Although we were excited to be going to Trois Rivieres to perform, there was something sad about this day. It was our last festival show of the summer. The summer just flew by lousy weather and all!! But that wasn’t going to let us down. We had a show to perform and what a show it was at Trois Rivieres en Blues.
When we got on stage the sun was shining and there were over 300 people in the street waiting to see what Runaway Slide was all about. Judging from their reaction, the people from Trois Rivieres love their blues.
Thanks to John Saladino of Korg Canada for loaning us a Samson wireless system for our guitars. It was definitely liberating and sounded great. This enabled the guitar to be played in the middle of the street up to 100 feet from the stage. The people definitely got a kick out of that.
The people in Trois Rivieres were very friendly and supportive. They showed their appreciation by taking pictures with us, picking up some of our t-shirts and posters.
Another highlight in Trois Rivieres was getting the opportunity to play along side Paul Deslauriers and his band during the evening jam. They’re all great musicians with Sam Harrison on Drums and Greg Morency on Bass. The picture above comes from a local paper and also from the Cyberpress.ca. Also joining the jam was Jim Zeller.
Let’s not forget to thank Ann and Domenic for the hospitality that they showed us and our families. They are friends who live about 15 minutes outside of Trois Rivieres and invited us all to their home for a delicious brunch.
We’ve had one of our best summers as Runaway Slide! We’ve been playing show’s after show’s more than any other summer. It has made us improve as a band and as individual musicians. Thanks to Brian Slack of Zeb Prorductions for believing in us, to our parents for making it possible for us to play our music and to travel, and to fans like you that make us want to continue to do what we are doing.
This may be our last summer show of 2009 but not our last show of the year. Check out our schedule on our websites for upcoming shows. Also don't forget to sign up on our website so that we can send you our newsletter with surprises about what's coming up next for Runaway Slide.
Thank-you for reading our blog.
Justin, Adam and Matthew
