My Sweet Patootie

Little Red Wagon makes the Parade!

2010-12-06T20:51:00.001-05:00

How perfect is this? This was a float in the Owen Sound Santa Claus Parade!

This is Terry and me heading up my laneway in the real deal: my 1962 Buick Special Station Wagon. And below is Terry's very best Sears pose... and mine. Love it!

Toodles Illinois!

2010-11-19T11:17:00.004-05:00

Wow,
What a crazy time we had at the Lake County Folk Club! The place was jammed and smokin hot!
It was sooo great to see friends new and old come out to support our first time in Mundelein as My Sweet Patootie. Thanks to Ted for opening the show, the lovely Jerry Thiel for mcing (and the chocolate!!) and Chuck and Jim for getting us up and running with the sound gear so quickly and beautifully.

We love you Lake County!

Sunday, Nov 21, 2010 - 7:00pm
The Lake County Folk Club
Mundelein, IL

The Lake County Folk Club presents My Sweet Patootie.
Reservations to attend concerts are accepted and encouraged.
Some concerts may become "Sold Out" by advance reservations.
Please call 847-271-1584
or email tbradfish@comcast.net to request a reservation.
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Charlotte's Web presented us at the Just Goods Listening Room, a thousand villages shop in Rockford. Their devious plan to get us to do all of our holiday shopping there work dang-it. Thanks to Lani, Josh and the boys for such a great welcome. We're looking forward to the video from the show!

Lani has already asked us back, so get ready to drag out your friends Rockford! We're gunning for the Mendelsohnn Centre next time! lol

What a super crowd we had. We love it when you laugh at our corniest jokes!
Until next time
Stay Patootified!

Saturday, Nov 22, 2019 - 7:30 pm
Charlotte's Web for the Performing Arts
Rockford, IL

Charlotte's Web presents My Sweet Patootie at the Just Goods Listening Room - 7:30 PM. 201 7th Street, Rockford Illinois US. For tickets and more information call 815 964-2238 or email info@charlotteswebofrockford.org

The Spam Museum!

2010-11-16T00:19:00.000-05:00

It was a gorgeous day-off and we got to the museum in good time to be greeted by the super knowlegeble guides! Our friends Pat and Shirley also met us for the tour.

And the mighty Wall of Spam!

Here we are with Spammy!

We headed into the theatre for a short film

Sunday Afternoon Show!

2010-11-13T10:27:00.003-05:00

Here's what you missed.

2 pm
The Oak Center General Store
Lake City, MN

The Oak Center General Store presents My Sweet Patootie
67011 HWY 63, Lake City, MN 55041

On hwy 63, 25 miles north of Rochester, 10 miles south of lake city

Email folkforum@riverland.org
or call 507 753 2080 for tickets and information.
(507) 753-2080 for ticket info

Please note this is an afternoon show starting at 2 pm.
$15 reg. to $5 low income

Bothy Folk Club

2010-11-13T10:26:00.002-05:00

We love you Mankato! It was great to see some of our Rendevous friends at the Bothy. Thanks for braving the terrible storm! ; ) Bill has invited us back next year so those of you who stayed snug at home can catch our show then. Don't forget we still have our Oak Centre General Store this afternoon and our support set for the Wiyos at the Cedar on Tuesday! Tomorrow if you're not doing anything you can hang out with us at the Spam Museum in Austin MN. Woohoo....
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The Bothy Folk Club

Mankato, MN

The Bothy presents My Sweet Patootie at the
Mankato Area Eagles Club -
708 North Riverfront Drive, Mankato MN.
Doors open at 7pm, concert starts at 7:30pm

For Information about the Bothy Folk Club and tickets
contact Bill Smith at: wailinwillie@gmail.com
or call Gordon: (507) 947-3356, Bix: (507) 388-1316,
or Bill :(612) 756-2984

Midwest Patooties

2010-11-08T07:59:00.002-05:00

The Listening Room
Fargo, ND

The Listening Room is Fargo's premier listening room for acoustic music presents My Sweet Patootie. Call 701-237-0230 for tickets and information.

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Thanks for such a great welcome Fargo! You laughed at all our corny jokes! What a good time. Thanks to Scott, Jane and Noah who organized everything and were such gracious hosts. Yet more proof that it's a crazy small world: we have mutual friends with Noah! Check out the magnificent Budabi Brothers

We met these fellas when we used to tour with Tanglefoot. Fantastic show, hilarious banter.

Sun Nov 7 Bound for Glory

2010-11-07T23:31:00.000-05:00

Here's the easiest link to listen to our live to air show on Bound for Glory on Sunday Nov 7th, 8pm (ET)

http://wvbr.com/listen

We had so much fun at Bound For Glory! We had a wonderful visit with friends old and new and everyone gave us such a warm welcome. Phil bounded over (pardon the pun) enthusiastically at the first break to invite us to come back for another show!

We had gotten into town fairly early so our new friends Jim and Susan Murphy invited us over to the local Irish pub to hear Susan's celtic trio perform. We listened to Susan, Jerry and Nora's playing over a yummy bowl of beef stew. Comfort food for the ears and belly! There had been a parade earlier that day and there was a pipe band in the pub enjoying a few pints. We joked about how everyone in Ithaca wears kilts. Most of the other folks in the place were wearing plaid of some sort just to prove the rule. We decided the plaid flannel shirts were really up-side-down kilts.

Anywhoo....

