Born in North Ontario a mile from endless rocks and wilderness, in sight of the big smokestack, and spent ten years in the North. Eight years in South Ontario within hearing distance on a calm day from the Falls. Two or three years in Halifax. Half a year in Montreal. Two years working on an ocean freighter. One year in Waterloo going to university. Three years in California going to university. Three years in Poland going to University (Catholic University of Lublin)..Was 300 km downwind from Chernobyl in 1986. More than twenty years in Niagara Falls. Resumed playing music in 2007 when the dog died. Works as a translator of books.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Lawyer on Queen St.: He's been playing that d*** accordion for three solid hours. I can't concentrate.
Annette (to everybody else): Don't get him started
Vince (at different times): Play louder ... play softer ... don't sing ... here's some pasta, can you stop
Someone in Halifax: your timing is all wrong
The Nuns: Stop!
Max: Well ... I like the flute music
City Clerk on the phone: You can't do that anywhere in a public place
The City ByLaws: You can do that before 11 pm as long as it does not exceed a certain number of decibels
Sam: I hope you're not getting paid for this
John Dowland, Thomas Moore the Irishman, Herman the Cripple (Hermanus Contractus), John Lee Hooker, Language Arts-Kristen Cudmore, Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, Johny Mercer, Stephen Foster, Ralph Stanley, Avro Part, Sonny Davis, Django Reinhardt
