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A visit with friends old & new, then home to Thorsby, AB!

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TH by TK 2010

The beautiful village on the Alberta prairie where I’ve chosen to hang my hat, a place for which I seem always – and once again – to find a greater appreciation each time that I return.  It is beautiful here, and I’m blessed with some of the finest neighbors  that a man could have, and while respect for their privacy prevents me from naming them I will thank them here publicly for taking such good care of my things while I am so often away.

It’s good to be home my friends, although I don’t mind telling you that I can’t wait to get back on the road again!

The long way west from St. John’s, NL, was pleasantly interrupted for concert appearances at Montreal, QC, Rossport, ON, and Lorrette, MB, where we were fortunate to be joined by friends old and new. Thus it is that I now look forward to seeing old friends Roger & Mary at the wonderful Serendipity Gardens in picturesque Rossport, and new ones Thida & Heather at Solid Ground in pastoral Lorrette the next time I’m out that way, and you may trust that I’ll be working on my francais for my next trip into old Montreal!

This has been a very good summer for Koko and I, and easily our most successful tour of Canada so far, and for that I want to thank everyone responsible for it. The list is long, and you know that I’m going to forget someone like I always do, however I trust that you’ll forgive me – as you seem always to – and know that for each of you I send along my sincere thanks and my very best wishes. In no particular order then, and from the bottom of this old rock, I send my personal “Thank you very much!” out to Laura Sterling at Sterling Management Services, Heather & Glenn at Angel Records Canada, the management and staff at each of the 50-odd venues that hosted dates on ‘The Wander Man Revisits 2010′ tour, Jay Richards at CJWW radio Saskatchewan, Judy Gough at CHMR radio St. John’s, NL, Chris Piecash at The Algoma News, Wawa, ON, all of the independent, local, and community radio stations, newspapers, TV and media outlets along the way and from coast-to-coast in Canada, and last but certainly always first with me, to each and every friend and fan, old and new, who came to see the shows!

Keep on keepin’ on my friends, and rest easy knowing that I’ll be thinking good thoughts about you and looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

Fortunately it goes on however, and thus after a night or two to catch up on my sleep the calendar tells me that I’ll be returning to work a little closer to home this weekend. So it is that I’m happy to invite you to join me for a homecoming celebration at the Blue Chair Cafe, 9624 – 76 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, this Saturday evening, September 4, 2010, at 8PM, with reservations and ticket info available by emailing reso@bluechair.ca and I look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks always for your support, remember to check the calendar here for updates & cya at the show!

Yours,

TH, 8/30/2010

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For an Ocean cruise on the MV Caribou to the mighty Rock!

Home of perhaps the most storied people in Canada, and the tales told about the fine people living there are told for very good reason I’ve now learned! In fact I’m pleased to report that the real thing far exceeds the expectations built up by the significant volume of yarns celebrating the friendship, humor, good will, fine character, kindness, and compassion exhibited by the people of Newfoundland that I’ve been exposed to over the years, as I must say that in this case the build up was happily not up to the standards of the real thing!

What a great place, and what a fabulous bunch of neighbours!

I’m sure to miss a whole lot of new friends, and I’m sorry to those of you that I do and trust that I’ll have an opportunity to say thanks in person the next time I’m fortunate enough to visit you over on The Rock, but here goes with a list of ‘thank you very much-es’ to some of my new friends in Newfoundland, a place that brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘laid back’ and that I’m already missing as I sit in a Levis, QC, campground to write this note.

To Denis B., Christian at C&C Automotive, Tony & the crew at Carnwell’s Spring Works in St. John’s, Ralph, Linda & the folks at Upper Island Cove, Sean & Iris for being such great neighbours in spite of a very late Saturday night, to Brenda, Jennie & the gang at Kelly’s Pub in Grand Falls-Windsor, to Clay and the EHS crew, the staff at the Corner Brook Hospital Emergency Department, and all of the good people of Newfoundland wherever we met and either entertained for you or were entertained by you, my sincerest personal “thank you very much!” goes out to each and every one of you.

