Hockley Valley Summerjam featured Trevor Jones, Joe College and Sami Sayn

If you were in the vicinity of Alliston (north of Orangeville, west of Barrie) yesterday afternoon and evening and happened to attend a wonderful garden party at Mike's place, so sorry if we didn't get to chat! I just got my Northern electric guitar (Canadian-made vintage SG copy) out of the shop last week, and it sounds and plays better than it has in decades, and it was hard to stay away from it!

The Hockley Valley Summerjam featured noted Toronto singer-songwriter Trevor Jones, Markham rapper / actor Sami Sayn Abdul, and yours truly, the Original Joe College. Mike's son Mitch was a melodic wizard on the keyboards, and his friend Scott sat in on drums for the afternoon, and took over on guitar in the evening. I played a bunch of rock standards (Goin Up the Country, Light My Fire, Hey Joe), Trevor played everything from Marley and Tosh's Get Up Stand Up to The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again and was the highlight of the afternoon; Sami Sayn spat a serious freestyle flow, interspersed with some Drake and Marshall Mathers gems.

Many thanks to Mike and Colleen and all who helped make this a truly memorable "day in the park"; a grand time was had by all and everyone's looking forward to the 2011 Hockley Valley Summerjam!