Saturday Night Blues is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of live performances by Canadian blues performers, released by Stony Plain Records

Stony Plain Records

Stony Plain Records is a major Canadian independent record label, which specializes in roots music genres such as country, folk and blues. The label was the recipient of a 2003 Western Canadian Music Award for "Independent Record Label/Distributor of the Year"....

 and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 in 1991. Subtitled "The Great Canadian Blues Project, Volume 1", the album is significant as one of the early compilations of the work of Canadian blues artists.Another example of a compilation of this nature, released at a similar time, is the 1992 cassette

Compact Cassette

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-only release by K-Tel Records, Canadian Blues Masters. Included on the release are songs by The Downchild Blues Band

Downchild Blues Band

The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....

, The BelAirs

John Witmer

John Douglas Witmer was a Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player, most notable as the lead vocalist for the band Whiskey Howl and the Downchild Blues Band.-Biography:...

, Long John Baldry

Long John Baldry

John William "Long John" Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let the Heartaches Begin reached No...

, The Powder Blues Band

Powder Blues Band

The Powder Blues Band is a Canadian blues/pop/jazz band formed in 1978 in Vancouver. Its first album Uncut went double platinum in Canada. The second album Thirsty Ears was similarly popular...

, Dutch Mason

Dutch Mason

Dutch Mason, CM was a Canadian musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2005.-Career:...

, King Biscuit Boy

King Biscuit Boy

King Biscuit Boy was the stage name of Richard Alfred Newell a Canadian blues musician. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.....

, Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett is a Juno Award-winning American-Canadian musician, performer, and author. He holds dual citizenship and was raised in Toronto and Montreal...

, Morgan Davis, The Blues Busters, The Demons and Neil James Harnett. See Particulars of Canadian Blues Masters; www.worldcat.org. The album won the 1992 Juno Award

Juno Awards of 1992

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 for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year

Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo

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.A successor album, Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years

Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years

Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years is a 2006 2 CD compilation album, released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and, internationally, by the Universal Music Group, of live performances of Canadian blues artists, as featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio program Saturday Night...

, was released in 2006.

Track listing

1. Danser le Loup (Gerald Laroche) Gerald Laroche (3:01)
2. No More Doggin' (Rosco Gordon
   Rosco Gordon
   Rosco Gordon was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1952 #1 R&B hit single, "Booted", and two #2 singles "No More Doggin'" and "Just a Little Bit" .-Biography:...
   
   , Jules Taub) Colin James
   Colin James
   Colin James is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, who plays in the blues, rock, and neo-swing genres. He grew up as a Quaker.-Early years:...
   
    #(4:16)
3. Path to the Liquor Store (Uncredited) Jackson Delta (3:36)
4. I Need a Woman (Uncredited) Johnny V and The Houserockers (3:32)
5. Just Your Fool(Little Walter
   Little Walter
   Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs , was an American blues harmonica player, whose revolutionary approach to his instrument has earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix, for innovation and impact on succeeding generations...
   
   ) Dutch Mason
   Dutch Mason
   Dutch Mason, CM was a Canadian musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2005.-Career:...
   
    (3:44)
6. Thinking About You (Lester Quitzau) Lester Quitzau
   Lester Quitzau
   Lester Quitzau is a Canadian folk and blues guitarist.In addition to his own albums, he also collaborates in the roots trio Tri-Continental with Bill Bourne and Madagascar Slim, and in a touring and recording partnership with folk-pop singer Mae Moore, to whom Quitzau is married.-Discography:*...
   
    (4:07)
7. Bert's Boogie (Amos Garrett) Amos Garrett
   Amos Garrett
   Amos Garrett is a Juno Award-winning American-Canadian musician, performer, and author. He holds dual citizenship and was raised in Toronto and Montreal...
   
    (3:05)
8. Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson
   Blind Lemon Jefferson
   "Blind" Lemon Jefferson was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled "Father of the Texas Blues"....
   
   ) Ken Hamm (3:35)
9. Love U 2 Much (Rita Chiarelli) Rita Chiarelli
   Rita Chiarelli
   Rita Chiarelli is a Canadian blues singer. She has been dubbed "the goddess of Canadian blues" by CBC Radio One's Shelagh Rogers.-Biography:Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Chiarelli began performing in Ronnie Hawkins' band in the early 1980s. She subsequently spent several years in Italy...
   
    and The Road Rockets (4:19)
10. Pussy Footin' (Dean Cottrill) Dean Cottrill (2:50)
11. Rockin' Little Boogie (Uncredited) Downchild Blues Band
    Downchild Blues Band
    The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....
    
     (3:47)
12. Goin' Down South (Bill Bourne) Bill Bourne
    Bill Bourne
    Bill Bourne is a Canadian musician and songwriter, who frequently collaborates with a variety of artists, including Alan MacLeod, Shannon Johnson, Lester Quitzau, Madagascar Slim, Aysha Wills, Eivør Pálsdóttir, Wyckham Porteous and Jasmine 'Jas' Ohlhauser.Raised in a musical family in rural...
    
     (3:02)
13. Statellite Dish (Uncredited) Brent Sam Parkin and The Stingers (3:32)
14. Nothing to Show (Uncredited) The Drew Nelson
    Drew Nelson (musician)
    Drew Nelson is a Canadian blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. Nelson is particularly known for his slide guitar playing. He has been playing professionally for over thirty years.-History:...
    