A good time was had by all!
Until next time Ithaca!

Here are some shots from our concert taken by Gwen Bullock.

Tonight! Heartland At Home - Rochester

2010-11-06T12:17:00.000-04:00

SOLD OUT!!!6:00 PM Potluck Dinner
7:00 PM Concert
http://www.heartlandconcerts.org/

A House Concert at the home of Ralph Hunt & Judy Gradford
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Well, the border crossing Saturday morning was a breeze and the weather was perfect for driving. We got to Ralph and Judy's in no time which meant we had lots of time for visiting. The potluck dinner was fantastic, with folks bringing every dish you could imagine and Ralph in the kitchen cooking up stir fry. It was so great to see so many of our friends out. WE LOVE YOU ROCHESTER! We're moving onto the big stage out in Webster next time we're in town.

Until then, keep smiling Rochester!

Sandra & Terry

We've Got a New Look!

2010-11-04T16:54:00.000-04:00

Holy cow are we stoked! We've been working our patooties off with our good friend and webmistress Lisa Hind to completely over haul our website. Have a look around and let us know what you think on our new guestbook!

England Tour 2010 - Week 4

2010-07-14T10:23:00.000-04:00

Monday July 5th this day off was consumed with our quest for getting Terry’s guitar fixed. The tech crew from Hebden Bridge gave us some leads on nearby repair people. We drove to Cleckheaton, home of the Cleckheaton Folk Festival and “The Music Room”, a fantastic music shop. While Terry’s beloved Martin was being worked on we both were treated to a cup of tea while we sample the lovely guitars and violins in stock. I ended up buying an electric fiddle! (photo to come)

Tuesday July 6th we headed to the lovely Bungay, Suffolk in the East Midlands. We were greeted by The Fisher Theatre’s manager Chris Moore who is always so cheerful and witty. Some of our favourite people are in Bungay! His mom Wendy has invited us to perform at one of her garden party house concerts next tour! Chris is heading off to a new position in Yarmouth, overseeing the rebuilding of, then managing a theatre there. We are looking forward to seeing his new digs. We stayed that night at the beautiful Margaret Sheppard B&B that had just been on the garden tour. Margaret was very gracious and let me photograph some of her flowers.

Wednesday July 7th we drove up to Sigs again to get some much needed laundry and television viewing done! We had bought the movie “The Pelican Brief” DVD in a charity shop for £1 and wanted to watch it on a real TV not a laptop! After the show we were doing a bit of channel surfing and guess what was on! The Pelican Brief...figures!

Thursday July 8th we had a wonderful afternoon in the old city of York. After wandering the shambles and sampling the various sights we took some time out to chat with Steve Ritchie back home at the Hundred Mile Music Show in Owen Sound, Ontario. You can listen to the Podcast anytime at the above link. Show #10 - July 8, 2010 at 33min. Afterwards we treated ourselves to a traditional Yorkshire pudding then wandered over to the Evensong at the Minster.

We walked back to the Black Swan to do our show for the folk club. Organiser Roland Walls was on a much needed and deserved holiday that night. We wish you well Roland. Chris Euesden was our compere for the evening treated us to a wonderful opening set, as did harpist/singer Sarah Dean who shared a really great cover of the Police tune “Walking on the Moon”.

Friday July 9th we played the Bromsgrove Folk Festival and had a lovely visit/ reunion with Artisan members Hilary Spencer and Brian & Jacey Bedford. What a fun time! The audience was really onboard that night and it was great to hear some of Brian`s new songs when Artisan performed.

Saturday July 10th our last show in the spectacular Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond N Yorks. The A1 was being worked on so we took a detour straight into a big cycling race. It made for a thrilling ride on those B roads! We got to the theatre in no time though and met manager Vaughn Curtis. After our sound check we were treated to a wonderful dinner with our friend Valerie and the Singletons over at Rustique, a lovely French bistro in Richmond. The theatre sound tech Tony was superb and gave us some great leads on UK technical suppliers. He made us look and sound fabulous! The crowd was really fun, lots of banter back and forth throughout the show. We had a lot of laughs discussing the difference between Canadian English and English English. We’ll definitely be back to the Georgian next year according to Vaughn. We visited with friends after the show and after our long lovely farewells made a frantic exit with our gear and headed back down through the A1 detours to Wakefield for the night.

Sunday July 11th back to Manchester to Ken and Julie’s. What wonderful hosts! We have made such great friendships over the years on our tours. We couldn’t make this happen without you!

Monday July 12th we headed into downtown Manchester with Julie to visit the People’s Museum and various other Manchester sites. We lunched at City Hall. We highly recommend it! Our waiter was very charming, the food amazing and you can’t beat the surroundings! Gorgeous.

Tuesday July 13th homeward bound! We left for the airport at 11:00am. Our flight was quite delayed, so we treated ourselves to the airport massages and a nice tea. Finally at 6:00pm our plane was ready to board, but failed two take-off attempts due to electrical failures in the navigation system. Now that`s confidence inspiring! 4 ½ hours later we took off and finally arrived in Toronto at 11:00pm. After clearing customs, getting our luggage & gear and finding our ride home we finally arrived up in Owen Sound at 2:30am Canadian time (7:30am UK time) creating a whole new definition to “a long day”. Boy did it feel good to get home!

We remain unkilled, unscratched, and unscathed! We can`t wait to do it all over again. We`re planning our next UK tour for Sep to Oct 2011. Until then it's back to weeding and chickens...See you out there!

