Kyle Sullivan and I have had a great duo tour out East, seeing old and new faces and playing off each either every night, making each show different. We have two more wonderful shows left and we’re really looking forward to them. Tonight (Oct 19) we’re at The Union Street in Berwick, NS. Sarah McInnis opens, 8pm. Tomorrow we’re at The Trailside in Mount Stewart, PEI with Liam Corcoran (Two Hours Traffic). We hope to see you. Check out the TOUR page for more info. Photo: Kristen Lewis.

Hey gang,
Well, 10 years sure does fly by. My 3rd album, ‘You, Me and The Horse’ produced by Josh Finlayson (of Skydiggers) and Tim Bovaconti was released October 7th, 2008. Recorded when I was 22 and released when I was 23, the sound we were going for was originally inspired by the production of Gordon Lightfoot’s 60’s United Artist records that I love. Josh and I both loved those albums and wanted to make a very full sounding album while keeping it mainly acoustic. Tim Bovaconti also brought his valuable ear, music sensibilities and fantastic playing to the sessions and album. This would be the album I was touring when I first went into the States, when I played CBC Radio’s Q and most importantly when I found my own voice and sound.
To help celebrate, we’ve released an outtake from the sessions, “Beating The Storm” and the whole album will be available on Bandcamp at a special anniversary low price for the rest of October!
Links are below plus a review and Q & A from Exclaim! around the time ‘You, Me and The Horse’ came out.

In other news, longtime drummer of The Situation and friend, Kyle Sullivan and I begin a string of special duo shows. We’ll be kicking it off tomorrow night with a warm up show at Castro’s Lounge. Take a look below for all the Eastern Canadian dates that will bring us as far as Mount Stewart, PEI.
*Tues Oct 9th – Castro’s Lounge, Toronto, ON, 8:30-10:30
*Wed Oct 10th – Barfly, Montreal, QC (early show) 7-9 w/ Bobby Dove
*Fri Oct 12th – Grimross Brewing Co., Fredericton, NB, 8pm
*Sat Oct 13th – The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery, Antigonish, NS, 8pm
*Tues Oct 16th – The Carleton, Halifax, NS, 8pm w/ Thomas Stajcer + Laura Merrimen
*Wed Oct 17th – The Port Grocer, Port Medway, NS, 7pm
*Thurs Oct 18th – Five and Dime, Saint John, NB, 9pm w/ Kylie Fox
*Fri Oct 19th – The Union Street, Berwick, NS, 8pm w/ Sarah McInnis
*Sat Oct 20th – Trailside Music Cafe’ & Inn, Mount Stewart, PEI, 6:30pm w/ Liam Corcoran
Photo: LPPhotographs
More info at http://www.jerryleger.com/tour/

Photo: LPPhotographs
Hey everyone,
Kyle Sullivan and I are looking forward to hitting the road next week for a string of special duo shows. We’ll kick it off in our hometown of Toronto at our old haunt, Castro’s Lounge Tuesday October 9th (John Lennon’s birthday). The dates will bring us to the East Coast of Canada, as far as Mount Stewart, PEI at Trailside Cafe, one of our favourite Canadian venues. These shows will be special for us, after playing together for almost 15 years, we’ve made a lot of music together and we’ll be dusting some older tunes off. There will also be a different musical soundscape than what you’d be used to hearing from us, since it’ll just be myself on vocals/electric guitar and Kyle on drums/vocals. Hope to see you at one of the shows. Check out the dates at the bottom of this email.

After our duo tour, we’ll meet up with the rest of The Situation and play a couple of festivals and shows in The Netherlands and Germany. We’re excited to be playing Music Star in Norderstedt again, some new rooms, some fests such as Take Root in Groningen with Kurt Vile, Father John Misty, Trampled By Turtles (who we’ll also open for in Amsterdam) and Neko Case (Kyle and I just saw her great concert here in Toronto), among others.
We have some other shows happening before the end of a fantastic year for us. Lots of exciting news coming up in 2019!

