TIM SWADDLING

Harry Bemis & The Books (Detroit, MI) with Tim Swaddling & his Band (Windsor, ON) perform at Windsor Ontario's Phog Lounge.

One Night Only • Special Double Bill Presentation • In Show & Concert

Henry Bemis & The Books have created a name for themselves in and around the Detroit area with their savvy and sardonic original brand of rock n roll. For their first ever show in Canada, they are joined on the bill by Windsor's own Tim Swaddling & his Band. Swaddling's first album, "Manifests", was released in November 2022.

$10 cover • Showtime 9pm SHARP • arrive early for best seating
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Thanks to everyone who packed the room on Friday for the Blackburn Bros and the CSBS for asking us to open the show.

Looking forward to 2023 with this crew. 

Bob Dylan meets Jack White... and... No Doubt?

Tim and his band opened for the Blackburn Bros at a packed Windsor Sportsman's Club hall for the Canada South Blues Society. The show featured a four member band line up with Grady Caplin on guitar, Bill MacKenzie on bass and, playing his first show with Tim's band, Scott Farago, who came over from up river in Michigan to perform.

The setlist featured electric guitar versions for the first time of two acoustic Manifests songs, Real Gone and Rollin' On. An all new song made it's live debut, Highway No.3 Blues, which closed out Tim's portion of the show.

For the full setlist, click here.

CSBS inducted The Blackburn Bros into their Hall Of Fame and also presented local Black Historian Elise Harding Davis to honour her for her contributions to the community and documenting Windsor's lengthy Black History. Thank you, Elise.

A new show in March will be announced soon.

The Town Of Kingsville kicked off the Winter Chill Show Series in Cottam, Ontario with a double bill of a solo Tim performance follow by the Fresh Breath duo. The series is being held at the historic Cottam United Church.

The first solo performance by Tim since 2019, the entire show was unique in songs featured in previous setlists in band arrangements being performed solo on acoustic guitar.

Tim's setlist featured two live debuts of songs. The first ever performance of "Little Timmy" from Manifests was featured, as well as a second live debut of a new Tim Tune, "Forgot To Remember Me". Another setlist highlight was a rare outing of "The C&O Don't Stop Here Anymore", the first performance of that song since it was released on Manifests and the first performance of the song in a schedule show before a live audience since 2018.

The full setlist can be found by clicking here. 

The Town of Kingsville and Kingsville Music Society present the 2023 Winter Chill show series in Cottam, Ontario. Three Saturday afternoons at Cottam United Church will see two different featured performers. The first Winter Chill event stars on Saturday, January 14th at 2pm with Tim performing a rare solo set (the first solo Tim performance before an audience since 2019). The duo Fresh Breath follow afterwards.

Admission is free.

Cottam United Church is located at 137 County Road 34 West in Cottam, Ontario.

Please note that Bob Dylan will not be introduced to Jack White as part of Tim's set. 

Tim Swaddling & his Band will open for the Toronto based blues band The Blackburn Bros in a special show presented by Canada South Blues Society on Friday, Feburary 3rd, 2023. This will be the first full band show Tim has performed since the release of Manifests, the debut feature length album that is now available on streaming services at at local record shops.

Blackburn is a true family band with brothers Duane, Brooke, Cory and Robert participating. Their deep roots in music came about naturally with their father, Bobby Dean Blackburn, a well known figure in the Toronto R&B Scene helping plant an appreciation of music while growing up. They are Juno nominees and multiple Maple Blues award winners and nominees throughout their careers. Their signature sound blends a mix of Blues, R&B, Funk and Soul. 

This show is in appreciation of Black History Month honouring Essex County's own Ms. Elise Harding-Davis, former curator of the Amherstburg Freedom Museum and a 2022 recipient of the Order of Ontario. 

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Canada South Blues Society event for Blackburn Bros wsg/Tim Swaddling

"This album reeks of Bob Dylan for the 60's enthusiast, or Jack White for the post millennium listener."

Check out Christian Eschbach's review of "Manifests" on YouTube, where he reviews the entire vinyl record release from top to bottom and has a lot of nice things to say about it. 


 

Tim and two members of his band performed two sets for the "Record Pop-Up" trade show at Chapter Two Brewery in Walkerville / Windsor on Sunday afternoon. The event was hosted by Chapter Two and the "Spinning Stories" documentary project director Syx Langemann, who filmed the event and recorded interviews with patrons for the documentary project. Tim was interviewed for the documentary earlier this month.

Setlist highlights included several first ever performances by Tim, including covers of Bill Monroe's "Darling Corey", Cindy Walker's "Miss Molly", Hank Williams' "Moanin' The Blues", Little Walter's "Hate To See You Go", a blend of several different versions of "In The Jailhouse Now" and Buck Owens' "Together Again". Allison Brown also made a surprise appearance. A live debut of a Manifests song was also performed - "The Devil's Tail", in a heavily revised form than how it appears on the record.

Click here to read the complete setlist on the Setlists page.

Tim will perform with members of his band as part of the "Record Pop-Up" trade show at Chapter Two Brewery on Sunday, December 18th, 2022.

The show is being hosted by Chapter Two Brewery and "Spinning Stories", an upcoming multi-episode documentary series on vinyl record collectors in the Windsor region. One episode will feature Tim talking about his own record collection and how his love of vinyl records helped motivate the creation of the project that became the Manifests recording sessions.

The event is from 12-5pm. Tim performs in the Brewery from 1.30pm - 3.30pm. 

This will be the first live performance since August for Tim and the last for 2022. Don't miss it!

The lyrics for all eight songs on "Manifests" are now live on the website. Click on each song to read the lyrics from the album.

Time To Go

Little Timmy

Real Gone

The C&O Don't Stop Here Anymore

Rollin' On

The Devil's Tail

South Street Blues

Burned
 

These lyrics differ from the lyric draft insert sheets included with the vinyl copy of the album.