WOW, This post was delayed… or Tour Notes from the Road

Hey everyone, sorry this was delayed… I origianlly wrote this in our Hotel Room in Montreal…

Tour is underway for the third time this year,  completing my goal to play across this country. One of the big three things I wanted to do. You’d think that with it being one of the key spects of my yearly achievements I’d take some pictures of it…well… I have, but not many.

Trevor Howard and I started this tour last Thursday (Oct 30th), a warm up to what would be the Disguised In Reality East Coast tour. Now that we’ve reached Montreal via the latest tour vehical “Black Beauty”, finished two days of shows here, my body hates me. 

An endless supply of perpetually hot than hotter women pass you on the streets, shows are plentiful as are the artists who play them at the various venues around the city. Its honestly unbelievible how fantastic this place is. And I think that overload of awesome mixed in with the beauty that is in the city streets by way of beautiful architecture and parks prevents me from wanting to capture any of it via digital medium and keep lodged in my brain with a mental picture.

Its our own European part of the country. Far more culture than I have seen in any other city this year but still, as with any city in our vast land, maintains that unspoken level of Canadiana that seeps out of people. 

Oh and did I mention the beer?

The Pound, a fantastic place where Trevor and I met up with our friends Hunter Eves and Adam from Blind Mule after our fun but poorly attended set, were able to purchase 3 beers for $10, enjoy some of the best music and people in Montreal. BOOYAH.  After jumping on that spectacular deal, who should I see but my friend from the Artswells festival, Scotty Dunbar. Scott Moved from Prince George to partake in the awesomeness that is the Montreal Music Scene by busking and getting by just by art. The boldest musician I’ve met. Street performing is for a certain breed and he is at the top of his food chain.

Our second day followed much of the same debauchery as the first, though I was able to travel around the city, passing an endless supply of hospitals, universities, pretty women, and cafe’s. We played our second show at the legendary Yellow Door pub, taking in two amazing sets from Charloette Cornfield and Amy Campbell. Yellow Door is the coolest little basement venue you’ll ever see. I again ran into more artists I met in BC, this time it was James Lamb and The lovely Miss Emily Brown, former BC residents and amazing artists who have also moved to this great city.

Our grand finally was watching Hunter Eves and Adam play at theatre Sainte Catherine with Pan PEI. 

Why no pictures…I guess theres just too much stimulus. 

Moncton’s next, lets see how we manage…