ABOUT DR.JOEY ONLY: Nobody owns Joey Only. He plays by his own rules and is going where he wants to go in his young life. At 31 years old he's been in towns from one side of Canada to the other and after 700 shows he's still not interested in touring the United States. He plays solo shows but also has an orchestral band called JOEY ONLY OUTLAW BAND.
In 2010 Joey Only released his amazing new album TRANSGRESSION TRAIL through Toronto's High Art For the Lowdown Records. In 2011 he will also put out a compilation called HITS AND MISSES re-releasing nearly all of his best known songs in one packaged deal. The new album was on Earshots Folk/Roots/and Blues Radio charts for six weeks in the top 10 with two consecutive weeks in the number 2 slot. He played nearly 75 shows to promote the new album with noteable acts such as Aurora Jane, Fred Eaglesmith and Buffy St.Marie.
He has hosted Sound Resistance on Vancouver's Co-operative Radio Station CFRO 102.7FM (www.coopradio) for six years. He is best known as a song writer but is also a studio musician capable of playing pedal steel guitar, drums, percussion, upright bass, electric bass, harmonica's, electric guitars, acoustic guitars and all manner of vocal arrangements.
He's climbed over 70 mountains, photographed several tornadoes, been struck by lightning, nearly died of TB, had vocal surgery, smashed his face, been lost in the barrens, taught wilderness surival, been to jail, publicly deemed a terrorist by Victoria BC police, has been an activist for over 10 years, hitch hiked 30,000km, Greyhounded 40,000km, released four albums, is a punk rock lovin country boy, failed outa University, fought mother bears, loves smoking weed, is a downtown eastside Vancouver healthcare worker, caught an A-Rod homerun ball in 2007, loves the Toronto Maple Leafs forever and now owns a crazy lodge in the Cariboo Mountains of BC. He is a bipolar mind stuck in the body of a genius. He has fans nowhere, but friends and supporters everywhere.
JOEY ONLY'S PLAYED EVERY PROVINCE & MAJOR CITY IN CANADA BETWEEN 2004-2006. THE JOEY ONLY OUTLAW BAND HAS PLAYED ALL OVER WESTERN CANADA SINCE 2006!!
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