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Working on something. Might take a while. Lots of

Working on something. Might take a while. Lots of listening involved. #ntrd

How am I (CVM) honouring the first (ever) National

How am I (CVM) honouring the first (ever) National Truth and Reconciliation Day? I finally completed the 12 week Indigenous Canada course through University of Alberta with a 95.24% average. Took me a while, and I learned plenty, and yet have only just touched on many important pieces of history and current realities for Indigenous peoples here in Canada. Well taught course with compelling instructors and relevent lesson topics. A huge shout out to Daniel Levy for prompting me to take this on, so many moons ago. I plan to continue by watching more of the course discussions and finding new ways to understand, connect, and be a better ally. And of course I will VOTE every chance I get. Moving forward with the spirit of reconciliation by taking action. Join me. - CVM

https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada/home/welcome

#ntrd #reconciliation #residentialschools #ocanada #takeaction

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1653534787641

when the moon kinda looks like tilda swinton...

when the moon kinda looks like tilda swinton...

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Todays the day Canada. You know what to do. Xo

Todays the day Canada. You know what to do. Xo

She looks guilty because she is. #porkchop

She looks guilty because she is. #porkchop

Dear Canada. You can vote right NOW at any electio

Dear Canada. You can vote right NOW at any elections office until Sep 14, or apply to vote by mail by Sep 14, or in person at a polling station Sep 10-13, or on Sep 20 for the sweet slackers. All the info is here: https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e Please share. Lives are at stake. Not voting is surrendering to those that do vote. vote NOW.

Cant believe this print exists. And that me pal kn

Cant believe this print exists. And that me pal knows me so well. And that she made it into a wee pillow i can hug while waiting for results. Thx @limemarie !! Xo

#VOTE like a woman's rights were at stake. They ar

#VOTE like a woman's rights were at stake. They are.

O Canada! Did you know that you can VOTE NOW? But

O Canada! Did you know that you can VOTE NOW? But only if you care about us - or seniors, or kids, or moms, housing insecurity, people experiencing homelessness, healthcare workers, affordable health care, quality education, climate change, reconciliation, dogs and cats and pigeons, and everyone, or anyone. Not voting equals surrender to parties that only really care about profit. Cuz they always vote. Find all the info you need right here: https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e
Make us proud and protected please. Thanks kindly.

Reid poses with post-show tub of non-dairy cherry

Reid poses with post-show tub of non-dairy cherry garcia icecream on what was Sunday's stage. Had a really swell time singing for our peeps in the hood yesterday. Despite Reid having to work his first shift in 18 months that morning, my broken tooth and newly liberated foot, and the pair of us with hangovers for some stupid reason...
Perfect weather, well behaved audience, best superintendent making it all possible. Would never have played our lawn if not for this danged Pandy...so....silver linings people!! #lawnconcert #westendyvr #noisyneighbours #grateful

West end Vancouver. Free lawn concert 3 pm today!

West end Vancouver. Free lawn concert 3 pm today!

VANCOUVER! Free Lawn Concert @ The Park Strand (Ne

VANCOUVER! Free Lawn Concert @ The Park Strand (Nelson & Chilco) TOMORROW! with The Reid Jamieson Band - Sun August 29 - from 3pm (weather permitting). Please respect social distancing. Be calm, be kind, be safe.
We will especially be celebrating our super superintendent Andy and his 60th birthday! Join us for some live music to cheer our neighbours, seniors, caregivers, frontline and essential workers and everyone who could use a wee bit of entertainment before the weather changes.

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Feel like tipping the band? Aint you sweet! You can do that here https://www.paypal.me/reidjamiesonmusic or etransfer to reidjamiesonband@gmail.com

thanks kindly!