England Tour 2010 - Week 3

2010-07-05T10:25:00.000-04:00

Monday June 28th a day off! We met up with Kelly and Tess again to spend the day before they headed back home to Canada. After a quick bit of refreshment we hiked up the hill to see Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire. Absolutely spectacular views all the way around.

After lunch we raced over to Hardwick Hall in Chesterfield to only find it closed, but the grounds open for hiking. We sure got our exercise that day! Very beautiful, and it looked and felt very much like Ontario to all of us (minus the hall)!

Tuesday June 29th After we bid Kelly and Tess farewell we drove to Dartford, Kent near London. This is a very large friendly folk club that is organised by Pam and Allan Colls. Allan plays in the club`s house band who treated us to an opening set, as did a mandolin group who played some ragtime tunes.

Wednesday June 30th was a day off. We headed north towards Coventry and stopped at The Houghton House in Bedfordshire, the shell of a 17th century mansion, reputedly the inspiration for the ‘House Beautiful’ in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. It was built around 1615 for Mary, Dowager Countess of Pembroke. We then visited the Roman Wall Site near Lichfield built for some wretched roman travellers who needed a hotel and a bit of a freshening... We also did a bit of sightseeing in Leicester. I don`t know who it was built for.

Thursday July 1st HAPPY CANADA DAY! Our billets for the night were John and Marlys Wright ... Marlys is a Canadian! We had a great night at the Tump folk club. The organiser Karen Orgill was absolutely the sweetest, and the support musicians shared some fantastic music with us. When we got back to John and Marlis’ home we chatted until 2:30am! We love new friends!

Friday July 2nd had only a short trip up to Stockport just outside Manchester, so John took us to Kennilworth Castle before we left. The pictures say it all!

Dave Hughes, Porkie’s Folk Club organiser opened our show that night, charming the audience with his great humour, getting them in the mood for our quirky music. We had such a good time with them! The place was jumpin!

Saturday July 3rd we spent our day off with Ken and Julie Burgess in Manchester. After exhausting their laundry facilities we went for a fantastic hike around the trails near their home then were treated to a lovely dinner. Freeloading has reached new heights!

Sunday July 4th was our show in the very beautiful Hebden Bridge at the famous Trades Club. This show was part of the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, a fantastic 2 week event with theatre, music, art and dance.

We met Kam, a fellow Canadian in the audience who was working on an organic farm co-op. We had a great conversation about gardening, chickens, the virtues of straw bale construction and the CBC vs BBC. Where else but in Yorkshire? This show was so much fun! The sound and light crew was fantastic, the organisers welcoming and the audience was superb. The whole night was fantastic for us until our second last song of the night in which one of the machine heads on Terry’s guitar broke! No messing around without that all important driving bass string! Terry’s guitar style is so complex! The crowd was completely understanding when we decided to close out the show. They cheered and stomped!

But wait, will Terry's guitar be okay? Will the Patooties find someone to fix it? Will they be able to do their next show? What about the rest of the tour?
Stay tuned (pun intended)...

England Tour 2010 - Week 2

2010-06-28T10:17:00.000-04:00

Monday June 21st we headed for Boston to play for the folk club organised by Greg Swain. We stopped in at Greg’s home first and were greeted by his watch cockerel! This chicken was not having it! After taking a couple of lunges at Terry, we made a quick retreat back to the car. He chased after us and started attacking the car! Luckily he didn’t do any damage (at least nothing the car rental agency noticed) and soon got bored with us. Later Greg and his son William told us that the rooster was one of two that had jumped off a truck and taken up residence without Greg’s permission. The other bird had been taken by a fox. I told Greg any bird that ornery should really have a name (violating the old “never name something that ought to be on your plate rule”). We agreed on “Howard”. Well, damn if Howard didn’t get eaten by a fox that very night! Greg wryly summed up the event as “Howard’s End”. He then confessed that he wasn’t too broken hearted about the loss because he could finally walk around his garden again without having to carry a stick to keep Howard off of him!

Tuesday June 22nd a day off! We had a lovely visit with our friends Ray and Sue Sigsworth who took us to one of our favourite haunts, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This is a modern sculpture park and is always a treat!

We got to see the work of featured artist David Nash. His series on 911 was quite moving. No indoor pix allowed!

On the way back to Sigs' we tried to rescue a little family who were trapped on the road between two stone walls. The mama was quite confident in her own survival skills though and thanked us to leave her and her babies the hell alone.

Wednesday June 23rd we drove to Otley, Yorks to play for the Otley Folk Club. We were greeted by old friends and new including the Singleton family and Helen & Chris Davey. We had a fantastic visit with organiser Steve Fairholme who welcomed us into his home for the night. He has invited us to return to the Otley Folk Festival in September of 2011.

Thursday June 24th we went to Liverpool in the afternoon to play some songs and chat with BBC radio host Spencer Leigh. Spencer has interviewed absolutely every musician you can think of from the famous to the obscure. His knowledge of music is staggering. It was a privilege to be invited to his show. You can listen to the interview here.

That evening we played the Parkgate Folk Club out on the Wirral. Parkgate is stunningly beautiful, it`s a stranded sea side village that overlooks a salt marsh and Wales across the way. We were treated to a wonderful opening set by support musicians Buddy and Mike with their clever banter and wonderful songs. It was so lovely to see so many friends out to see us that night including club organiser Eddie who has been a great supporter.

