Dutch Mason Alberts Hall 91 I Ain't Drunk/Baby Please Don’t Go

[@grandelagarto3220]

Playin with Norman Byron Mason hisself, nothing but a whole lotta fun. Rest in Peace Dutch. Rest in Peace Joe Toole. Watta band 💙

[@gordoncrotty3730]

All-time favourite Canadian Bluesman

[@FixNewsPlease]

Last time I saw Dutchie live was at Dave Doolittles. I hadn't see him for a dozen or more years and almost fell over when I did. I realized how much we'd aged. He sat in a chair on the stage, mic in hand, coffee on a stool beside him, but no more sassy sobbin' hollow-body on his belly - due to his arthritic fingers - yet still sounding every bit the Dutch Mason I first fell behind in the 70's at The Wyse Owl during a Saturday matinee that was already stuffed with Sam Moon and Rickie Oakley. Then I saw him two weeks later at a 13th Tribe biker party at the Waverley Firehall where old Dutch polished a 40 of black straight out of the bottle during the first set. I probably saw him play 50 times over the years. The guitar player from the first band I was ever in later started up, and successfully ran the "Dutch Mason Blues Festival" in Truro, which I believe has fallen to history as well. Dutchie was a fixture in many of our lives, especially here on the East coast where he'd often tour the bar circuit. Everyone knew him...everyone misses him. He will forever be Canada's first and only ever Prime Minister of The Blues No more hard times. RIP

[@grandelagarto3220]

I remember that night like it happened yesterday. Jeff Arsenault n me doin the drums. There's Jay, the blue bird. My lovely wife....at the end of the vid. Sittn down front. Dutch loved Jay.

[@lorenashalala5468]

Loved Dutchie the first time I was privileged to enjoy his STYLE! Loved him ever since!

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Dutchy is my spirit animal :) Let's all smoke 1 for Dutchy!

[@twistedwired]

Ah the good old days when Toronto still had culture. I might have been at this show.

[@mardicole4202]

Dutch used to play a lot of the venues back in the day in Ottawa. When he played at the Black Swan I never missed him. He was such a character and back in those days he really did live up to this song. 🤣

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

i play this a few times a week full blast in Ottawa so it lives on

[@mardicole4202]

@@100canadianmaplestirup8 I have it saved in my favs and run across it periodically and like you "full blast". Dutch lives on here with a transplanted Cdn. living in Port Orange, FL for the past 40+ years.

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

@@mardicole4202 check out the halifax blue channle theres some other gems

[@jimdimanis7056]

Great memories. So good to see Dutch, Pat and young Greydon playing guitar in the back. Thanks for sharing this.

[@festivalexpress8505]

wow, Dutch Mason!! awesome!!! great slide player on the first song too :)

[@slowfinger2]

That's Pat Rush. He's the only player to have ever recorded slide on a Johnny Winter album. That's saying something. Also toured with Jeff Healey before Jeff's passing. Seen him at jams in Toronto. Very tasteful player for the song. Incredible chops.

[@Sledgehammers_Nail]

Yeah I think I found my grandma's wig from the 80s

[@festivalexpress8505]

@@slowfinger2 I've seen him at Grossmans lots of times!

[@slowfinger2]

@@festivalexpress8505 Me too. Met him 10 yrs ago when he was in a friends band at Orangeville Blues and Jazz fest.

[@vancouverbluesaroundtown278]

HOLY, what a rare treat to fall across this live video footage, thank you.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Still the best organ solo ever!!!

[@bluebreezeband]

Wow!... seeing this video reminds me of the time I sat in with Dutch Mason as he sang "I Ain't Drunk" while I sang the background part. This was in Vancouver at The Yale Saloon and again at a small club near Whistler. Dutch was performing along guitarist Johnny Tornado and his band. The next day I got to hang out with Dutch to talk about music and guitars. This was in 1999.

[@grandelagarto3220]

Ahhh Norm. Miss ya.

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

legit thought this comment u made was about Mcdonald not the one from the band, yeh they burn x2 as bright for half as long it seems

[@TurdFerguson101]

😉

[@bmac5963]

So fortunate to see him in Fredericton in '99. Will never forget Dutch or that show!

[@waynemoores]

Saw his son last night at the Banook Boat Club. Doesn't have his dad's voice(who could) but man can he play. saw Dutchie many times at the Wyse Owl back in the day. Good times.

[@williameddy2826]

wayne moores - Are you " Hook " Moore , from up in the north end of Dartmouth ? I grew up in Dartmouth, went to Prince Andrew High School and rowed at the Mic Mac Club from 1963-1975. In the summers I used to go to dances at Banook Canoe club , also to Creek Alley back in the day . I knew Bob Butt very well and use to see Kenny Butt around .

[@larryrhindress2972]

Dutchy was as bluesy as it gets. Thank God we had him!

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

dont give that demon credit for Dutchies greatness. Dutch was a great man with no Devine excuses; he worked for his talent he didnt have it gifted by a deity false as it may be.... believe in god is the greatest weakness you can have, for you become a charicter is a Dauis Ex Machina type of story waiting for the hero.

