Godboogie CD Release Party Live at the Linsmore Tavern!

Friday October 28th, the Linsmore Tavern is so excited to welcome back one of the most accomplished group of musicians in Canada, Godboogie! This is so exciting, because out of all the venues in Toronto, Godboogie has decided to throw their CD Release Party at the Linsmore Tavern! This is a major honour of us and we are so excited to welcome this Supergroup back for what is going to be a phenomenal party! There have been so many requests to bring this incredible band featuring 2014's Lee Oskar's Best Harmonica Player and frontman of explosive 90's rock band The Phantoms, Jerome Godboo! Jerome is pulling out all the stops for this special show as his band includes Spin Doctors founder and guitarist Eric Schenkman, guitarist Shawn Kellerman of Lucky Peterson fame, as well as drummer Gary Craig from Bruce Cockburn and Blackie & The Rodeo Kings!

Eric Schenkman is one of the founders and lead guitarist for one of the biggest bands in the world during the 1990's, the Grammy Nominated Spin Doctors! Best known for their early 1990s hits, "Two Princes", and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and No. 17 respectively, the Spin Doctors went 5X Platinum with their 1991 album Pocket Full of Kryptonite and followed that up with 1994 Platinum album Turn It Upside Down. Eric has recently collaborated with Jerome Godboo's most recent album Sanctuary City.

Shawn Kellerman has been nominated for the “Guitar Player The Year” by the Maple Blues Awards, Canada’s most respected blues society based in Toronto, Ontario. Shawn has recorded 3 of his own cd’s plus recording and playing on Bobby Rush’s Raw CD released in 2007 that won a Blues Music Award in Memphis for “Best Acoustic CD of the Year”. Also, Lucky Peterson’s Live in Berlin 3 DVD/2CD box set which Shawn participated in, was up for a 2013 nomination for Best DVD of the Year.

Drummer Gary Craig of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Bruce Cockburn recorded on Jerome's latest Sanctuary city cd. Gary's list of recording and performance credits include Bruce Cockburn, Anne Murray, Jann Arden, Tom Cochrane, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, Colin Linden, John McDermott, Kathleen Edwards and Gregory Hoskins. Independent recording credits include Jimmy Rankin, Jenn Grant, Jadea Kelly, Scarlett Jane, Suzie Vinnick, Ariana Gillis, Dala, Justin Rutledge and Paul Reddick to name a few. He is also actively working in Toronto w Jerome Godboo, award winning harmonica player as part of the Toronto blues scene with Eric Schenkman from the Spin Doctors and Shawn Kellerman from the Lucky Peterson Band. Gary has been recording recently in Nashville with Juno award winning producer Steve Dawson and toured last year w Bruce Cockburn and the stars of the ABC network television series Nashville.

Jerome Godboo An accomplished and exceptional bluesman, his bending harp skills have been sought by everyone from Ronnie Hawkins to the late Jeff Healey and he continues to mesmerize all who witness him onstage including the judges at the International blues Challenge 2014 held in Memphis where Jerome took home the Lee Oskar best harmonica Player award. The one-time local legend of explosive 90s rock band the Phantoms, Jerome has released 14 albums in his 25-plus year career, 11 of which are solo, including the brand new Sanctuary City with drummer Gary Craig and Spin Doctors guitarist Eric Schenkman. He's headlined at the Montreal Jazz Festival (2005), played Toronto’s Air Canada Centre with Ronnie Hawkins, opened for the Yardbirds and performed on stages across Canada, the U.S., France, Finland, Portugal, Ukraine, Israel and beyond. He's played with Prince, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, the Tragically Hip, Levon Helm, Billy Ray Cyrus and many more, and recorded and toured with the likes of Alannah Myles, Dutch Mason, Jeff Healey, Jimmy Bowskill and Suzie McNeil.

To see this Supergroup in an intimate venue is going to be something specie, not too mention the fact that this is a CD Release Partyl! The accomplishments and accolades of these 3 musicians are amazing and this night is truly going to be magical and a memorable night! Get your tickets now before this show sells out! Tickets are only $7 in advance and $10 at the door! You can buy your tickets at the Linsmore Tavern or right here at www.linsmoretavern.com



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