Friday, June 25th we headed to Northwich to do a show at the Harlequin Theatre. The place was jammed and quite warm as all the other venues had been...the sun hadn’t stopped! The audience was very responsive and made us feel very welcomed. We saw lots of new faces mixed in with our old friends. Iain did a fantastic job on sound and treated us to a few songs in support. We had a good visit with Iain after the show before we made our way down to Chester to stay the night with our friends Margaret and Dilshan.

Margaret took us over to Wales to walk across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, then drive through the lower mountains.

We got some icecream in the Welsh town of Llangollen and walked around a bit. There`s a fun little card shop there called "YSIOPFACHGARDIAUWRTHYBONTDROSYRAFONDDYFRDWYYNLLANGOLLEN"

That's a mouthful! Itwhich means The Little Card Shop by the Bridge Over the River Dee in Llangollen. Isn`t welsh awesome?

From that bridge we watch some kayaking as well as kids jumping off the bridge (until the coppers came along to explain ever-so-politely that it is really quite a stupid thing to do. I of course being a mature adult egged them on!)

I wonder what the name would be for The Little Card Shop by the Bridge That Kids Jump Off Over the River Dee Where Other People Like to Kayak And Still Others Watch Them While Eating Ice Cream in Llangollen.

Sunday June 27th we played at the Belper Music Festival, just north of Derby. We arrived early to a warm reception from the volunteers who asked us to switch slots with the Carrivick Sisters who were late arriving from the Glastonbury Festival. The sisters were wonderful americana/ bluegrass artists from Devon. You’d never know from their singing that they were British! We also heard guitarist singer Derrin Nauendorf who went on after us. He braved on through his set even though it was competing with the last England match in the World Cup! Ahh...soccer! My absolute favourite act of the day though was this dance troupe that did synchronized swimming routines with shopping carts! I don’t know how better to describe their act than to post a video so you can see for yourself.

England Tour 2010 - Week 1

2010-06-22T00:37:00.000-04:00

Well, first let’s just talk about the weather. Extraordinary! It rained on the very first and last days of our tour, and the rest of the month was entirely sunny! The sun followed us everywhere we went, and although our first impulse is to say “Thanks very much England!” we have instead decided to say “You’re welcome!” A thoroughly Canadian start to the summer!

Monday June 15
We arrived in gray and chilly Manchester and got through immigration with no problem. The new work permit process is terrific. We just show them our permit numbers and it's all ready and waiting. Thanks to Jacey Bedford for organizing that for us.

Our friend Julie picked us up from the airport and we immediately collapsed at her home for a much needed nap. We did a little shopping later in the afternoon to get some office supplies and had a good walk around to stretch our legs. We had a lovely visit with Ken and Julie and their daughters and boyfriends over dinner that night, then popped some nytol and went to sleep.

Tuesday June 15th we kicked off our tour with Liz Calderbank of 102.8 Chorley FM Radio, just north of Manchester. Our first day of driving! The weather has brightened right up, though, so at least we don't have rain in the mix. A perfect driving record so far, haha. We`ve since heard from many folks including those back home who listened to the show online. Liz was really charming and made the whole interview relaxed and enjoyable for us completely brain dead, jet-lagged driving, nerve-racked Canucks.

Thursday June 17th was the lovely Rondo Theatre in Bath. After sorting out some small sound gear issues we were treated to our tea by our friend Barb Beckett who also was our generous hostess for the night. We have been staying with Barb and her family for five years now, and she always spoils us! As far as the show goes, we were given a wonderful welcome by our first audience...what a great way to start our tour. We were so delighted.

Friday June 18th was our show hosted by the Cambridge Folk Club. On our way over to the gig our SAT NAV decided to quit, but we were guided by phone over to the venue by the club volunteers who were patiently waiting for us. Luckily our set up was very quick and we were still able to race over to the swanky new BBC building for our radio interview with the gorgeous Sue Marchant. Sue was as warm and lovely as ever. Back over to the folk club, to enjoy a quick dinner with our friends Mandy & Steve, and Valerie. We weren’t sure what to expect as far as an audience size goes since England was in a World Cup football match that night. Not to worry! Apparently there are lots of Cambridge folks who don’t give a fig about football! However, we did hear the occasional groan or cheer en masse from the pub below. Our support act for the evening was Andrew Noyes and friends who treated us to a set of fiddle, guitar and soprano vocal. A splendid evening.

Saturday June 19th we drove to Lickey, Worcs to do a show for Shining Friends Roots Music. Our hosts Paul and Jane organized a fantastic evening called “Backstage Pass” that included a fantastic curry dinner and wine along with the concert. The crowd was really fun and enthusiastic. Paul opened each set with his ever tender and intelligent songs. Always a treat! My sister in law Kelly and niece Tess were over on holiday, and were able to come to that show. I’m so glad they got to meet some of our UK friends!

Sunday June 20th was a day off. We toured around Coventry and Warwick with Kelly and Tess before they took off for Ireland.

January Shows

2010-02-13T22:51:00.000-05:00

Our first shows in January were fantastic experiences, and a great way to kick off the year! First up was beautiful Haliburton, ON. The show was held at the museum which had a fun atmosphere as we were surrounded by lots of great antiques and memorabilia. We had a full house and were treated to a splendid warm-up trio “The Moontones”. Director Sean Pennylegion and his wife Gwen spoiled us rotten with a fantastic vegetarian dinner. After the show we headed out to Glen Haven B&B to visit with hosts Guy and Laurel who gave us 5 pillow beds and a wonderful breakfast!! Warm and wonderful people in our Haliburton! Thanks again to Chris Cadwell from the Moontones and Canoe FM radio for talking up the show on air.

