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SUMMARY:John Rutherford\, Blues Guitarist
DESCRIPTION:Growing up in Toronto in the 1960’s and 70’s John Rutherford first laid hands on a guitar at age 10\, and at 16 told his guitar teacher he wanted to play some of the popular rock songs of the day. Rutherford was told “if you want to play rock ’n’ roll you’ll have to learn the blues”. \nLessons were spent digging into classic blues guitar recordings\, studying the rhythm\, feel and form of the music. Rutherford took his homework seriously swinging by Sam the Record Man on Yonge Street each week after his lesson to purchase whatever blues album they’d been working with. This process spawned both a passion for the blues and a sprawling record collection. Rutherford’s blues library and his earliest influences began with works by John Mayall\, Buddy Guy\, Taj Mahal\, Johnny Winter\, Hubert Sumlin\, T-Bone Walker\, Otis Rush\, Freddie\, Albert and BB King. Rutherford never learned the rock songs of the day\, he stuck with the blues. \nA few years later\, early 80’s\, Rutherford moved west to Calgary where he began to test run his guitar chops on a local scene ripe with great players and a thriving music community. He also put his record collection to use starting a weekly blues music broadcast on the airwaves of the University of Calgary radio station CJSW. \nAt that same time an old east-side hotel dubbed “The Eddy” was about to embark on a reign as a real deal blues venue on the international circuit presenting many of the greatest names in blues history between 1982 and 2004. Rutherford was there for it all becoming a regular in the early days often spending his evenings immersed in the artists performances\, the culture and vibe that permeated the smokey bar room. He quickly began conducting radio interviews with many of the Eddy’s featured performers. The Eddy’s legendary Saturday afternoon jam sessions beckoned Rutherford to the stage where he met\, played with and further established connections with the local scene. It also frequently offered up opportunities to be schooled by many of the visiting artists. Rutherford would often be invited to join featured artists on evening shows where he’d find himself performing with and learning at the feet of blues greats like Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown\, Buddy Guy\, Billy Branch\, Eddie Shaw\, Philip Walker and Jr. Wells. Rutherford could never have imagined engaging in conversation with many of the same blues hero’s who’s records he’d collected and studied just a few years earlier\, let alone be on stage playing guitar with them! \nAdding to a long list of projects\, accomplishments and career milestones Rutherford released an EP of new music in 2023 entitled Midnight Microphone. Produced by legendary guitarist Tim Williams\, and joined by Thom Moon on drums and Bill Price on bass the new songs express Rutherford’s will to push the blues form beyond traditions or expectations in a search of his own honest connection to the feel and power of the music. The four song collection climbed the Roots Music Report charts for more than 20 weeks showing up on the International Blues Album Chart\, the Contemporary Blues Album Chart and reached #1 on the Top 50 Canada Album Chart. The recording was nominated for a YYC Music Award in 2024.
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LOCATION:Cathedral Church of the Redeemer\, 218-7 Ave Se\, Calgary\, Ab
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