Here's an early Christmas present for you! The Blue Violets (featuring Neil Osborne's daughters Coral and Kandle) perform "Blue Christmas" with Neil:

Thank you all for a fantastic year of shows, friends and fun. See you in 2010!

Murray Wasylnuk met up with 54-40 at their Commodore Ballroom shows last October for an interview:

From the Vancouver Sun:

The Sam Roberts Band, 54-40, Randy Bachman, Hot Hot Heat and Tokyo Police Club are among the acts that will perform at the City of Surrey's free live site during the 2010 Olympics, the city announced today.

The 2010 Celebration Site, at Holland Park on King George Highway and Old Yale Road, will feature live Games coverage on four large video screens, an outdoor skating rink, international food vendors and two daily performances by the RCMP Musical Ride.

Many of the activities will take place under a 30,000-square-foot tent.

The site will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays during the Games, leaving 13 days of public programming.

The site will feature two performance stages and other acts scheduled to appear include Wintersleep, Serena Ryder, Jully Black, KS Makhan, Jim Byrnes & the Soujourners, Dan Mangan, Doc Walker, The Irish Descendants, Alex Cuba, Hey Rosetta, Five Alarm Funk and Delhi 2 Dublin.

Check out the 54-40 section on tabcrawler.com, where fans have been submitting tabs and lyrics for dozens of songs. Have fun!