We've been doing this song for about 3 years now, and it's the song we got some airplay on CJSR in advance of the Hearth of the City Festival. In an earlier posting, I included a live version that we did at the HOTC Festival in 2010. That recording was a bit noisy as it was done on my Zoom H2 that we set up in front of the stage, so there's a lot of outside noise.
We did another recording of this song a while back when Yvon was drumming for us and doing backing vocals on a few of our tunes. So on this version I've included here, you'll hear Yvon on drums and backing voices - Brian on a short-scale Fender bass, Don in playing the mandolin, and I'm playing my Tachimine and doing lead vocals. This is the version that got the air play on CJSR.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
On the Radio, Playing at the Carrot, and old friends
Today was a great day. I got a call yesterday from Michael, the music director for the Heart of the City Festival. He asked us to head down to CJSR radio to talk about music and the HOTC Festival. So today Brian and I drove down to the University where the CJSR studios are and met up with Michael and David. David is the same radio host that interviewed us at the Audition. The session started off with a great honor. David played one of our songs "Sittin' Here" over the air. We got a song on the radio. Very cool! You can hear our discussion on CJSR below.
The other day an old Friend from Bethune sent me a note on Facebook that he was in town and would like to come hear us play. Since Brian and I were heading out to the Carrot Cafe, I told him to come see us there. I haven't seen Tom for probably 25 years, maybe more. It was nice to catch up on the Reid family.
Since Don is on some Island off the west coast and probably cursing at the rain, Brian and I decided to do a duet. Did 3 songs - Sittin' Here, Green Valley Monsters, and Blueberry Pie. Brian's been working on the vocals for Blueberry Pie, so it was a first on stage with him doing vocals on it. It wasn't a busy night at the Carrot, but still a fun night. Since there was more evening than performers, we got to do a second set. We played a song we haven't played for a while - My Dream Automobile. Then we did Johnson Browne.
Wanda told when we were leaving that all the ladies at the Carrot were all tapping their feet to our songs. The other performers were great, but they weren't playing toe tapping songs. Tonight was our night to entertain.
All in all, a great day.
The other day an old Friend from Bethune sent me a note on Facebook that he was in town and would like to come hear us play. Since Brian and I were heading out to the Carrot Cafe, I told him to come see us there. I haven't seen Tom for probably 25 years, maybe more. It was nice to catch up on the Reid family.
Since Don is on some Island off the west coast and probably cursing at the rain, Brian and I decided to do a duet. Did 3 songs - Sittin' Here, Green Valley Monsters, and Blueberry Pie. Brian's been working on the vocals for Blueberry Pie, so it was a first on stage with him doing vocals on it. It wasn't a busy night at the Carrot, but still a fun night. Since there was more evening than performers, we got to do a second set. We played a song we haven't played for a while - My Dream Automobile. Then we did Johnson Browne.
Wanda told when we were leaving that all the ladies at the Carrot were all tapping their feet to our songs. The other performers were great, but they weren't playing toe tapping songs. Tonight was our night to entertain.
All in all, a great day.
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