The Legendary Downchild Blues Band

The Legendary Downchild Blues Band on 22nd June 2019
On Bloor Street at The Toronto Jazz Festival with Dan Ackroyd

[@johnabney1084]

Old people out there still making great music! My oh my!

[@SkyLightsUXOs]

Well.....yeah

[@PotPoet]

I own a 107 year old Martin guitar that was previously owned by Jim Milne, the original bass player for Downchild. It came with correspondence between the late Jim Milne and the late Mike Longworth of the Martin guitar company. It is a magnificent and valuable instrument with a great bit of music history attached to it. It is also the first guitar that Martin sold with steel strings that was not a custom order. They only made 17 of them. It plays and sounds amazingly. It was called a model 1350 koa.

[@dangac8880]

best Canadian blues band ever. Seen them in New York a few times, Belle Starr was one of them , they rocked

[@shaneleroy2209]

What a happy bunch with each member a master in their own right. The harmony is so great that it portrays warmth & good time. Pls make a note. These bunch of guys & a gal sure need a bigger stage but who cares, surely they don't cos they just want to play their blues rock & have a good time.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

Looks like they are enjoying themselves, that's the main thing, and still good.

[@catherineboyd1539]

Remember seeing them a few times at the El Mocambo many years ago. Was always the greatest fun!

[@chinto50]

used to see them in the 70s at EM…. after hours ws best

[@maureenmclaughlin562]

💙 💙 💙 I used to see DCBB at the Horseshoe Tavern often

[@samjones1954]

one of my favourite local bands. I ran sound and lights for them three times many years ago. At the Arlington in Port Elgin twice in the 80's and at the Harb in Owen Sound in the 90's. Great bunch of guys. Donny was most interested in my home made light show with a control box using a cardboard box. Were every you are Donny... Take care old friend.

[@TheBhannah]

Joliet Jake is dancing up in heaven !

[@tomheron2108]

Just now getting into the blues. This is good Canadian blllues,at it's best.

[@gregholmes1289]

Check out Colin James, a Canadian.

[@SkyLightsUXOs]

I started in 1968 with Lightnin' Hopkins....

[@jlerwin8055]

Welcome and enjoy your life

[@chinto50]

Never to late to get into the blues.. I started in the mid sixties.. now loving Mississippi John Hurt.. seems the longer you listen and play the simpler and more basic it gets.. First saw BB King down on the waterfront In TO at a small bar called the fire hall.. NOT the comedy club.. I think it was 72 or 73

[@filipegak4275]

Excellent , j'adore , merci

[@danteyabar2470]

DOWNCHILD QUE BUEN GRUPO DE BLUES ,BUEN RITMO MUSICON MUY BUENOS ,SALUDOS DE SUDAMERICA PERU.

[@gregruthen3844]

Great fun thanks

[@tomituominen469]

"Who's the babe on the axe?" Finnish blues guitarist Erja Lyytinen

[@katsunori.bb.kawai.6633]

Dear Mr.Neal,good gig at Tront!. 👏👍😎

[@TheJaggat]

Nice to see Erja Lytinen on stage. / Freddie the Swede.

[@oweneckleyharmonicablues1]

Brilliant

[@trevgreen9515]

Crammin n jammin hard !

[@drtedtedesco7549]

Great groove band ! Dr. Teddy Tedesco

[@philippesaude1804]

SUPER

[@theturk3006]

The reason Blues and Toronto can be used in the same sentence is Downchild - Donny Walsh. Didnt end up being the only great one, but longevity!!! I am an old bastard and saw El Mocambo shows, the Ex, Madames Mansion, etc and had them at a private corn roast in a farm field in Oakville. Saw Hock and Tony Flaim, hard to say which one was best - probably Flaim, but Hock was very cool. Saw Jane Vasey when the Band did a gig in the stone yard in the Don Jail. If you are from Toronto and have none of this cool in you, you could be a cause pf problems and we may deport you. See you at Massey Hall, fine local history.

[@stangsswang8355]

Holy feck I just noticed Wilcox!!!

[@lucianopicotto4565]

Meravigliosi.

[@davidfanara3229]

Cool 😎Daddy o !

[@paulbuxton1326]

Whooo 🎼

[@flyinacircle6398]

wow, i wonder is the whole concert available?

[@daiiahi3403]

Stage is definitely too small for all these fantastic musicians.....

[@michaelporter6296]

Time to retire I re😅them from the 90s and they not even close to how great they where

[@howardk6031]

Dan's eating well.

[@rudetunes6564]

Looks like doctor pole on guitar

[@Scottieguru]

Ha hahahaha, I love how Ackroyd is ruining the whole sound and everybody is laughing and just having a good time.

[@gordo662000]

They should have let Wilcox solo!!!!

[@vaughnmcmillan8400]

Well I'll be dipped in dogshit! Isn't that David Wilcox, 2nd from the right?

[@StephenGlanville8]

Yep

[@davidfanara3229]

Holy crap ! Good catch, saw him at Lulu's and somewhere else.

[@lesterross1]

Don't you mean "Hip Deep in Sheepdip"

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

@@davidfanara3229 I loved Lulu's. I seen Colin James there a couple times :-) Peace

[@buzzburb1]

are you sure

[@vaughnmcmillan8400]

Who's the babe on the axe?

[@indrekpollu2829]

Finland`s Queen of slide guitar Erja Lyytinen

[@vaughnmcmillan8400]

​@@indrekpollu2829Finland!? She's a long way from home! I wish she could come & keep this comrade warm.

[@maniemeyer8504]

My baby has big feet,pls help me find track 😂😂

[@openwheel1739]

Flip, Flop and Fly ?

[@theturk3006]

Song is Caldonia...on several albums.... long lean and lanky...

[@lesterross1]

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[@jazzguy2k]

cameraman is Clueless, missed all the solos.... were you watching??

[@jokermaan1]

Yeah, rubbish.

[@ritawayword]

Oh that cam op! Shame.

[@buzzburb1]

there seems to be a lot of no mar@S des anyone care about the sound !!

[@user-nb7mz3fb5p]

Dan Akroyd should sit down...he looks pretty awkward here...and his voice??...Yikes!