The Killin' Time Band

The name about says it all. Killin’ Time Band spun out of a weekly acoustic duo residency Brad Hails and Jaret Koop played in Burlington. Having hung up the reins on Pailface Boogie, a popular touring jamband throughout the Golden Horseshoe, Hails needed something to quite literally fill the time. These sorts of weekly gigs can either make or break a band. Undoubtedly they help a group build a repertoire of typically popular covers but they also provide a nice backdrop to try out new originals. In the Ontario scene at large a handful of bands that built their sound on weekly gigs (Kingston’s James McKenty and the Spades, Toronto’s Run With The Kittens and Guelph’s Remnants/Speakeasies) are finding success farther afield. The experience can also be a rut for a band. Otherwise talented musicians such as fellow Burlingtonians The Next Best Thing who play weekly at Van Gogh’s Ear tend to sound better the drunker you get. These are bar gigs. They’re the sort of gig that sounds better after a couple of pitchers and ‘jazz cigarettes’- and that’s just fine. Killin’ Time are no strangers to the party hearty crowd. They’ve toured throughout Ontario playing hippy festivals like Come Together Music Festival and Hempfest. Held in Northern Ontario, conveniently on native land, Hempfest is basically a contest for bragging rights between let’s call them amateur and professional marijuana cultivators. “It’s a gathering of 1-2000 hemp enthusiasts for a long weekend worth of great music, great people and very peaceful times”, says Hails tactfully. The original guitar duo of Hails and Koop are joined by bassist Johnny Bauld (formerly of Pailface Boogie) as well as Jeff and Matty Clancy on drums and congas. Their repertoire gears towards the Rock-Funk-Jam-Country-Reggae they advertise. They often run through medleys of songs such as Bedouin Soundclash’s When The Night Hears My Song segued into Pressure Drop by Toots and the Maytals (popularized by the soundtrack to the popular reggae film The Harder They Come). They do a nice turn on Ween’s classic Voodoo Lady into House of Pain’s Jump Around and back again. In a really sly twist though they pair up a bluegrass version of Snoop’s Gin and Juice (popularized by the Gourds but often attributed due to file sharing mislabels as by Phish) with the Beastie Boys Paul Revere from the classic Licensed to Ill. Don’t let the cover songs fool you though. These are musicians with more than a handful of chops doing what they do best. Both Hails and Koop have music in the blood. Although hesitant to draw attention to the fact after a few beers Hails lets drop that his grandfather is Gordy Tapp the reverend from the long running country variety show Hee Haw. Hails remarks that Tapp is an honourary sheriff in various jurisdictions in the American south complete with honourary shotgun. Hereabouts he’s known more for his frequent Ultramatic commercials (a point hilariously borne out as a passerby overhears and asks if Hails can get him ‘one of those beds’). “I am not comfortable talking about my relationship with my grandfather while doing interviews for my band. I have always furthered my career on my own merits and hard work”. With that said and a bit more prodding he touches on experiences like seeing Roy Clark perform with his gramps and doing short road trips and working merch for Tommy Hunter and Tapps as a kid. “It helped me develop an appreciation for ‘real’ Country music at a young age being exposed to people like Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams”. Humility aside how many young men, let alone musicians, have personal recordings of their grandfather in a dressing room with Les Paul, Chet Atkins and Buck Owens (arguably the holy trinity of country guitar) picking away? For his part Jared Koops and his producer brother Justin have been actively involved with the Burlington music scene for years. “I’ve worked with Justin since I was 18…… I’ve assisted him on recordings for Tomi Swick, Billy Talent, Jersey, Grade and Silverstein, among others. He's also produced many other bands. He's worked with Idle Sons, The Video Dead, Finger 11, Burn the 8 Track, The Spicolli's and countless other local acts.” They used to run a studio in Aldershot called the Cottage but have recently “taken over a local landmark in the indie scene of Burlington called the Music Gym.” For bands to watch from Burlington Koops recommends among others the highly engaging St. Alvia Cartel (built from the ashes of Grade, Jersey and Video Dead). “There's another band called New World Son that everyone should check out. And also, Matt York, The Video Dead, To the Lions, Hellmass, To the Lions, Daylight for Deadeyes. I could write a whole page of names. The point is that there is tons of great music gettin' ready to come out and keep Burlington growing in the international music scene.” The Killin’ Time Band Friday, Nov 24 @ The Albion 49 Norfolk St, Guelph 821-7125 www.killintimeband.com - Echo Magazine

