"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.  The song soon became a popular and much-recorded jazz standard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote".

Recorded Live; Band -Director: Bayne Balchen, Trombone: Bruce Balchen, Saxes: Shirley Genik, Jonathon Pacey, Michael Nyquist, Piano: Lorraine Schmidt, Bass Guitar: Bayne Balchen, Drums: Jimmy Symchych along with a few others

Summertime

"Don't Blame Me" is a popular song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was part of the 1932 show Clowns in Clover and was published in 1933. Popular versions that year were recorded by: Ethel Waters (US No. 6), Guy Lombardo, and Charles Agnew.

Found some 78 rpm albums recorded by CKDM in 1952 of a band my dad was in. Still working on band members but we have George Zradicka (trumpet), Bruce Balchen (trombone), Vern Watson (alto sax), Ray Presunka (tenor sax), Dave Keel (sax), Eddy Balchen (Bass), Bud Hafsteinn (leader, sax, arranger)

Don't Blame Me

A song about the change coming to coal mining towns and the people who work in them. This is a car song with a twist.

No Fire Inside

‘’The Boys of Summer" is a song by the American musician Don Henley. The lyrics were written by Henley and the music was composed by Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released on October 26, 1984, as the lead single from Henley's album Building the Perfect Beast. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, and number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. 

Captured at Open Mic by Gary P. at WAC (Watson Arts Centre) on April 12, 2024
Vocals & rhythm guitar: Clifton Flett, Solo guitar: Christopher Flett, Bass Guitar: Cam Bennett

The Boys of Summer

Back To Dirt

Loneliness Or Me

For my sister to help her get through when I worry from afar.. 

If you get through all 7 minutes of this rough version I recorded in Rotterdam, you are a HUGE gem in my mind :p

Erin - Air - in

One of about 400 numbers (songs) contributed by George Zradicka, Vern Watson, Bruce Balchen & others to the Dauphin Jazz Music library; songs dating back as far as 1920's. Recorded Live; Band - Trombone: Bruce Balchen, Trumpet: Bruce Childs, Saxes: Harold Aitken, Leo Durand, Shirley Genik, Gail Hockridge, Piano: Lorraine Schmidt, Leader & Bass Guitar: Bayne Balchen, Drums: Jimmy Symchych along with a few others

Prom Jump

Live in Dauphin

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