EASTERN CANADIAN TOUR DATES W/ KYLE SULLIVAN ON DRUMS:
*Tues Oct 9th – Castro’s Lounge, Toronto, ON, 8:30-10:30
*Wed Oct 10th – Barfly, Montreal, QC (early show) 7-9 w/ Bobby Dove
*Fri Oct 12th – Grimross Brewing Co., Fredericton, NB, 8pm
*Sat Oct 13th – The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery, Antigonish, NS, 8pm
*Tues Oct 16th – The Carleton, Halifax, NS, 8pm w/ Thomas Stajcer + Laura Merrimen
*Wed Oct 17th – The Port Grocer, Port Medway, NS, 7pm
*Thurs Oct 18th – Five and Dime, Saint John, NB, 9pm w/ Kylie Fox
*Fri Oct 19th – The Union Street, Berwick, NS, 8pm w/ Sarah McInnis
*Sat Oct 20th – Trailside Music Cafe’ & Inn, Mount Stewart, PEI, 6:30pm w/ Liam Corcoran

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES W/ THE SITUATION:
*Oct 26 – Poppodium de Peppel, Zeist, NL
*Oct 28 – A WALK ABOUT MUSIC, Edam, NL
*Oct 31 – MusicStar Norderstedt, Norderstedt, DE
*Nov 2 – Het Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, NL (with Sarah Shook & The Disarmers)
*Nov 3 – TakeRoot festival, Groningen, NL
*Nov 4 – Paradiso Noord – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL (with Trampled By Turtles)

MORE INFO AT ON THE TOUR PAGE

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! Kyle Sullivan and I have been playing together for almost 15 years and we’ll be hitting the road for some special Eastern Canadian shows next month. It’ll take us from our hometown to PEI before meeting up with the rest of The Situation and heading back to Europe. Check out the dates below and please share!
*Tues Oct 9th – Castro’s Lounge, Toronto, ON 8:30 – 10:30
*Wed Oct 10th – Barfly, Montreal, QC EARLY SHOW 7-9
*Fri Oct 12th – Grimross Brewing Co., Fredericton, NB w/ Joshua Bravener, 8pm
*Sat Oct 13th – The Townhouse Brewpub & Eatery, Antigonish, NS, 8pm
*Tues Oct 16th – The Carleton, Halifax, NS w/ Thomas Stajcer, 7:30pm
*Wed Oct 17th – The Port Grocer, Port Medway, NS, Dinner 5pm, Music 7-9
*Thurs Oct 18th – Five and Dime, Saint John, NB, 9pm
*Fri Oct 19th – The Union Street, Berwick, NS w/ Sarah McInnis, 8pm
*Sat Oct 20th – Trailside Music Cafe’ & Inn, Mount Stewart, PEI w/ Liam Corcoran, 6:30pm / Music 8pm

check out the TOUR page for more info!

We begin a west coast run tomorrow night (Wed July 18th) in Winnipeg at Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club. It all starts at 9pm with our special guest Richard Inman. Richard will also be joining us July 24 in Calgary at Ironwood. Check out the dates below and we’ll see you out there. Tell your friends!

*July 18 – Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, Winnipeg, MB, 9pm w/ Richard Inman
*July 19 – Ship & Plough, Gimli, MB, 10pm
*July 20 – The Mercury Cafe & Grill, Regina, SK, 10pm w/ Ray Elliott
*July 21 – Ness Creek Music Fest, Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society Big River, SK, main stage, 9pm
*July 22 – Ness Creek Music Fest, Big River, SK, workshop, 12pm
*July 23 – The Aviary, Edmonton, AB, 8pm
*July 24 – Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary, AB, 8pm w/ Richard Inman
*July 25 – Fuel Gastropub And Diner, Rossland, BC, 8pm
*July 26 – Fernando’s Pub, Kelowna, BC, 9pm

check out http://www.jerryleger.com/tour/ for more info.

Photo: LPPhotographs
Hey there,
The Situation and I are excited to begin a short run of shows in Western Canada including Ness Creek Music Fest in Saskatoon. The first date is Wed July 18th at Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club in Winnipeg. Check below for the full list of dates.

If you’re in Toronto tomorrow (Saturday) stop by the Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside Fest in Jimmie Simpson Park in the East End. We’ll be hitting the stage at 5:30pm.

Just announced, my buddy from Raleigh, North Carolina, Kenny Roby will be coming up to do some shows with me in Ontario.

