I admit it. I'm in love with Shania Twain.

Ruth Moody and Nicky Mehta of the Wailin' Jennys.

The promoter meets B.B. King; it was his

first major concert in Canada in 1970 at

Massey Hall.

Grey haired long hairs: With David Crosby. He's on the left!

Guy Clark (left) at the Edmonton  Folk Festival, along with Terry Wickham and Stony Plain's Holger Petersen.

With John Prine at the Edmonton Festival.

Loreena McKennitt, Flohil, and one-time associate Krista McKennitt. Yes, they ARE distantly related.

The kiss of life from Vancouver singer Dawn Aitken.

Solomon Burke marries a couple on-stage at

Edmonton; Flohil (background) carries the

prayer book.

Stony Plain's Holger Petersen with Chris Barber and Jeff Healey

Flohil at Mariposa (note bag of Cheezies!)

Flohil on CP 24: Answering viewers' questions

Old farts united: Don Francks with Richard Flohil

Genius art director Michael Wrycraft receives blessing

Murray McLauchlan - pals for more than 25 years

You gotta love a cowgirl: My pal Bronwin Parks

Holger Petersen and Flohil exchange publicity plans

Eric Bogle (right), Flohil and  John Munro

Flohil with Eliza Gilkyson

Richard with Maria Muldaur

Festival veterans: Gary Cristall, Flohil & Mitch Podolak

Richard gets the blues with Rita Chiarelli (left) and Juno publicist Moe McTague (right)

Flohil with diva in waiting Serena Ryder

Richard with Roxanne Potvin.

Flohil with daughter, Jill.

Mary Gauthier and Richard at Hugh's Room

Justin Rutledge, guess who, and Bazil Donovan.  A belated memory of last summer's show at the Molson Ampitheatre.

Lisa MacIsaac (left) and Brenley MacEachern (right) of Mad Violet

Paul Reddick and Richard meet hotshot 16-year-old guitar whiz Samantha Schultz backstage at the Vancouver Island Music Fest

Samantha Carter (Richard's former assistant) and Canadian film actress Lindsay Dell

Samantha Carter and Roxanne Potvin

Thank you to Peter Rowe, who has taken the time to provide us with wonderful pictures and memories from Hugh's Room.

Roxanne and Richard

Flohil, eyes wide shut, with Ruthie Foster and Syd Cassone after a terrific Hugh's Room performance

The OCFF's Erin Benjamin (in yellow) leads hardy delegates for an early Sunday morning run/brisk walk. Among those who did their best include Flohil, wife Donna and daughter Jill, Calgary folk DJ Tom Coxworth and his Brampton counterpart Jan Vanderhorst and his wife, and Ottawa Folk Festival artistic director Chris White. Guess who walked, and guess who ran....

Richard's assistant Sarah French (Right) with Vancouver blues singer Layla Zoe.  Sarah, who’s long been part of the blues community in Toronto, has joined forces with Richard.

Serena Ryder in Australia with my old journalist pal Ritchie Yorke, who used to work in Canada (and played a major role in getting CanCon regulations instituted in the early '70s) and who now works on the Brisbane Sunday Mail....

Richard with Rosalie Sorrels at Hugh's Room

Richard hits songwriter Eddie Schwartz with his best shot (er, Hit Me With Your Best Shot was Eddie's biggest hit)

Colin James with Roxanne Potvin

Richard Flohil has not decided to become a player, but proudly holds Jowi Taylor's Six String Nation guitar - a remarkable artifact. 

Please go to www.sixstringnation.com to learn more.

Richard in his youth, along with veteran radio guy John Donabie, at a Toronto High Park concert held some 10,000 years ago.  The event starred Downcild, John Allan Cameron, and Murray McLauchlan, among others.

Richard, his daughter Jill and his former assistant, Samantha Carter, ride the Memphis trolley car.

Yes, it all started here; the Sun Studio, where Howling Wolf made his first records.

And it all ended here, in a blaze of outrageous tackiness.

Memphis Memories

Holger Petersen, big boss man at Stony Plain Records, sits in. He ain't bad, either!

Richard handled publicity for a Toronto appearance by famed producer Joe Boyd (Pink Floyd, Fairport, Kate & Anna, REM, 10,000 Maniacs). Flohil was promoting Boyd's wonderful new book on music in the sixties, White Bicycles.

Justin Rutledge poses for the obligatory shot, after his first-rate set at the Stewart Park Festival, joined by Richard and Kingfest artistic director Randi Fratkin.

Serena Ryder and Richard, with Jill Flohil (left) and Julian Paquin, who is proof that the phrase "good agent" is not an oxymoron.

David Baxter, producer and good guy and ace guitarist with Justin Rutledge, rocks out as the band performs at Stewart Park.

Justin Rutledge has delivered fantastic shows at festivals this summer. Here he is on stage at Stewart Park.

Mary Margaret O'Hara, Colin Linden and Richard take it easy at the Edmonton Festival. Mary Maragret played her first full gig in six years at the Festival.

Dick Waterman, Richard Flohil and Mrs.Waterman

Cathie Stanish. Sarah French & Richard Flohil celebrate 50 years of Flohil in Canada.

Marie Knight sings, Jim Brynes grins

Richard has breakfast with Little Willie Littlefield and

Holger Petersen

Richard, Treasa and Alberta's Stompin' Tom, Matt Masters

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings rock, Ndidi bangs the tambourine

Jim Byrnes and The Sojourners

Leon Redbone and Richard backstage at Massey Hall

Sarah French & Richard Flohil on the town

Author Paul Meyers  and Richard discuss hair colouring techniques

Richard and Don Bird

Jane Harbury and Jeff Plewman

Serena Ryder rocks at Mariposa;
Richard watches with pride.

Richard with Melanie Aberle.

Richard hard at work in Cologne, Germany.  From left: Dr. Julie Hill, Richard, Melanie Aberle, Gwen Simon, and musician Max Cann.

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Richard with assistant and singer songwriter, Jadea Kelly.

Richard, Tim DesIslets & Jadea Kelly