Sunday, November 8, 2009

Runaway Slide Opening for Guy Belanger

Hi, We haven't performed since the end of the summer and we were anxious to get back on stage. This was going to be a special performance for Runaway Slide because we got the opportunity to open for the Guy Belanger Quintet. This was our second time that we were given this opportunity and it was important to us that we performed well.

You have to understand that the music of Guy Belanger is very different than ours. If you would attend his concert it would be like as if you were listening to very soothing music with moments of high energy. He's a great harmonica player and story teller and is surrounded by experienced and talented musicians.
Our music is raunchier and is high energy from start to end. So here we are having to perform our style of music to an audience that is expecting to listen to Guy Belangers' refined and soothing type of music. I think you get the picture :)
LOL :D

We needed to be true to ourselves and perform in the style that Runaway Slide is known to perform. We did our thing and we even brought up the energy another notch. To our surprise the audience responded to our performance with applause and a standing ovation. We couldn't ask for more.



A big thank-you to Brian Slack of ZEB Productions and Guy Belanger for giving us this opportunity. A thank-you also to Irene and Lise of La société de blues de Montréal for helping us sell our T-Shirts and posters.
Thanks for reading our blog. Talk to you soon
Adam, Matthew and Justin



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