Believe me, I’m very aware of how late these last few posts are… Buuut, they finally coming! We’ll just pretend that I’m still on the road, shall we?

Alberta, the wild west. We had a very moving, busy couple of days in Alberta. Started it all off in Edmonton with a CBC radio morning show. If you’re gonna get an early start on the day, might as well do it right, eh? One of the lovely CBC peeps, Chris Martin, booked our noon hour busk for us across the street from them in Churchill Square. Thank you Chris! We had a lovely show in the square, packed up as fast as possible and zipped to CKUA for another live interview. This time with the fantastic Monica Miller. CKUA is probably the best independent radio station in the country, check it out HERE. After that, we had enough time to grab a quick nap and then it was time for a sound check at The Haven Social Club. The old man, Dan and I played a really fun show there and eventually collapsed into bed. Post late night pizza snack, of course…

The next morning we were off to Red Deer to play at the Michener Centre. It’s an incredible facility for the developmentally delayed. They have a little over 300 people of all ages living there. One hundred of them showed up for our show and treated us with rapt and enthusiastic attention. We’ve never played to a more appreciative audience. A seriously mind blowing experience. They also raised more than 300 dollars for the cause, which was seriously moving to say the least. Later on, we played a show at the local music club ‘The Vat’. It’s owned by Terry, a great music lover and a good man. Thanks for hosting us Terry! After the show, we drove into Calgary and grabbed a few winks before our next big day.

Calgary started with some early morning Breakfast TV. A couple of other interviews for the station and eventually we scooted down to 17th to set up our noon hour busk. There was a lovely crowd for the whole show. Some constructions workers even ate their lunch while they watched. Very lovely day. But we weren’t finished yet, we still had to play two sets at a private party on the patio of the ‘Melrose Cafe’. They threw a great party with food and wine, auctioned off a BBQ and gave ALL the money to War Child!! A perfect finale to 3 of the craziest days on the tour if you ask me…

Anyway, here’s the video of course…

-Liam