The Spades will be playing Jully 11th in Kingston Ontario at The Merchant MacLiam.

Also don’t forget our show next week in Peterborough at the famed Montreal House (The MoHo!)  Get your tickets now.

The Spades will be a part of a great festival known as The Fred Eaglesmith Charity Picnic in Aylmer Ontario Saturday August 15th. Money raised goes to great causes.

More info here:
http://www.fredeaglesmith.com/Aylmer2009-1.html

Also check out an older clip of The Spades that Fred has added to his youtube link page .. scroll down .. further .. there.
www.fredeaglesmith.com/fredyoutubes.html

Here are some videos we made in the van to kill time on the last tour. Getting into learning how to make a little stop animation, this is real cheap easy to do stuff, but good times. Also included a video of playing on stage with Grady (Gordie Johnson).

Trippin!

Dump Foot

Tommys boot had enough and tried to make an eeescape.

Joe Louis with Gordie Johnson (Grady) in Barrie Ontario

We will be doing a show May 23rd with our friends Dan Griffin and The Regrets (Dan is in the Arkells, the band also includes The Good Rev on pedal steel who has played shows with us). We are really looking forward to doing this show and playing a full size set!! Doors at 9, show at 10:30.

There are more pics from the tour I will grab later. Here are some shots from Halifax taken by Greg Wagner (thanks for sending).

Chachi gives 110 …………………………………………………this is how the incident started

This is when the ankle gave out and Chachi said “I thought you were just rocking!” meanwhile without the hat you would see a lot of wincing.

Broke … or near broke anyway … atleast I have never seen a foot do that angle naturally.

Tommy doing his thing

Later on, got the call from Gordie, Big Ben and Nina. Foot, what foot …

Firing it up …………………………………………………..watching licks.

Look out Peterborough, it’s coming tonight!!!Get there early, doors at 9.

Montreal, Moncton, Fredricton, Halifax … It all went as projected, good rock and roll crowds. Thanks for coming out! Jumped on stage with Grady in Halifax for a good old fashioned guitar slingin version of Joe Louis (some pics coming when we can get out of this van).

In fact it has been going so well we have decided we can not miss the chance to keep the vibes going and so unschedueled,  we will be doing an opening set tomorrow at our home base, the montreal house (tues, may5th). Get there early as tickets have been selling.

May 4th we will be at Bar none in Kingston Ontario with Grady. Should be a sure fire good time. Tickets available at BarNone after 6pm, doors 8pm 19+.

The first two nights of the tour have been rockin and rollin and a tumblin like a dice!

Here are a couple pics our friend Brad Ferren snapped at the Toronto show thursday night at The Tattoo rock parlor.

James playing his new handmade Cranium Divine. Check out www.hanktohendrix.on.ca where pal Wayne O’Conner is making some fine instruments.

“Black and White haze all around my brain, lately things just don’t seem the same”

Headstock to the solar plexus

Hanging downsatirs

Good talks with Gord Sinclair and Paul Langois of The Hip

We will see you on the road.

There are two previews of songs that will be on our next album “Subatomic”. Head over there for a listen and a little write up about the tunes. We may leave them there for a little awhile.

www.myspace.com/jamesmckentythespades and Tonight at The Tattoo Rock Parlor we will be playing with Grady. Our set time is 10’sh with doors at 9pm.

We are happy to announce that The Spades will be on tour in May and April with Grady http://www.shadygrady.net/.

Check back for more updates as they come. Here are the dates so far:

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Hey All,

Another show with a great line up announced for this summer. June 27th, Big Music Fest in Wiarton Ontario will play host to The Tragically Hip
with Special Guests:
Sam Roberts Band
Arkells
The Spades

…at the Wiarton airfield. More info at www.bigmusicfest.com

As announced already The Spades will also be a part of Rock the Park in London with The Tragically Hip, Arkells, and Kathleen Edwards as well.

Also don’t forget the free St. Patricks Day show at Mavericks bar in OTTAWA. Two full sets from The Spades!