Graffiti's

Country Road	Steve Ketchen & The Kensington Hillbillys
Memories Of You	Steve Ketchen & The Kensington Hillbillys
Dyin’(Is Just A Part Of Livin’)	Steve Ketchen & The Kensington Hillbillys
Ironwood	Jay Clarke And The Jones
Streets & Avenues	Jay Clarke And The Jones
Mcadoos Lane	Jay Clarke And The Jones
Luxury Liner	The Brothers Cosmoline
I Can’t Keep My Eyes Off Of You	The Brothers Cosmoline
Life Bearable In Texas	The Brothers Cosmoline
This Is What I Do	The Brothers Cosmoline
In The Afternoon	John Borra Band
Ain’t No Room For Cheatin’	John Borra Band
Postcard From Marylin	John Borra Band
Ooh Las Vegas	John Borra Band
Cigarettes And Coffee Blues	The Frizzels
Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street	The Frizzels
Blame It On The Whiskey	The Frizzels
"She’s Gone, Gone, Gone"	The Frizzels

Located just west of Chinatown in downtown Toronto lies Kensington Market. By far the most unique area in town if not the whole country. The original market dates back to British settlement in the 1700’s, after which it experienced waves of immigration from many different countries. In the early 1900’s it was home to nearly 80 percent of Toronto’s Jewish community. By the 1950’s, the market became more multicultural, a product of the immigrant influx after the war. Today the area represents people from more than 30 cultural backgrounds.

Kensington Market is a haven fresh fruit and vegetable stands, fish shops, cheese shops, butchers, bakers and dry goods stores. It also houses several tiny bars and cafes and the best vintage clothing stores in the city.

Graffiti’s Bar And Grill sits on Baldwin St. at the top of Kensington Avenue. Honk Tonk outfit, The Rank Strangers hosted a weekly Saturday afternoon matinee here for two years which became a regular hangout for many of Toronto’s roots musicians. After calling it quits the Saturdays were split up between some of the groups that would frequent the Rank Strangers’ matinee. John Borra Band was one of these bands and hosted the second Saturday of every month for close to four years.

One evening under the guidence of good alchohol and good spirits, now owner Steve Mitchell and then owner Sam Grosso decided they ought to document the matinee’s with a live recording. Located directly above Graffiti’s is Kensington Sound. A 24 track recording studio who have been making records there since the 1970’s. Over the course of two Saturday afternoons five bands each recorded a full set, live in the bar the way they do it everytime they play there and each picked a few songs to include on a compilation Cd. The result is Live Every Saturday - The Graffiti's Matinee.

Recorded by Vazi for Kensington Sound, Toronto, 2002

Mixed by Vazi and the bands at Kensington Sound

Mastered by Martin Lees in Northern Ontario

Executive Producers: Sam Grosso & Steve Mitchell

Released in 2003