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San Diego
For years we’ve played at an excellent open-air venue called Humphreys when we were in the San Diego area. It was up by the airport, right on the water with the marinas. The theatre pictured here, the Balboa, is our first time downtown in 30 years.Our show here Wednesday, “was the cleanest so far this…
Read MoreA Trip Around LA
Hi everybody. Close to the DL Santa Clarita, Beverly Hills and Pasadena. Excellent shows for the most part. At least from where I’m sitting. To be fair, if they were to sell my seat they would have to offer a discount. “Obstructed” would be an accurate description. The sight lines aren’t great. I’m angled towards…
Read MoreCNZ Santa Rosa
Hi Everyone. After being off since November 24 we just did three exceptional shows here in central California. This latest one at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa really had some extra magic. Gord was at ease with the audience and he created an interesting rapport with them. Musically it kicked ass.
Read MoreCNZ Tour San Jose
Great show last night at the City National Civic. Perhaps just to flaunt our confidence the second tune we did, “Cotton Jenny”, is something we seldom play and the third was “Too Many Clues” a difficult tune at the best of times requiring fairly intense focus. We were having a little fun and so was the appreciative…
Read MoreCNZ Tour 2019 Sacramento
The Crest Theatre Sacramento Monday March 4 2019 Amazing. Ya gotta love it. Three and a half months since our last show and with no rehearsal, we played a pretty damned good concert. Not flawless……….one or two speed bumps and “oh shit” moments, but none the less, it sounded like we never took a break.…
Read MoreStage Fright
Hey Everyone! The 2019 tour starts today We arrived in Sacramento yesterday. Our first show is tonight at the Crest Theatre. If it’s not a train wreck there will be a review. I’m going to try to keep a mental list of how many times during a song I’ll be thinking “what chord is next?” Or “oh…
Read MoreSupply and Demand
I started my last post, Mid Winter Rant, with a different idea than how it ended up. It happens often that my writing takes on a life of its own. It directs itself in a way. It’s not pretty by any means, the syntax is usually clunky and the vocabulary limited, but a few quick…
Read MoreMid Winter
Mid Winter Rant This isn’t a complaint about weather. I live in Canada along with 36.71 million other people. Here’s something interesting. A whopping 21 % of my fellow residents were not born in Canada ……yes, you read that right. Chances are they come from a part of the world that either has mild winters or…
Read MoreA Day Of Love
Here we go. A post about nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. With St. Valentine’s day here I’ve decided to have a thoughtful look at the day of love. My ex had no use for “Hallmark Holidays”. Same with my girlfriend, Kim. Fine with me. Even if they did think those occasions were a big deal I’d…
Read MoreConclusion to Loch Morrison
And finally, the conclusion of Loch Morrison As shattered as my ego was and as jumpy as my nerves were, I was getting a little peckish. I headed to the kitchen to see what was left over from dinner. I already knew the main fridge had died but that a small portable one had been…
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