That makes it coast-to-coast-in-Canada for Koko and me this summer, and I send a hearty ‘thank you very much!” to Chief Watson R. for welcoming us aboard the MV Caribou and for showing us the porpoises that inhabit the waters between the mainland and The Rock. I enjoyed a pair of fabulous voyages and the services of her excellent crew at either end of my Newfoundland visit, and will look forward to my next crossing as an opportunity to renew acquaintances with old friends.

The way west lies before us now, athough we’ll have another two weeks of work in front of us before we’ll see Thorsby again. The first stop is Montreal, QC, where I’m on stage at The Wheel Club for Hillbilly Night tomorrow at 9PM. Here’s hoping we see you there or at one of the next stops along the never-ending highway, and thanks again for your support!

Until I see you again my friends, enjoy the music and keep on keepin’ on!

Yours,

TH, 8/18/2010

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Thru the heart of the nation to the friendliest place in the world!

To stop for a short rest here at beautiful Nova Scotia, home of the Bluenose and some of the best friends that I’ve been fortunate enough to make, before taking the ferry over to meet the neighbors at Newfoundland next week. Not to belabor the point, but I want you to know that I’ve not been treated better anywhere that I have been so far than I have been treated over the last week or so here on the South Shore, and along with my sincere thanks to hosts Joe & Connie Holdershaw, I want to let everybody down here know, including Pam, Robert, Paul, Nick, Steve and the Chapin family at The Ovens, Michael, Paul from Toronto, and everyone else that I’ve met since arriving, how much I have appreciated your hospitality, support, and friendship, and that I can’t wait to get back out here to see you all again!

This is a very big country, and I was fortunate to spend time with old friends at Oakville and new ones at Toronto while working my way through Ontario since my last note here, and many thanks go to John & Jane at The Moonshine cafe and to Arlene & Paul at Reba’s Cafe, respectively. It’s friends like these, old and new, that make it possible for songwriters such as myself to earn a living doing what we do, and I look forward to repaying your hospitality with another show the next time I pass this way!

To the new friends in old Montreal and at New Brunswick I say merci beacoup and fare thee well until I see you again, with luck our next visits will be longer, for you are both places of great beauty!

As the man was known to have said, it goes on. Thus we’ll squeeze a trip out to PEI into the calendar prior to catching the ferry to depart the mainland and head for the friendly shores of Newfoundland on Tuesday morning, where the week will be busy as we’ll visit communities from one end of the famous Rock to the other in just a single week. With neither Koko nor I being fans of the ferry experience, we’re hoping for calm seas for our crossing and a warm welcome from the neighbors when we make landfall, because I can’t wait to get on stage and share my music with the storied people of the faraway shore!

It will then be time to turn back west, and before you know it the prairie breeze will be welcoming us home from the long way across the nation and back. That’s a story that remains to be told however, and until I’ve then I’ll say so long and wish you nothing but the very best and trust that like myself, you’ll keep on keepin’ on until I see you again somewhere along the never-ending highway.

TH, 8/7/2010

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Across the prairies & around the greatest lake!

To a Caledon campground for a night of catch-up and laundry at the south end of the Georgian Bay. What a great couple of weeks on the highway I’ve had so far! Thanks to everyone who’s made it out to the shows across the prairies and thru northwestern Ontario this month, your support has been inspiring and I’m having more fun than a man has a right to expect. I’m next on stage this Monday, July 26, 2010, at the fabulous Moonshine Cafe located at 137 Kerr Street in beautiful Oakville, ON, and I’m very much looking forward to the return visit and the chance to see friends old and new at one of my favorite stops along the never-ending highway. Here’s hoping you’re able to join us for dinner and the show on Monday night if you’re in the neighborhood, and thanks again for your support!

With shows on Tuesday night at Toronto, and Wednesday night at Montreal, the adventure continues, with ‘The Wander Man Revisits’ 2010 coast-to-coast-in-Canada tour scheduled for stops into a variety of events and venues across the eastern provinces and the maritimes between now and mid-August. I’m looking forward to meeting new friends as we’re scheduled to visit a bunch of new places prior to pointing the Safari west to work our way back home, and I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to having the opportunity to share my music with the good neighbours in eastern Canada. Thanks again to everyone for the hospitality and the support, I look forward to performing for you and to a howdy and shake at the end of the show!

