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We are based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For bookings or information click here
We also do Theme Nights :
1950s rock and roll : "That’ll Be the Day" : Buddy Holly and Friends Remembered (lots of Buddy Holly songs, and ones by Elvis Presely, the Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and others) "She Loves You" : Songs of the British Invasion : Beatles, Rolling Stones, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Animals, Peter and Gordon, Yardbirds, Hollies... "California Dreaming" : Music From the Golden State, with songs from the ’50s to the ’70s, by Ricky Nelson, the girl groups, the Mamas and the Papas, the Byrds, the Eagles, the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Neil Young, and others Country Style : the good stuff, from Hank Williams to Dwight Yoakam and dinner sets of background music (pop and jazz standards) for your wedding or corporate event
Upcoming shows
Every Monday. Hillbilly Night at the Wheel Club (3373 Cavendish, just below Sherbrooke W. in NDG). For more than 50 years, every Monday night in Montreal, a loyal gang of musicians and singers, amateur and professional, gather to play traditional country music (no song newer than 1969 permitted) for an appreciative audience. It’s an open mic session, so anyone is welcome to get up to sing and play, backed by the house band. Starts at 8pm, ends around 11pm – free admission. I’m one of the regulars and have been participating since the mid-1980s. Good fun, a lovely community too !
The monthly Rock and Roll Dance Party returns ! The hits of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Fats Domino, the Righteous Brothers, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, the Beatles, Animals, Rolling Stones, Temptations, Wilson Picket, Creedence Clearwater Revival and others !
May 12 (Friday) Vintage Wine’s Rock & Roll Dance Party at the Wheel Club, 3373 Cavendish in NDG. Music starts at 8pm until around 11pm. Admission at the door : $10.
June 23 (Friday) Vintage Wine’s Rock & Roll Dance Party at the Wheel Club - special edition : All Dressed/ All Request Night.
June 29 (Thursday). Craig Morrison & Alex Nesrallah play two sets at Randy’s Bistro in Montreal West, 7pm start.
July 12 (Wednesday). Vintage Wine performs a free concert at Trudeau Park in Cote St. Luc, 7pm start.
July 29 (Saturday). Vintage Wine returns to the Piggery Theatre in North Hatley for "Radio Favourites from the 1960s & ’70s."
August 4 (Friday). Vintage Wine returns to Studio 77 in Pointe Claire.
conventions, office parties, house parties, anniversary parties, benefit concerts, birthday parties, weddings, corn roasts, high school reunions, municipal celebrations, restaurants, night clubs, reception halls...
shows since 2015 - too many to mention ! we did our Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow : Music From New York City show at the Lac Brome Theatre (sold out !) and at the Piggery Theatre in North Hatley (sold out !), 2015 we did our 50th Anniversary of the British Invasion show at the Lac Brome Theatre (sold out !) and at the Piggery Theatre in North Hatley (sold out !), 2014 we performed our California Dreaming : Music From the Golden State show at the Lac Brome Theatre in Knolwton (sold out !), 2013 we performed our That’ll Be the Day : Buddy Holly and Friends Remembered show at the Piggery Theatre in North Hatley (sold out !), 2013 we performed our That’ll Be the Day : Buddy Holly and Friends Remembered show at the Lac Brome Theatre in Knowlton (sold out !), 2012 a 1950s style Sock Hop at the Cote St. Luc Aquatic Centre, a benefit for the Cummings Centre North Hatley Club summer reunion (two years in a row) the President’s Gala for Concordia University’s Homecoming Week tribute to the movie Grease, Calistoga Grill (sold out !) tribute to Graduates of Sun Records : Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash, Calistoga Grill (three performances, each one sold out !) Vintage Wine CD launch of Rock and Roll Dance Party, Calistoga Grill (sold out !) New Year’s Eve Party, St. Philip’s Church, Montreal West the West Island Crusade Against Cancer Gala at John Abbott College (two years in a row)- see comment below free outdoor shows for the municipalities of Greenfield Park, Dollard Des Ormeaux, Dorval, and Cote St.Luc - since 2010 monthly "Vintage Wine’s Rock and Roll Dance Party," at the Wheel Club, more than 80 times since June 2007 18th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Music From New York City, 2015 17th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : She Loves You - The 50th Anniversary of the British Invasion, 2014 16th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Jailhouse Submarine - Music From the Movies, 2013 15th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Califormia Dreaming - Music From the Golden State, Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, 2012 14th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Blowing In the Wind - A Tribute to Bob Dylan and his Musical World, 2011 13th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Stand By Me : Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Motown, and Soul, 2010 12th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : That’ll Be the Day - Buddy Holly and Friends Remembered, 2009 11th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Great Balls of Fire : Memphis Blues, Country, Rock and Soul, 2008 10th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall : Blue Moon : Rock and Pop