(This article accompanied the Killin' Time Band being featured on the cover, see band photo's for cover)

The Killin’ Time Band may have had its roots in more seemingly less serious ways to fill up an available schedule, but the band that singer/guitarist Brad Hails formed six years ago has taken on so much more meaning for its members and all of the fans they’ve touched.
They’re the penultimate party band you can find as easily at big outdoor gigs, the neighbourhood pub or a friend’s secret birthday party – playing up party tune covers and injecting a couple of originals for some spice. In the end, people sing along and dance and everyone raises a glass to the band in thanks.
But while they love to party, KTB has also been committed to insuring that their revelry can also have a positive effect on the community. Whether it’s bed races or growing their moustaches for Movember benefiting Prostate Cancer Canada (theta-omega-mo.com) or even lending their services to the Make A Wish Foundation – the Killin’ Time Band’s parties are often charitable fundraisers.
With the official Hamilton release party for Three Day Weekend, the Killin’ Time band celebrate a three day Thanksgiving Weekend by offering what’s expected to be another killer party and again helping out another worthwhile cause.
“We are all very proud of this album, it really brought us back to why it is we have been playing music together and have been family for the
last six years,” smiles Hails. “We never lose site of the fact that we are lucky. We get paid to play music which is what we would all be doing regardless for free in our basements. So you always have to keep the big picture in sight and forget about the petty shit. No matter what went on that day when we get on stage and the engine starts clicking; these are my best friends in the world.
“We all came from an original music background having had successful bands in the past that all brought us together in this group,” he adds. “Killin’ Time has always played original music as well as choice covers that we enjoy playing our way. Then you add a family and a mortgage and those big paycheck gigs start looking really good. Many of our influences come from the school of Jam Bands where we love to reinvent other people songs, medley them with our own and make girls dance. KTB is a party band. We never show up half–assed. If there are two people or 2000 people, we come to empty your fridge and shake your ass. We appreciate so many styles of music; we just turn on the gear open our minds and jam until something clicks. That’s where the most honest music comes from and people’s subconscious picks up on that stuff. I think the best ability we have as a band is the ability to read a crowd. Genre doesn’t matter as long as you are feeling the mood and throw the right jam out.”
With Jaret Koop (guitar and vocals), John Bauld (bass and vocals), and Paul Dickinson (drums), Hails and company have had years to learn how to work a room and that’s probably figured into what makes a good song work but KTB aren’t as calculated to write for any other reason than to feel the moment and have fun.
Recorded by Justin Koop at B–Town Sound in Burlington, Three Day Weekend offers reggae infused rock (“It’s Always 420”, “Lay Your Body Down”), laid back disco (“Late September”), funk (“Hippie Girl”), country (“Rested, Relaxed and Feelin’ Good”) and hard rock (“Shaker Monkeys”) that’s all held together with Hails’ gravelly voiced baritone grin. It’s infectious party music that always seems to be able to draw a crowd.
Even guest musicians flocked to recording sessions – including Ron Elliott on keyboards (Fat Cats, Roadside Attraction), Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel (Lee Harvey Osmond, Huron), Ritch Thoman on sax (Jam Central Station), Troy Dowding on trumpet (Backroom 11), MAC N AWE rapping, Bianca Bernardi on vocals and Tim Park on vocals, guitar. With the CD quietly released this summer, the band documented one makeshift roller disco party for the leadoff single, “Late September” – and recently wrapped up visuals for a video for the title track. The band has never been busier and they show no signs of slowing down – but again whether it be helping out a worthwhile cause or heading out to the cottage – the band knows their abilities and puts them to use every chance they get.
“We all have the sickness,” chuckles Hails. “Playing music is the centre of our universe and the vibe that is created when the four or more of us get together and jam is addictive. People really pick up on the honesty of Killin’ Time. We aren’t fooling anyone; we don’t have a stylist or someone telling us what genre of music to shoot for because it’s the next big hit. We write what we are feeling regardless of style.
“The song ‘Three Day Weekend’ is definitely what we are about,” he adds.
“Life is too short to get caught up in all the drama I would rather party myself into the grave with no regrets than to plan every step only to die disappointed. Who knows when this is all going to end so enjoy it while you can. All the planning in the world can’t save you when your time is up. Three Day Weekend just seemed the perfect theme and title for the album. Our friends really dig the Canadian references all the way through the song. Everyone remembers the excitement and anxiety of Friday afternoon of a three–day weekend loading up the car and heading up north to party at the cottage with your friends, some cute girls and no inhibitions.”
Offering some universal truth in the lyrics, some solid riffs and a whack of sing–along choruses, KTB have been getting radio play on CFMU, Y108, CHTZ–FM, Edge 102 and selling CDs briskly. And as half of all sales have been saved for another charitable goal – the band hopes to have raised $5,000 to present to Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation by November.
“I am not a rich man so instead of donating money I donate my time as often as I can,” confides Hails. “We aren’t looking to be the next big thing we are just doing the only thing we know how to do and doing a lot of partying along the way. Like this weekend, there are three of the area’s most kick–ass party bands, one of the city’s best live music venues and a Saturday night. Sleep late Sunday, stay late Saturday and do some things you’re going to regret – well, except missing the party of the year.”

