Dates
New shows coming up
Lefty McRighty solo show, August 1st, Irene's Pub, Ottawa
with Lee Mellor from Montreal, and newcomer Dusty Drifters, delivering some righteous country blues. Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St.
Lefty McRighty solo show, August 20th, The Elmdale Tavern House, Ottawa
A songwriter's circle of sorts... with best friends in the whole wide world Steve Stacey, Ray Harris and Ken Workman. BYO Patchouli.
FREE!, 1084 Wellington Street, 8pm
Ninety Pounds of Ugly, August 23rd, Barrymore's Music Hall, Ottawa
O-Town Hoedown closing night! With the Bible All-Stars, Slo' Tom and The Woodrunners. $8, 9pm.
You might be able to catch some more recent updates at the myspace page, go check it out
Past shows
NINETY POUNDS OF UGLY, March 22nd, The Elmdale Tavern House, Ottawa
Lefty's other band, 90 Pounds of Ugly, in their first-ever headlining show. With The Stables, from Oshawa
$5, 1084 Wellington Street, 9pm
NINETY POUNDS OF UGLY, Feb 22nd, L'Escogriffe, Montreal
Lefty's other band, 90 Pounds of Ugly, in their first-ever road show. With Skip Jensen, from Montreal.
$6, 4467 St-Denis, 9pm
February 9th, The Elmdale Tavern House, Ottawa
A rare Lefty McRighty sighting, Lefty and the band will be warming up the crowd for Evil Farm Children. Look forward to new, never-heard-before songs from Lefty.
$6, 1084 Wellington Street, 9pm
October 6th, Irene's Pub, Ottawa
Lefty'll be at Irene's Pub for O-Town Hoedown '07, a 2-night (oct 5/6) dealie featuring Ottawa's finest alt-whatever country music acts. Other bands include Slo' Tom, The Polymorphines, The Bible All-Stars, Parson's Road, and Steve Stacey and the Stump Splitters.
885 Bank St, 9pm
Go to www.otownhoedown.com for info about that show.
September 8th, The Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
Lefty's other band, 90 Pounds of Ugly, opening up for the Bible All-Stars at the Dominion Tavern, with special guest Lucky Ron.
33 York St, 9pm
July 7th, Dick Altavista's Driveway, Ottawa
Liquor Pig Fest '07, featuring Lefty's new side project Ninety Pounds of Ugly, as well as Slo' Tom, Trevor Alguire and a bunch of other folks. BYOB dammit
1240 Cheverton Ave, Ottawa
May 9th, Zaphods, Ottawa
With the Divorcees from Moncton and Steve Stacey from Ottawa
Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St, Doors at 8pm, $8, 19+
May 8th, Bar St. Laurent II, Montreal
With the Divorcees from Moncton
5550 St. Laurent, 18+, cover TBA
January 13th, Bar St. Laurent II , Montreal
With our old pals No Barbers Required, and our new new friends Slackjaw Sinners
5550 St. Laurent
18+
Cover: $6
December 30th, El Mocambo, Toronto
Moondog's B-day Bash, with Real Gone, Blue Demons and Los Tarantulas
El Mocambo, 2nd floor
$10
December 2nd, The Cameron House, Toronto
with the David Picco Band, and Brad Fillatre
November 18th, Dominion Tavern, Ottawa
CKCU benefit show, with the David Picco Band and Steve Fai of the almight Black Boot Trio
November 3rd, Maverick's, Ottawa
We're bringing Montreal's The Brains to town, and local boys Gunsmoke are openin' up fer the both of us
Maverick's
221 Rideau
19+
tickets TBA
September 29th, Barrymore's, Ottawa
Opening up for Ottawa's psychobilly psuperstars Big Jeezus Truck
Barrymore's
323 Bank St.
19+
$8 advance, $10 at the door
August 26th, Barrie
With our good buddies Bob Heath and the Staggering Drunks, as well as Michael Moon and Trigger Incident
August 18th, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa
with Bob Heath and the Staggering Drunks (Barrie) and Evil Farm Children (Ottawa), Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St, Doors at 8pm, $6, 19+
August 11th, Cadillac Lounge, Toronto
Johnny's birthday weekender (that's Johnny from John and Jenny's Rock_n_Roll_Party), with Toronto's RealGone and a couple of other bands
Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen St West
19+
Cover: TBA
August 4th, Barfly, Montreal
with Ottawa's The Longtimers and the Botched Suicides
Barfly, 4062A St-Laurent
18+
Cover: $6
July 13th, Playhouse, Montreal
Opening up for the Alley Dukes, for their tour-launch extravaganza
Playhouse, 5656 du Parc
18+
Cover: TBA
July 7th, Playhouse, Montreal
Montreal CD release, with No Barbers Required (Montreal) and the Botched Suicides
Playhouse, 5656 du Parc
18+
Cover: $6
June 23rd, Maverick's, Ottawa
OUR CD RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Botched Suicides and Three-Legged Man will be opening the show, we'll play, then Ottawa's The Longtimers will close the show while we stick around and get 'faced.