[@larryrhindress2972]

@@100canadianmaplestirup8 Calm down!!! It's only a comment about having had him in our lives. How about " Thank music we had him!

[@GregoryBoyce-w3i]

Dutch and boys ❤❤

[@ET-qw9vm]

I wish he was back!

[@IantaylorCanuck]

I used to chat with Pat Rush at Albert's Hall. Really nice guy and consummate sideman.

[@FixNewsPlease]

I miss him.

[@lorenashalala5468]

Me too!

[@CMMCM]

What a great treasure it is to see this!!!

[@karenc2467]

Always loved watching Dutchie - now I love watching Garrett!!

[@strat6911]

New Dutchie is always welcomed. Thx for sharing!

[@hcmaclean777]

Saw butch many times, in Halifax , one of the best. If you get a chance to talk with band members , omg the stories!

[@heidysgambati2990]

Saw him at Cafe Campus in Montreal.What a memorable night..

[@peterbroad6885]

The great Albert's Hall. Saw Buddy Guy ( people in front row got him really drunk, at one stage he walked into washroom while continuing to play his guitar), Junior Wells and Buddy, Paul Butterfield, Eddie 'Clean Head' Vinson, as well as Willie Dixon downstairs( amongst others ). Only other bar that came close was ( the many locations of ) The Misty Moon, saw Muddy Waters, Edgar Winters, Long John Baldry, as well as Nova Scotia Blues Bands including Dutchie, Matt Minglewood , Sam Moon and others.

[@TurdFerguson101]

Those were the days. I remember seeing Roy Buchanan at the Misty Moon at stageside. I'll never forget as long as I live the shock when I realized that Old Roy was drunker than me, while playing virtuoso blues guitar. Like I said, those were the days.

[@2rollinstone]

Check out Garrett Mason, he plays here monthly. Sure miss Dutch but Garrett is a gem in Halifax

[@mikerevels1446]

God damn what a fantastic night listening to dutchie

[@We_are_the_light]

The Duchman, Cool as Cool gets.

[@grandelagarto3220]

Joe Toole guitar. Norm Byron Mason...Rest in Peace fellas.

[@jrbluesy]

nice stuff seen him in northern Ontario at Porquis blues Festival a few years back forsure eh.

[@TYRONE_SHOELACES]

Man, I'm born and raised in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, drank all my life and I can't remember even see this guy play. Did he stick to working out of town? ... I heard of him, but never seen him. I seen everybody else .. this is odd.

[@TurdFerguson101]

He used to play all over, back in the day. I kinda remember, making a fool of myself, on stage in a Legion, up your way somewhere. Years later, when I saw him in London, he came to my table, and sat. From then when I saw him in London he would come to the table. Nicest guy.

[@stevewoan6]

Think that's Pat Rush on slide guitar....Pat has played with Jeff Healey and the Johnny Winter Band

[@grandelagarto3220]

Thats Pat awright. Yeah, prividin guitar to hmmm, lemme see. Johnny Winter, 38 Special, James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Kenny Neal, The Good Brothers, Jeff Healey... and Dutch.

[@grandelagarto3220]

Shuffle specialists...Jeff Arsenault on drums. Bruce "Lurch" Brooker on drums.

[@mr.timjohnston546]

Thanks to you Tracy Johnston (Bunky) for taking me to see him on many occasions at the Wyse Owl many moons ago

[@gloriahay1410]

Love that Mason! were Bluesing Out Jealous Man 2013

[@chadsellars3547]

Witnessed the great one at the brunswick house on bloor in toronto. Probably early 90s

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

the fact that i learned about Dutch Mason & Rick Jeffry in THE TRAILER PARK BOYS thru my own curiosity; is a disgrace to canadian entertianment, CBC has doen a PISS POOR JOB of preserving this music, so has the local classic rock radio & oldies stations, and so the torch falls to us...pick it up...pass it on.

[@mikerevels1446]

MR DUTCH MASON

[@Retro2502]

What year is this?

[@diggjc]

Damn good stuff

[@burningpitsofsewage]

Jerome Godbo on harp. Is that Al Duffy on bass?

[@bigbenrich]

Robert Misener

[@bigbenrich]

Tortoise Blue on harp

[@burningpitsofsewage]

really, wow thanks for the correction.

[@grandelagarto3220]

Ahh yes. On the bottom, we got em. Ben Richardson & Robert Scott Meisner. BASS men.

[@rottweilerman69]

shame about the gout he was an awesome guitarist too

[@diggjc]

His kid rips it up ,everyone is there you know

[@donnie8917]

What a scuzzy looking bunch. That at that greasy harmonica player...

[@FranklinBabb-jl1nv]

Dutch used to call me the Jewish prince.

[@FranklinBabb-jl1nv]

Pat Rush is the only guy to play slide on a Johnny Winter album beside Johnny Winter. Saw Pat with James Cotton at the Misty Moon.Great player and a great guy.