ON TOUR IN 2026

This show will inspire Canadians

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              CANADA
BELIEVE IN YOUR COUNTRY
                 Tour

       WHISKEY JACK PRESENTS 
STORIES & SONGS OF STOMPIN’ TOM
                  with
Special guest, Comedian Seán Cullen

Tour opens September 17 and 18 in Terrace BC.

September 19 and 20 in Prince Rupert BC.

February 5, 2026 in Meaford, On

February 6, 2026 (Stompin’ Tom’s 90th birthday show) at the Academy Theatre in Lindsay Ontario.

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Village Media is an online news site that serves many towns and cities in Canada.  I've been writing for them since 2009.

In anticipation of our show on June 4, 2025 at the Loft in Sault Ste. Marie, I was inspired to write a nostalgia piece when I woke up yesterday morning.   Around 9:30 AM, I sent it to those in charge at Sootoday.com and this morning I've been fielding calls from readers across Canada telling me "you're in Sootoday".

Amazing.  Here's how it reads:

"There’s a brand new all Canadian music…

Thanks Paul Rellinger for a beautifully written article about our June 8 show in Peterborough.  We can't promote it on social media but we can share the link here:

https://kawarthanow.com/2025/05/20/cbc-tv-country-music-stars-shine-bright-june-8-at-peterboroughs-air-force-club/

For Immediate Release
May 12 2025

CBC TV Country Music Stars 
from The Tommy Hunter Show

Donna & LeRoy
and 
Whiskey Jack

Central Canada Spring tour, June 1 - 8, 2025

Sunday, June 1, 2025:  Nobel Community Centre (5 minute drive from Parry…

First, it was a wild night at the “Shoe”.  300+ fans was impressive but what was noticed by many was the youth of the crowd outnumbered the old geezers…and if that wasn't impressive enough, I rec'd this message from Bill Heffernan, a long time fan, with a bit of grey on his head, a man who knows what he speaks:

If you're tired of stuffing stockings with the same old stuff, click on the QR code in the body of this message and download our new song, O L D.   Do it now!  Play it loud and sing along.  It was our most popular song in 2024. Fans have been asking for it and yes, you can now find it on the streaming platforms….however…. we would thank you "a month of Sundays” if you would click on the QR code below and add it to your personal playlist.  It's a free download with the option to buy us a coffee and make a…

Throughout the year, Douglas and I perform a variety of shows.  In the summer, as a duo, we drive many miles on our 2 lane highways in the north singing songs for campers at Provincial Parks.  In the spring and fall we take our Stompin' Tom show on the road.  These shows include the band featuring our great fiddler/guitarist, Billy MacInnis.   There's no hibernation for us in the winter.  We then return to our duo set-list and explore the clubs in Toronto.  

The most common question we get is “what does your…

Donna and LeRoy are Canadian country music legends.  They’re legends because for 17 years, millions of Canadians tuned in every Friday night to watch them on the CBC’s Tommy Hunter Show.   In the 1980's, Whiskey Jack joined that show and entertained those same fans with their weekly comedy segment, the Ol' Back Porch. In 2025 these two Canadian country music greats come together to celebrate those years.

Early in July, 2024, this Alberta power duo, Donna and Leroy, were in Ontario performing in Donna’s…

Unlike novels and poems, songs are often written by more than one person. A songwriting team can work their magic in various ways.  The Beatles for example.  Many, perhaps most of their songs, were team efforts. Paul on the other hand wrote Yesterday alone but added John to the credits because that was the deal they both agreed to when they began to write together.

Some famous songs gave a songwriting credit to someone who only added one idea. As Gate Lepine tells it, that is what happened with Stompin’…

Over the years, Whiskey Jack has performed in hundreds of Legions across Canada. My first memory was the Legion on Great Northern Road in 1966 when I’d attend the weekly teen dance. My memory is that it was capacity each night and the dance floor was always full.

In June of 2023, I saw an ad on Facebook suggesting I join as an “affiliate”, not as someone with a military or police background. No one in my immediate family were soldiers, except perhaps in the 1800’s. So, for a one time fee of $30, I was…

Our Stompin' Tom Show tour is in it's 10th year.  It's never been sold as a “bluegrass” show.  After much thought and executive meetings at Whiskey Jack head office, that will change immediately.

Starting today, this show will now be billed as an all Canadian bluegrass show presented by one of Canada's top bluegrass bands, Whiskey Jack.  We honour Stompin' Tom's legacy by singing his songs in a style he loved.  

Case in point:

Our PEI born fiddler (Tom's favourite) and multi-instrumentalist, Billy MacInnis, is…

Hello Everyone:

Each touring season, our shows offer us many opportunities to sing our songs and tell our stories.  After 45 years, we have hundreds to choose from! A typical appearance at our theatre shows allows for 20+ songs and 10+ stories, give or take. What about the many others we don’t have time for?

