Andre and the J-Tones

HEY, We're Back!

We had a great time overall and met a lot of great people at our performances. Beautiful weather all week in the great North and not too many bugs.

We played in Thessalon, Bruce Mines and the last couple of nights in Sault Ste Marie. We've been traveling for about a week to Northern Ontario for the last 4 years and it only gets better.

It was a 10 and a half hour drive back to Hamilton and could have been much longer had we not taken the very nice back roads.

Thanks again to everyone that came out to see us play and also thank you to those of you who bought a CD.

VIDEO'S - BASKETBALL - Greatest Shot Ever
Andre's newest song - Real Bad Feeling
PHOTO'S - SLIDE SHOW

Hello Everyone!

New video should be up by the end of the day @ www.youtube.com/andreandthejtones

Andre's new song "Real Bad Feelin'

We played Wednesday night @ The Sinton Tavern in Thessalon, ON where everyone was ready to dance and have a good time.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Canada Day - We played from 12:30 p.m. til 4 p.m. had a little afternoon lunch and played again from 7-9 p.m. before the fireworks. We were lucky to have great weather this year.

In between all of this time, we've been enjoying a lot of basketball, hiking, jogging, board games, reading, jamming and just sitting around and talking. All that stuff seems pretty simple, but when you add all this beautiful scenery its just that much better.

We are all here in Bruce Mines, Ontario getting ready for our shows this week.

So far we had some intense games of basketball (21), Scrabble, and an extremely testing game of Monopoly.  Enjoying the clean air and some great food!

You can also get a different version of this story from our bass player Kevin at http://www.andreandthejtones.blogspot.com/

Just wanted to share some photo's before we head to Thessalon Ontario tonight to perform at the Sinton Tavern and tomorrow for the Bruce Mines Canada Day event ALL DAY.

 
Just before we left Hamilton, we had a little incident with the lack of viewing space in the back window. The eyes in the back seats forgot to look and help our driver see what was behind him.

A few stops at Tim Hortons were made to keep us alert awake for this long 8 and a half hour drive. We found it actually went pretty quick and were fortunate to have a great weather so far. We saw lots of abandoned barns, houses and the Superstacks! 

Checking out some tasty sandwiches at Richards in Parry Sound! Fresh Bread and great Chilli!

This intense game of Monopoly went on a little longer than expected, but by the end everyone was friends again. Phew.

 Kevin Matthews  and Andre playing some basketball. You can see on youtube one of Andre's amazing shots HERE

More pictures to come as we get started with our shows tonight. Come out to The Sinton Tavern tonight at 9 p.m. for a great night of Rhythm & Blues in the North!

More Updates to come!

Andre & The J-Tones played 2 sets at the Niagara Falls Sunrise Rotary Ribfest today

from 3-5 p.m.  Thanks to everyone that came out and thank you to the Niagara Falls Rotary Club for having our band for this event, we had a blast!

To enjoy the last day of the ribfest you can find info and directions here http://www.niagarafallsribfest.com/  There are lots more great bands and entertainment and plenty more ribs, so get out and support Niagara Falls Rotary!

You can see the rest of the photo's HERE

Had a great time at the Bread & Honey Festival!

The bread & honey was fresh and delicious, thank you to the committee and all the people that listened in!

www.breadandhoney.com

THANKS!

Lobsterfest was quite a success for 2010 with a much larger turnout, the very fresh and very delicious Lobster and a lot of fantastic dancing!

Proceeds Go To Credit Valley Hospital & Trillium Health Centre. THANKS

www.lobsterfest.webs.com

www.andreandthejtones.com

www.andrebisson.ca

Hey!

Andre was on the radio yesterday (Monday) with a great radio show with Andre talking about Motown that was on tonight. Great stuff! You can download it here http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca/ if you click programming and under Monday at 6 p.m. click Dusted off and download episode April 26, 2010.

We could use everyone's support at The Augusta House this Saturday, we would love to play here often in Hamilton, and we can do that if everyone can make it out.

Andre & The J-tones: Rhythm & Blues Experience

MOTOWN NIGHT

The Augusta House

17 Augusta Street Hamilton

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Music starts at 10 p.m. 'til last call

http://www.theaugustahouse.com

http://www.andreandthejtones.com

Come out and dance, drink and enjoy a Saturday night at Hamilton's Newest and classiest Restaurant/Pub! Dress code in effect...

Thanks again everyone, stay in touch!

GREAT time at the Hamilton Food & Drink Festival today, we got meet a lot of great people and some great musicians as well!

The Hamilton Food & Drink Festival is the place to be this weekend if you can get there. The Food is delicious and the Drink is satisfying!

Thanks to the Food and Drink Coordinators for such a great day!!!

Here is Andre on CFMU McMaster Radio's Dusted Off with Steven Francis talking about Stax Records and promoting our upcoming shows this weekend.

Listen in every Monday from 6-7 p.m. and listen to Steven Francis talk about the Blues, Motown and Rhythm & Blues! http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca

Dusted OFF myspace www.myspace.com/dustedoff

Thanks Steven for having Andre on the show!

Other interest Stax websites

Stax Museum - Soulsville USA

Concord Music Group

Stax Records Myspace

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Stax Records Facebook

Stax Records Youtube

THANKS!

THANK YOU for Voting Andre's CD - Best CD of 2009 for the Hamilton Blues Lovers - We can't thank you enough for your votes and support!!!

Hamilton Blues has a  great source of Hamilton's greatest Blues Bands and more, they update you with the greatest concerts happening in the Hamilton area. Check out their site. http://blueshamilton.blogspot.com/

Also in the J-Tone News - We went to see Colin James in concert tonight and it was great, just wanted to share a couple photo's with you! Great job Colin!