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Long-time friend of Gordie Johnson’s, Whipper Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Arc Angels) laid down some beats during SDS’s extended residency at The Continental Club Gallery in Austin Texas on Monday April 1st, and that ain’t no April fool’s joke.

Gordie and Whipper go wayyyyy back to the days of Double Trouble, and Big Sugar’s first tour was opening for the Arc Angels.

The jam was so sweet, that Whipper is going to sit in once again on April 8th.

AND…in other tour news:

SDS is bringing their brand of blues/gospel/dub to Guerro’s on June 5th. If you’re in the Austin area, be sure to stop in a check it out!

The year has just begun, so stay tuned!  More dates are coming down the pipe and we’ll keep y’all posted!

Sit Down, Servant!! has never been content to rest on their laurels, and this trip to Austin is no different.
Along with their Monday night residency at The Continental Club Gallery, the blues/gospel/dub duo is spreading their brand of floor shaking, boot stomping good times to the rest of the music capital.

Dig it:

• 03/13/13 Austin, TX at Hole In The Wall 10:20pm with Bushwick Bill
• 03/14/13 Austin, Texas at The Continental Club 12:00pm
• 03/14/13 Austin, TX at Javelina 5:00pm with Bushwick Bill
• 03/18/13 Austin at The Continental Club Gallery (upstairs) 10:30pm
• 03/21/13 Austin, Texas at The Continental Club Opening for BIG SUGAR
• 03/25/13 Austin at The Continental Club Gallery (upstairs)10:30pm

Things are heating up in Texas for blues/dub/gospel duo Sit Down, Servant!!

A mere two weeks into their weekly residency at The Continental Club Gallery, Gordie Johnson & Stephane Beaudin have found a friend in Bushwick Bill (Geto Boys).

Bill sat in with the band and was so inspired by the interplay with live musicians that the trio decided to move the jam to the studio, and now they’re taking it to the stage.

Bushwick Bill featuring Sit Down, Servant!! are going to play their first scheduled show together at the Rakim afterparty this Sunday Feb 17^th at Hotel Vegas at 11pm.

Cover is $5

Check out what happened when Bushwick got up with the band for the first time

Have you heard the news?  Well, if you’re in Austin this February, it’s all good!  Sit Down, Servant!! will be doing a residency at The Continental 10:30 PM every Monday night.  Here’s a sample from fan Mike Robinson who posted this great footage on Youtube.

As an extra Treat, Sit Down, Servant!! will be doing an in-store
and signing at the CD Warehouse in Nepean at 1383 Clyde Ave today ( Nov 20) at
4 PM! Get on down early or you’ll miss out!

Big Sugar may not be in Ottawa this time around, but Gordie will be kicking it old school at Irene’s Pub as Sit Down, Servant! on November 20th.  Make sure to get your tickets early as seating is limited!

Related show

• Artist: Sit Down Servant
• Date: Tuesday, November 20th 2012
• Time: 9:00pm
• City: Sit Down Servant in Ottawa, ON
• Venue: Irene’s Pub
• Address: 885 Bank Street
• Venue phone: (613) 230-4474
• Country: Canada
• Age restrictions: No Minors
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Johnson debuts new Gospel-inspired project by Jim Barber

Gordie Johnson is living proof that you can’t keep a good rockin’ man down.
On the heels of a potentially career-altering medical ailment, instead of wallowing in self-pity, frustration and recrimination, the frontman for Canadian alt-rock legends Big Sugar, the cowboy metal Texas concoction known as Grady, bass player for Wide Mouth Mason and producer extraordinaire decided to bear down and create some new sounds.
The result is Sit Down, Servant!!, which fuses Johnson’s lifelong love for Gospel music, with his affinity for reggae stylings.
The project, which also features Big Sugar drummer Stephane Beaudin as Johnson’s accompanist, is currently touring Canada and will appear at the Mansion in Kingston on Friday.
And longtime Johnson fans will notice the versatile shredder playing a lot of lap steel and utilizing some simpler chording structures with his left hand.

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The new Sit Down, Servant!! Tshirts are in. You can get them online at Maple Music or at the SDS Merch booth while on tour.

Gordie Johnson and Stephane Beaudin.