Thanks to some submissions from Wide Mouth Mason fans, we’ve added dates to the Gigography section, including links to fan-generated content for recent gigs at the Shell Theatre’s Performance Series on February 17th and the Thunder Bay Blues Festival on July 9th! If you have content you’ve created that you’d like to see on the site or gig memories you’d like to share, contact the Chef de mission!

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Lyrics for Wide Mouth Mason’s 2011 album, No Bad Days, are now on the website. In the future, we may consider adding a fan component from the Wide Mouth Mason Fan Network that would allow fans to contribute and access guitar tabs for various Wide Mouth Mason songs. If this is something that would be of interest to you, let us know by commenting below! Got guitar tabs to contribute? Send it to our Chef de mission!

Recently confirmed and announced is the return of Wide Mouth Mason to the band’s hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan this fall, on October 20, 2017. As part of the first annual “Rockin’ For the Noggin'”, Wide Mouth Mason will headline a night that will raise funds in support of the Saskatoon branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. For information on tickets, check out the website for the event’s venue, O’Brians Event Centre!

WMMq&a: How did Wide Mouth Mason become Wide Mouth Mason?

Recently, Shaun Verreault of Wide Mouth Mason talked about how the band’s name has led to the knowledge that a lot more people than he’d thought took vintage jars and preserving fairly seriously. Which caused us to realise that perhaps there are new fans to Wide Mouth Mason who may ponder this question: “How did Wide Mouth Mason become Wide Mouth Mason?”

Safwan’s answer:

“We were a cover band playing mostly small town gigs. Blues musicians began to dominate our hours of rural drives, & heavily influence our original music, which we’d increasingly sneak into our sets as we gained experience.

Our early agents had suggested (and booked us under) various antiquated names that we mostly hated – like “Some Kind Of Ruckus”.

One night, between sets at a particularly seedy bar, we were having drinks from mason jars (the bar’s preferred delivery receptacle). I looked down at the raised words “wide mouth mason” on the side of my jar, & mentioned to Shaun that it reminded me of Clarence “Gate-mouth” Brown. By the end of that night’s last set, we were Wide Mouth Mason.”

Got a question for Wide Mouth Mason? Send them to info@widemouthmason.com and you may see an answer to your question on Wide Mouth Mason’s website at http://www.WideMouthMason.com!

 

WMMq&a: Will all the Wide Mouth Mason videos ever be available on iTunes?

Masonite Ashley D. emailed Wide Mouth Mason with this question: “Will all the Wide Mouth Mason videos ever be available on iTunes?”

Safwan’s answer:

“All Wide Mouth Mason videos for songs released by Warner Music Canada (WMC), are owned and controlled by WMC. Last year WMC informed us they would be re-releasing some of our back catalogue digitally. There was no mention of the videos, but we will make further inquiries. You can also make the request to WMC:

twitter: @WarnerCanada

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warnermusiccanada

website: http://www.warnermusic.ca/contact/

Thanks for your question and interest. We’re a band because of our fans.”

Got a question for Wide Mouth Mason? Send them to info@widemouthmason.com and you may see an answer to your question on Wide Mouth Mason’s website at http://www.WideMouthMason.com!