My new 'video album' COVER ME is out!
The full COVER ME album is now out - my take on 12 of my favourite songs, all recorded live to video from my humble home stage. Here's a...
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Apr 231 min read
Inspired by Brian Wilson
The album closer. The grand finale. It's the Barenaked Ladies' epic classic Brian Wilson. I love this song not only because is it finely...
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Apr 201 min read
You are Ahead by a Century
This Canadian classic is the next-to-final track on Side B of my new COVER ME album. I'm not sure which Hip song I've played more around...
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Apr 191 min read
Green Green Grass of Home (ReImagined)
This country classic, written by Curly Putman and remade as a worldwide #1 hit by Tom Jones in the late 60's, is a simple pleasure of...
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Apr 171 min read
That Stinging Velvet...
Neko Case is one of my all-time favourite artists. She's carved out a music career by being fearlessly original, surrounding herself with...
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Apr 151 min read
This is What The Hell I Got
On to the second track from Side B of COVER ME - a cover of Michel Pagliaro's What The Hell I Got. I've always liked the song and its...
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Apr 121 min read
Cover Me on COVER ME
The lead-off track from Side B of my new album COVER ME is where the album gets its title - my take on The Boss' Cover Me. I hadn't...
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Apr 61 min read
I'm Runnin' Down a Dream!
Finally, Track 6 - the last track on Side A of COVER ME, is ready for your viewing and listening pleasure! I've loved this song since the...
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davesills
Apr 11 min read
Powerful and enigmatic: The One I Love
The lyrical meaning of this REM classic, the 5th track from COVER ME, has long been debated. Michael Stipe has said only enough about it...
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davesills
Mar 291 min read
Two more songs from my new album!
Here are tracks 3 and 4 from my new album COVER ME. These two songs are from two of my favourite bands - Rheostatics and Blue Rodeo - are...
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davesills
Mar 261 min read
Tracks 2 off my new album (covering The Beatles!)
Here's the next track off my new album COVER ME. Another song that I probably heard for the first time while still in the womb. I started...
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davesills
Mar 241 min read
The lead-off song from my new album COVER ME is out!
Well here it is - the lead song off my new album COVER ME. It's the one and only Folsom Prison Blues from Johnny Cash. This is a song...
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davesills
Mar 201 min read
New album 'Cover Me' on the way...
Over the winter I've been busy recording a new album. But it won't be anything like my first album 'Fifty'. This time, I'm covering...
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Dec 1, 20221 min read
Come join the severe weather research team at Western
Here's a rare opportunity in Canada - a full-time faculty position in research related to severe weather, with lots of collaboration with...
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