Canada Day Weeekend

Since I am as busy as everyone else, this'll be a short one.

The band played to a small but steady crowd at the Brickhouse last night - and we did quite well.

No drummer though.

A couple of the local guitar players joined us in a jam at the end of the night - we did Johnny Cash proud, that's a for sure. We had some serious fun as a group of musicians getting together and just playing for fun.

Tonight the band is packing up for the trip tomorrow to Calgary - a private function also known as a large wedding) for use to rock out at tomorrow night.

Sunday night sees the band in action on stage 'B' at 8:00 PM (Fernie Fest). We will be the closing act.

Should be a great show to see - lots of effects to participate in.....

Bull River Inn

What a place. We did a fundraiser up there for a local family who were burned out of their home. We loaded up in the mid morning and drove up to the ranch, set up in the afternoon and played through the night.

The ranch is located in a beautiful spot, surrounded by mountains. The buildings and grounds are fantastic.

The staff was beyond expectations.

The food and hospitality were superb (although the roast pork was not everyone's favourite meal, it was very tasty).

We played to the crowd - which dwindled down in size as the night progressed - it is a long drive home on country dirt roads.

We stayed overnight.

Packed out at about 9 am the next morning and home we went.

June is a busy month

From what I've heard, Big Bubba is spending the month of June playing gigs to raise money for all sorts of causes, from the Fernie Arts Council to helping out people who have had house fires, BBT is doing a series of socially responsible gigs. Yep, At the Bull River Guest Ranch, Island Lake Lodge, and at the Fernie Arts Station BBT will be rockin' out the house.

Check out their website for dates and times.

The summer tour is pretty well firmed up too - with at least three big dates in the lower mainland area.

Steve is back in town after missing three gigs due to other commitments, and so now the band can once again play their full gig-list using all the various instruments of destruction - tubas, baritones, violins, electric guitars, basses, and keyboards - plus special effects up the ying yang.

And more new songs to make you think.

This weekend sees the band at Island Lake Lodge, next weekend sees them at the Bull River Guest Ranch and The Fernie Arts Station, then the month ends with gigs in Fernie and Calgary (boy, is Canada Day weekend busy or what?) - see you there.