     Band (4:19)
15. T.V. Preacher Blues (D. McLean/P.Scott) Big Dave McLean and The Muddy-Tones (3:15)
16. Love of a Woman (Jack Semple) Jack Semple
    Jack Semple
    -History:Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a popular funk and rhythm and blues band...
    
     and The Luxury Blues Band (3:52)
17. Hey Rosita (Uncredited) Paul James (3:53)
18. Tombstone Boogie (David Raven) David Raven (3:48)
19. The Drifter (Uncredited) Roger Howse (3:20)
20. Clear But Confusing (Rusty Reed) Rusty Reed and The Southside Shuffle (2:02)

Musicians

Downchild Blues Band

Downchild Blues Band

The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....

 (Performer)

The Houserockers (Performer)

Road Rockets (Performer)

Jack Semple

Jack Semple

-History:Semple grew up on a farm north of Regina, Saskatchewan. He started his musical career playing with various Regina-based bands, and later relocated to Toronto in the late 1980s to become the lead guitarist of The Lincolns, a popular funk and rhythm and blues band...

 (Performer)

The Stingers (Performer)

Dean Cottrill (Vocals)

Rita Chiarelli

Rita Chiarelli

Rita Chiarelli is a Canadian blues singer. She has been dubbed "the goddess of Canadian blues" by CBC Radio One's Shelagh Rogers.-Biography:Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Chiarelli began performing in Ronnie Hawkins' band in the early 1980s. She subsequently spent several years in Italy...

 (Vocals)

Dutch Mason

Dutch Mason

Dutch Mason, CM was a Canadian musician from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was inducted into the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2005.-Career:...

 (Vocals)

David Raven (Vocals)

Bill Bourne (Vocals, Guitar)

Ken Hamm (Vocals, Guitar)

Colin James (Vocals, Guitar)

Paul James (Vocals, Guitar)

Big Dave McLean (Vocals, Guitar)

Doug Scarrow (Guitar)

Drew Nelson (Vocals, Guitar)

Brent Parkin (Vocals, Guitar)

Johnny V (Vocals, Guitar)

Dean Cottrill (Guitar)

Tony D. (Guitar)Also performs as Tony Diteodoro; see Lynn Saxberg, http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=2457387Monkey Junk wins big at Maple Blues Awards

Maple Blues Awards

The Maple Blues Awards are Canada’s blues awards, "honouring the finest in Canadian blues". They are the only comprehensive national best in blues awards program. The program's goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding achievement...

]; The National Post, January 19, 2010; www.nationalpost.com.

Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett

Amos Garrett is a Juno Award-winning American-Canadian musician, performer, and author. He holds dual citizenship and was raised in Toronto and Montreal...

 (Guitar)

Al Hartley (Guitar)

Tom Lavin

Tom Lavin

Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born musician and record producer and founding member of the Juno Award winning Canadian group Powder Blues Band on Warner Brothers Records...

 (Guitar)

Paul O'Neill (Guitar)

Kier Brownstone (Bass)

David Raven (Guitar)

Bob Evans (Bass)

Brian Kipping (Bass)

Fred LaRose (Bass)

Jack Lavin (Bass)

Brian Pollack (Bass)

Ben Richardson (Bass)

Farley Scott (Bass)

Gary Gray (Keyboards)

Rich Hopkins (Keyboards)

Gene Taylor

Gene Taylor (musician)

Gene Taylor is an American blues rock and boogie-woogie pianist.-Biography:Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at age eight but two years later he had picked up both the guitar and his initial piano skills from boogie-woogie pianist-neighbours...

(Piano)

Geoff Arsenault (Drums)

Dave Bjarnason (Drums)

Al Cross (Drums)

Randy Joyce (Drums)

Pat Steward (Drums)

Adrian Vecchiola (Drums)

Marty Vickers (Drums)

Alan Black (Harmonica, Drums)

David Burgin (Harmonica)

Rusty Reed (Harmonica)

Dave Babcock (Saxophone)

Pat Carey (Saxophone)

Steve Hilliam (Saxophone)

Dan McDonald (Saxophone)

Bill Runge (Saxophone)

Mike Skinner (Saxophone)

Bob Tildesley (Trumpet)

Other

Bill Bourne (Producer)

William Butler (Producer)

Dean Cottrill (Producer)

Ken Hamm (Producer)

Jackson Delta (Producer)

Paul James (Producer)

Jamie Kidd (Producer)

Tom Lavin (Producer)

Drew Nelson (Producer)

Rusty Reed (Producer)

Ben Richardson (Producer)

John Switzer (Producer)

Ken Whiteley (Producer)

Johnny V (Producer)

Bill Buckingham (Engineer)

Hugh Cooper (Engineer)

Jamie Kidd (Engineer)

Ross McCall (Engineer)

Ross Murray (Engineer)

John Naslen (Engineer)

Jamie Sulek (Engineer)

Danny Sustar (Engineer)

Gerry Woolsey (Engineer)

Al Lamden (Mixing Engineer)

Frank Opolko (Digital Editing)

Rob Storeshaw (Graphic Design)