April 3 - Sherbrooke

What a pretty city... It reminded me of Stratford with old buildings and an actual interest in the arts but it was super hilly. Something like a hilly UK town with little streets. It was nice to be in a smaller town (than Montreal and Ottawa). We found Bar Le Magog without too much trouble and the first bonus was free parking just outside the venue. That is a total luxury that is not afforded in cities like Ottawa and Montreal.

For those of you that have been at Bar Le Magog you can skip this next part but seriously... It really is the coolest venue I have ever played in. Country esc bar upfront and then a big awesome venue in the back... three tiered stage, green room in the back, beer tickets, 6000 watts of PA power, awesome staff and sound guy. The place is awesome! Oh, a ramp to easily load gear in.

I guess Sherbrooke shows are hit or miss and this one, being a Sunday night, wasn't packed by any means but the crowd that was there was really diggin' it. A band called Meat played first. Amazing musicians played some crazy technical, vocal free music. It was one of those bands that you just can't look away from because they are just really, really talented. They featured a stuffed cock (rooster!.. get yer mind outta the gutter) on stage with them during their set.

Crooked Jacks were next. They are Sherbrooke locals. They played this really cool sort of celtic-ish-but-not-really-punk-rock that seemed like you could add some bagpipes in and it would fit right in. They reminded me of Loaded Dice. They played awesome and came up with some pretty funny stage banter mostly about the stuffed cock (the rooster still... geeez). They were super entertaining.

We went up last and blasted through an almost-hour long set. We are working on tightening up some of our older songs that we don't play very often. Sherbrooke received us well. We got outta there at around 1:30am (that is a total guess because apparently when I'm on tour I have no interest in knowing the time ever so I don't bother checking). We drove all night to get home this morning. Let me re-phrase that.... Brando drove the first 5 hours and Will drove the last 4 hours to get home today. Though I would have totally dug spending the night in Sherbrooke, everyone was pretty anxious to get home as we have loads of stuff to do before we leave for the west on Wednesday.

4 days together and the band is still intact...

I'm at work now procrastinating as per usual so I'm gonna say cheers and get the hell back to work.