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Interests
General
I like to bicycle along the canal at night, go to see movies at the theatre, read science fiction, and discover magazine, and frequent the open stage at Rasputin's Folk Cafe in Ottawa.Music
I am a fan of Johnny Cash from the time he wrote his first song to the day he passed on to whatever comes next. I also like Kris Kristofferson (met him!), Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Charlie Gardner. Great songwriters. I like Waylon Jennings, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, The Band, Harry Hibbs, Ron Hynes, Kiss, CCR, The Beatles, AND The Rolling Stones, Green Day, Rita McNeil, The Rankin Family, Great Big Sea, Neil Young, Roger Miller, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Jamie Clarke, Van Morrison, Charlie Pride, John Prine, Gillian Welch, The Pogues, and I could probably go on for a long time, but I won't. You get the idea. There isn't much I don't like in the way of music, as long as the song is good, and the performance is its equal. Here are a few songs I like that might be public domain, in any case I don't know who wrote them. The Star of Logy Bay, The Blacksmith, If Those Lips Could Only Speak... I love to hear Danny Boy if the right person is singiing it, and incidentally the right person ain't me (sigh). I love to hear Amazing Grace, but especially on the bagpipes. I like gospel music, but songs like the country legends would sing.Movies
Anything with Jack Nicholson in it, like Chinatown. Other movies: The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Negotiator, Rio Bravo, Planes Trains and Automobiles, True Grit, Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday Party, The Big Lebowski, and Raiders of the Lost Ark, among others.Television
Star Trek The Original Series, TNG is not bad. Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, the Cosby Show, and Three's Company. I don't watch TV these days although I have seen a couple of episodes of Boston Legal.Books
Ender's Game (and its sequels), Singularity, To Kill a Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Almost everything Douglas Adams ever wrote. His best book was The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul as far as I'm concerned. Both of Johnny Cash's bio's. A few Star Trek novels. I haven't read anything of substance in a long time, other than text books and such.Heroes
My brother Shawn.
Details
- Status: Single
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: St. Patrick's
- Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
- Education: In college
Schools
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UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
- Ottawa, Canada
- Graduated: N/A
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Psychology
- Minor: Music
2005 to Present
Blurbs
About me:
I am a songwriter.
I attend the University of Ottawa studying psychology and music. I write songs largely inspired by my Newfoundland roots, and old country music. I have recorded my first CD entitled Songs and Companions, and I will probably be doing some recording for a next CD this year with my band (2009).
Right now I am practising with two great musicians, and will practise soon with a new friend, a drummer by the name of Lorenzo - I'll add more info on him soon. The bassist's name is Sean Burke, his myspace page speaks for itself:
www.myspace.com/canadianbassist
And Rich Haller, the guitar player with a penchant for playing everything else under the sun while he's at it.
www.myspace.com/rwhaller
We have been playing gigs for the past year as the Rick Hayes Acoustic Trio. We are changing our name because a Trio doesn't normally have four people in it. Come out and listen to some good songs and musicians that make them sing. I will update my calendar as gigs come up.
.. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone from another planet... Here are a few videos recorded at Rasputin's Folk Cafe at different times:..
I made this video playlist at myflashfetish.com
Comments
Nov 24 2009 6:24 AM
Just 5$ which pay for 3 homeless to eat dinner on Christmas
As long as 200 people hear about it this and decide to come,it will pay for a meal for 500 homeless on Christmas.
Plus it's always a lot of fun.. Good time, great cause!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177773828394
Nov 23 2009 8:36 PM
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Nov 18 2009 12:14 AM
As long as 200 folks hear about it and decide to come, it will pay for a meal for 500 homeless on Xmas.
Admission is just 5$, which pays for 3 homeless to eat dinner on Christmas.
Plus it's always a lot of fun.. Good time, great cause!
Here's our facebook event
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177773828394
Or our myspace
www.myspace.com/feedthehomleess5
Oct 6 2009 9:29 PM
Mar 25 2009 6:30 PM
Great tunes! Looking forward to the Songwriter Circle at the Elmdale on April 1.
Hey, you should post all your gigs on here too,so we can "come to where you're at"!
Cheers!
Mar 22 2009 9:48 AM
Feb 6 2009 4:36 PM
Jan 20 2009 5:13 AM
Sep 18 2008 7:04 PM
Sep 17 2008 4:24 AM
Dave, The Yohawks
Aug 10 2008 9:28 PM
~ken
Jul 30 2008 8:24 PM
Peace.....Landon
Jul 2 2008 4:55 PM
~ K
Jun 7 2008 12:53 PM
Apr 29 2008 9:51 PM
'tis indeed a pleasure to accept your friend request. Sounded great last night methinks .....
Sean