Rocker, Kerry Kalli @ Fox & Crown, 646 Danforth Rd., Scarborough

*7-1> open stage with hosts Steve York & Tony Rabalao (2 songs each -signup @ 7 or pre-sign online) @ The Supermarket, 268 Augusta St., TO

*7-11> Karaoke with Rob MacArthur @ The Edge, 250 Bayly St. W., Ajax

7> Conor Gains Band @ Cameron House (front), 408 Queen St. W., TO ~Blues/R&B

7> ROAM @ C’est What, 69 Front St. E., TO

*7-9:30> Joel Visentin’s Bugaloo Squad @ The Rex, 194 Queen St. W., TO ~Jazz

*7-11> open jam @ McGradie’s, 2167 Victoria Park Ave., Scarborough

**7-11> The Nomads @ Shore Grill, 71 Lakeshore Rd. E., Port Credit

7> Folk Music Night with Tom Miller @ Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St., Oakville ~spoken word

*7> open jam with Mike Shotton & The Flying Squirrels @ Black Swan Pub Burlington, 4040 Palladium Way, Burlington

*7> open mic with Randy Hill @ Black Horse Pub, 452 George St. N., Peterborough

7:30> Bob Cohen & guests @ Tranzac Club (Southern Cross), 292 Brunswick Ave., TO

8> Gordon’s Acoustic Living Room @ Free Times Café, 320 College St., TO ~Roots-Pop

*8:30-12:30> karaoke with The English Rose & The Mad Scotsman @ Gryphon Pub, 114 Dundas St. E., Whitby

9-1> Brown-Talksy Jazz Quintet @ Gate 403, 403 Roncesvalles Ave., TO West ~Jazz

9> Los Cabelleros del Son @ The Local, 396 Roncesvalles Ave., TO West ~Cuban traditional

*9 open jam @ King’s Belly, 429 Donlands Ave., TO East

*9> Rob Hiemstra solo @ The Unicorn, 175 Eglinton Ave. E., TO North ~Rock/Pop

9-1> Sean Pinchin @ Roc’n Doc’s, 105 Lakeshore Rd. E., Port Credit ~Blues

*9-1> jam with Mike Roland and Lenny Vaccari @ Stewart Maguires Landing, 15 Allan Dr., Bolton

*9-1> jam @ Ivy Arms Pub, 201 Main Street East, Milton

*9:30-1> jam with the Stir It Up Band featuring Bryan Van Dusen & David Macmichael @ Relish, 2152 Danforth Ave., TO East

*9:30-1:30> jam with Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix @ Southside Johnny’s, 3653 Lakeshore Blvd. W., Etobicoke South

9:45> Beverly Taft Group @ The Rex, 194 Queen St. W., TO ~Jazz

*10> Horshack feat. Chris Caddell @ Orbit Room, 580 College St., TO ~Bluesy contemporary & classic Rock

10> Makeshift Island @ Tranzac Club (Southern Cross), 292 Brunswick Ave., TO

*10> The Mercenaries @ Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington Ave., TO West

10> J. Swinnerton Blues Band @ Cameron House (front), 408 Queen St. W., TO

**10> Blues jam with Brian Cober, Bill Hedefine & guest bassist @ Grossman’s, 379 Spadina Ave., TO

*10> jam with Groovestone feat. Dale Harrison @ Scruffy Murphy’s Uptown, 150 Eglinton Ave. E., TO North

10:30> Geoff Willingham @ The Hideout, 484 Queen St. W., TO ~indie Rock

*10:30> Adam Cooke & The Adams Family @ The Dickens, 423 Elizabeth St., Burlington ~contemporary & classic Pop Rock

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