TIM SWADDLING

Tim and his band opened for Henry Bemis & The Books at a jam packed Phog Lounge on Saturday night. The setlist featured some surprises, including a tribute to the late Robbie Robertson with covers of “Broken Arrow” and “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (a Bob Dylan song that The Band also recorded). Both covers were a first for Tim. 

“The Fire” made a return to the setlist, the first such outing since the February 3 '23 show opening for The Blackburn Bros. 

Read the full setlist by clicking here.

Henry 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. They return to Phog Lounge after making an impression at their first Canadian show at Phog in April. Tim Swaddling & his Band return to Phog with them. Swaddling's first album, "Manifests", was released in November 2022.

Last night, Windsor's music community paid tribute to one of its greatest champions in Dr. John Dickinson in a memorable night of performances at Meteor. Everyone shared stories on and off the stage of Dr. John in a celebration that met the wishes he had outlined in his will. Even in his absence, he once again brought our community closer together.

Tim's six song setlist was highlighted by being joined by surprise special guest Kelly “Mr Chill” Hoppe, who played harmonica, melodica and contributed vocals on two songs never performed by Tim before. Those two songs, Jesse Winchester's “Defying Gravity” and the Mr Chill classic “Ocean” were selected as tributes to Dr. John, who was a big fan of Mr Chill - provided he wasn't playing the great Gene MacLellan penned “Snowbird”, a song he didn't care for, as Hoppe noted in a funny anecdote he shared during the show.

The full setlist can be found by clicking here.

 

Tim will be playing a very special and emotionally charged acoustic solo show this Saturday in memory for a friend to both Tim and countless others in the Windsor music and arts community, Dr. John Dickinson.

Per Dr. John's will, his family has organized a pub-crawl event this Saturday that will be capped by a series of musical performances at The Meteor venue of some of the local musicians Dr. John championed, cheered, helped and supported through the years.

Dr John's generosity touched many. To learn more about his extraordinary spirit, read the Windsor Star obit published following his passing on April 10, 2023.



The musicians coming to pay tribute are a who's-who of local songwriters in this region, all of them with plenty of stories to tell about Dr. John. Among them are Windsor troubadour and good friend of Dr. John, Ron Leary, Windsor songstress Tara Watts, Tim's musical mentor Lonesome Lefty and many others. A full list follows below.

Details of the pub crawl times and locations can be found at the Facebook event page by clicking here.

Music at Meteor begins at 7.30pm with Andrew MacLeod starting the evening.

Event times and the scheduled line up are subject to last minute changes as this event has come together quickly. It promises to be a memorable day - if you didn't know Dr. John, or only met him a few times, you are welcome to come find out what a great person he is by sharing in this Windsor community event he requested.

Music Schedule at Meteor:
7:30pm Andrew MacLeod
8:00pm Leigh Wallace
8:30pm Tim Swaddling
9:00pm Lonesome Lefty
9:30pm Tara Watts
10:00pm Vera Colley
10:30pm Tony Coates
11:00pm Ron Leary
11:30pm Daren Dobsky
12:00am Travis Reitsma
12:30am David Zelko

Potential Open Jam to follow Zelko performance.
 

Tim and the band performed for the Town Of Kingsville's Canada Day celebrations. Due to the weather, the event was moved inside the arena complex in the upstairs hall. Kelly “Mr. Chill” Hoppe was a very special guest performing with the band, a rare outing for the Windsor music legend, who didn't disappoint with his harmonica playing and tenor sax work.

Setlist highlights included Hoppe leading the band in an instrumental, harmonica lead version of the Canadian National Anthem, “O Canada” to kick off the show. The show ended with two covers never performed before by Tim and the band - a re-arranged version of Woody Guthrie's “This Land Is Your Land” and a hopped up version of “Step It Up & Go”, based in part on the wild Maddox Bros & Sister Rose version of Blind Boy Fuller's version of “Bottle Up & Go”

Read the entire setlist by clicking here.

On Saturday, July 1st, 2023, Tim Swaddling & his Band will perform an hour long show on the Main Stage as part of the Town of Kingsville's Canada Day Celebrations.   

The Festivities begin at 11am with food & craft vendors, pony rides, children activities, magician performances and much more. 

Live Music Schedule 
2:00 pm, Best of Mad Science  
3:00 pm, Some Guys Who Like to Sing  
4:00 pm, Magic: Bill Nuvo Experience  
5:00 pm, Tim Swaddling & his Band  
6:00 pm, Jen Knight Trio  

All ages event. Free admission, free parking.

“Country Pie” is now live on all streaming platforms. Click this link to listen on your preferred streaming service.

Happy 82nd, Bob. 

A new release from Tim is set for May 25th, 2023. “Country Pie” pays tribute to Bob Dylan for his 82nd birthday with a release in his birthday week. The recording was made in April 2022 during the same sessions with Detroit area Dylan revue group Before The Flood that produced last year's release of “Pay In Blood”. 

Pre Save the song on your preferred streaming service by clicking here.

Musician Credits on this recording:

Tim Swaddling - vocals & rhythm guitar
Grady Caplin - pedal steel guitar
Alison Corbett - fiddle
James DeCarlo - electric lead guitar
Scott Farago - drums
Brian Moore - piano
Righteous Righty - bass

Originally recorded by Bob Dylan for the 1969 LP Nashville Skyline, the song was revived for the Never Ending Tour in 2000. The song is noteworthy to Tim for being the first song he heard Bob Dylan perform live with his band on November 5th, 2000 at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA as he walked in with a group of friends midway through the show after having bought tickets to the sold out show from a scalper outside the venue. 

Tim and his band opened for Detroit's Henry Bemis & The Books at the Phog Lounge in downtown Windsor on Good Friday 2023. Phog was packed with folks from both sides of the border in a special show with Tim's drummer Scott Farago (from Grosse Pointe, Michigan) performing double duty with Tim's band and Henry Bemis & The Books. 

Notable setlist highlights included the live debut of a brand new song, “No Goin' Back”, the live electric band debut of “Little Timmy” (from Manifests) and an electric / full band debut of a cover of Bob Dylan's “Simple Twist Of Fate”. 

Read the full setlist here on the website.

Photograph courtesy of Michael McCann

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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