Our next show was another full house in London Ontario at Chauser’s Pub. It was great to see old friends out for the evening, including some Tanglefoot fans. The Cuckoo’s Nest organizer Ian Davies runs a fantastic series. Here we are with the fellas that night.

Next up was Swing Night at the Brampton Folk Club. The evening was a split bill with Le Hot Club de Brampton. Miguel, Ted and Peter charmed us all with their vintage Django sound. We had two little artists there that evening capturing the concert in crayon!

We were lucky to have Derrick Hind there that evening as well taking photos. Thanks again to Glen McFarlane and all the volunteers who worked so hard to put everything together.

Missed those shows? Join our mailing list for details on upcoming shows near you!

Next up: The Moonshine Cafe in Oakville Ontario

Endicott NY, and Wilkes Barre PA

See you out there!

Honorary Canadians!!

2010-01-08T15:11:00.000-05:00

Well, my snow pictures got quite a response, especially from our friends over in Yorkshire! They’ve been coping with three whole weeks of continual snow!

Our Friend Barb Beckett reports that they even got snow as far south as Bath! Incidently we are playing in Bath at The Rondo Theatre in June. We get to stay with Barb and her family when we’re there. She always spoils us rotten!

Check out these photos from Chris & Helen Davey from Hebden in North Yorkshire. Chris & Helen were some of our nutty Tanglefoot fans who came all the way over to Canada for our final show in December. We are looking forward to seeing them in July when we play the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.

Until next time, stay snug!

xo Sandra

Gaddang Snow!

2010-01-05T14:26:00.000-05:00

Holy snow Batman!
It's the 3rd day of being snowed-in here in the absolutely gorgeous Grey/Bruce. When I opened my front door yesterday I faced snow up to my thighs! I laughed out loud and slammed the door shut. I'm not minding it a bit though, since I can use the day to get caught up on some office stuff. A little avoidance behaviour as far as doing any shovelling really warms the heart, doesn't it? I wonder if I could get someone to drop some groceries off at the end of the laneway?

To give our Virgina and UK friends a better idea of what the unsuspecting little possum from Virginia was facing in our Fox and Possum song, I thought I would post a couple of snow pictures from today before I go put on an extra pair of socks and make a cup of hot chocolate!!

Until next time stay snug!
Sandra

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T18:56:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year Everyone!

The Tara Leader, a small town newspaper just south of me used to sign off every issue with "And a good time was had by all!". Sure sums up last night's festivities. We had a super time ringing in the New Year with our house concert at the Hind's home in Newmarket, Ontario. It was great to see old friends and wonderful way to meet new ones!

I was telling everyone how I used to celebrate New Year's with my young nephews. We would go tobogganing in the afternoon, and the adults would be so run ragged by the evening that my nephews have grown up thinking New Year's comes at 8:00pm! We'd make a toast with our hot chocolate, hug each other, smile sweetly...then bash the living daylights out of a pinata! Festivities were always quickly followed by falling down to sleep.

Last night we toasted New Year's during the show, well past 8:00! It was complete with party hats and noiseless noisemakers. Yes, we had faulty noisemakers, which were later used for completely silent group soloing in the middle of our song "The Box".

Curious about hosting a My Sweet Patootie house concert? Check out this link for some ideas House Concerts. You can always contact us at info@mysweetpatootie. We'd love to come to your house and perform for you and your friends!

Whatever you got up to last night we hope "A good time was had by all!". All the best to you and yours!

Cheers, and noiseless party favours!

Sandra and Terry

Working like a dog.

2009-11-24T20:52:00.000-05:00

Holy Smokes, we've been working our patooties off to put together our first year of full-time touring! We're burning up the phonelines so keep checking our "gigs" page for updates.

We have a tour of England scheduled for mid June to mid July. We are have 5 shows in the US Midwest to get us out to our Home Routes Manitoba tour in March. Lots of shows in Ontario, New York and Pennsylvania planned, and we are cooking up some shows down in Virginia!

Ready or not here we come!
See you out there,

Sandra & Terry

Some Summer Shots

2009-11-20T08:18:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone! Derrick Hind tooks some great Patootie shots this summer and we couldn't wait to share them with you. Check out his website: www.thruthelenz.com

Bradley Museum Fall Fair and Folk Festival, presented by the Brampton Folk Club.

Whoo Hoo...winding up for the big finish!

Basement Cafe in Harriston Ontario.

Barrie Folk Festival

Be sure to check out those fantastic events. Support Live Music!!

Cheers,

Sandra & Terry

2009-10-27T15:09:00.000-04:00

Howdy,

The Patooties have been looking back at the super concert footage taken by Derrick Hind's Thru the Lenz Photography.

Here's a sample "You're Not the One" at the Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound February 2009.

We had a Patootie of a time!

2009-09-15T08:46:00.000-04:00

Howdy Patootie Fans,

It's hard to believe summer will soon be over. We've had some great playing days including a summer concert series in the Adirondacks of NY and we just wrapped up a two-show weekend close to home here in Ontario. Friday night we patootled up to play in Wiarton, the home of Wiarton Willie, and Saturday we played a sold out show at The Basement Cafe in the thriving metropolis of Harriston. Folks have been enjoying the new gags we put into the show and our new tune, "Old Backseat Love Song".

