Vancouver musical icon Jesse Matheson has just left on his first ever tour of Western Canada. It takes a lot of gumption for a prairie boy to approach the West by heading East, but that's the kind of backwards situation you find yourself in every single day when you live in Vancouver. And I should know.I first met Jesse Matheson on a blustery Tuesday in November. I remember it was the day Ronald Reagan was elected President. In a world like the one I could sense was approaching, it
felt good to have another howling lunatic in my life. Eventually, he stopped howling quite so much, and even learned a few words. Before I knew it he was putting every word he knew into songs, and now he's got an album.Pleasure Pounds won't be officially released until April, but the kind, simple folks of Western Canada are getting a sneak peek over the next week as Jesse Matheson & the Midnight Snacks take their rock & roll orgy to the people.
If you feel a little uncomfortable taking a recommendation of this guy and his band from me, if you question my objectivity, well, listen to what Craig Norris of CBC Radio 3 had to say about Jesse (and then listen to the song!).
mp3: "Son of a Gun" by Jesse Matheson (includes CBC3 intro by Craig Norris)
JESSE MATHESON & THE MIDNIGHT SNACKS TOUR DATES:
Thurs., Mar. 6: Grant MacEwan College Cafeteria, 11:30 a.m., Edmonton, AB
Thurs., Mar. 6: Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, nighttime, Edmonton, AB
Fri., Mar. 7: McNally Robinson - Prairie Ink, 8 p.m., Saskatoon, SK
Sat. Mar. 8: Candor Music & Gifts, 8 p.m., Winnipeg, MB
Sun., Mar. 9: The Exchange (with Geronimo), 8 p.m., Regina SK
Tues., Mar. 11: Minstrel Cafe, 8 p.m., Kelowna
and then back in Vancouver on March 27 at the Astoria Hotel with The Attachments. The official CD release for Pleasure Pounds will be April 19, at Lime (formerly Rime).
mp3: "Orgy in Portland" by Jesse Matheson
mp3: "Make Out" by Jesse Matheson
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