Toronto singer-songwriter Greg Hobbs knows his guitarist can play some jazz, his standup bass player has some history in punk -- and people will still put his music in the roots category.

Hobbs brings in his Trio -- with guitarist Christine Bougie and bassist Darcy Yates -- to the London Music Club tonight at 8:30.

"It does have a bit of everything," he says of his songwriting.

That puts Hobbs and his songs in the "roots" category -- a term "that half the people don't understand," he jokes.

The Trio draws from a range of music, too.

"She's a jazz musician," he says of Bougie, who adds great touches on the lap steel and "Tely" (Telecaster guitar) to his music.

Yates was just in London, recording with Toronto alt-rockers Great Lake Swimmers. He also played with Port Dover singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith and punk bands.

Hobbs has played music for live theatre, studied classical alto saxophone -- all the way up to Grade 10 conservatory level; and released four independent solo CDs in Canada: Under Your Feet (1994), Confused and Bleeding (1999), Drake Motel (2001) and Threats & Promises (2004). The Trio will record a CD of its own next spring.

Hobbs already has a promo CD of a few songs the Trio recorded in March, the first day the three worked together. It shows the Trio's promise and Hobbs's classic way with a song about a wedding seen from the ex-boyfriend's point of view.

"I just play guitar in my shows these days," Hobbs says of his classical sax training.

Tickets are $7 for tonight's show. Also on the bill at the 470 Colborne St. (north of Queens) club is Richard Laviolette.