If yer in spittin' distance, come catch us at the Bradley Fall Fair on Saturday Sept 19 in Mississauga, ON. There's a great line up of performers. Hope to see yah there!

We've been busy booking gigs for 2010 and will be posting them soon. Thanks again for supporting MSP.

Summer News

2009-06-17T15:22:00.000-04:00

Howdy Hi Folks,

The sun is shinning, flowers are blooming and summer has finally arrived. My Sweet Patootie is busy across the pond with our final Tanglefoot UK tour. We will be away for 5 weeks, but things don't slow down for My Sweet Patootie when we return. It's summer festival time with Tanglefoot!

Our next Patootie show is on Aug 18th when we take our Sweet Patootie's out to Blue Mountain Lake for a Songwriting Workshop and an evening performance in beautiful upper New York State. When summer winds down we will be doing 3 Patootie shows in September right in Ontario. Please check our gig schedule for all the info....Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to seeing you good folks soon!

Cheers,
Sandra and Terry

Summer Fun with My Sweet Patootie

2009-06-17T08:40:00.000-04:00

Howdy Hi Folks,
The sun is shining, flowers are blooming and summer has finally arrived. My Sweet Patootie is busy across the pond with our final Tanglefoot UK tour. We will be away for 5 weeks, but things don't slow down for My Sweet Patootie when we return. It's summer festival time with Tanglefoot http://www.tanglefootmusic.com/ and our next Patootie show is on Aug 18th when we take our Sweet Patootie's out to Blue Mountain Lake for a Songwriting Workshop and an evening performance in beautiful upper New York State. When summer winds down we will be doing 3 Patootie shows in September right in Ontario. Please check our gig schedule for all the info....Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to seeing you good folks soon!

Sandra & Terry

Spring Fling in Chesley

2009-05-02T21:03:00.000-04:00

Howdy Hi Folks!

We had a Patootie of a time at the Spring Fling in Chesley last night. It was great fun to bang off some of our new Patootie tunes and to have our good friend Jack McFadden join us on the big bull fiddle.

We want to thank Linda for organizing the event and all you good folks who came out! We especially want to thank Lisa for looking after CD sales and all her help with maintaining our websites.

Here are some concert snaps taken by Derrick Hind.

Spring Show

2009-04-07T15:23:00.000-04:00

Howdy Patoot-in-commons!

It may look & feel like winter outside, but for My Sweet Patootie spring is in the air! Sandra & Terry would like to invite all you good folks out to a Patootie Spring Fling at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Chesley Ont, May 1 at 8pm. Our friend Jack McFadden will be joinin' us on upright bass.

Check out our gig schedule for all the Patootie info.

So kick off yer winter boots, strap on yer sandals and join us for a Patootie of a time!

We hope to see ya all out there.....

Sandra and Terry

New Concert Footage!

2009-03-16T15:34:00.000-04:00

Check out our new footage from the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound! Thanks to Uper Fan Derrick Hind of Thru The Lenz Studios for shooting this great footage

Roxy Theatre Show and Benefit a Huge Success!

2009-02-23T15:40:00.000-05:00

Howdy Folks,
What a fantastic time was had by all on Feb 21, 2009 at the My Sweet Patootie Concert for Dave Maw & Leukemia Awareness.....

Terry & Sandra are the " l'il big band" but that night our " l'il big band" expanded! On drums was Dave Farrar, Justine Maw Farrar (back up vocals), Jack McFadden ( upright bass) and Don Buchanan on (sax & clarinet). The night was all about having a lot of fun with deadly playin'.

Terry & Sandra would like to say a patootieful Thank you to everyone who came out to support such a worthy cause. Your generous donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society were greatly appreciated.

Below are some concert photos taken by Derrick Hind. Keep an eye out on youtube for some brand spankin' new videos of My Sweet Patootie in Concert.

Meet our "l'il big band"

House Concert in Newmarket

2009-02-09T15:42:00.000-05:00

Howdy Hi Folks,

Sandra & Terry had a great time rippin' up the pea patch at a House Concert in Newmarket on Friday Feb 6, 2009 at the home of Derrick & Lisa Hind. We want to thank everyone who came out to support us. We had a lot of fun and a patootie of a time was had by all.

Cheers!

Sandra and Terry

Concert photo taken by Derrick Hind.

A Concert for Dave Maw & Leukemia Awareness

2009-01-25T15:54:00.000-05:00

My Sweet Patootie: A Concert for Dave Maw & Leukemia Awareness
Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound, Ontario
Saturday, February 21, 2009 @ 8:00 PM $22/$20/$15

Part of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Terry Young and Sandra Swannell are My Sweet Patootie. With humour-driven lyrics, finger style guitar, swing fiddle and hot vocal harmonies, this group is tighter than last year's swimsuit! They are the “li’l big band” that’s busy ripping up the pea-patch whenever they aren’t touring with award winning roots group Tanglefoot. It’s an old-fashioned shotgun wedding of cool uptown swing and rural Ontario grit!

"A world of string wizardry"- Mark S. Tucker, The Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

Joining the li’l big band are Dave Farrar (drums) Justine Maw Farrar (backup vocals) Jack McFadden (upright) bass, Don Buchanan (sax & clarinet)

More Fun Than Drinking Martinis at a Tractor Pull!

