Name: The Leevees - Latke Clan by The Leevees
Duration: 2 min 51 s
Description: Name four great Hanukkah songs. OK, then how about two good Chanukkah songs? Not easy, huh? Adam Gardner (Guster) and Dave Schneider (the Zambonis) have taken up the important task of writing a bunch of great, rockin’ Hanukah songs. They have a new album of indie-pop rock songs called Hanukkah Rocks.

This album is so good!  We listen to it even when it's not Chanukah.

Calling Monkey

Name four great Hanukkah songs. OK, then how about two good Chanukkah songs? Not easy, huh? Adam Gardner (Guster) and Dave Schneider (the Zambonis) have taken up the important task of writing a bunch of great, rockin’ Hanukah songs. They have a new album of indie-pop rock songs called Hanukkah Rocks.

The Leevees - Latke Clan

Terry /vocal and Clavioline, 
Keith Spring /tenor saxophone, 
Al Anderson / guitar, 
Joey Spampinato /bass 
Tom Ardolino / drums  
Donn Adams /trombone 
recorded 5/24/78

Terry sings "MISTY"  1978

Unreleased Sugarplastic song. Pure unadulterated Ben Eshbach.... Recorded on a Tascam 8track in Casey Neiditch's living room.

Soldier Girl-The Sugarplastic

I Am Who I Am, out October 16 on eOne Music Canada, finds the NHL superstar, Olympic gold medal winner, best-selling author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur tackling a new game: Country singer-songwriter. And it’s a more natural fit than you might expect. 

“I know that when people hear that Theo Fleury made a country album, they’ll go, ‘Well … OK,’ ” he laughs. “And I wouldn’t say I’m the greatest singer in the world, but I’m a real singer. But I have a decent voice. I grew up around music. I’m a Metis person and music is really part of our DNA. Some of my fondest memories as a kid were listening to my grandfather play the fiddle. My dad sang and played guitar, my uncle sang and played the guitar. Music was always a huge part of any gathering we had as a family. And it was all country stuff, you know — Charley Pride, Buck Owens, Hank Snow, all those old guys. So that became my favourite genre of music. And making music was always in the back of my mind.”

But it wasn’t until 2009 — the same year he published his unflinching memoir Playing With Fire — that Fleury moved music to the forefront. Wanting to cross an item off his bucket list, he teamed with Winnipeg musician Phil Deschambault to write a song about his life. Once they heard the results, they decided to keep going. Over the next few years, the duo — who discovered their fathers had made music together in Russell, Man., before either of them were born — penned more than a dozen songs, each stronger and more personal than the last. Fleury also began collaborating with fellow Calgarian Paddy McCallion, a longtime drinking buddy who turned out to be a talented musician and composer. He assembled Fleury’s backing band The Death Valley Rebels for his future live shows, and produced the autobiographical I Am Who I Am, which merges the hockey star’s Cash-deep vocals with the classic country twang he grew up hearing in his father’s car. 

“We wanted this to be a real grassroots album — ‘Let’s get back to fiddles and steel guitars and accordions and honky-tonk pianos, but put our own stamp on it,’ ” he says. “We’re a bunch of guys who love that old-school country sound.” 

It’s about more than just entertainment or nostalgia, however. For Fleury, it’s also about helping others by sharing his story. 

“The album is definitely dark,” he admits. “The songs are all about my life, my experience, my struggle. But they’re also about coming through that struggle. At the end of every song, there’s hope. That’s what the lyrics and music reflect: Hope and healing. If people listen to this and there’s a line or a word or a phrase that helps them get out of the situation they’re in or how they’re feeling, that’s really why we’re doing this. The message is that no matter how far we may fall, we can make it back.”

And turn it into a great country song. 





I Am Who I Am

My Life's Been A Country Song

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Theo Fleury - My Life's Been A Country Song

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Feelin' Good

I want to have fun this christmas! so how about yet another xmas tune! this one is straight from the shores of NJ.  recorded 10/2012 in Ocean City NJ.  with the help of Fred Berman-Drums, Tony Reyes-Keys, Vocals, Chris Hyland-Piano, Vocals, Lenny Donnelly-Conga's, Vocals.  and P.D.-Guitars, Bass, Vocals

"I love it! This is what people need for Christmas music man! Hope, positivity..." Shelby Lynne

The Leevees - Latke Clan

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