Garys Bar: Mike McDonald

Gary's Bar

After 40 years I guess it safe to tell some of

my stories. I was very lucky to be pretty much in the right place at the right time to meet most of famous and infamous of my generation. A lot of people I not only met but hung out with or became friends with and have some interesting and funny tales to tell. I have a story or a personal comment on 99% of the people here and I hope to get to them all. My stories and list of my patrons as I can remember them. if you were there or have a story please send it it. Many thanks

to Gord, Greg,Laura, Glynis,Matt,Paul

Rolling Stones

I get a phone call one night. It's Tom Hedley "Hey Mick Jagger wants to talk to you. "Allo Gary Mick Jagger here. "Tony Silverthorn says "we might get a drink at your club?' A little stunned I said...

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Murray McLauchlan Lady Luck

Lady Luck is a song by Murray McLauclan it begins. I remember shooting craps at Gary's Bar where the money disappeared on every roll. So I had a drink on someone else's paycheck and Lady Luck...

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Handsome Ned

Feb 01, 2010

HANDSOME NED VideoTHE SECOND COMING OF THE KING OF QUEENBY MICHAEL HOLLETTHANDSOME NED HAS AN UPCOMING MOVIE, A U.S. CD RELEASE AND NEW YOUNG FANS – BUT HE WON’T BE TOURING. Handsome Ned is the...

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Gary Kendall Writes

I`m a little foggy on the the time frame but I think your bar`s era was around 76/77. Not the best time for my career as a blues musician. Disco had taken out a number of live music clubs, punk...

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Joni Mitchell

Bernie Fieldler brought her to the club one night and she couldn't have been nicer. She borrowed Roy's guitar and got up and sang a whole set to my patrons. what a treat. She broke 2 strings on roys...

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Jerry Reed

Jan 27, 2010

Myrna Lorrie was a frequent visitor, She was a lot of fun and I caught a few of her shows and liked her music. She showed up on the arm of Jerry Reed one night. They had Rosanne Cash and one of the...

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Helen Shaver

Jan 26, 2010

Helen was a night person, She was intelligent and sexy. She came to my bar often and we enjoyed each others company. She invited me for dinner one night, And in her sensuous sultry voice recited...

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Elizabeth Ashley

Elizabeth married Jimmy McCarthy an old friend as well as a friend of Murray McLauclan. She was in Toronto quite a bit shooting films. Somehow I became her Toronto buddy and we spent some good times....

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Michael Ironside

Mike was still at the Art college of Ontario when I met him. He somehow got into my afterhours club with somebody and soon became a regular. he was in his early twenties exhuberant, totally...

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Name Dropper

Danny Marks wrote...

Great late night days and that great juke box. I used to play The Virtues over and over, waiting for the guitar solo. We'd come in after our gigs, adrenaline flowing. Gar's Bar presented the...

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Dennis wrote...

Sigh, indeed. Helen Shaver is one sexy woman. Several years ago, I met her very briefly on a tv shoot in Vancouver and her intense gaze and confident smile took my breath away. And don't even get...

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Anonymous wrote...

Can't wait to hear about Helen.

EXSENO wrote...

You lucky thing you. I would have loved to have the inconvenience of having to put up with that.

Anonymous wrote...

I remember a night when Tom Waits played The New Yorker and because I knew Chuck Weiss, a very good friend of Tom's, he came to a party with me that Michael Burns brought Hunter Thompson to and that...

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