Andre and the J-Tones

Andre Bisson was given the opportunity to be part of the 1st Episode of James Anthony's new show on Cogeco 23 Burlington/Niagara area. The show is called "James Anthony Presents LIVE!", a new show that allows Hamilton/Niagara musicians come and show their stuff on television. This episode was filmed at The Dutch Mill Market in the Waterdown area. We were honoured to be on the roster with great artists as Harrison Kennedy, Steve Burnside, and the talented musicians of the James Anthony and the "Eh" Team. 4 of Andre's songs were filmed and they will be spread over a few episodes this year.

Here is the first tune "One More Gig" Written by Andre Bisson

Harrison Kennedy (Left) Steve Burnside (Right)

James Anthony and the EH Team!

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Summer is going great so far and there are lots of video`s to show it!

Here is Andre Bisson`s Newest song for 2011 `Till the Real Thing Comes Along` at the Porquis Bluesfest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHx1DN-igP0&feature=related

Andre Bisson on stage with Andre & the J-Tones at the Porquis Bluesfest 2011 www.porquis.ca

Playing with Roberto Morbioli from Italy, and Jerome Godboo, Larry White and the J-Tones

Here are some `Big Things` we saw during our travels

Loretta hanging with Johnny Mays from FATHEAD and Jerome Godboo

Andre's new CD is here and available at CDBABY It has lots of great arrangements of covers tunes by Stevie Wonder, The Tempations, and The Beatles.

It will also be available soon on iTunes, Amazon, emusic, target, HMV online, and more!

You can also come get it when we are playing live as well. Upcoming shows in the next month are below:

Saturday, May 28, 2011 - The Augusta House - Hamilton - Motown Night - 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 4 - Milton Street Festival - Milton, ON 9:35 - 11 p.m.
Sunday, June 5 - Streetsville Bread & Honey Festival Streetsville, ON 4-5p.m.
Friday, June 17 - Sound of Music Street Festival - Burlington, ON - 7p.m.- 10:15 p.m
Saturday, June 18 - Niagara Ribfest - Niagara Falls, ON 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Andre & the J-Tones performed 2 days at the Hamilton Food and Drink Fest at Copps Colliseum this weekend. Photo's are from: Saturday, April 9th, 2011 and Sunday, April 10, 2011 www.foodanddrinkfest.com | www.andreandthejtones.com

Click here to View our Slideshow from the event!

  

Andre & The J-Tones Christmas CD Release!!!!

It's here! Andre & The J-Tones 1st official CD release is a Christmas CD!

With some great classic Christmas songs arranged by Andre Bisson in the style of Rhythm & Blues, Swing, Blues, and Funk!!!!

It can be picked up at our concerts and if you are unable to make it to Hamilton, ON then you can purchase it online at CD BABY

Our CD releases are listed below:

Friday, December 3, 2010 - Lionheart British Pub - Mississauga 9 p.m. till 1 a.m.

Saturday, December 4, 2010 - Augusta House - Hamilton, ON - 10 p.m. till 1:30 a.m.

Sunday, December 12, 2010 - The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club - Hamilton 7 p.m. till 9 :30pm

The musicians on the CD were:

Andre Bisson - Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica

Dan Rodrigues - Lead Guitar

Kevin Freer - Bass

Anthony Giles - Drums

Loretta Hale - Trumpet

Jackie Chalmers - Alto/Tenor Saxophone 

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Photo's HERE

We're back from our trip in Quebec, Ottawa and Perth. We were very fortunate to stay on the Ottawa River in a cottage in Quyon, Qc where the beer is sold in convinence stores and poutine on every corner.

We performed in Ottawa at a great Pub called D'Arcy McGee's at 44 Sparks Street near the Parliament buildings. We had a great crowd and saw lots of friends and family from the area which was awesome! We played till 1 a.m. and ended with an encore of Proud Mary.

When we got back to the cottage we were lucky to catch the best moments of the meteor shower that was taking place above us. It was a great site and first time most of us had seen one.

Friday and Saturday we had off to relax and spend some time in Ottawa to see the Museum of Civilization and have lunch in the Byward Market area. Other than that we spent time playing volleyball and horseshoe at the cottage.

Sunday early morning it was raining something torrential which left us wondering if we would be performing at all that day. When we arrived in Perth the rain stopped just in time for us to perform at the Perth Garlic Festival. During our breaks we went to sample all the different garlic dips, jams, fudge, honey, and flavoured and pickled garlic, making it an extremely delicious festival! We finished around 3 p.m. when it began to rain again. (phew!)

Sunday evening we enjoyed an amazing last dinner as we had all week and relaxed one last night on the Ottawa River.

Overall we had a great time and are looking forward to next years Eastern Ontario Tour.

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

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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!