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SOO'S RESTAURANT
Brandon's largest Chinese restaurant
and
~ a Manitoba landmark since
1970 ~
closed its doors on February
2, 2002.
Click on the SOO'S logo below
to access our Archive Pages:
http://home.westman.wave.ca/~hillmans/soosera.html
The last major concert in our
Show Hall ~ Blues At Soo's
is featured at our Blues
Overtook Me site
BLUES AT SOO'S
CLICK
TO SEE PHOTOS
A major feature of our website
is our online bio which features
career photos, anecdotes, lyrics,
vintage guitar pages, journals, etc.
BILL & SUE-ON HILLMAN:
A MUSICAL ODYSSEY
http://www.hillmanweb.com/odyssey.html
Our sincere thanks to our
Keith "Poor Boy" Rodger
for the kind words in his BLUES
IN WESTMAN columns in
Blues News: The Journal of
the Manitoba Blues Society
Visit their Website at:
www.mbblues.mb.ca
From the Blues Man in Westman column by Keith "Poor Boy" Rodger Blues News: The Journal of the Manitoba Blues Society, Inc. Summer 2001 ~ Volume 5, Number 3 SOO'S Saturday night jam on April 14 was well attended, hosted by Bill and Sue-On Hillman, with many years of touring and recording behind them, are well-seasoned musicians that fit easily into most styles of music. An old friend of mine, Ken Jarvin, was in town visiting from Victoria, B.C. so I thought I would take him out to the jam since it had been many years from the last time we had toured together. At first he refused to get up, stating he had not played in ten years, but after a little prodding (very little) he was up on the keyboard and within minutes began to put to shame some of us who have to practice every day to keep our chops up. I did not know all the musicians there that night but some I did know were G.B. Peech and the Sidebanders, Vaughn Thorsteinson the house bass player and when he gets a chance, guitarist, Joe Ksiazek, John from Boomtown Music, a very young and good-looking guitarist, Kristi Ghidoni, who we might have to keep an eye out for in the blues world, and new to me, Sandy Gibson, who had recently been playing out of Montreal, brought down his dobro. I hope to see him perform again soon. You just never know whom you might run into at SOO'S. Just the week before Winnipeg's own Ron Robinson of CBC fame and Morning Show producer, Jan Harding, showed up and graciously performed for the crowd. |
From the Blues Man in Westman column by Keith "Poor Boy" Rodger Blues News: The Journal of the Manitoba Blues Society, Inc. Spring 2002 ~ Volume 6, Number 1 The Brandon blues community has found a friend and supporter of live
blues music in The Brandon and District Labour Council with newly elected
president Jan Chaboyer. (Congratulations Jan) First there was the Better
Off With The Blues Social, with two Winnipeg acts. Then came The Blues
Overtook Me Social, held at Soo's Restaurant with acts like (surprise it's
me) Poor Boy Rodger, G.B. Peech and the Sidebanders, The Soo's Blues Wokkers,
and just back from Bosnia, Guns and Hoses, a band consisting of soldiers
from CFB Shilo (don't mess with these blues soldiers). It was a well attended
event and, sad to say, the last of an era in Brandon as Soo's Chinese Restaurant
has been eaten up with the expansion of the Credit Union next door. Soo's
had the best Chinese food in town and had been in Brandon forever, or at
least as long as I can remember. In the last few years it was also the
best and friendliest jammin' place for musicians of all ages and styles.
I think I can speak for all musicians in and around Brandon and wish
Bill and Sue-On Hillman all the best in the future. Check out their Webpage
at: www.hillmanweb.com
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