The Killin Time Band plays this Saturday October 9 at This Ain’t Hollywood with Lo-Fi and Downboy. $7 gets you in or $15 with a copy of the new CD. Click on killintimeband.com
- View Magazine

In this column, the plight of the indie musician has been well
documented. There are indifferent audiences at strange clubs in
unfamiliar cities, with little pay all endured just for the chance to
play music. But there is an upside. When a musician connects with
an audience member it can be a magical experience and offer
memories that may last well beyond the life of a band.
Pailface Brad Hails experienced such an occasion when one
random audience member would not only become a fan but also a
dear friend.
”I met Gina one night maybe five years ago while playing
with Pailface Boogie at some random venue,” recalls Hails on
meeting Georgina Smith. “We were playing our hearts out to a
completely unresponsive crowd when I looked up and Gina was
standing in the middle of the dance floor staring at us with this
big infectious smile she had. In a matter of days, Gina had
become part of our crowd and was around us constantly. She truly
just loved live music and music in general and wanted to be
around it as often as she could. Gina comes from a musical family
— she is related to some members of The Kings and music has
always been a part of her life. Eventually Gina and one of my best
friends Scott met at a party at my house, they fell in love almost
instantly, it seemed.”
Sadly, tragic circumstances with a car accident have recently
claimed that friend’s life and Hails is offering a special concert
this weekend in honour of his friend and in benefit of her seven–
year–old daughter, Kristen.
“All I know how to do is play music and organize concerts so that’s what I am going to do,” reasons Hails. “I felt it was the right
thing to do. The people involved are close friends of mine and
they have a loved one who has lost her mother. I don’t want to
shed light on myself or this accident. Music heals and Gina comes
from two musical families — her relatives and her friends. What
better way to start the healing from this unfortunate tragedy then
for us all to get together, share some stories and some music
while raising a little money for a little girl to help with her future.”
Hails’ Killin’ Time Band will act as backing band for invited
guests John Restas, Kendal Mitchell, Ritch Thoman, Dylan Reid,
Tim Park, and more followed by The Kings and other possible
special guest bands and finally the evening will be capped off with
a special reunion show.
“There will be a Pailface Boogie reunion show because that is
how we met Gina,” explains Hails. “The show will be filled with
many local musicians that have had a part in Gina, Scott, and
Kristen’s lives as well as anyone else that feels compelled to come
and play a song or two. I don’t want to cast a lot of light on the
events leading to this concert - hopefully a lesson is learned and
people can concentrate on their amazing experiences with the
people involved. This night is about many things: healing,
helping, and remembering.”
Pailface Boogie reunites this Saturday November 3 (8pm) at
The Red Rooster in benefit of Kristen Rose Smith with The Kings,
The Killin’ Time Band and many special guests.
killintimeband.com

