Tom Musick - guitar and singing;
Andy Rader - upright bass;
Ryan Hembrey - piano;
Greg Hirte - violin and mandolin;
Mark Messing - bassoon, saxophone, clarinet, melodica, etc.
(Can.Ky.Ree hall-of-fame: Steve Dorocke)
Can.Ky.Ree performs hauntingly beautiful songs of love and loss and fate that sound like they might have slipped out of the dark end of Tin Pan Alley; aching minor-key melodies in ¾ time; a beguine, a tarantella; shadowy cumbias and moonlit musettes. This music is very good for listening or drinking to, and those who drink while listening have been known to dance in unpredictable ways.
The melancholy one's voice carries the scars and stories of a nine-year lost weekend busking the streets of Paris. The quiet one's hands float over the ivories as though hes just spilled a drink on Satie's piano. With an arsenal of wind instruments, the one to the left whispers and wails, while the fervent one's contrebasse and mister devil-may-care's violin conjure the ebb and flow of a phantom orchestra on a ghostly guingette.
For seven years, Can.Ky.Ree has been burning it down in the dives of Chicago, leaving a trail of wondrous nights not soon to be forgotten.
We just got your record, thanks! After we got it I saw that we played it back in January. Confusing – until I realized that our Guest Ana Bon-Bon played her copy. Ohhh. Now we have our own to play, yea! Thanks again. bruce
I love this old flavour.... hope to dance someday at the rhythm of your sweet melodies... somewhere out at the corner of an old street or...in a smoky bar AliStaR
CKR, cheers from edmonton and thanks for being pals. very cool sounding stuff (and killer pics to boot...). give us a buzz if you're coming up this way... cheers, screwtape
You really honor me as one of your top friends, but as you know, I love you to death. When and where will you be playing out next? Since it seems September has passed us by, might you be available for a private party in late January?
Did I OR Did I Not spy Mr.Tom Musick leaning into Broadway Avenue in Vancouver BC wearing a striped red scarf, as I listened to Ruby..s Garden on the car stereo at that very moment- pray do rest my flurried mind Love your constant fan Bon-Bon
