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#CrossCanada Playlist ~ Ross Neilsen & the Suffering Bastards

One of the beauties of driving across the country is all the interesting people you meet along the way.  This was certainly the case of my solo drive this Autumn.  Seems to me that when you are on your own, you are almost more open to talking to other people and meeting strangers on the road, especially if you are like me and a terrible eavesdropper.

I was having one such moment when I pulled into the tiny Village of Rossport, looking in desperation for a non-fast food chain lunch spot, hypoglycemia rearing it’s ugly head, as it was 3 or 4 in the afternoon and I’d forgotten to eat again.  Happened upon a real unexpected find, in the weaving bends of Northern Ontario filled with small diners, fast food chains and truck stops.  The find?  A whimsical cafe that made me feel like I was on the Gulf Islands, with the work of artists decorating the garden path in the form of pottery, mosaics, and the odd sculpture.  Opening the front door, I took note of a poster for a band that was coming to rock the joint and was greeted by the work of local artists adorning the walls.  The place?  The Serendipity Garden Cafe.

 

An unexpected cafe of an unexpected meeting.

 

This was definitely a local hotspot for an evening out, when you wanted something a little classier than the local pub, accompanied by a nice sit down meal.  Walking in, you’d expect to find a few locals chatting over a leisurely lunch or coffee, just not at 3 or 4 in the afternoon, when most self respecting people were contemplating what to make for dinner. Instead I found the unexpected. Three dark and mysterious men with scruffy hair and unshaven faces, the kind that you knew were trouble in a very good way, and were out of place in this whimsical little cafe.  These were certainly not locals, but rather fellow travelers, like myself. I don’t know why, but I suspected they were musicians from the get go. I even wondered if they were the upcoming act at the Cafe.

So what’s a gal to do, sitting all alone at a table waiting for her meal, but eavesdrop on the conversation of three dark, mysterious and handsome strangers.  Clearly the one with the piercing dark and playful eyes was no dummy, as he started to tease me by repeating the dessert menu aloud and glancing mischieviously in my direction.  Smart, funny, with that rugged scruffy look of an artist, he had me enraptured.  Alas I learnt on-route to the washroom we were passersby in the late afternoon, heading in opposite directions. And no, this wasn’t from eavesdropping. Anyone who starts taunting me with sweets clearly needs to be talked to directly.

I was right.  They were musicians ~ Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards (Shawn Worden & Karl Gans) ~ and not only musicians, but Blues Men … mmm, mmm, mmm. The one with the piercingly handsome mischievous eyes being Ross. I may not have got to see them play live that night, as I had to keep driving South East, but they did give me their CD, which kept me wide awake and rocking along as I drove through the worst of moose country that night.  Not only did I enjoy the tunes, but they kept me safe and sound on the road. Thank you gentlemen!

Here are a few tunes & other sundries from Ross Neilson & the Sufferin’ Bastards:

 

 

Clearly these boys aren’t new to the road trip ….

 

 

They’ve even found a worse motel room to my Sault St. Marie motel room with the paper thin wall, and couple having raccoon screeching sex next door …

 

 

And clearly being a food tease is not new to Ross either …

 

 

Feel free to join me in stalking them online on ~

  • the Bastard’s Site
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • SonicBids
  • Tumblr
  • and through their tweets @RossNeilsen & @TheNakedBass

Time to take us home boys …

 

 

Oh and before I forget, the Bastards are still on the road, catch them at:

  • Nov 15 & 16, 2011 10 pm  Rose n’ Crown, Banff, AB
  • Nov 17, 2011 9:30 pm  Downstream Bar, Jasper, AB
  • Nov 18, 2011 10 pm Better Than Fred’s, Grande Prairie, AB
  • Nov 19, 2011 8 pm Early Stage Saloon, Stony Plain, AB
  • Nov 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 2011 9 pm Blues on Whyte, Edmonton, AB
  • Nov 26, 2011 3 pm MATINEE Blues on Whyte, Edmonton, AB
  • Nov 27, 2011 10 pm Blues on Whyte, Edmonton, AB
  • Dec 1, 2011 10 pm HWY 75 Blues and Sports Bar (Pembina Hotel), Winnipeg, MB
  • Dec 2 & 3 2011 10 pm Shooters, Kenora, ON
  • Dec 7, 2011 7:30 pm The Oasis, Cobourg, ON
  • Dec 8, 2011 10 pm TBA
  • Dec 9, 2011 10 pm Irene’s Pub, Ottawa, ON
  • Dec 10, 2011 9:30 pm Pub St Alexandre, Quebec City, QC
  • Dec 16 & 17 2011 10 pm Red Herring Pub, St Andrews, NB

November 13, 2011 By Emme Rogers 8 Comments

Filed Under: All Aboard!, Around the World, Canada, Emme Rogers, Ontario, Our Travelers, Planes, Trains ..., Road Trips, Travel TV, Tunes from the Road Tagged With: blues, Northern Ontario, Ontario, road trip

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  1. Lighting Up a Wet Winter Night with a Few Sufferin' Bastards says:
    December 7, 2011 at 10:39 am

    […] means an evening road trip for little ol’ moi, as these are the Blues Boys I met road tripping #CrossCanada.  Can’t have Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards playing so close and not go to […]

    Reply
  2. Lighting Up a Wet Winter Night with a Few Sufferin' Bastards says:
    December 7, 2011 at 10:39 am

    […] means an evening road trip for little ol’ moi, as these are the Blues Boys I met road tripping #CrossCanada.  Can’t have Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards playing so close and not go to […]

    Reply
  3. Lucy Duck RAWKS out to Tunes from the Road with Ross Neilsen says:
    January 26, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    […] those of you that have been following along with my adventures Roamancing, you may have already met Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards from my #CrossCanada road trip this Autumn, and Lucy Duck whose flown in to join us on the road from the UK.  You may also be […]

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  4. Ross Neilsen Singing the Solo Blues at the 2012 IBC in Memphis, Tennessee says:
    February 29, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    […] those of you that have been reading along here and on my site this past Autumn, you might remember this week’s musician from the […]

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  5. Ross Neilsen to RAWK British Columbia This Week! says:
    October 20, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    […] met some pretty cool people and the road, and one of those people is Ross Neilsen!  Two Autumns ago we passed each other, heading in opposite directions on the road – I eavesdropped on Ross and his band at lunch (or as I like to think of it, ‘conducted […]

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  6. Celebrating my Birthday in Bliss with the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival and Matt Andersen says:
    August 5, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    […] Blues and Roots Festivals, and were instantly smitten!  Fast forward about a year and a half and I stumble upon some scruffy musicians making fun of my blatant eavesdropping over lunch (at 4 pm) in a small Northern Ontario Village, […]

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  7. Lucy Duck RAWKS out to Tunes from the Road with Ross Neilsen says:
    July 15, 2018 at 4:46 pm

    […] those of you that have been following along with my adventures Roamancing, you may have already met Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards from my #CrossCanada road trip this Autumn, and Lucy Duck whose flown in to join us on the road from the UK.  You may also be […]

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  8. Lighting Up a Wet Winter Night with a Few Sufferin’ Bastards says:
    July 15, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    […] means an evening road trip for little ol’ moi, as these are the Blues Boys I met road tripping #CrossCanada.  Can’t have Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards playing so close and not go to […]

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