by Ric Taylor - View Magazine (Hamilton)

the killin’ time band
After spending six years fronting Burlington’s Pailface Boogie,
singer/guitarist Brad Hails was well versed in the indie musician
lifestyle. But when the band split up, Hails hooked up with Jaret
Koop (Family Function, Jupiter Citizen, Mugwump) to continue on
making music with a simple goal.
“Killin’ Time began as a joke,” explains Hails. “We would
book patio and bar gigs as a duo and invite friends out to jam
while making jokes about getting paid to get drunk and
improving songs about how we were just killin’ time.”
With ex–Turkey bass player John Bauld and former Jam
Central Station drummer Mike Rittenhouse, the joke would become The Killin’ Time Band with a new CD being released this
week, Killin’ Time Island.
“We all still work on our own projects outside of KTB,”
clarifies Hails. “I think one of the differences of this band is it
began as an accident and has always remained fun for us all. We
all have our own things going on outside the band that keep us in
the area, families, businesses, etc. Dreaming about Killin’ Time
Island and doing what you love a few nights a week just make all
the rest that much sweeter.
“As for the album, the inspiration for it was a common
dream we all have to one day cash in, make enough money to buy
our own island, grab our friends and spend the rest of our lives in
the Caribbean with a drink in our hands and our toes in the sand!”
That sly nod to Van Halen, offers some of the humour that
pervades the lyrical content, but with the musical prowess of the
band, this island will surely be rocking.
Recording at Justin Koop’s B–Town Sound, the foursome
wrote about their musical oasis and fashioned songs that go
beyond mixing The Grateful Dead and Ween. With the help of a
slew of guest musicians including Tim Park, Jack Shearer (the 905
Band), MAC N AWE (Brad Macdonald) and Matty Clancy, Killin’
Time Island is as fun as it is funny.
“I have tried many times to write radio–friendly music but it
just isn’t me,” confides Hails. “Writing with Jaret has definitely
helped tone down some of the weirdness, he has a great pop
sensibility that, when we combine on a project, both elements
shine through.
“But we weren’t writing the album in hopes of achieving
super stardom — just having a good time with some old friends
doing the only thing we know how to do,” adds Hails. “It’s a crazy
world and can cause you major anxiety if you pay too much
attention. My retreat from a hard day is my friends and my family.
What’s better than sitting around sharing some laughs with the people closest to you? The Killin’ Time vibe is simple: Don’t take
shit too seriously and enjoy yourself doing it.”
The Killin’ Time Band CD release party happens Saturday
September 22 at The Red Rooster with Casual Sausage, Chris
Briscoe and Sling n Stone. Show gets under way by 9pm, there’s
no cover and prizes will be awarded for best pirate costume

By Ric Taylor - View Magazine (Hamilton)

