LIVE FROM NANTON, ALBERTA
Recorded by Steve Loree at the Auditorium Hotel in beautiful downtown Nanton, Alberta, this 10 song masterpiece will be out this later spring on DDG Records – in both CD and vinyl. Shadow Mountain Lifesavers’ Club Greetings music fans. This is the second track on The Great Outdoors’ new album. They recorded a live album during a two [...]
SPRING EP
Listen while you read… Spring Flower… Hello again music fans. DDG Records’ folk-rock ensemble extraordinaire, THE GREAT OUTDOORS, is releasing a series of four themed EP’s – one for each of the seasons – and I couldn’t be happier. I know I come across as a miserable, old drunk sometimes but, truth be told, Jon Raw really does [...]
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE VINYL CAFE’S STUART McLEAN
THE GREAT OUTDOORS – The Garden Greetings Mr. McLean, Thanks so much for featuring The Great Outdoors‘ song ‘The Garden’ on your Vinyl Cafe this weekend. It was really an honour. And it has catapulted The Great Outdoors back into the number one slot at DDG Records. Yes, they are now officially my favourite band here at [...]
FIRST THIRST DAY
B Who U R - THE GREAT OUTDOORS Greetings again music fans. Now that all this April Fools shit is pretty much over with, I need to make a serious announcement: Craig McCaul is hosting his monthly ‘First Thirst Day’ gig tonight. I think the official name is ‘Craig McCaul and Friends’. (Though it should be noted that [...]
FALL EP
Listen while you read… SONG: Black Water Road… Hello again music fans. As my old bowling teammate Wilson Pickett once sang, “The night was clear, the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down…” That’s right music fans, Fall is upon us and the leaves definitely are coming down. I’ll tell you what’s not coming down though: your [...]
WINTER EP
Listen while you read… SONG: The Garbage Man Song… Hello again music fans. Let me tell you a little something you might not have suspected about ol’ Jon Raw: I hate winter. Fucking hate it. Hate. I moved out west years ago to get away from the frozen nose hairs, burst pipes and five months of scraping windshields. The [...]
SUMMER EP
Listen while you read… SONG: Maybe Time will Tell… Hello again music fans. Yes, dammit – I know. I am fully aware that summer is already half over and just now are the kids in THE GREAT OUTDOORS getting around to releasing Summer, the second in their series of four seasonally themed EPs. And while I am sure [...]
A SCANT SIXTY-THREE
The 2005 release from The Great Outdoors. Listen while you read… SONG: The Main Drag… “… nice stuff by respected Vancouver singer-songwriter Adam Nation…” – Hour Magazine “… we might just be witnessing the emergence of the next Canadian songwriting legend…” – 24 Hours
FOOD, BOOZE & ENTERTAINMENT
Listen while you read… SONG: Mythical Proportions… Hello again music fans. Strange days are upon us over here at DDG Records. It seems that after six years, three records, and five Canadian tours, my hard rock darlings, my bread and butter, Counterrevolutionaries, are calling it quits. Strange days indeed; most peculiar, mama. Why? I don’t really know. No one [...]
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