Visit: http://www.mysweetpatootie.com/
Book tickets online: Roxy Patootie Tickets, Box Office Phone: (519) 371-2833

A word from Sandra on this event

My partner Dave Maw and I were really overwhelmed by the wonderful outpouring of support from this community both at Dave’s leukemia benefit and then again at his memorial. The number of musicians and artists that came together for us was extraordinary. I really believe that musicians and artists can change the world, even if it’s one small part of the world at a time.
This Feb 21st My Sweet Patootie and the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound are presenting a concert to continue to raise public awareness of Stem Cell research, and Canada’s bone marrow registry “OneMatch”. We intend to donate part of the ticket sales from the Feb 21st Roxy concert to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

It might sound like a very serious evening, but we intend more than anything to have a really good time! Dave used to say “Everyone has a sad story, so everyone’s sad story is cancelled out.” He loved to laugh and loved good music. My Sweet Patootie is all about fun music with deadly playing.

We have been planning this show since the early fall and Dave was quite insistent that we go ahead with it, no matter the circumstances. It hasn’t been an easy process for me. There have been tougher moments than a person could imagine, but overall it’s turning out to be a really positive project to put my emotional energy into right now, so soon after Dave’s passing. What better way to honour him then with a really fun night, some hot playing and letting people know what they can do to help a much bigger cause?

A lot of the inspiration and humour in my song writing comes from my life with Dave. My best lines often came from him or the fun experiences we shared. I am so thrilled to have Dave’s sister Justine and her husband Dave Farrar as part of the show. It’s sort of a musical reunion for us since we haven’t had a chance to play together since the old Shards days. Yes, they’re family, but when it comes to superb musicianship those two are the obvious choices. We are also thrilled to have two old friends Don Buchanan (sax) and Jack Mc Fadden (upright bass) joining us as well.

We are going to be doing songs from our album Nowheresville, plus some brand new never heard before tunes!

You might be looking for really fun and creative Valentine gift. Tickets for My Sweet Patootie at the Roxy box office are on sale now! Tickets and albums are also available when you’re getting your morning coffee at the Bean Cellar in Owen Sound.

You can buy the album online through iTunes or locally at the Downtown Bookstore in Owen Sound.

Fiddles & Frets Parlour Sessions

2008-12-03T16:08:00.000-05:00

Sandra and Terry want to thank everyone who came out to Fiddles & Frets Music Productions' "The Parlour Sessions" concert and symposium in Toronto on Nov 23rd. Thanks to Lillian for inviting us and hosting the event. We had a patootiful afternoon.

We also want to thank Steve Clarke for having us on Erin Radio's Acoustic Planet on Nov 20th to play a couple tunes and spread the word about Canada's bone marrow registry OneMatch.

Watch MSP go "Crazy" . Tiny Tim's got nothin' on us...
YouTube film by Derrick Hind. Thru The Lenz Photography; Your Just A click Away!

Patootie Patois

2008-11-11T07:52:00.000-05:00

HideyHo Folks!

We started having some word fun to ease the travelling ho-hums one day and thought you might like to join in!

Patois
Noun (fr): a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
Noun: the characteistic special language of an occupational or social group.

And now Ladies and Gentlemen we present to you:

Patootie Patois

example:

Patooties

Proper noun (pl): a high-voltage poppa, and a hotsy totsy mama
Proper noun: the li'l big band
Noun: a musical event more fun than drinking martinis at a tractor-pull!

Example: "Have you heard the Patooties yet?"

Patootles!

Noun: Farewell salutation or gesticulation upon departure. (Most effective if accompanied by a flamboyant back-handed swiping gesture.)

Example: "Patootles Darlings!"
Variant: "Patootle-loo!"

Patoot

Verb: to pass wind, but not in an unpleasant way.

Example: "Excuse me. I just patooted!"

Patoops!

Exclamation: used in mock embarrassment. Feigning dismay.

Example: "Patoops! I just Patooted!"

You get the idea. Join in with your own Patootie Patois. It sure beats working!

Sandra and Terry

Please join the World Wide Bone Marrow Registry

2008-09-25T17:56:00.000-04:00

You may be able to help someone in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant!

In Canada - Please join

OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network
(Formerly the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry through Canadian Blood Services)

OneMatch is linked internationally so you can help no matter where you are!

USA - http://www.abmdr.org/

UK - www.blood.co.uk/pages/marrow_info.html[less]

If we had a horn to patoot...we'd be patooting it!

2008-09-07T18:03:00.000-04:00

Check out the Nowheresville CD review from Mark S. Tucker of the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange (FAME)!

Pennsylvania, New York & New Jersey Tour

2008-08-12T19:22:00.000-04:00

Howdy Hi Folks,

We just wanted to let you know about the successsful My Sweet Patootie and Tanglefoot tour we just finished in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

The first gig was on Saturday July 26th at the beautiful Lincoln Hall Theatre in Foxburg, PA. This beautiful little town lies along the hollow of the Allegheny River. The tourist section of the town has been restored thanks to the efforts of Dr. Andor Paposi-Jobb and includes the Lincoln Hall Theatre, the Foxburg Inn, a riverside restaurant and Art Gallery. Our show was well attended thanks to the efforts of Adam Weiss and Jae Paposi-Jobb.

