Burnaby Blues Fest, Burnaby, BC @ 3:00
burnabybluesfestival.com
GOLDEN SPIKE DAYS, PORT MOODY, Port Moody, British Columbia
CANADA DAY AT THE YALE HOTEL, Vancouver, British Columbia
Rich Hope and his Evil Doers, Junior Major at The Railway Club, Vancouver, British Columbia
20:00 Commodore Ballroom with CHICKENFOOT
Vancouver, British Columbia
Rich Hope is Gonna Whip It On Ya has been nominated for a 2010 Western Canadian Music Award in the Outstanding Blues Recording Category. We’re stoked.
And don’t forget, Rich is playing at Live at Squamish Festival on Sept 5th - BC’s best festival of the summer which includes DEVO, The Decemberists and Bad Religion, among others.. for more information, check out
www.liveatsquamish.com
Hey there,
We have ourselves a busy schedule this summer, between finishing up recording a new single with Howard Redekopp and travelling around to shows and festivals near and far. Here are some upcoming dates, hope we see you at the shows!
Saturday, July 10 - Smithers Legion, Smithers, BC
Friday, July 16 - The Railway Club, Vancouver, BC, with guests The Pool Hall Gospel and Thunderwolf Mountain
Friday, July 30 - Apocalypse Scooter Rally at The Palomino Club, Calgary, AB
Saturday, July 31 - North Country Stomp, Driftpile, AB
Sunday, September 5 - Squamish Music Festival, Squamish, BC
Hey all,
Been a while i guess, hope yer well. Just a bit busy lately and the near future appears about the same. I’m doin’ a couple of solo shows in May that i am excited about. The first one is May 10 at The Alibi Room for Craft Brew Week in Vancouver. For those of you who don’t know, craft beer is good beer made by people, with their own hands, which is why it’s good. I happen to love good beer, so I am pleased to be doin’ this one. Tickets are sold out for the dinner, but I’ll be playin thru the night, so come on by.
Next up will be an opening slot with Calgary punkers, Knucklehead and guests The Tranzmitors and faves of mine, The Vicious Cycles (mc). It’s taking place at The Rickshaw Theatre on Fri. May 28. There will be blood.
On Friday, June 4th, myself and the Evil Doers will be blasting the Velopalooza Festival at The Wise Hall. There’ll be lots of bike related fun going on, including the Gastown Sprints, which you really have to see…
July 4th sees us in a great gig at The Yale Hotel with Mississippi bluesman, James Super Chikan Johnson and his Fighting Cocks! The doors are at 730pm and the show starts at 9pm. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door and are on sale now online.
Future dates include:
July 10, Smithers, BC
July 31 - North Country Stomp, Driftpile River Valley, AB (just North of Edmonton)
more on those later…
rh
Rich is playing in Alberta over the Easter weekend and back on the West Coast the following week. Here are the tour dates:
All show are with Mint recording artists, The Ramblin’ Ambassadors
April 2 - Broken City, Calgary AB
April 3rd - Brixx Bar, Edmonton AB
April 4th - Canmore Hotel, Canmore AB
April 8th - Logan’s Tavern, Victoria BC
April 9th - The Waverly, Cumberland BC
April 10 - The Fairview, Vancouver BC
We will be doing a couple of shows for the 2010 Paralympics both in Whistler and Vancouver.
Friday, March 12 - Whistler Village Square. 2:30pm-3:30pm (time may be subject to change)
Sunday, March 14 - The HIVE at the Centre for Digital Arts (on Great Northern Way). 10pm
see ya there.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH it’s RICH HOPE AND HIS EVIL DOERS (1230AM) with special guests THE POOL HALL GOSPEL (11PM) and THE NEW VALUES (10PM)
SEE YOU THERE!
We are pleased to be playing at the 2010 Winter Olympics! At 8:oopm on the Live City Downtown Stage (Cambie and Georgia) on SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH!
Hope to see you all there!
2009 was a good year. Rich Hope and his Evil Doers opened for finally released Rich Hope is Gonna Whip it On Ya and it has ended up on many critics’ ‘Best of” lists for the year:
- When My Light Comes Shining came in at #32 in Shore 104’s top 104 of 2009
- Steve Newton of the Georgia Straight put the album in his top ten albums of the year.
- The Straight also voted “Let’s Jump Around Some” as one of it’s top homegrown songs of the year - With a title that’s as clear a statement of intent as you’ll ever find, this raucous blast of over-driven juke joint boogie wastes little time getting the party started.
- Tom Harrison of the Vancouver Province had this to say about the album in his top ten local faves: Rowdy mix of garage rock, rough R&B, some blues and a smattering of gospel. Hope and his Evil Doers might be a throwback but there is a purity of vision here that has got to be respected.
- And this from Joshua Kloke of BEATROUTE magazine:
Hope takes a trip down memory lane on his debut LP, giving credence to the smoky bars in which the real blues were born. Complete with playful jams and harmonica-infused ditties, Hope and bandmate Adrian Mack make a reverberating case for the blues to occupy a more meaningful place in the common man’s psyche.
Commodore Ballroom, November 20, 2009. Photo by Adam PW Smith.
The Georgia Straight recently selected Let’s Jump Around Some as one of their top ten local singles from 2009 .
So, let’s.
www.straight.com
Hey,
We are playin’ a benefit show for the Vancouver Food Bank next Saturday, Dec 19th. It’s at The Biltmore and show starts around 9pm. We will be taking the stage at 10pm. Don’t be late! Bring a non-perishable food item to donate and the door charge is $15.00. It’s a really easy way to help somebody eat, don’t you think?
xo