By Luke Bowden


The name about says it all. Killin’ Time Band spun out of a weekly acoustic duo residency Brad Hails and Jaret Koop played in Burlington. Having hung up the reins on Pailface Boogie, a popular touring jamband throughout the Golden Horseshoe, Hails needed something to quite literally fill the time.
These sorts of weekly gigs can either make or break a band. Undoubtedly they help a group build a repertoire of typically popular covers but they also provide a nice backdrop to try out new originals. In the Ontario scene at large a handful of bands that built their sound on weekly gigs (Kingston’s James McKenty and the Spades, Toronto’s Run With The Kittens and Guelph’s Remnants/Speakeasies) are finding success farther afield. The experience can also be a rut for a band. Otherwise talented musicians such as fellow Burlingtonians The Next Best Thing who play weekly at Van Gogh’s Ear tend to sound better the drunker you get.
These are bar gigs. They’re the sort of gig that sounds better after a couple of pitchers and ‘jazz cigarettes’- and that’s just fine. Killin’ Time are no strangers to the party hearty crowd. They’ve toured throughout Ontario playing hippy festivals like Come Together Music Festival and Hempfest. Held in Northern Ontario, conveniently on native land, Hempfest is basically a contest for bragging rights between let’s call them amateur and professional marijuana cultivators. “It’s a gathering of 1-2000 hemp enthusiasts for a long weekend worth of great music, great people and very peaceful times”, says Hails tactfully.
The original guitar duo of Hails and Koop are joined by bassist Johnny Bauld (formerly of Pailface Boogie) as well as Jeff and Matty Clancy on drums and congas. Their repertoire gears towards the Rock-Funk-Jam-Country-Reggae they advertise. They often run through medleys of songs such as Bedouin Soundclash’s When The Night Hears My Song segued into Pressure Drop by Toots and the Maytals (popularized by the soundtrack to the popular reggae film The Harder They Come). They do a nice turn on Ween’s classic Voodoo Lady into House of Pain’s Jump Around and back again. In a really sly twist though they pair up a bluegrass version of Snoop’s Gin and Juice (popularized by the Gourds but often attributed due to file sharing mislabels as by Phish) with the Beastie Boys Paul Revere from the classic Licensed to Ill.

Don’t let the cover songs fool you though. These are musicians with more than a handful of chops doing what they do best. Both Hails and Koop have music in the blood. Although hesitant to draw attention to the fact after a few beers Hails lets drop that his grandfather is Gordy Tapp the reverend from the long running country variety show Hee Haw. Hails remarks that Tapp is an honourary sheriff in various jurisdictions in the American south complete with honourary shotgun. Hereabouts he’s known more for his frequent Ultramatic commercials (a point hilariously borne out as a passerby overhears and asks if Hails can get him ‘one of those beds’).
“I am not comfortable talking about my relationship with my grandfather while doing interviews for my band. I have always furthered my career on my own merits and hard work”. With that said and a bit more prodding he touches on experiences like seeing Roy Clark perform with his gramps and doing short road trips and working merch for Tommy Hunter and Tapps as a kid. “It helped me develop an appreciation for ‘real’ Country music at a young age being exposed to people like Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams”. Humility aside how many young men, let alone musicians, have personal recordings of their grandfather in a dressing room with Les Paul, Chet Atkins and Buck Owens (arguably the holy trinity of country guitar) picking away?
For his part Jared Koops and his producer brother Justin have been actively involved with the Burlington music scene for years. “I’ve worked with Justin since I was 18…… I’ve assisted him on recordings for Tomi Swick, Billy Talent, Jersey, Grade and Silverstein, among others. He's also produced many other bands. He's worked with Idle Sons, The Video Dead, Finger 11, Burn the 8 Track, The Spicolli's and countless other local acts.” They used to run a studio in Aldershot called the Cottage but have recently “taken over a local landmark in the indie scene of Burlington called the Music Gym.” For bands to watch from Burlington Koops recommends among others the highly engaging St. Alvia Cartel (built from the ashes of Grade, Jersey and Video Dead).
- Echo Weekly (Guelph)

March 04, 2010
GRAHAM ROCKINGHAM
THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
(Mar 4, 2010)
NEED TO KNOW

What: Killin' Time Band fundraiser for Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, with special guests Gordie Tapp, Tomi Swick and DJ Jones

When: Saturday. Doors open at 8 p.m. Concert at 9 p.m.

