Well we’re three days into our eight week tour and it’s started off beautifully. Saturday we jumped in the ole van (ruby) and headed out for Ottawa. We made it nicely and had a fun show. The drive was stunning. The leaves are at peak color change and the rolling valleys of them blew me away! like someone spilled all the paint cans.
Huge thanks to Newman and shock for putting us up in O-town. Sudnay morning we hit the road for one of my favorite places. Picton. Way down by the lakes it is a beautiful, laid back town filled with fine folks. I started playing here a few years back and became fast friends with many people there including Steve, the owner. This time was the first time for the bastards to visit and they were a hit. We also recorded the show for hopeful release as Volume 2 of the “What you need” series. We had a lot of fun playing the acoustic show. Lets hope the recording hold up!
After the show we went to my Uncle Pats in trenton to hang for the night. I had the great opportunity to play a couple of AMAZING guitars. Uncle P has been commissioned to sell these instruments for someone. They are a 1961 Chet Atkins Gretch and a 1972 White Falcon Gretch!!!! These guitars were unreal! Never played anything like the “Chet”. It sucked every last point of stress out of my body while I played it. An experience I won’t soon forget, if ever.
We have made it to Hogtown (Tdot) and are now unwinding with a steam whistle! Karl is preparing a pasta feed with meat sauce!!! then we head downtown to Mitzi’s Sister to rock the walls down. I hope they are ready.
I spoke with a nice gal from CBC Saskatoon today as well to promo our shows at Bud on Broadway in next week. Looking forward to this joint. A lot of my influences have played there over the years. We got double booked there last tour and I was super disappointed so I’m looking forward to finally getting in there…….But first we need to take care of Ontario
There you go folks. We’re alive and kicking. Just thought you should know! We’ll talk soon.
MB