I am one of many who are remembering Paul Quarrington, the great Canadian arts & life hero who died a year ago today. You can listen to an amazing recording of Bob Dylan’s It’s Not Dark Yet by Paul Quarrington with his Porkbelly Futures bandmates.

Paul Quarrington was a multi-talented, award-winning artist, musician, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, journalist and teacher.  He died of lung cancer on January 21, 2010.  For more information, visit http://www.paulquarrington.org

Judith Keenan has provided a wonderful list of events & creativity that made the last year so remarkable. We miss Paul, but continue to celebrate all that he did & his friends keep doing.

2010, a year of Paul Quarrington

· Produced the live event tribute October 2009 (IFOA) and again April 2010 (Opera House), celebrating Paul`s life and work

· delivered the documentary film PAUL QUARRINGTON LIFE IN MUSIC about him, Bravo has broadcast it nationally twice already, and there is another date scheduled for March 27.

· toured the film to ten cities across the country, with his band Porkbelly Futures riding shotgun, in those and another dozen cities too.

· Porkbelly Futures released their third CD THE CROOKED ROAD dedicated to PQ; half the songs on the disc were penned with or by Paul.

· Paul ‘s CD THE SONGS was released

· his memoir CIGAR BOX BANJO was released and even made a bestseller list

· As the last element in a year of PQ efforts, I have produced a half-hour radio show dedicated to Paul, with live music and stage tributes by Jim Cuddy, Gordon Pinsent, Tony and Joel Quarrington, drawn from the various live events I produced in 2009-10, plus and the Bob Dylan song you find attached here.  It will air on JazzFM on Sunday, Jan 23, at 10:30pm.