MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: JERRY LEGER - YOU, ME AND THE HORSE

Well this is a nice birthday present. Not mine, it's for one of Jerry's kids. His debut album, You, Me And The Horse, has just turned ten, and he's celebrating in a couple of ways. His touring through the Maritimes, and he's reissued the album digitally with a previously-unreleased bonus cut.

The track is called Beating The Storm, and features Jerry's vivid scene-setting, and warm vocals, an outtake from the album sessions that never got past the acoustic guitar point, but sounds all the more authentic for it, a touch on the Dylan-Blood On The Tracks era quality. You, Me and The Horse helped Jerry break out of the Toronto scene to a national audience. It was produced by Josh Finlayson of Skydiggers and Tim Bovaconti (Ron Sexsmith, Burton Cummings), and was part of the wave of acoustic/roots Toronto music that caught my attention at that time. Jerry's come through every album since, one of the best young troubadours in the land. His most recent is Nonsense And Heartache, produced by Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins.

Jerry's hitting the road with drummer Kyle Sullivan in tow for a couple of weeks in the Maritimes, before heading overseas for a few European dates. Catch him before his continental excursion at:

Oct. 12 - Grimross, Fredericton

Oct. 13 - Townhouse Brewpub, Antigonish, N.S.

Oct. 16 - The Carleton, Halifax

Oct. 17 - The Port Grocer, Port Medway, N.S.

Oct. 18 - Five and Dime, Saint John, N.B.

Oct. 19 - Union Street, Berwick, N.S.

Oct. 20 - Trailside Cafe, Mount Stewart, P.E.I.