Through the Decades, 2007 9th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert at the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall : Rock Around the Clock, 2006 8th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : Mr. Tambourine Man : Folk and Folk Rock, 2005 7th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert : British Invasion 40th Anniversary Show, 2004 Battle of the Bands fundraiser at Metropolis (and formerly the Spectrum and Club Soda) every year since 2005, backing up Gerry Kandestin, and also the special guests Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and BTO (2010), Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees (2011), Robby Kreiger of the Doors (2012), and Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits (2013), fundraiser for the Sons of Scotland Society in Verdun Lachute Lions Club 75th Anniversary dinner and dance two Word of Mouth Singles Club dances "a mid-summer’s night dream" house party in Pointe Claire WEDDINGS ! in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Dorval, and the Dunany Country Club Concordia Alumni Association’s "Rock to the Oldies" dance a convention at Le Medley for 800 doctors a 40th wedding anniversary at the Forest and Stream Club, Dorval a house party in the West Island to honour the Beckett Players office party, Hotel de la Montagne 85th anniversary party for the Dunany Country Club, Lachute, QC convention for the Music Perception and Cognition Society, Le Nouvel Hotel BIRTHDAY PARTIES : 65th birthday party in a private home, Eastern Townships, Quebec ; at the Bistro Olive/Orange ; at Club One in Montreal ; a 50th birthday party at the historic Maison Lantier in Kirkland New Year’s Eve party for the Montreal Estonian Society, three times - see comment below. Mesquite restaurant on Decairie a corporate party for the CGI company at the Canada Pavilion (former Expo 67 site) three nights at Clint’s Grill in Pointe Claire - see comment below Halloween party at the Police Brotherhood Hall Office party at the Swimming night club on St. Laurent Boulevard Canada Day celebrations, Centennial Hall, Beaconsfield see comment below Baie D’Urfe Days, Fritz Farm, Lakeshore Drive CGI "Customer Appreciation Evening," - see comment below party for Domaine Pinnacle (makers of award-winning ice cider), Frelighsburg, Quebec - see comment below Outremont High School Reunion (class of 1975), Holiday Inn, Montreal dinner fundraiser for the Montreal Children’s Hospital, at the Food Resto Lounge, Montreal Concordia University Part-Time Faculty Association (CUPFA) : Anniversary Gala, Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal - see comment below reunion of Valleyfield area health care professionals, Hotel Grant, St. Timothee, Quebec Town of Baie D’Urfe demerger victory party, Fritz Farm, Lakeshore Drive HOUSE PARTIES : lots of them ! Convention of the Canadian League of Poets, Lion D’Or reunion party : La Salle Comprehensive High, class of 1978 three month summer residency at Cajun Blues restaurant in Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue two New Year’s Eve parties at Farafalla restaurant in Pointe Claire Bistro Louis & Simon, Ste. Dorothee, Laval one month residency at the Topaze nightclub in Pointe Claire 1950s theme night : Maison de la Reine in the Laurentians anniversary party : La Sala Rossa - see comment below anniversary party : Le Village Historique de Carignan in Chambly
On Vintage Wine’s performance at the West Island Crusade Against Cancer Gala, at John Abbott College, October 2012, Bob S. wrote "Your music and enthusiasm were so well received at our Gala last year that I have had many requests that you play for us again. Your music seems to fit our demographic perfectly and I have never had so many positive comments about the music before. The number of bodies on the dance floor said it all."
On one of Vintage Wine’s monthly Rock and Roll Dance Party nights at the Wheel Club, Robert G, wrote "I wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your show yesterday night. I must say, it must have been 15 years since last I heard "Woolly Bully" ! "Shakin’ All Over," "Bad Moon Rising" and "Rocket 88" are personal faves of mine. You guys enthusiastically played the hell out of the covers you chose. I also enjoyed your guitar style : only the right notes were played."
On Vintage Wine’s performance at the historic Maison Lantier in Kirkland, October 2008, Paul B. wrote : "To Craig & the Band,
Thank you so much for the wonderful music for Stephanie’s party. Sorry I did not get a chance to thank you and the guys on Saturday, it was a busy night for me. Everyone had such positive comments on your music. They all had a great time, and I’m sure you could tell by everyone being on the dance floor at certain times, even my 87 year old father ! Thanks again, and hope to see you on the 31st [at the Corona Theatre] if not, then on the 14th at the Wheel Club !"
On Vintage Wine’s outdoor performance at a house party in Frelighsburg, Quebec, in July 2007, hostess Joyce Teiber wrote : "Just wanted you to know how much we all enjoyed your music...wonderful band...just our kind of music...set the tone for the party...could have danced all night. It made the evening the success I think it was. You kept the party hopping despite the sprinkling of rain. We all hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did and so many people asked who you were, where you came from, etc. Lots of compliments on the band from the guests. I would be delighted if you would use my quote on your website."
