Monday, June 8, 2009


CYSR 2009 Best Guitar Player


CYSR 2009 Best Guitar Player

Hi,

Rather than re-write this article we decided to place a link. Please click the link above to read the article.

Ciao for now.

Justin, Adam and Matthew
www.runawayslide.com
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Le Festival des Guitares du Monde

Hi,

This past weekend was the start of our Festival season for the summer of 2009. We were invited to play at the (or the Guitar World Festival) in Rouyn-Noranda , a northern city that is part of Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The best way to describe this area is endless forests and countless lakes and waterways. The city is very quiet, barely any traffic. We were told that if there are four cars at a stop sign that’s peak rush hour. The people are very friendly and cultured. They definitely love all kinds of music.

To get to Rouyn-Noranda from Montreal took us about seven hours with the van. There were stretches of road where nature was all that you can see. Not even our cell phones were functional (Yikes!! No texting!!) At times when nature called and no bathrooms were in site, we had no choice but to go in the bush.

Once we arrived, we stayed at a very nice hotel. We each had our own rooms with our dads. We were able to catch some very good shows while we were there. The show’s we really enjoyed was Matt Anderson, Rik Emmette (previously of Triumph) doing Clapton and The Lost Fingers. Look these people up. You will not be disappointed.

Our show was scheduled for Saturday in a large indoor theater. Everything was professionally setup, sound, lights, stage. They even setup a table to sell our merchandise. That’s right, we now have t-shirts and posters. We believe there were over 300 people in that room. We opened with Satch Boogie – a Joe Satriani cover, and we scarred off a whole row of people. Maybe that was too hard for their taste. That didn’t matter. The majority of people stuck around and gave us a standing-O at the end. We played for 75 minutes. We also played Crossroads (Eric Clapton) and Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters) for the first time live. The organizer of this festival told us that he would try to get us to play again next year.

It was snowing the morning that we left. Good thing it didn’t stick to the floor. One of the dads is passionate for fishing. So, we stopped by a lake for about 30 minutes. Wouldn’t you know it, he caught a 15 pound Pike. That was exciting for all of us. We let the fish go after taking some pictures.

That was our experience in a nutshell. We hope it wasn’t to long of a read for you.

Talk to you next time.

Ciao,

Justin, Adam and Matthew

www.runawayslide.com