Where: The Boston Manor, 4460 Fairview St., Burlington

Admission: $10. Half the proceeds will go to Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, with the rest helping to fund the Killin' Time Band's debut CD.

When you're trying to raise money to record your band's first CD, it's sometimes a good idea to ask your grandfather for a hand -- especially if his name is Gordie Tapp.

Tapp is best known as host of the long-running TV show Hee Haw.

His work on the show made him famous with country fans around the world and got him a place in the Canadian Country Hall of Fame. His charitable work has earned him both the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.

Tapp is now 87, but the longtime Burlington resident still takes the stage for a good cause.

So on Saturday he'll step onstage at the Boston Manor to raise some money for the Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital and his grandson Brad Hails's latest musical project, the Killin' Time Band.

"He's the reason I got into doing what I do," Hails says. "As a kid I was always gravitating toward his guitars and I got to go out on the road with him and sell merchandise for him and Tommy Hunter."

Tapp bought Hails his first electric guitar when he was 16.

"He found a nice Stratocaster for me at a pawnshop down in Nashville," Hails recalls. "He actually got a hand from Chet Atkins in picking it out for me."

Hails, 36, has been in a number of Burlington-area bands, including Pailface Boogie. The Killin' Time Band plays a more mature kind of party rock that mixes rock, old-school R&B and reggae.

When Tapp gets onstage, the music will take a country turn.

"We're doing an old song that Willie Nelson sings called Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age," Hails says.

The band hopes to go into Burlington's B Town Sound studio in April and record its first full-length album of original songs. Recording, mixing and mastering a CD can easily cost $10,000. Saturday's show is partially a fundraiser for the record, but half the funds are going to the hospital.

"I haven't really brought my grandfather into my career until this point," Hails adds. "But I've always wanted to perform with him and I thought I'd better take my chance when I can."

The band -- featuring Hails, Jaret Koop (vocals, guitar), John Bauld (bass) and Paul Dickinson (drums) -- is expanding to a larger nine-piece unit for the show, adding horns, percussion, keyboards and a third guitar.

Other friends of the band will also take the stage, including Juno-winning Hamilton pop rocker Tomi Swick and DJ Jones, a soul singer who has performed with James Brown. The benefit will also feature a silent auction and a draw for a three-day trip to Las Vegas. - The Hamilton Spectator

While ‘Pailface’ Brad Hails had different reasons for first starting his band Pailface Boogie a decade or so ago, the musician’s career has definitely changed dramatically from the old days but still exudes that wild-eyed youthful charm Hails has become reknown for. Pailface Boogie eventually folded but the Killin’ Time Band has taken his main focus of musical muse (the band name subtly alluding to Hails’ perhaps more world weary judgment of making it in the music industry) and Hails remains a constant on the club scene (even fronting a new band Stinky and the Hot Rodz). As a music industry retailer working at Long and McQuade, award nominated graphics designer with Top Banana Media and even politically inclined organizer sitting on the board of directors for Arts Burlington, Hails influence is all over the music happening in our backyard – but this last month, Hails has taken his musical influence and helped channel it into helping a charitable cause. “I thought all I have to do is grow a moustache and it can help people out and I was sold - it was also good to have an excuse to have a moustache cause its nasty,” laughs Hails about getting involved with his brined Bubba Nicholson’s Movember campaign and their team Theta Omega Mo. “My real motivation though is my Mom. She has just finished hopefully her final round of chemo and it amazes me how strong she is. If you could only beat up cancer I would kick its ass for my Mom. “Bubba and I have been doing what we can along with our team mates to put on events and raise awareness for prostate cancer,” he adds. “We want to get guys talking about it, get them going to their doctor annually for the dreaded check up. Our Team has a T-shirt with the slogan what's more awkward than a cold finger in your ass? -- cancer.” With 127 members Hails, Nicholson and their team grew their moustaches as a hairy badge of courage and helped to raise $7000 thus far. With a final gig to celebrate all of the events they’ve organized over the last four weeks, they figured a rock party was in order and enlisted their musical friends like Finger11’s Rick Jackett and James Black with their new side project Blackie Jackett Jr. “Rick and James are always really cool about lending there time to help out in their hometown,” smiles Hails. They have been kind enough to come and play the show for charity, which is great for everyone involved. “We have had an action packed month of fundraising, spending a month getting dirty looks form their girlfriends or wives for the nasty hair on their lip and helping spread the word that 1 in 6 men will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime. Killin Time Band plays The Dickens this Friday November 27 with Blackie Jackett Jr and more. Doors open at 8pm and $15 gets you in at the door. Click on www.theta-omega-mo.com or www.movember.com. - View Magazine

