Big night in the Big Smoke last night. Effectively the last night of the Hard and the Easy Tour, last evening's gig was the final hoorah for the tour that began way back in late January. It has been our most successful stint in our 13 year career. Its amazing that over a decade into this crazy run, that our stock is somehow still rising.

Last night was our fourth time playing the Molson Amphitheatre and featured our biggest paid audience ever in Toronto at close to ten thousand. Quite a feat for a wee folk band.

Many thanks for all who came and made the night special. Special thanks to Mom and Dad who came up for the show. It was the first time they've ever seen GBS outside of Newfoundland. They saw little Sis Michelle play Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" at Stage West on Friday night as well.

I'm going to lay low for a number of weeks. GBS has only a couple of private gigs between now and September and I hope to disappear for the duration of the summer. With the GBS recording and touring, producing CD's for other artists and composing for "Hatching Matching and Dispatching" as well as the recent film project, I've packed a lot in the last 14 to 16 months. My brother pointed out that I have not had five days off in a row since January of 2005. I have not had a summer off since I was thirteen years old. Perhaps its time for few weeks off the beaten path.

I hope you all have a grand summer.

Cheers

Alan