Cool Fool, Blues Rockin' In The Hammer

The Return of “Juke Joints Jumping”, Drawings

Doug Carter — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:32:44 +0000

Juke Joint Jumpin’, an exhibition of drawings based on the bands and taverns and clubs in the book, chapters 8, 9 & 10 returns to the Hammer after a years absence.

It can be seen at the main branch of the Hamilton Public Gallery on York Blvd. at the Gallery of 4 on the libraries 4th floor during library hours for the month of July.

It was last exhibited at the Artbar Artword Gallery, Hamilton, last August.

To preview the exhibition click coolfoolthebook.com/juke-joints-jumpin/

To order the book email longbeachart@gmail.com

Sleeping Hedgehog Review by Dave

Doug Carter — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:49:42 +0000

Many thanks to ‘Dave’ for posting his wonderful review of my memoir on Sleeping Hedgehog, a Journal of Untraditional Nature.

http://sleepinghedgehog.com/music/doug-carter-cool-fool-blues-rockin-in-the-hammer/

Slim Volumes Reads From Chapter One

Doug Carter — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:03:12 +0000

Check out Kerry Schooley aka Slim Volumes reading from Chapter One at the Artword Artbar, August 14, 2010.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/user/coolfoolthebook

2010 in review

Doug Carter — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:25:28 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Minty-Fresh™.

Crunchy numbers

The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps to reach the top. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2010. If those were steps, it would have climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa 3 times

In 2010, there were 2 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 43 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 139mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was August 24th with 28 views. The most popular post that day was About Cool Fool, The Book.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were kingbiscuitboy.com, facebook.com, samuiblues.com, therealthing.com, and WordPress Dashboard.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for coolfoolthebook.com, cool fool book, eddie’s club blues, king biscuit boy, and richard newell ( king biscuit boy.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

About Cool Fool, The Book March 2010

Doin’ The Buffalo Shuffle April 2010
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Press Release July 2010

Acknowledgements April 2010

COOL FOOL BOOK LAUNCH BLUES ROCKS THE ARTBAR!

Doug Carter — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:04:53 +0000

click here to order the book

Hamilton Spectator Coverage of Cool Fool Book Launch / August 17, 2010

It was a raucous night of music and memory at the book launch for Doug Carter’s new memoir, Cool Fool. Carter, an accomplished artist and printmaker in Hamilton, started his career as a bass player, lining up over the years with some of the city’s greats — The Chessmen (with Richard Newell, a.k.a. King Biscuit Boy); Guitar Mikey & The Real Thing; Messenger; and The Breeze, to name a few.

Cool Fool, subtitled Blues Rockin’ in The Hammer, takes a rollicking ride through the Hamilton music scene from the ’60s on, with memory trips to some of the great and not-so-great bars and venues, such as Kilroy’s, Kenilworth House, The International.

The Artword Artbar was filled with both writer and music types who came out to hear readings, including a scintillating one by Slim Volumes (Kerry Schooley), and some choice live music by Eddies Club Blues (Ron Copple and Ian Linton). Guitar Mikey (Mike McMillan) came all the way up from Clarksdale, Miss., legendary blues crossroads. John LaRocca (The Stingrays) and Paul Cronkwright (The Chessmen) were also there.

The book, published by Seraphin Editions, grew out of Carter’s blog, Cool Fool, Blues Rockin’ The Hammer.

He has also put together a terrific show of drawings and prints, evoking Hamilton’s music scene, that is being shown in the Artword Gallery portion of the Artword Arbar.

jmahoney@thespec.com

view a video of the Cool Fool book launch:

‘Cool Fool, The Book’ Set For August 14 Release

Doug Carter — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:25:19 +0000

SERAPHIM EDITIONS

presents

Check out Chapter 1, “Doin’ The Buffalo Shuffle”

Doug, Richard Newell, the future King Biscuit Boy,
and their band mates from The Chessmen
shuffle off to Buffalo, New York
to catch Muddy Waters and his band in the fall of 1964

listen to a sample of The Chessmen in 1964
Look On Yonders Wall

click here to order the book

attend the Cool Fool book launch at the Artword Artbar
15 Colborne St, Hamilton, ON
Saturday, August 14, 7:30 pm
featuring Blues by Eddys Club Blues
with readings by Doug and by Slim Volumes

and downstairs at the Artword Gallery, August 4 – 29, during regular bar hours
JUKE JOINTS JUMPIN’
prints & drawings of Hamilton taverns & bars, the 1980s & early 1990s
to view drawings from the exhibition click here