Having traveled a fair piece with my guitar, it’s become extremely difficult to identify ’favorites’ when it comes to places where I’ve been fortunate to spend time on stage, however from time to time some places will make a bigger impression than others, and while I’m not one to drop names I do want to mention that the folks in Lloydminster, SK, and Wawa, ON, know how to get down and have themselves a party as well as any I’ve seen! Count me among the biggest fans of a pair of the warmest and most hospitable little places in Canada, and I’m hoping that the many new friends I’m fortunate to have made there read this note, as I’m sure looking forward to getting back to both places again real soon!

Thanks again to everybody for being there, from the waitresses at all of the truck stops to the friends on the dance floor, I appreciate your love and support far more than I could ever say! To you and yours, from me and mine, I wish you the very best and nothing less, and with love and solidarity, I remain your loyal friend, the 12-string troubadour.

TH, 7/24/10

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the ‘Harwill News’ summer 2010 edition…reprint!

Hello to everyone and thanks very much once again for being here! This is the summer edition of the ‘Harwill News’ for 2010, and as always I wish you and yours nothing but the very best!

The ‘little album that could’ continues to generate nothing but good news as its’ release extends across the country at both radio and retail, and once again I’m thrilled to send my personal “thank you very much” out to all of the very kind folks working in Canadian radio land for all of their support! The ‘Tim Harwill & Friends ~ The Wander Man Revisited‘ album remains solidly in medium rotation at Aboriginal, community, and campus radio, and is now starting to receive some notice from commercial radio!

Thanks again to everyone for your support and especially for all of your requests at a local radio station near you!

Once again the ‘big news’ for the issue is all about touring – I depart on tour across the eastern portion of our great country this weekend – which of course is directly tied to the release of the new record. With the album continuing to roll up the very strong critical notices and spending more time on an assortment of charts across the country, I’m happy to be able to continue ‘The Wander Man Revisits’ 2010 tour into eastern Canada this summer. We begin the eastern half of the tour with a show at The Velvet Olive in Red Deer, AB, this Saturday night, and I can’t wait to get back on stage! Here’s hoping you’re able to join me in Red Deer this weekend and at venues around the province and across Canada when I tour through your area of this great nation during July and August of 2010! For details regarding dates and locations please remember to check the web site for updates regularly as dates will be added as they are confirmed.

Thanks very much once again and see you at the show!

Sticking with even more good news, I’m very pleased to let you know that I’ve entered into a tour management agreement with Sterling Management Services, an Edmonton, AB, based entertainment services company. Owned and operated by the delightfully capable Ms. Laura Sterling, I’m very pleased to be working with Laura and looking forward to a successful business relationship. Since early 2010, all tour management duties related to Tim Harwill have been very effectively managed by Ms. Laura Sterling, and you’re invited to contact her using the information below for additional information.

Sterling Management Services

780-421-4406

sterlingmanagementservices@gmail.com

Thanks very much for the assist and welcome aboard to Laura and the team at Sterling Management Services!

Radio and retail distribution in Canada is almost complete for ‘The Wander Man Revisited’, and I wanted to remind you all again that you can make your purchase of individual tracks or the entire album on iTunes now! Thanks kindly for using the link below to grab your selection today, see the Tim Harwill dot com web site for CD mail order information, and thanks again for all of your support!

‘Tim Harwill & Friends ~ The Wander Man Revisited’ on iTunes

I also wanted to let you all know that I’m now available on Facebook with the launch of the Tim Harwill Facebook page earlier this year, and I’m pleased to invite you to join us there. The site is loaded with all kinds of information, maintained entirely by my eldest son, and I’ve included a link to it below and look forward to hearing from you!

Tim Harwill on Facebook

As always, thanks very kindly for your interest and your support. Please reply to me here with ‘REMOVE ME’ in the subject line if you’d like to opt out of future editions of the ‘Harwill News’. Thanks also for sending a message to me here with ‘ADD ME” in the subject line if you’re new or if you’d like to receive the ‘Harwill News’ in the future, and thanks very much in advance for your patience.

