the Creaking Planks

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the jug band of the damned, est. 2005
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If you can, please contribute to the @bandcampunited Healthcare Solidarity Fund. https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8ZloBnx9v2

Because of the timing of the layoffs in October, there was a lapse in coverage, which they’re entitled to as part of their severance. This fund will help bridge the gap while waiting for reimbursement.

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RIP to Bill McNamara, cohost of the Thundering Word series, for being the only poster artist with enough vision to run with a literal take on the unusual gloss for our extraordinary ensemble, "the jug band of the damned". In promotion of a gig at Cafe Montmartre Nov 2008: https://creakingplanks.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008-11-30-creaking-planks-feature-at.html
2008-11-30: Creaking Planks feature at Thundering Word Heard

Vancouver's favorite open mic series on and off since its inception under T.Paul Ste.Marie and DJ Dutch Boy in 2001, we first featured there...

For "Talk Like A Pirate Day" today, to address some questions his kids had about his musical background, Blackbox Squeezebeard dug up this never-before-shared archival recording of the final Creaking Planks set at the Wooden Boat Festival, where all the regular Planks had burned out and he was able to lean on his old Outlaw Band colleagues K-Sun da Bear and "Zippy" Zaenker to give our alt-nautical set one more trot around the, er, reef.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Amcr2PHb6Q

"Creaking Planks" (Outlaw version) at Wooden Boat Festival , 2019, complete set

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Blackbox Squeezebeard and Dr. Steelhand shared a magical reunion at the Clean Air Festival at Trout Lake yesterday afternoon!

🪗@nicheinterests playing Laurie Anderson’s “Oh Superman” at the Clean Air Festival in #Vancouver

@Geoffberner is due to start in a few minutes

The smoke from the fires is only a “moderate health risk” today, so a masked event seems to be setting a good example 🔥

#CorsiRosenthalBox workshop results in the background

#LaurieAnderson #accordion #Covid #ClimateChange

If you like comparing apples to oranges have I got a list for you!

Pretty sure Madness wrote a song about this.

#Madness
#OurHouse

@creakingplanks
Another #CreakingPlanks song, like #WeirdAl songs, where I don’t know the original

See their “Closer”

Or the made up on the way to children’s birthday, genius “Kiddie Closer” that is basically the real song for me:
https://youtu.be/4cxws_70jVM
#NIN #accordion #ukulele

"Kiddie" Closer (1994/2009) played on accordion with the fabulous Creaking Planks Alumni all-stars!

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BILLY JOEL: I'm sorry what
ME: the piano-man...which half was piano and which half was man?
BILLY JOEL: no, no, he was just a regular man who played piano
ME:
BILLY JOEL:
ME: william that can't be right