Burlington’s the Killin’ Time Band is giving back to the community in more ways than one with its performance this weekend featuring notable musicians and extravagant prizes.

Tomorrow (Saturday), the Killin’ Time Band is hosting a fundraiser at Boston Manor featuring special guests and a silent auction that includes prizes such as sports tickets, snowboards, golf packages and even cable TV. A trip for two to Las Vegas is being raffled as well.

Performing will be the ‘Big Time’ Killin’ Time Band, consisting of Brad Hails (guitar and vocals), Jaret Koop (guitar, vocals), John Bauld (bass guitar and vocals), Paul Dickinson (drums), Tim Park (guitar and vocals), Ritch Thoman (saxophone), Troy Downding (trumpet), Ron Elliott (keyboard) and Matt Clancy (congas).

“The show is a fundraiser to help support our upcoming album recording and production, and we are proud to be paying forward 50 per cent of the album’s profit to Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital; we’re grateful for it,” explained Hails.

Special guest appearances at the event will be Gordie Tapp (Country Music Hall of Famer), Juno Award winner Tomi Swick and DJ Jones from the James Brown Band.

“We’ve done a few events with the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation in the past and they have always gone really well,” said Bauld.

“Donating to the foundation seemed like a good idea to pay it back to the community.”

Koop added that along with the band maturing over the past five years, the band members’ families have grown as well.

“A few of us have had kids in recent years and we’re grateful to the hospital where they were delivered so it’s a good fit to help raise money for its expansion,” he noted.

The Killin’ Time Band, regularly consisting of Hails, Bauld, Koop and Dickinson, has developed its unique sound of country/reggae fusion and continually performs around the city.

“Country and reggae are virtually the same music but played to a different beat,” said Hails. “We’re tighter now and developed our own sound, jumping between the two styles. If people are dancing around, we keep going.”

Hails, who sits on the board of directors for Creative Burlington, said events of this magnitude are good for the community at large.

“It’s going to be a great show with great musicians. It will be the first time my grandfather (Tapp) and I perform on stage, which terrifies me. But it will be one-of-a-kind night around a community coming together.”

With only an EP released since the band’s creation, the members are looking forward to having its first full-length album.

“We’re very excited to have this finished; it’s been in holding for a lot of years,” said Hails.

“We never forget how lucky we are to be able to do this for a living. People can take it for granted and become angry at not being a superstar at this age but I can feed my family and pay my mortgage by playing guitar so I’m happy. I’ve never switched bands or changed directions to make money. When it’s not fun anymore then I’ll quit.”

Tickets cost $10 and are available in advance at Boston Manor, Long and McQuade Burlington and Where Heads Meet in Hamilton. Doors open at 8 p.m. with show time scheduled for 9 p.m.

For more information, visit http://killintimeband.com/.

If you would like a band considered for this column, contact kathryndunmore@yahoo.ca. - The Burlington Post