Last but not least, thanks always for passing the ‘Harwill News’ along to friends, fans, and supporters of independent music everywhere!

Yours,

TH, July 7, 2010

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On stage at the Jolly Farmer in Ponoka, AB, this Friday night!

Friday, June 25, 2010, will be my first visit to the Jolly Farmer English Pub located at 5006 Chapman Avenue, in beautiful Ponoka, AB, and I sure hope you’ll join me if you’re in the vicinity! I’m making a number of appearances around the province over the next week or so, including a performance at Edmonton, AB, on Canada Day, prior to continuing ‘The Wander Man Revisits’ coast-to-coast-in-Canada tour with a show at the Velvet Olive in Red Deer, AB, on Saturday, July 10, 2010, and I look forward to a howdy-and-shake when I pass thru your neck of the woods. I’ll be updating the calendar here on a regular basis and will have more details regarding the tour in the upcoming summer edition of the ‘Harwill News’, and until then I thank you very much for your continued support, and look forward to seeing you at the show!

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2 weeks & 11 shows in AB & BC + another great review for TWMR!

Is the news that I’m sharing with you today, and I’m thrilled with it!

While it wouldn’t be possible to name everybody without offending somebody due to them being missed, I will say that there’s been more than a few of you fine folks out there who’ve made a big impression on a certain hillbilly fella from east of the Rockies, and I’m glad to have had a chance to get to know each of you. Here’s hoping it won’t be too long until I’m out your way again, because your warm hospitality and great taste in music has me hankering to get back out there for another helping of it! Thanks very much once again to everyone who came out and supported us along the way; from Holly and my clan who joined us to kick things off at Calgary, to Tracey, Dave and the crew at Golden, to Cyril, Melissa and the gang at Revelstoke, to Mandy and the friends at Sorrento, to Brad, Kevin, Paul and his clan at Vancouver, to Karen and the girls at Cache Creek, to Gail, Carson, and all the good folks at Prince George, to Roseanne, Joe, and the extended family at McBride, I look forward to a ‘revisit’ with you all in the future and wish you nothing but the very best until I see you again!

I was also pleased to read the latest excellent review for ‘The Wander Man Revisited’ upon my return to Thorsby, and I’ve included a link to it below. This one is written by noted western Canadian music journalist Calvin Daniels, and originally appeared in the weekly ‘Yorkton This Week’ newspaper on March 31, 2010, and it’s another outstanding review for the new record which I’m happy to share with you. My thanks to Calvin Daniels and ‘Yorkton This Week’ for the appreciation and support!

Enjoy!

http://calmardan.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-tim-harwell-friends-wander-man.html

I’m stopping to have some repairs made prior to getting back on the highway here in Alberta until mid-July, after which ‘The Wander Man Revisits’ tour will continue on to parts east up here in Canada, and I’ll thank you for staying in touch and keeping up with the calendar here on the web site, and I look forward to seeing you at the show. As always, keep on keepin’ on and stay well until I see you again!

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Interview with Country Home Magazine!

Just a short note to let you know that I completed a relatively extensive interview with Mr. Christian Lamitschka, editor of Country Home Magazine, a European country music publication. The interview has been re-printed and is available at the link below.

Enjoy!

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=75669814&groupID=107713719

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The ‘Harwill News’ spring 2010 edition…reprint!

Hello to everyone and thanks very much once again for being here! This is the spring edition of the ‘Harwill News’ for 2010, and as always here’s hoping this note finds all well with you and yours!

The good new continues to roll in with the expanding release of my latest album to both radio and retail, and I’m happy to send my personal “thank you very much” to the good folks in Canadian radio land for all of their support! The new album ‘Tim Harwill & Friends ~ The Wander Man Revisited‘ is currently in medium rotation on Aboriginal, community, and campus radio, and is scheduled for release to commercial radio from coast to coast over the summer of 2010. Thanks again for your support and especially for all of your requests at a station near you!

