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!
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.
Site Update: Discography & Lyrics
Happy New Wide Mouth Mason Album Day! Updated the Discography & Lyrics section of the site to add Wide Mouth Mason’s newest album, I Wanna Go With You, that is released digitally on October 25, 2019. Pre-orders for CDs and the limited pressing of LPs are available through We Are Busy Bodies. Tag your social media posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #IWGWYxWMM so we can see what you think of the new album!
Gig Update: November 1 at Edmonton’s Blues on Whyte
As announced recently on social media, Wide Mouth Mason will be part of the 35th Anniversary celebrations at Edmonton’s Blues on Whyte on November 1, 2019. Tickets are now on sale via ShowPass.