Big
weekend ahead. This would be a terrible
time for me to get the flu or break my fingers in a bar fight. Three of the biggest gigs in a long time fall
within the 72 Hours between Thursday and Saturday. Add to that, a potential recording session
and a video shoot and that makes for a pretty full three days, I figure.
On
Thursday, we play La Festival D’ete in Quebec City. As I’m sure I’ve mentioned here before,
Quebec City could very well be the prettiest town in North America. I love the old walled city and the distinct
European vibe. If I had to live
somewhere other than St. John’s, Quebec city would be tops on my list of places
to hang. This year marks Quebec City’s
400th Anniversary and I’m grateful to be part of the grand
celebrations.
I
think the Dubs (Young Dubiner’s from LA) are in town as well. Love to hook up with the lads for a
pint. They and us along with Seven
Nations had a Summer to end all Summers when we crisscrossed the US on a three
band bill called Uprooted. The foolish
nights we spent…
We
overnight on the bus to Ottawa and perform at the Bluesfest. I understand the venue has moved from the
ugly parking lot we played a few years back and is now located down by the
river on a lovely patch of grass. Ottawa
has always been kind to us. Really
looking forward to a big night.
We
overnight again to Toronto for a gig at the Premier concert venue in the
country, the Molson Amphitheatre. There
is no other stage in Canada that so clearly says that you are in the big
leagues. The line up for this year’s
concert series includes, RUSH, James Taylor, Allison Krause, and Robert Plant,
just to name a few. And right in the
middle of the same batch of International Talent this weekend is Great Big
Sea.
I’m
not sure how many Canadian acts can headline the Molson Amphitheatre. Certainly, the Internationally Signed acts like
Nickelback, Avril, BNL, The Hip, Simple Plan, Sara M, and a few others could
all sell the Amphitheatre. Of the
Domestic Canadian Bands, there are probably only a handful of acts that could
handle the sheer capacity of this place. Ourselves, Blue Rodeo, Jann Arden,
come to mind. All tolled, probably less
than twenty Canadian bands could get this gig.
I believe this will be our fourth time headlining this venue. Forgive me for patting myself on the back,
but that’s f@#$ng cool.
We’ll
be attempting to shoot a couple of Live music videos on Saturday as well. Hoping to capture images for Love me Tonight
and Here and Now over the course of the weekend and especially at the venue on
Saturday. So if you plan to be at the
Amphitheatre, please wear your best tops and slacks as you might end up on TV.
Might
be recording a thingy in a studio in Toronto as early Saturday morning as
well. It would be a contribution to a
Compilation CD, but I’ll say more about that somewhere down the road.
Should
be a good laugh this weekend as videographer Darcy, who shot the making of the
FF CD is along for the ride. Brother
Bern is coming to take some snaps. And
there should be a large crowd on hand for pints following the T.O. show. Our bus rolls from the venue late night for
Pearson Airport and an early morning flight to St. John’s.
All
that in one weekend. Jaysus. Amazing, considering I can still put H to bed
on Wednesday night and get him up from his nap on Sunday.
Might
get over 30 Celsius today in St. John’s.
Summertime.
Cheers,
Alan