THE BLAZERS-Red Hot Blues Rock: BLOG *News updates

Awesome gig with The Shifters at the TORONTO FIRE CHRISTMAS party Thursday night at The Granite Brewery, dance floor going all night! Big thanks to Chris Craig from THE BLAZERS for subbing in last minute, get well Dave! We helped raise even more money for Camp Bucko the burn camp for kids in Minden, On.
We had Gene Draper and Chris Burrell up with us to do a few tunes. Great to see some of the brothers from the CANADA SINGS group, we had a great time and appreciate all the support! Then straight to work for the "C" shift guys...thanks for all the support!

Show Details: NEW YEARS EVE PARTY! Details http://www.TheBlazers.net New Year's Eve will quickly become a tradition at earth Bloor West with great food and service, a huge party in the event space and of course, bubbles! earth will be offering 2 seatings for New Year's Eve. Our early first seating will offer a special a la carte menu for those guests who are on the move. Our Gala Seating will feature a 5-course Farm-to-Table Tasting Menu with a choice of each course. There will be optional wine pairings at an additional cost. The menu is posted below. All dinner guests are invited to join our New Year's Eve party featuring The Blazers - Red Hot Blues Rock in the event space following dinner. The public is welcome to also come out and join the festivities for $20. Book your reservation now as seating is limited. Gala seating is $79 per person and includes that Gala menu, midnight toast and party favours.

The Blazers are back in the studio recording for our new album, we have 4 tracks recorded and hope to have the CD done for spring 2012. Thanks for all the support during the last 2 years, we had an awesome experience recording our debut album "RED HOT" with 3 JUNO award winners in 2009 and appreciate all the support and guidance. We had a lot of fun in the studio and you will feel the high energy and creative spirit throughout in our music. The band recorded and co-wrote with 3 JUNO AWARD winners :

Jack de Keyzer - Producer - played on 5 tracks with us.
Alec Fraser - Engineer (Bass player with Jeff Healey & David Wilcox) Produced 3 Juno award winning albums.
Al Lerman - Sax and Harmonica - leader of the 2 x Juno winning band FATHEAD.
David McMorrow - Piano/organ - played with Rough Trade and formed the band Berlin.

Good day!

Hope all is well and you are enjoying the summer. It’s been hot hot hot! We’ve been gigging around town and have been up to Lavinge near North Bay gigging a few weeks back and had a great time enjoying the weather and cottage life.

If you get a chance, check out Global TV 9pm on Wed. Aug 10th, Canada Sings reality show – more info at www.GlobalTV.com Toronto Firefighters 'Sound of Fire'!
The brothers and I are on air Aug 10th on Global TV! Singing our hearts out for charity for a $10 000 donation to Camp Bucko the burn camp for kids. www.campbucko.com The Blazers and Firesound we’re taped as well…should be interesting what they show :) Wish us luck! I get to sing some Motown…loved it!

Canada Sings is a six-part original series that challenges ordinary Canadians to form extraordinary groups with their co-workers and compete against another workplace team for a $10,000 donation to their charity of choice. Hosted by television personality Matte Babel and with Jann Arden, Pierre Bouvier and Rob Van Winkle aka Vanilla Ice as the three celebrity judges.

If you are in the area and around town THE BLAZERS are back rockin' The Harp & Crown Fri. Aug 5th in Pickering 10pm start. www.theblazers.net Free downloads - sign the guestbook and let us know what you think :)

Thanks for your support and sign the guestbook! http://www.TheBlazers.net
Pete Cohan

Update – The Blazers are also working on some new tunes for a new album…we’ll keep you posted.

Upcoming Gigs:

Friday, August 5th, 2011
The Harp & Crown
Summertime at The Harp and Crown - 10pm - 1:30am
300 Kingston Rd
Pickering Ontario CA (905) 509-6565

Friday, September 9th, 2011
The Edge Lounge
We love The Edge Lounge!
250 Bayly Street West
Ajax Ontario L1S 3V4
CA 905 426 9692

Friday, October 28th, 2011
The Harp & Crown
Monster Mash Jam!!! I was working in the lab late one night...
300 Kingston Rd
Pickering Ontario CA (905) 509-6565

Saturday, October 29th, 2011
The Earl of Whitchurch
Halloween Costume Party!!! Great Great party every year!
6204 Main St
Stouffville Ontario L4A 2S5
CA 905-642-3275

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Monarchs Pub
Delta Blues Thursdays - 9pm
33 Gerrard Street West
Toronto M5G 1Z4
Can 416-585-4352



Global TV 9pm on Wed. Aug 10th Canada Sings - Toronto Fire

So much fun last night at the Winchester Arms for the Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival! Great staff that treated us fantastic! Thanks to Larry Kurtz and great to see Pamela, Cindy, Wendy, Sharon, Sarah, Karen, Tanya and friends...the list goes on :) Thanks for the support and thanks for partying with us and burning up the dance floor! Josh's guitar will never be the same again ;)

Kelly Greyton

Donald Webber

The Blazers are #3 Reverbnation Local Charts #54 in Canada, if you get a chance please visit us at http://www.Reverbnation.com/theblazers

Yes that's right! We are back celebrating another 50th birthday at The Earl in Stouffville...this will be an awesome show with many friends, fans and family! Come one come all :) See you Sat. May 14th

Jimmy Merigliano

The Blazers are back at The Orangeville Blues Festival. More info at http://www.objf.org/ The 9th Annual Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival will take place from June 2 to 5, 2011, and you have an opportunity to WIN one of two fantastic prize packages that will allow you (and one other adult) to enjoy all the sights, sounds and flavours of this highly anticipated event! Check the website for details and more prize options!