He’s also in the band Six String Drag, who were produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy in the 90’s on Earle’s label E-Squared. Ryan Adams has said “He’s phenomenal.”

Kenny and I met around 2008 through a mutual friend, mastering engineer Jeff Carroll in Raleigh, who mastered my 2nd album ‘Farewell Ghost Town’ along with a few others. I met Jeff through Don Kerr, co-producer of that album (with Tim Bovaconti). Over the next couple of years Kenny and I played some shows together in North Carolina. I love Kenny’s tunes and I’m happy that he’s making it back up to Canada after many years. August 17th in Collingwood, August 18th in Orillia (with Shawn William Clarke), August 19th in Kitchener and August 22nd in Toronto (with Lindy). Details below:
July 7 – Toronto, ON, Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside
WEST COAST TOUR:
July 18 – Winnipeg, MB, Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club
July 19 – Gimli, MB, Ship & Plough
July 20 – Regina, SK, Mercury
July 21 & 22 – Saskatoon, SK,  Ness Creek Music Fest
July 23 – Edmonton, AB, The Aviary
July 24 – Calgary, AB, Ironwood
July 25 – Rossland, BC, Fuel Gastropub
July 26 – Kelowna, BC, Fernando’s

AUGUST SHOWS WITH KENNY ROBY:
Aug 17 – Collingwood, ON, CROW.Bar & Variety

Aug 18 – Orillia, ON, St. Paul’s Centre (also with Shawn William Clarke)

Aug 19 – Kitchener, ON, TWB Brewery (early 2pm show)

Aug 22 – Toronto, ON, The Horseshoe Tavern (also with Lindy)
MORE DETAILS AT http://www.jerryleger.com/tour/

We’re looking forward to this run of Western Canadian dates next month!
WESTERN CANADIAN TOUR DATES:
*July 18 – Winnipeg, MB, Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, 8pm
*July 19 – Gimli, MB, Ship & Plough, 10pm
*July 20 – Regina, SK, The Mercury Cafe & Grill
*July 21 & 22 – Saskatoon, SK, Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Ness Creek Music Fest
*July 23 – Edmonton, AB, The Aviary, 7pm
July 24 – Calgary, AB, Ironwood Stage & Grill, 8pm w/ Richard Inman
July 25 – Rossland, BC, Fuel Gastropub And Diner, 8pm
July 26 – Kelowna, BC, Fernando’s Pub, 9pm

Check out the TOUR page for more info.

Happy to announce that I’ll be playing the Take Root Festival this November 3rd in Groningen, Netherlands with Neko Case, Father John Misty, Kurt Vile, Shakey Graves and more. We’ll be playing some shows around it as well, so keep checking back!

Photo: LPPhotographs
Well,
I just got back home to Toronto Monday night and what can I say? We had a very successful first tour of The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland and England. Thank you to everyone who came out to the shows and it was wild meeting some fans that have been with us for years and just waiting for us to finally come over. It was a very surreal experience and we look forward to doing it again very soon. Check out the links at the bottom for some articles and Q & A’s I did while overseas.

It was really important to me to do this first trip overseas with my band The Situation. James McKie, Dan Mock, Kyle Sullivan and I have been playing together for over 11 years. We’ve made a lot of music and seen a lot of road. This feels like the next chapter and we all needed to be part of that experience. We were also very lucky to have Laura Proctor (LPPhotographs) on the road with us capturing it with her camera and handling the busy merch table, making sure folks had a record in their hand. Remember to follow me on Instagram for more tour photos and posts.

This week I’m back at it, beginning on Friday I’ll be doing a string of solo shows along with my buddy and fellow songwriter Graham Nicholas. They’ll take us out East in Canada as far as Prince Edward Island. Friday night May 4th we’re in Napanee at Ellena’s, part of the concert series StarStop. Adv tix avail:

UPCOMING TOUR DATES including Eastern Canada!

Interview with Mark Underwood at AmericanaUK

Interview with Sean Hannam at Say It With Garage Flowers in the UK

Live review – Old Cinema Launderette, Durham, England by Rocking Magpie

Interview with Clara Bismuth at Toute La Culture in France

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