On Vintage Wine’s performance in the Town of Mont-Royal, New Year’s Eve, 2005, society president Karl Raudsepp wrote : "On behalf of the Montreal Estonian Society, I must congratulate you and the band on a stellar performance this past New Year’s Eve. Vintage Wine was simply perfect for this gathering - a delight to listen to and a pleasure to
dance to. The music was timely, abundant and brought the right mix of memories and nostalgia to everyone present. As the Steve Miller Band sang - Keep on Rockin’ Me Baby." [They rehired us in 2006 and 2007.]
On Vintage Wine’s performance at Beaconsfield, Quebec on July 1, 2005, organizer Michele Janis wrote : "And the band played on... Thank-you for your enthusiasm and participation in our ’wet’ Canada Day celebration." (The band got rained out from the outdoor stage and so set up inside Centennial Hall and played anyway !)
On Vintage Wine’s performance in June, 2005, at the "customer appreciation evening" held by CGI (the international information technology and business process service firm), organizer Sandra wrote : "Thanks again for your dedication and GREAT music show/concert ! De rencontrer les personnes humaines derri ?re le groupe musical et de mieux vous connaitre a ?t ? tr ?s plaisant. All my best regards." [They rehired us in 2006.]
On Vintage Wine’s performance at Domaine Pinnacle (makers of award-winning ice cider), Frelighsburg, Quebec, June 2005, owner Charlie Crawford wrote : "Thanks for a great show on Saturday. The rave reviews for your performance have been constant. It would not have been the same without you !". We returned for another party there in 2013.
On Vintage Wine’s performance at the Bonaventure Hilton Hotel, October 2004, Maria Peluso (president of the Concordia University Union of Part-Time Faculty [CUPFA]), wrote : "I did not get a chance to thank you myself when I left. Let me tell you this Vintage Wine is wow ! You have a great band. No joke great. There was one of our members with her husband who just bought another bottle of wine and sat there in the back to listen to you guys to the very end. Lot’s of complimentary emails about your music. The comments just keep on coming in. I can still hear the music. Where have you been hiding from me all these years ? I want to personally thank all of you for providing the music for our 15th Anniversary Gala. Everyone—no joke—everyone can’t stop talking about the quality that you guys gave. I think we should hold more parties like we had. Quite an elegant evening and loads of fun. You are all remarkable musicians."
On Vintage Wine’s performance at La Sala Rossa, April 2003, Connie Rose wrote : "I recently threw a surprise party for my husband with a hundred of his closest friends. To a person, everyone raved about the band. We’re already dreaming up another excuse to hire Vintage Wine. They really made the party a night to remember."
Act Naturally All My Loving Anna A Hard Day’s Night Bad Boy From a Window (hit for Billy J. Kramer) Help ! Hey Jude I Feel Fine I Saw Her Standing There I Should Have Known Better I Want to Hold Your Hand Please Please Me She Loves You Slow Down Twist and Shout Yesterday
Brown Eyed Handsome Man Johnny B. Goode Memphis Rock and Roll Music Roll Over Beethoven You Never Can Tell (C’est La Vie)
Bad Moon Rising I Heard It Through the Grapevine Proud Mary Suzy Q
Dream Lover Splish Splash Things
Runaround Sue Teenager in Love The Wanderer
Blowing in the Wind It Ain’t Me Babe It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue Like A Rolling Stone Make You Feel My Love Mr. Tambourine Man : Byrds My Back Pages Seven Days The Times They Are A-Changing
(All I Have to Do Is) Dream Bye Bye Love So Sad Wake Up Little Susie
Blue Days, Black Nights Down the Line Early in the Morning Every Day Heartbeat It Doesn’t Matter Anymore It’s So Easy Learning the Game Listen To Me Maybe Baby Not Fade Away Oh Boy Peggy Sue Raining in My Heart Rave On That’ll Be the Day True Love Ways Well…All Right Wishing Words of Love
California Blue Crying In Dreams Only the Lonely Pretty Woman
All Shook Up Blue Moon of Kentucky Can’t Help Falling in Love Don’t Don’t Be Cruel Good Rockin’ Tonight Hound Dog I Forgot To Remember To Forget It’s Now Or Never Jailhouse Rock Little Sister Mystery Train Return to Sender She’s Not You That’s All Right Tryin’ To Get To You
The Last Time Paint It Black Satisfaction
El Condor Pasa I Am A Rock Mrs. Robinson
Land of 1000 Dances Midnight Hour Mustang Sally
Come On Let’s Go Donna La Bamba