Well, that’s what this new website is for.

Right here, we’re going to be uploading stories, videos, audio, images and interviews that you’ll never get to see at our shows. Most will come from our personal…

No musicians in Canada have played more shows with Stompin' Tom Connors than the members of Whiskey Jack.   "Whiskey Jack Presents  Stories & Songs of Stompin' Tom".   

This odyssey began  in 2014 and for our 10th anniversary in 2024, we're aiming for our busiest season ever.  

https://www.saultstar.com/entertainment/local-arts/dusting-off-unfinished-stompin-tom-songs

But you won't hear about it from any of our social media sites.  The local news reporters who donated their time, money and expertise to make this happen are denied access to the American social media sites. Should they be paid for their work? 

Consider:

Brian Kelly, a very hard working journalist with The Sault Star has been a valued supporter of our show for many years.  After our half hour chat yesterday, he told me that our conversation will result in an article promoting our October 7, 2023 show.  

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Here at Whiskey Jack Headquarters, the staff is working feverishly to get everything in place for a very busy fall tour.

A stunning turn of events has caused us to stop and take stock.  Yesterday, the town of Espanola lost their 
primary employer, Domtar pulp and paper.  Over 450 men and women lost their jobs.  We are scheldued to play at their Legion on October 8, 2023.  Regardless of how many tickets are sold, our show will go on.  

I took a minute to reflect on some similar circumstances we encountered on…

Recently, I did something I should have done years ago.  I became a card-carrying member of the Royal Canadian Legion.  I'm a proud member of Branch 10, 1083 Pape Avenue, Toronto, On.

I once was a long time member of the Naval Club on Hayden Street in Toronto but I let that membership lapse.  For that I'm sorry.

To commemorate my new membership, Whiskey Jack is formally adding a Canadian Armed Forces segment to our Stompin' Tom show.  It's based on Tom's song, Blue Berets.  We recorded this song with Tom in…

Like every other successful business operation, the face of Whiskey Jack Music is displayed in all its glory on Social Media.  In our case, the first place our audience is drawn to is our Youtube Channel.   Our 1750+ Subscribers have spoken.  They made this happen.  We thank each and every one of them.

Our overall public presence is under the Banjodunc Productions banner.   The various Whiskey Jack shows we perform each year, duo's, trio's, 4-piece band, Stompin' Tom Show, park and kid's shows….are managed…

Last week at this time, we were preparing for our sold-out show at the Moonshine Cafe.  A few hours after we left the stage, we began to drive east to begin our 4th tour of Eastern Canada.

Our soundman at the Moonshine show was Brian McCullough, a legend in our industry having produced sound for the Good Brothers and many others for decades.  He took my book (My Good Times With Stompin' Tom) home that night and a few days later, he sent me this review: 

"It was an absolutely fantastic read (with my Stompin’…

Our Spring, 2023 tour looks like this:

April 23 - Moonshine Cafe, Oakville, On

April 26, Summerside PEI

April 27, Middleton PEI

April 28, Charlottetown PEI

April 29, Guysborough NS

April 30, Albert County, NB

May 1 and 2 - Available 

May 3, Annapolis Valley, NS

May 4, Chester, NS

May 5, Sackville, NB

May 6, Great Village, NS

May 7, Liverpool NS

We're returning to Eastern Canada to finish the tour that was rudely interrupted by Hurricane Fiona.  April 26 to May 7, 2023.  Click here for the inside scoop!

We're coming…..weather be damned!

Duncan, Douglas, Billy and Rhéo

Since Whiskey Jack’s Duncan Fremlin walked into Stompin’ Tom’s furnace room the spring of 1990 and shook Tom’s hand for the first time, he didn’t realize the ensuing decades of escapades would become the stuff of legend and supply him with enough tales and adventures to feed one of the longest running shows on the Canadian music landscape, Stories & Songs of Stompin’ Tom. 

Now in its 9th year, Duncan and his cast of characters offer up a soundtrack and a story board that will titillate and entertain…

Whiskey Jack often consults with the Official Stompin’ Tom Instruction Manual, a special document that lists ideas on how to thank the people who make our career possible…the fans..  Tom was the master and had much to teach us. 

Idea # 1:  Express your appreciation to the fans who support you by writing them a song. 

Today we salute the fine people of Tillsonburg with this new song written by Douglas John Cameron.   

We hope you enjoy the official video of The Most Famous Town in the World. 

Until next…

We wanted to stay in the Maritimes and play much more music but Fiona has other plans.  In spite of her unwelcoming behaviour,  we're determined to return in the spring of 2023 to finish what we started. 

In the meantime, as we arrived in each of the towns we visited, Douglas John Cameron pulled out his camera and captured the flavours of the region.  What's not to like?  Fall in Eastern Canada, hurricanes aside, is a very special place.

First up, Port Hawkesbury Cape Breton Island.  It began a few days…