Wide Mouth Mason will be part of the Guitar Strings and Kidney Things fundraiser in Hamilton, Ontario on October 21, 2023. Check out the venue, Bridgeworks, for further details!
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Wide Mouth Mason in Hamilton, October 21, 2023
Wide Mouth Mason will be part of the Guitar Strings and Kidney Things fundraiser in Hamilton, Ontario on October 21, 2023. Check out the venue, Bridgeworks, for further details!
Site Updates: Gigography and Discography
With Wide Mouth Mason in the midst of preparing new music, we’ve taken the time to update our Gigography section with past and future tour dates for 2023 and adding a “to be updated” page for Wide Mouth Mason’s new album LATE NIGHT WALKING, out on September 8, 2023.
Gig Update: Wide Mouth Mason in New Brunswick and Ontario
This fall, Wide Mouth Mason will be performing at a number of different venues in support of their new music on the new album, Late Night Walking (out on September 8, 2023 but available for pre-order while supplies last).
- 2023.09.16: Harvest Music Festival @ TD Mojo Tent (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
- 2023.11.01: Aeolian Hall (London, Ontario)
- 2023.11.02: Dominion Telegraph (Paris, Ontario)
- 2023.11.03: Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto, Ontario)
- 2023.11.04: Neat Cafe (Burnstown, Ontario)
Late Night Walking out on September 8, 2023; two more albums coming on vinyl!
Our new record, Late Night Walking will be released September 8th on vinyl (via We Are Busy Bodies) and wherever you stream songs.
The first taste, a stompy, chonky blues rocker called You Pushed Me, is out now.
Go take ‘er for a spin, yeah?
We made this with Ryan Dahle at his beautiful studio on Mayne Island BC.
Our big brother Gordie Johnson rode like hell on that bass.
But wait, there’s more:
In response to your requests, September 8th we are also reissuing our self titled debut and second record Where I Started on vinyl.
To pre-order the album, check out our Bandcamp page.
We are forever grateful for your years of ears.
We couldn’t be a band without you.
We’re so excited for you to hear this.
Turn it up!
WMMpress via Tinnitist: “Classic Album Review: Wide Mouth Mason | Rained Out Parade”
They turned the stage over to a pair of rockers, Wide Mouth Mason getting funky with covers of Prince’s Raspberry Beret and David Bowie’s Modern love among their repertoire.
Source: Tinnitist
By Darryl Sterdan
Posted: August 30, 2022
This came out in 2002 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Q: Whaddaya get when you combine a bluesy slide guitar, a funky backbeat, a reggae bassline, vocals straight out of Sgt. Pepper, dub production and an electronica beatbox? A: One of the most striking songs I’ve heard lately — Come Out To Go, the spectacular, genre-busting centrepiece of Wide Mouth Mason’s fourth album Rained Out Parade.
That infectious four-minute slice of cultural cross-pollination may be the most eclectic track this talented trio have ever recorded. But it’s hardly out of place on this inspired and adventurous album. The 14-cut Rained Out Parade finds the Masons moving light-years beyond their Prairie blues-rock roots, augmenting their catchy melodies, soaring vocals, breakup-song lyrics and powerful performances with everything from futuristically cutting-edge production to earthy Indian tabla. Like Come Out To Go, a lot of the combinations shouldn’t work on paper — but they invariably (and usually inexplicably) do, confirming Rained Out Parade’s status as the most creative and distinctive disc of Wide Mouth Mason’s career. These boys deserve a parade.
Site Updates: Gigography
With Wide Mouth Mason in the midst of preparing new music, we’ve taken the time to update our Gigography section with past and future tour dates from 2021 and 2022. For the years prior to 2021, please contact us to provide us with your concert memories that are not yet listed!
As for upcoming gigs, there are two in September 2022 to look forward to!
- 2022.09.04: Saanich Fair (Saanichton, British Columbia)
- 2022.09.10: Southside Shuffle @ Memorial Park Festival Grounds (Port Credit, Ontario)
Gig Update: Southside Shuffle, September 10, 2022
Wide Mouth Mason’s set begins at 8pm at the Southside Shuffle, part of the 24th Annual Port Credit Blues and Jazz Festival located at the Memorial Park Festival Grounds in Port Credit (32 Stavebank Road, Port Credit, ON).
Gig Update: Saanich Fair, September 4, 2022
Wide Mouth Mason takes the stage at 8pm at the Saanich Fair on September 4, 2022 (1528 Stellys Cross Road, Saanichton, BC V8M 1S8).
The Vinyl Re-Issue of STEW
Remastered for vinyl by Dany Laj in commemoration of Stew’s 20th anniversary.
Multi-Gold selling and multi-JUNO Award nominated Canadian blues rockers Wide Mouth Mason announce the forthcoming 20th Anniversary reissue of Stew this November 27th, 2020 to be released as a limited edition LP by the band and their management, We Are Busy Bodies. The original album was released by Warner Music Canada and licensed to the band for the anniversary release.
“Stew was intentionally Wide Mouth Mason’s funkiest offspring,” original band member Shaun Verreault, along with Safwan Javed, recalls. “It showcased a specific subset of our musical influences, and was a mashup of musical styles passed through the filter of Wide Mouth Mason.”
“But it was also a case study for Wide Mouth Mason to better understand those musical styles,” Javed adds “We’d been listening to a lot of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, and the like. Meanwhile, our good friend Gordie (Johnson, Big Sugar), who produced it, was hipping us to bands like The Meters and The Gap Band. We dug in and deconstructed the component parts of records that were undeniably funky.”
Inspired by the tunes and arrangements on those records, Wide Mouth Mason honed in on the audio ingredients to utilize. “Drums that were punchy and taut, almost 808-like, the bass ran simultaneously through a bass amp, and a little guitar amp hanging on for dear life,” Verreault muses. “We made falsetto harmonies — almost like horn parts — a recurring theme, and broadened the sonic palette with some keyboard parts by Gordie, and a string section.”
“Though we’d plotted a defined sonic mission statement, there was a lot of room for happy accidents and spontaneous invention,” Javed says. “They were fun, funny, joyful sessions.”
Pre-Order the STEW Vinyl at: We Are Busy Bodies.
Gig Update: Variety Show of Hearts Telethon
Wide Mouth Mason will be taking part in the 54th Annual Variety Show of Hearts Telethon airing on Global BC from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Call 310-KIDS (in BC) or donate online at variety.bc.ca to help kids in BC with special needs.