Because : Dave Clark Five Bring It On Home : Animals/ Sam Cooke Brown-Eyed Girl : Van Morrison Bus Stop : Hollies Do Wah Diddy : Manfred Mann Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood : Animals Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying : Gerry & the Pacemakers Ferry ’Cross the Mersey : Gerry & the Pacemakers Gimme Some Lovin’ : Spencer Davis Group Gloria : Them Groovy Kind of Love : Mindbenders Heart Full of Soul : Yarbirds House of the Rising Sun : Animals I Go to Pieces : Peter and Gordon I Only Want to Be With You : Dusty Springfield Just One Look : Hollies Love Potion #9 : Searchers Needles and Pins : Searchers Pretty Flamingo : Manfred Mann Sunny Afternoon : Kinks There’s A Kind of Hush : Herman’s Hermits When You Walk In the Room : Searchers Wonderful World : Herman’s Hermits- You Really Got Me : Kinks
Big River : Johnny Cash Crazy : Patsy Cline Folsom Prison Blues : Johnny Cash Guitars, Cadillacs : Dwight Yoakam Hey Good Lookin’ : Hank Williams Ring of Fire : Johnny Cash Sea of Heartbreak : Don Gibson Singing the Blues : Marty Robbins/ Guy Mitchell Six Days on the Road : Dave Dudley
Ain’t No Sunshine : Bill Withers Ain’t Too Proud to Beg : Temptations Dock of the Bay : Otis Redding Get Ready : Rare Earth Higher and Higher : Jackie Wilson How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) : Marvin Gaye I Feel Good : James Brown Just a Little Bit : Roscoe Gordon Knock On Wood : Eddie Floyd Mercy Mercy Mercy : Don Covay My Girl : Temptations Spanish Harlem : Ben E. King Stand By Me : Ben E. King Under the Boardwalk : Drifters Walkin’ the Dog : Rufus Thomas When a Man Loves a Woman : Percy Sledge
Blue Monday : Fats Domino Blueberry Hill : Fats Domino Boogie Woogie Country Girl : Big Joe Turner But I Do : Clarence Frogman Henry California Dreamin’ : Mamas and Papas Cara Mia : Jay and the Americans Chantilly Lace : Big Bopper Cupid : Sam Cooke Do You Believe in Magic : Lovin’ Spooonful For What It’s Worth : Buffalo Springfield Fortune Teller : Bobby Curtola Goodnight Sweetheart : the Spaniels Hello Mary Lou : Ricky Nelson I Fought the Law : Bobby Fuller Four I’m a Believer : Monkees I’m Walkin’ : Fats Domino It Hurts To Be In Love : Gene Pitney It’s In Her Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) : Betty Everett It’s Too Late : Chuck Willis Kicks : Paul Revere & the Raiders Last Train to Clarksville : Monkees Let’s Twist Again:Chubby Checker Little Red Riding Hood : Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs Louie Louie : Kingsmen New Orleans : Gary US Bonds One Fine Day : Chiffons Real Wild Child : Johnny O’Keefe Rip It Up : Little Richard Rocket 88 : Jackie Brenston Runaway : Del Shannon Sea Cruise : Frankie Ford Secret Agent Man : Johnny Rivers Shake Rattle and Roll : Big Joe Turner Shakin’ All Over : Guess Who Sheila : Tommy Roe Smoke Gets in Your Eyes : Platters Summer in the City : Lovin’ Spoonful Surf medley : Walk Don’t Run/ Wipeout/ Pipeline Sweet Caroline : Neil Diamond The Letter : Box Tops The Stroll : the Diamonds This Diamond Ring : Gary Lewis & the Playboys This Magic Moment : Jay & the Americans Tossin’ and Turnin’ : Bobby Lewis Turn ! Turn ! Turn ! : Byrds Twilight Time : Platters Twist : Chubby Checker Unchained Melody : Righteous Brothers Wooly Bully : Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
Believe What You Say : Ricky Nelson Break Up : Charlie Rich Honey Don’t : Carl Perkins It’ll Be Me : Jerry Lee Lewis Lonely Weekends : Charlie Rich Rockin’ Record Hop : Carl Perkins Summertime Blues : Eddie Cochran Twenty Flight Rock : Eddie Cochran Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On : Jerry Lee Lewis
Black Magic Woman : Santana Get Down Tonight : KC & the Sunshine Band Into the Mystic : Van Morrison I Shot the Sheriff : Biob Marley/ Eric Clapton Kiss : Prince/ Tom Jones Lay Down Sally : Eric Clapton Little Green Bag : George Baker Selection Listen to the Music : Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin’ : Doobie Brothers Maggie May : Rod Stewart No Matter What : Badfinger Red Red Wine : UB 40 Riders on the Storm : Doors Take It Easy : Eagles
Blue Tango Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Cha Cha Could I Have This Dance Over the Rainbow St. James Infirmary Summertime Tennesse Waltz : Patti Page
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CRAIG MORRISON
is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, author, and musician
based
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7 Nights Music Communications, © 2006