Next day we loaded up the jalopy and headed East to do a Heartland at Home concert in Rochester, NY. Our gracious hosts Ralph Hunt & Judy Gradford don’t normally do summer house concerts, but treated us real swell for taking us on. Right when we were getting ready to dig in to our pot luck dinner, our friends Jim and MaryAnn from Minnesota showed up –what a surprise! J & M have been big Tanglefoot supporters from way back and have taken an interest in the Patoots too. We found out we have a real connection with Rochester in that it is the home of the Toy Hall of Fame, which inspired our song The Box.

The next day we took some time to check out the House of Guitars. This store is awesome and I highly recommend you check out the link. They have an amazing collection of vintage instruments and a warehouse of vinyl recordings.

That night we hooked up with Tanglefoot in Utica, NY to do 4 shows through the week of July 28th. Jim and MaryAnn told us not to mention they were coming to surprise the other guys which we did and which they did. Utica Monday Nights is a free summer concert series, which takes place outside of city hall. As luck would have it, our opening act was a 200 person drum and bugle corps which travels around in 4 buses and 2 transport trucks –amazing.

Tuesday was Schroon Lake, NY. This is a wonderful concert series set in the pretty lake-side village at the Boathouse Theatre. There’s a pub there, Flanagan's that has some unusual animals hanging from the walls.

Sandra and I got some Mango ice cream and chilled before the show. I have to say though, dandelion ice cream is still my favourite! Blue Mountain Lake, NY is another super summer concert gig. Apparently there were more people at the Wednesday Tanglefoot show then there are full time residents!

View of the lake from the Arts Centre

We hooked up with our friends Martin and Sheila, who run another concert series in Connecticut. They have a wonderfully rustic cottage in the area and invited us for breaky and a swim. Their grandson Henry has his own egg business, “Hen's Hens” so we were treated to his tastey organic eggs.
Maureen and Jeff of New Jersey put the band up for two nights for the Tanglefoot show at the Minstrel Coffee House on Friday. They have hosted us many times in the past and it was good to see them again. Maureen and Jeff are both artistic people and their house is full of self created paintings and sculptures.

One of Jeff's childhood memorabilia

Next, Sandra and I stayed with our friends Jean and Charles Grube in Pennsylvania. Jean organized a Patootie gig for us on Sunday Aug 3 at 7pm in Dallas, PA at The Show Room. The concert was presented in association with Back Mountain Arts and worked out to be a fun intimate night. Thanks Jean, Charles, Colin, Hannah, Hilary and Clara for all the support, walks and Wordle.

Gucci Gumboots! Just one of Jean's great doorprizes.

Our Final show of this tour was with Tanglefoot at Musikfest in Bethelem, PA on Wednesday August 6th. We highly recommend this festival. There was great music all day at the Liederplatz stage; including Susan Werner and all presented by Godfrey Daniels and Martin Guitars.

Street performer at Musikfest

Liederplatz stage at Musikfest

Whew!
What did you get up to this week?

Tah for now
Terry & Sandra

Marine Rail Museum Concert, Owen Sound

2008-06-23T20:52:00.000-04:00

Here is a photo by Derrick Hind from our show at the Harbour Nights Concert Series in beautiful sunny Owen Sound, Ontario June 22nd.

If you missed this show keep checking our gig listings for details on upcoming events.

Tanglefoot UK Tour 2008

2008-06-13T19:32:00.000-04:00

Howdy Folks,
Well, we made it home safely from a 6 week tour of the United Kingdom with Tanglefoot. It was fantastic! We had a great time with Robert Graham, the keyboard player we hired for the tour. Robert can bang out a bloody good tune and it was fun to hang with him.

Here is a random selection of photos from the tour (all photos by Sandra Swannell).

3 of 5 Feet at "the Henge"

The little stone at the Henge that everyone ignores.

Terry in Roman helmet in York

Completely disinterested busker in Bath

A little brat a the top of one of the towers in York

Birdsedge quarry

Folk on the Pier Festival in Cromer. The gorgeous theatre is at the end of the pier next to the marine rescue.

A view from the pier

Little pink icecream truck in York.

The irrepressable Robert Graham in the York Cathedral. Check out Robert's website and debut album "Storm in a Teacup".

Where's Waldo?

Terry at Stonehenge

The Bath pig...next to the Cathedral

The lads in York.

That's it for now.

What did you get up to this past month?

Cheers,

Sandra

A Big Thanks

2008-06-09T20:44:00.000-04:00

The Patooties want to thank Derrick and Lisa Hind, Rob Ritchie, Mabel Williamson, Kelly Maw, Stephanie Rostirolla and everyone else who have been helping with sales of our new CD. The best thing about this business is the wonderful people you meet.

xoxoxo
Sandra and Terry

Nowheresville in the Easy Bake Oven!

2008-04-10T20:57:00.000-04:00

Howdy Patootie Fans. Just wanted you to know that Nowheresville is being manfactured in Toronto right this very minute! Ted Carson from Musiclane did a superduper job mastering our 14 titillating Patootie tunes and Michael Wrycraft conjured up a gorgeous Digipack design to boot. Your Nowheresville CD comes with a booklet which includes the words to all the songs, Mabel Williamson's farmtastic patootie shots, and Michael's "rusty old stuff" photos.

We can't wait to ship off a signed copy to everyone who has supported our project. Your copy of Nowheresville will coming your way before the end of the month.

Thanks again for all your support.
Cheers,
Sandra and Terry