Another 'Taste of Fernie'

Just when will we be full? When we we need no more tasting of Fernie? As long as BBT is a headline act, I gotta say, at least once more!!!!

What a perfect day. Blue sky, sunshine, light breeze, and a large crowd.

The 'Taste of Fernie' (September 12th and 13th) began with BBT playing background music at the BBQ cook-off on Friday night. Set up in a beer tent, protected from the rain (but not the wind), the band played a selection of original tunes done in a laid-back, quiet mood, nearly perfect for the scene.

Too bad the people wanted to hear more BBT and less BBQ cook off.....

This was a 5 piece band weekend, as Andrew was there to fill in the sound with his unique work on trumpet, tuba, and so on.

Saturday saw the band in attendance for the whole day - helping other groups set up, blowing up balloons, and finding 'aliens' to work their show.

6:30 came along (after a few non-band related delays) and to the sounds of music from a 1970's sitcom, out of the Arts Station came aliens, superheros, giant rabbits, smoke, and huge balloons. Before the crowd knew it, BBT was on stage and tearing into 3-Eyed Farmboy.

45 minutes later, after the first ever 'wave' at Fernie Fest', and after a politely decline audience request for an encore, BBT was finished. People looked around and realized they'd experienced 3 explosions of confetti (driven by huge compressed air cannons), numerous hand-held streamer guns, smoke, tuba solos, balloon explosions, and BBT's trademark theater show. 3-Eyed, George Foreman's Grill, Peanut Butter Tongue, and more brought the crowd in, turned them on, and got 'em partying.

What a show.

August 9th - "Best band we've had"

And so the summer of 2008 drew to a close. Troy, Mike, Mark and Steve blew the doors off the bar. Word on the street grew as people noticed the trucks pulling up in front of 'A Bar Named Sue' in the afternoon as 4 men unloaded instruments, lights, amplifiers, and other unidentified boxes into the bar...'Big Bubba Tres' is playing tonight...

The bar was empty at 9:30 as BBT fired up - the lights all along the street dimmed as BBT sucked the power out of the grid. By 10:30 word has gone out by cell phone, by word of mouth - even by land line, and the bar had filled up.

One 15 minute break was all BBT took. They played until the powers of Big Brother forced the bar to say 'last call' and lock the doors behind the last customer.

On reflection the night was magnificent. The dance floor stayed busy all night. Girls were photographed by their boyfriends dancing with the aliens... encores were called for and delivered.

Troy was dancing and kickin', his voice was brilliant - Mike was workin' his 'Les Paul', Mark was pounding the skins at a furious rate - never missing a beat, and Steve was in the shadows, laying down the beat and making the floor throb with his solid bass work.

Even Uncle Charlie was out to play that night!!!

3 hours of original rockin' music pulled them in and kept them going.

A night to remember. More than one patron asked "why are you playing in Fernie, shouldn't you be on tour across Canada?"

the question is, when will the CD be out?