This leads to the actual ‘big news’ for this issue – I’m headed back out on the road in early May 2010 – which also happens to be directly tied to the new album release! With the record receiving strong notices and spending time on an assortment of charts across the country so far this year, I’m happy (and relieved!) to be able to ‘officially’ announce that I’ll be on tour in support of the new record this summer. Kicking off with a show in the Boomtown Pub at Calgary, AB, the west coast leg of the coast-to-coast-in-Canada ‘The Wander Man Revisits’ tour begins on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, and I can’t wait to get back on stage! Here’s hoping you’re able to join me in Calgary for the 1st show of the new tour and at venues throughout the province of BC during the month of May, and across Canada when I tour through your area of our great nation later this summer. For details regarding venues, dates, show times and location details please see the tour calendar on the Tim Harwill dot com web site at the link below, and remember to check for updates regularly as dates will be added as they are confirmed. Thanks very much once again and see you at the show!

Tour Calendar at Tim Harwill dot com

Sticking with ‘big news’ as the topic, I’m also pleased to let you know that I’ve entered into a representation agreement with Angel Records Canada Inc., a Red Deer, AB, based independent record label. Owned and operated by the dynamic duo of Heather Rumbolt and Glenn Wombold, I’m very pleased to be working with these folks and looking forward to a very successful business relationship. Since late February, 2010, all promotion and booking for Tim Harwill has been managed by Heather Rumbolt, and you’re invited to see the website at the link below for additional information about Canada’s new home of quality roots music. Thanks for the assist and welcome aboard to Heather, Glenn, and the folks at Angel Records Canada!

Angel Records Canada on the web

The first reviews of the new album have begun to appear in publications across North America, and I’ve collected links to a few of them to share with you below. There are few things more pleasing to a working man than the satisfaction of a job well done, however when folks in the know are kind enough to acknowledge your efforts it’s doubly satisfying. Thus I want to say thank you to everyone for the kind words and the support, each of us that appear on the album appreciate the good notices very much, and we thank you for taking the time to share your opinions about the work we did with the world!

ALT-512 review by Aaron Wevodau

Red Deer Express review by Mark Weber

Windspeaker Magazine review by Angela Pearson

Red Deer Advocate review by Donald Teplyske

With commercial radio distribution in Canada just about to get underway for ‘The Wander Man Revisited’, I wanted to remind everyone that you can make your purchase of individual tracks on iTunes, get the entire CD on-line from the Indie Pool eStore, or order the album direct by mail from me here at Thorsby. Thanks kindly for using the links below to buy on-line, see the Tim Harwill dot com web site for mail order information, and thanks again for all of your support!

‘Tim Harwill & Friends ~ The Wander Man Revisited’ on iTunes

‘Tim Harwill & Friends ~ The Wander Man Revisited’ at Indie Pool eStore

I’m also pleased to (somewhat sheepishly?) announce that I’ve now been dragged (kicking & screaming!) further into the 21st century with the launch of the Tim Harwill Facebook page earlier this month. Developed and maintained by my oldest son you’re invited to join me there and I’ve included a link to the page below, and I want to say thanks kindly to the young fellow for the (very much appreciated) assist!

Tim Harwill on Facebook

As always, thanks very kindly for your interest and support. Please reply to me here with ‘REMOVE ME’ in the subject line if you’d like to opt out of future editions of the ‘Harwill News’. Thanks for sending a message with ‘ADD ME” in the subject line if you’re new or if you’d like to receive the ‘Harwill News’ in the future, and thanks very much in advance for your patience. Thanks very much for passing the ‘Harwill News’ along to friends, fans, and supporters of independent music everywhere!

Yours,

TH, April 29, 2010

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I’m on Facebook!

I’ve been dragged – kicking & screaming – further into the 21st century with the launch of the Tim Harwill Facebook site earlier this morning. Developed and maintained by my eldest son I’m happy to invite you to join me there and I’ve included a link to the site below and in the column to your left. I want to say thanks to my son for the assist and I look forward to seeing you there.

Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tim-Harwill-Fan-Page/112858035415147

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