PRIZE OPTION #1
Includes ALL of the following:

Friday, June 3 & Saturday, June 4 overnight accommodation + breakfast each morning at Best Western Plus Orangeville Inn & Suites* Visit website: http://www.bestwesternorangeville.com Dinner for two at Boston Pizza Orangeville Visit website: http://bostonpizza.com/ Dinner for two at Soulyve Caribbean Foods & Catering Visit website: http://soulyve.ca Lunch for two at The Winchester Arms Visit website: http://www.winchesterarms.net/ a $250 certificate from Citrus City Tattoo Visit website: http://www.citruscitytattoo.com a $50 certificate from Dragonfly Arts Visit website: http://www.dragonflyarts.ca a $50 certificate from Chez Nous Thrift Boutique
a $25 certificate from Global Pet Foods Visit website: http://www.globalpetfoods.ca Two passes to watch Downchild Blues Band at Broadway Garden on Saturday, June 4

What a night! The Blazers had a great time at The Earl, we were at The Earl 5 weeks before this on Jan 29th and had the dance floor jumpin' to 4 encores...this party was much the same.
The birthday boy had a great time but didn't make it too far pass midnight...success :) The dance floor was groovin' and we had a few special guests up on stage...1st we had Frank on guitar with us doing Stevie Ray Vaughan and Cream tunes and then we had Pat and P.J. Gowan up for 4 songs. They were awesome...Pat is Lawerance Gowan's brother and Pat and his son P.J. are both fantastic musicians and it was a pleasure to have them up with our drummer Chris Craig and Pete Cohan who did some backup vocals. Great night had by all!

Jessie Hadfield

Too much fun! Packed house with Global TV film shoot at The Harp & Crown...thanks for all the support! The Blazers played to a full house all night long while we had members of the all Toronto Firefighter group up on stage with us during the 1st set...they are part of a reality TV show airing later this year on Global TV we'll keep you posted.
Pete Cohan from The Blazers is part of this Firefighter group trying to win $10 000 for charity, Pete and the group are donating the money to Camp Bucko and burn camp for kids who have been burned and injured. The camp up in Muskoka which is free to the kids, helps the children with self esteem issues due to the burn injuries and surround themselves with others like them and the people who help them through this rough time and help heal emotionally and physically. For more information on Camp Bucko - http://www.campbucko.ca/

Lynda Palimas

Thanks to everyone for making a cool January night into a RED HOT evening at The Earl in Stouffville. We were there on Halloween 3 months before and know how hot it gets when the place is packed...that's why we were the Beach Dudes in shorts and sandles :) Anyway, Fri Jan 28th was a night to remeber, after 4 encore and a 1 hour and 15 minute final set with the dance floor groovin' until 2am...we were sweatin' it out! Thanks for a great night...we are back on March 5th!

***From the guestbook....

Lauren
January 29, 2011

Hey!! Saw you guys perform last night at the bar in Stouffville.
Just want to say thank you sharing your talent. I'm growing to this genre of music...loving the lively energy.
You guys were really, really great and I LOVED dancing to your music!!!!
Cheers to all of you!! Keep in touch :)

P.S. I mentioned to the lead singer about referencing you guys in my book which is being edited right now. Let me know if that's cool!

***Review on our CD...

This kinda music is the music that keeps you company whenever you want it. It's the kind of tune that warms you up when you're sipping on your drink, watching the sunset. The type of beat that can push you to move, yet the kind of melody that keeps you calm.
Love it :)

Merry Christmas...everyone who signed the guestbook in Dec recevied our download code of all 11 songs on our CD!!! Thanks for the support :)

Thanks for signing the guestbook and leaving your comments! We gave away quite a few albums for Christmas including 60 CD's for the Canadian troops over seas.

Happy Holidays!!! Be safe and have fun!

Hey hey...thanks for your support. The Blazers are #2 Reverbnation Local Charts #66 in Canada, if you get a chance please visit us at http://www.Reverbnation.com/theblazers - We couldn't do it without you...our friends and fans. We love you all!!!

Thanks to all for coming out to the Salty Dog in the Beach (Toronto)for our Christmas Party. The Blazers played to a packed house and we were asked back, so see you in the spring. We had Corey Richardson guest on drums as well as Dave Albright from Route 66 and Chris Burrell from Firesound sit in on drums, the 2nd set turned into a party jam with friends coming up to join the band.

The dance floor was jumpin' all night which is always fun to play for. Mike Hasson from the Firesound band joined us in the 2nd and 3rd set on rhythm guitar as well as Gene Draper from Route 66 and Firesound bands, Gene sang "Miss You" & "Roadhouse blues" and did a fantastic job to an appreciative crowd. Happy Holidays!!! and be safe and thanks for the support :)

Stevie Wadaows
Fred Hasson

Hey hey...Wayne DeAdder was our guest on bass at Brando's, the place looks super!!! Lyn did a great job with the renos on the Corona Main Stage, the room is fantastic...must see party room! Wayne stepped in on bass with fantastic energy, we look forward to playing with him again!

Great time up at the Lavigne Tavern, we appreciate the West Nipissing Firefighters support. This time we brought the T-Shirts :) Hey, Pat and Pete still wear yours around the hall here in Toronto. Thanks for the support and we look forward to playing there again...great times, great pizza (the best) and great staff.

Oct 2010 album winners...thanks for your support!

Ricky Dale
Phillip Brodovic

The "Beach Boys" Blazers - Sat. Oct 30th Halloween Costume Party at the Earl in Stoufville! Best costumes - dress to kill!!! We had a great time last year to a packed packed house, Adam and Scott know how to throw a party!!! Awesome prizes, don't miss this one.
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
The Earl of Whitchurch
Halloween Party!!! 9:30pm - 1:30am
6204 Main St
Stouffville Ontario L4A 2S5
CA 905-642-3275