Our foster pooch Porkchop aka Red Dog. Thanks to C

Our foster pooch Porkchop aka Red Dog. Thanks to Chelsea and her fam for sharing her with us this year. We all needed each other. May the love affair continue #internationaldogday

Uncle Howie blissing out to a scalp massage... Got

Uncle Howie blissing out to a scalp massage... Got his window opened as it had been shut since heat wave. Brought him homemade mashed taters and veg gravy with garden squash and fresh blackberries. Played some Everly Bros in honour of the less enduring Don. Incredible how much he remembers about every song, lyric, chord and moment in music. Remembers more than we do! Was telling us about the time he met Johnny Cash. Still freaking out about him duetting with Leonard Nimoy back in the day. Total rock star. He could use more visitors (room 155) and some jazz dvds and a time machine if you have one kicking around ...

A dollar short and a day late wishing the finely f

A dollar short and a day late wishing the finely formed legend that is CR Avery a very happy flappy 45! Still chuffed about that time his east van-ness crossed the mason dixon line to visit us here in the west end (cvm's bday right before the pandy, not just to molest Reido's studio). Pix or it didnt happen. #cravery #45andstilljive

Our pal Chelsea's dad got us this very thoughtful

Our pal Chelsea's dad got us this very thoughtful gift. The choice of Matisse for illustration was inspired indeed! #leonardcohen #matisse #coffeetablebook #thankspops

VANCOUVER! Free Lawn Concert @ The Park Strand (Ne

VANCOUVER! Free Lawn Concert @ The Park Strand (Nelson & Chilco) with The Reid Jamieson Band - Sun August 29 - from 3pm (weather permitting). Please keep (at least) 6ft apart and respect social distancing as best you can. Be calm, be kind, be safe.
We will especially be celebrating our super superintendent Andy and his 60th birthday! Join us for some live music to cheer our neighbours, seniors, caregivers, frontline and essential workers and everyone who could use a wee bit of entertainment before the weather changes.

REID JAMIESON BAND Reid Jamieson
“Gorgeous, sun-struck acoustic soul” – Globe & Mail.
Vancouver’s Reid Jamieson Band are a married vocal powerhouse with compelling originals and killer covers. They won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and wrote their way into the Vancouver Folk Festival. Vinyl Cafe regular, recorded with Cowboy Junkies, new record made in Ireland. https://www.reidjamieson.com
Feel like tipping the band? Aint you sweet! You can do that here https://www.paypal.me/reidjamiesonmusic or etransfer to reidjamiesonband@gmail.com

thanks kindly!

photo by Diane Smithers

One of the best things about being fully vaxxed is

One of the best things about being fully vaxxed is getting to visit our dear old Uncle Howie finally. Had to hang up his guitar last year after a fall and a stroke and serious sepsis infwction. But at 89 he is still a fun hang and was fully present and delighted by our visit. We talked music and sang him songs. We felt helpless to do much, but we werent. Singing songs lit him up like a candle. I felt like something was missing...didnt want to leave him without a deeper sense of connection...so i asked for his hand and gently began to massage them. He was surprised and delighted. After that i went up behind him and gave him a scalp massage while Reido and I sang more old country tunes. Howie was fully blissed out. Touch. Its a big thing. If you find yourself with someone who has lost the ability to pretty much anything...remember that they can still feel. Touch them. Its magic. And I feel like a magician. Am pretty sure I got just as much out of it as he did. Going back again Sunday cuz it was just that good ya know?

Go have a listen k? https://soundcloud.com/howiejames/sets/howie-james-dont-be-ashamed

#howiejames #touch #seniorsofinstagram
#nanaimoseniorsvillage #rockstar

A wee soundtrack for those who miss @elvis - and t

A wee soundtrack for those who miss @elvis - and those who dont. https://reidjamieson.com/the-presley-sessions-revisited/ #presleysessions #elvis #reidjamjeson #covers #50s

Oh my goodness that was fun! Garden concert at Dou

Oh my goodness that was fun! Garden concert at Doug & Jen's in East Van last night. Even thru the heat and smoke Reido gave er! In front of real live humans! One for the books for sure. House concerts continue to bring us joy. *Sigh* #houseconcert #eastvan #reidjamieson #reidjamiesonband #yvr #hotsummernight

