Brown Paper Bag (Ottawa Music) – Retrospective: 2015-2020 (I'm on bass & vox)

I play bass & sing in Ottawa's Brown Paper Bag. (The band is currently on hiatus due to Covid's impact on full-band club performances.) 

Brown Paper Bag features Eric St. Cyr (guitar & vocals), Jasen Colson (drums & vocals), Chris Gagnon (lead guitar & vocals), Ryan Wheatley (alt lead guitar), and me, Ashley Newall (bass & vocals).

Here's me singing lead on our cover of "Taxman" by the Beatles...

Here's a collection of photos (below) from some of our various gigs over the years...

Zaphod's (Ottawa)

Ashley Newall - Brown Paper Bag

Brown Paper Bag (Ottawa Music) - Zaphod's

Oktoberfest 2016 (Barrhaven, ON)

Ashley Newall - Brown Paper Bag

Chris Gagnon - Brown Paper Bag

Heart & Crown (Byward Market, Ottawa)

(Above Heart & Crown photos by Barb Francisco / Live Music Lovers Ottawa.)

St. Paddy's Day, 2017 (Heart & Crown, Byward Market)

Barley Mow (Merivale, Ottawa)

Oktoberfest 2017 (Barrhaven, ON)

Ashley Newall - Brown Paper Bag

Eric St. Cyr - Brown Paper Bag

Ryan Wheatley - Brown Paper Bag

Jasen Colson - Brown Paper Bag

A couple more live recordings...

Here's the band performing a Jasen Colson original, "Hard Love Living"...

& here's me singing lead on our cover of "Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes...

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[Update (2025): Brown Paper Bag didn't re-form after Covid lockdowns (neither the original duo, nor this quartet). Jay, Chris, & Ryan started a new Top-40 covers band w/ Terrence O'Brien & Matt Spafford called Garden Variety.]

I continue playing (originals &) covers – here's My Top-40 Covers Artist Credentials.