Maverick's, 221 Rideau (below Cafe Dekcuf)
19+
Cover: $7
May 26th, Cafe Dekcuf, Ottawa
Opening for Montreal's The Alley Dukes. The Sick Sick Sicks will playing before us and the Alley Dukes..
Cafe Dekcuf, 221 Rideau (above Maverick's)
19+
Cover $7
May 19th, Cafe Chaos, Montreal
We'll be opening up for Montreal's The Brains, and our good buddy Bloodshot Bill will be there too.
Cafe Chaos, 2031 St. Denis
May 12th, The Playhouse, Montreal
With Terry Joe Banjo, and the Sick Sick Sicks.
April 26th, Babylon, Ottawa
An ass-kicker of a rockapsychobilly night with a bunch of special guests from Montreal. We're talking 'bout The Pandemics, The Cockroaches and good ol' Bloodshot Bill.
Doors at 8pm, cover is $8.
Babylon Night Club, 317 Bank St
http://www.babylonclub.ca/
March 11th, Irene's Pub, Ottawa
We'll be warming the crowd up for the fabulous McGillicuddy Sisters. In case you ain't heard of The McGillicuddy Sisters, this is what their website says about them:
"The McGillicuddy Sisters, a five member rockin' hillbilly band hailin' from the Ottawa Valley, provide lively roots entertainment in the genre of such early recording artists as Rose Maddox & The Maddox Brothers, Little Jimmy Dickens, The Stanley Brothers and more." Go check out their website, and check out the show.
http://www.mcgillicuddysisters.com/
Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St. Ottawa
Cover: dunno
February 10th, The Playhouse, Montreal
I have no idea who we're playing with, if anyone. It's the weekly psychobilly night at the Playhouse, hosted by DJ DONT and DJ TOXIC. And us. We'll be there too, with guitars and such. Times and cover charge to come as soon as we know 'em.
5656 Parc, Montreal, 18+
January 13th, The Barfly, Montreal
With the Cockroaches and the Pandemics, both of Montreal. This show already happened, we're just writing it down so we remember where we were that night, in case anyone starts asking questions.
December 30th, Zaphod Beeblebrox
With our good friends Steve Stacey and the Stump Splitters. Time and ticket price TBA.
27 York Street, 19+
http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/
November 18th, L'Escogriffe, Montreal, with Bloodshot Bill
This is a belated announcement, because that was two weeks ago. It was fun. Go check out Bill's website like, two weeks ago.
http://www.bloodshotbill.com/
ROCKtober 29th, The Rainbow
We'll be settin' em up for the almighty Big Jeezus Truck to knock 'em down. This here's a Halloween show so bring a costume. And beer-drinkin' money. Cover charge and timings and all that shit will be posted as soon as we know 'em. Check out Big Jeezus Truck's website, it's almost as ghetto as this one.
http://www.bigjeezustruck.com/
http://www.therainbow.ca/
ROCKtober 12th, Zaphod Beeblebrox
Opening up for one of the coolest bands ever, Elliot Brood http://elliottbrood.ca/
Doors at 8, we'll probably be on around 9, come on down and witness the same old crap we always play, and then catch the groove of Elliot Brood. They use a suitcase for a kick drum.
27 York Street, 19+
http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/
September 14th, Zaphod Beeblebrox
OUTLAW Principles and Practices 101
Doors at 8, we play at 10 'til 11. Cover for this one'll be five bucks, with special guests The Botched Suicides and Steve Stacey and the Stump Splitters. This one's gonna be effin' huge kids...
27 York Street, 19+
http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/
August 10th, Aloha Room (Bank st. under Barrymore's)
The Botched Suicides will be opening up for us. Should be pretty rad, come on out
July 23rd, 5th Annual Redneck Olympics (somewhere near Montreal)
ummmmm... we're gonna party in the woods and play some music. How to get there is way too complicated, email us if you care
-UPDATE: we never played this show. Technical difficulties made the whole thing unpossible. Hopefully next year we'll have another go at 'er.
July 22nd, Irene's Pub (885 Bank St., near Lansdowne)
Lefty will be doing a solo show, opening up for Steve Stacey and the Stump Splitters. Cover's 8 bucks, to raise money for Steve's next studio effort.
July 18th, Zaphod Beeblebrox
Doors at 8PM, we play at 10PM, no cover, music's over by 11 so you can go to bed on time you big baby
27 York Street
http://www.zaphodbeeblebrox.com/
Be there dammit. We want a big turnout for this one so tell all your friends and send 'em to this site to listen to the music