Had ourselves a fine time at Harmony Arts Fest on

Had ourselves a fine time at Harmony Arts Fest on their sweet seaside stage. The rain behaved and the audience was kind. Felt rather lovely to play in the real world. Not at all sure if we will get to play much more this year, so will revel in the memories for now. Thanks y'all for coming out to support. Aint live music grand?? Xo

Just waiting for Reido to find parking...we play r

Just waiting for Reido to find parking...we play rain or shine at 2:45 to 4pm. it aint raining right now which is nice. Keep yer 'break a leg' to yerself for obvious reasons! Xo #haf2021 #harmonyartsfestival

Free West Van concert tomorrow (Sat) 2:45pm-4pm Ha

Free West Van concert tomorrow (Sat) 2:45pm-4pm Harmony Arts Fest. Sweet stage by the sea, a wee bit more formal than the one shown but you get the idea. Rain or shine people! Xo

Yeay! Our first donation to our This Much I Know v

Yeay! Our first donation to our This Much I Know video! (Thx Kelly + Andre!<our maid and man of honour from our wedding) These two will make perfect wedding guests...everybody loves a little magic and music with their romance right? Keep em coming k? 💍💒🔔💌😘🐁

When MTV launched 40 years ago today we had no ide

When MTV launched 40 years ago today we had no idea we would be making homegrown vids during a global pandemic..but here we are. This tune is from another late Irish songwriter...and part of the #LOVECOLIN project. will release the single proper but for now...a wee lockdown video for the MTV crowd...xo https://youtu.be/nTxYd15D2ag
STONE SOUP’
Written by Colin Vearncombe & Calum MacColl. Performed by Reid Jamieson. Produced by Carolyn Mill. this recording would not be possible without
inspiration & initiative from Marc McDonald. With love to Ireland from Canada xo

COLIN VEARNCOMBE (aka Black)
May 26, 1962 -Jan 26, 2016
Colin Vearncombe, otherwise known as Black, was born in Liverpool on 26 May 1962. He had three top- ten records across Europe and sold over two million albums before leaving the mainstream and going independent. He released a string of albums as Black and under his own name on his own label; Nero Schwarz. Stone Soup is from Blind Faith, released April 13, 2015. He died in a motor accident in January 2016. His legacy lives on in the Love, Colin project.
Long on lonely nights
And wishing them over
With a short run
To the next one...
These are magical lives we get to try
We get to run
But are we enchanted…no?
Then change,
All that I should leave behind
I change
With everything else I wont do
Too long marking time
Living on stone soup
Can I do
What I have to?
Then change,
All that I should leave behind
I change
With everything else I wont do
What I don’t know of is
What I must let go of;
All that I should leave behind
I will change (what I must let go of) ;
All that I should leave behind
I will change (Every kiss you receive after this one)
With everything else I wont do
Long on lonely nights
And wishing them over

Do you have any of these cute felt creatures in ne

Do you have any of these cute felt creatures in need of a home? We need a bunch of them to cast in our new music video for This Much I Know. As this song is our wedding vows set to music we figured a wee wedding would be a very romantic way to go. Hopefully with more guests than we had. Please let us know if we can gran from you, or mail to 408-1999 Nelson St. Vancouver BC V6G 1N4. The more the marry-er! Anything goes! Thanks kindly!!

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black Why y

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone?
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Living in the hopeless, hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the time

I wear the black for those who've never read
Or listened to the words that Jesus said
About the road to happiness through love and charity
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me

Well, we're doing mighty fine, I do suppose
In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a man in black

I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold
I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men

And I wear it for the thousands who have died
Believing that the Lord was on their side
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
Believing that we all were on their side

Well, there's things that never will be right I know
And things need changing everywhere you go
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right
You'll never see me wear a suit of white

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day
And tell the world that everything's okay
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
Until things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black

Written ByJohnny Cash

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