Alex Pangman celebrates Swing Set #200 w/ Col. Tom Parker, Saturday

Tune into Toronto's Jazz FM 91 for Alex Pangman's Swing Set #200 with special guest Col. Tom Parker on Saturday at 7 pm. 

Writes Alex...

"This Saturday, Colonel Tom will be my special guest to celebrate 200 weeks of Swing Set on JazzFM 91 we will play some swinging music (maybe even some Bob Wills and Joe Venuti) and have some laughs. Tune into 91.1 FM at 7 pm ET in Southwest Ontario or worldwide on the app." 

Listen live online at https://jazz.fm/

You can catch Col. Tom – sans Alex – at his weekly Swinging Door hoedown on Sundays at at the Cameron from 6-8 pm.

Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick duo @ Cameron House, July 1

Frank Evans & Ben Plotnick's Cameron House hoedown at 8 pm will get a jumpstart from Col Tom's Swingin' Doors at 6 pm. 

Colonel Tom Parker kicks off May residency at the Cameron, Monday

Toronto's own Colonel Tom Parker will be playing the Cameron every Monday in May from 6-8 pm with a new guest each week!  

That time The Backstabbers played Canadian Corps Hall in 2005

Here's Tony Allen, Colonel Tom Parker, Bob Hannan and the Backstabbers Country String Band in action nearly 20 years ago.

The Backstabbers Country String Band 

Canadian Corps Hall, 2005

1. Tuesday I Got Married (partial)

2. Sometimes She Forgets

3. Why Not Confess

4.Going Across the Sea

5. My Baby's Gone (partial)

The Backstabbers:

Bob Hannan vocals, guitar

Colonel Tom Parker vocals, mandolin

Kristine Schmitt vocals

Tony Allen vocals, fiddle

Sam Petite upright bass

Videography: T. Kelp

Colonel Tom & The American Pour @ Cameron House, Saturday

School's out forever for music teacher Tom Parker who celebrates his retirement honky-tonk style with the American Pour on Saturday. 

The Colonel retired from his day job yesterday. Henceforth, he will no longer need to puzzle over whether or not murder ballads should be taught to children. From now on, it’ll be only music played to adults in booze-filled bars! Join Colonel Tom and The American Pour to ring this new phase of his career at the Cameron House on Saturday from 6 pm to 8pm.

Alex Pangman joins Foggy Hogtown Boys for A Very Foggy Christmas @ Silver Dollar, Friday

Alex will be accompanied by her partner Col. Tom Parker for a few yuletide faves tonight at the Silver Dollar.

Colonel Tom Parker & The American Pour @ The Cameron House, Saturday, 6pm

You can grab a copy of Colonel Tom & The American Pour's great new Work. Horse. album right here.

Conway Twitty Tribute @ Cadillac Lounge, Sunday

Scotty Campbell will be joining the Country Sunday All-Stars for a few Conway faves on Sunday afternoon.

Patsy Cline Birthday Bash @ Lula Thursday

It's lucky number seven for Toronto's own Heather Morgan who's once again hosting her hugely successful annual Patsy Cline birthday celebration at the Lula Lounge on Thursday (September 6) marking the late country legend's 80th.

As usual, Morgan has assembled a fabulous cast of more than 20 local performers to sing Patsy's songs including Mary Margaret O'Hara, Russell deCarle, Lori Yates, Alex Pangman, Colonel Tom Parker, Kathryn Rose, Danny Marks, Tressa Levasseur, Paul Reddick, Laura Repo and others tastefully backed by the superb backing band led by the Bebop Cowboys' guitar picker deluxe Steve Briggs with Dennis Pendrith on upright bass, Nichol Robertson on guitar, James Gray playing piano and Ted Hawkins on drums. Along with paying tribute to one of country music's greatest voices, Morgan's warmly welcoming event also works quite nicely to bring together musicians from various cliques within the Toronto roots music community in a relaxed setting.

Tickets are $15 will be available at the door of the Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas St. West) which opens at 7 pm with the show getting underway at 8:30 pm sharp. A donation from the evening's proceeds will be made to ArtsCan Circle: www.artscancircle.ca in support of at risk youth in remote native Canadian communities. There's lots of standing room at the Lula Lounge but if you want a guaranteed seat, dinner reservations can be made by calling 416-588-0307 or simply email: reserve@lula.ca

Backstabbers reunite for Canadian Corps Hall closing hoedown Saturday night

Colonel Tom's twang summit @ Canadian Corps Hall Saturday night

Sure the G20 Summit has turned the Toronto city centre into a ghost town but Colonel Tom Parker isn't going to let the gathering of world leaders and the threat of widespread outbursts of giant bobblehead street theatre get in the way of a brew-hoisting good time this Saturday (June 26) and neither should you.

So Colonel Tom is putting on a twang summit of his own at the Canadian Corps Hall (201 Niagara) where he'll be deftly accompanied by his countrified fellow Lickin' Good Fried members as Colonel Tom & The American Pour and joining them on the bill are the seriously scorching local instro-mentalists Ancient Chinese Secret led by the six-string slinger deluxe Brian Connelly of Shadowy Men notoriety.
As if that wasn't enough to raise the roof already, DJ Phil Metric will be spinning a suitably unhinged assortment of roughneck rockabilly, hayseed honky tonk, greasy jukebox R&B and some other juvenile junk to keep the party poppin' between sets. You won't need a special badge to get in and that economically priced Corps beer will be as cold as Dalton McSpendy's fiscal policy. Tell a friend. Admission is $10 and doors open at 9:30 pm. For more information, call 416-504-6694.