Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans – The Falcon Lake Incident
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Last month, singer/songwriter Jim Bryson, released The Falcon Lake Incident, a new album of Bryson originals recorded with his friends and frequent tour mates The Weakerthans.
Recorded on Falcon Lake in Manitoba over six days in January 2010, The Falcon Lake Incident brings Bryson, one of Canada’s truly under appreciated and engaging voices, together with Canadian indie rock heroes The Weakerthans. Guest appearances include Jill Barber, Gord Sinclair, Peter von Althen and Dave Draves.
“It was such a great place to be and make music. Jason was cooking, Stephen went on ski excursions and I generally talked to the wildlife. There seemed to be an real calming effect to recording so far away from rest of the world. I think when we left, we all thought ‘how did we just do that'”? [JimBryson.BandCamp.com]
The original “Falcon Lake Incident” from which this album took its name refers to an alleged UFO encounter which occurred near Falcon Lake, Manitoba on May 20, 1967 [Wikipedia.com].
Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans 2011 Canadian tour dates after the jump. (No Winnipeg date, WTF?)
Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans 2011 Tour Dates
Feb 03 Waterloo, ON Starlight Room
Feb 04 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
Feb 07 Hamilton, ON The Casbah
Feb 08 London, ON Aeolian Hall
Feb 09 Peterborough, ON The Legendary Red Dog
Feb 10 Montreal, QC Le Cabaret du Mile End
Feb 11 Ottawa, ON Capital Music Hall
Feb 12 Kingston, ON The Grad Club
Feb 25 Nelson, BC The Royal on Baker
Feb 26 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore Cabaret
Feb 27 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
Mar 01 Edmonton, AB Myer Horowitz Theatre
Mar 02 Canmore, AB Communitea Cafe
Mar 03 Calgary, AB The Gateway Bar – SAIT Campus
Mar 04 Saskatoon , SK Amigo’s
The Weakerthans 2010 Tour Dates
Dec 15 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Fallow – The Royal Albert Arms
Dec 16 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Left & Leaving – West End Cultural Centre
Dec 17 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Reconstruction Site – The Pyramid Cabaret
Dec 18 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Reunion Tour – The Burton Cummings Theatre