Runaway Slide at the 2009 Tremblant Blues Festival

The weather was overcast on July 19, 2009, the last day of the Tremblant Blues Festival. It rained on a few occasions including during the sound check for the preperation of Runaway Slides 4pm show. People started to come early in order to secure their seats. By the time Runaway Slide started their show there were about 200 blues fans. By the end of their show the audience had grown to about 350 fans.

Runaway Slide were prepared for a 45 minute set but ended up taking a little over 50 minutes with their encore. Their setlist included a mix of electrifying covers and originals. For the first time they also included an acoustic set of three songs.

Wouldn't you know it, half way through their set it started to rain. The rain came down pretty hard. Some people left the their seats to go take cover nearby. Most people remained with or without their umbrella.

It was disappointing for the boys to see their fans get wet but the show must go on. So they decided to call upon the rain gods :) to help with the wet situation. Out of their arsenal of songs they pulled out George Harrisons, "Here Comes the Sun."

Wouldn't you know it, right before the end of the song the rain stopped and the sun showed it firey face bringing cheer and applause from the crowd. It was magical! The boys continued the rest of their set under the sun.

After their show the boys took the time to speak with their fans, take pictures and sign autographs.

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A New Runaway Slide fan

Runaway Slide gets a new fan! On July 2, 2009, Runaway Slide performed in an outside venue organised by the City of Montreal. Once again, the weather cooperated. Apparently it was raining all over the island of Montreal but for some reason all we received were a few drops.

There was a good turn-out. There were at least 100 people that came out to watch the show. There was also a few people that started to dance to our tunes. :)

Also on the venue was the band Macedoine who played ambient rock music. Very talented and friendly bunch of guys. As a matter of fact, the singer of Macedoine, Mikael Thériault, played in a show back in 2006 where Runaway Slide first debut.

Our next show will be in the Tremblant Blues Festival on July 19.

Ciao,

Justin, Adam and Matthew
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Runaway Slide - Canada Day Parade 2009

On July 1, 2009 we participated in the Canada Day Parade in Pierrefonds. We had a blast! It was quite an experience. A lot of work went into the preparation of our float. Thanks to our parents, relatives and friends for a helping hand. We couldn't have done it with out them. Love you guys! A special thanks to John for taking care of our sound.

It was a two hour ride through the streets of Pierrefonds/Roxborro. We were happy to see that many people come out to watch and dance in the streets. It was a little bit of a balancing act to ride the float. We were stopping and going and that would jolt us forward or backward. We had a couple of good laughs. We're also glad that the weather cooperated. It was suppose to rain all week long. We almost decided to pull out of the parade earlier in the week. We're glad we didn't.

We have another show in the park tomorrow (July 2). I hope you can all be there.

Ciao,

Justin, Adam and Matthew

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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
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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

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Off to the Festival des Guitares du Monde

Hi,

Well we are packing for our trip to Abitibi Quebec. That's where the Festival des Guitares du Monde (or World Guitar Festival) will be taking place and we have two show's to perform on Saturday. It's at least an 8 hour drive to get there. That's a pretty long drive but it's exciting at the same time. We'll be staying for two nights and checking out the city. Abitibi is way north from Montreal close to the Hudson Bay.

Hopefully we can get to meet Rik Emmette, The Lost Fingers and a bunch of other great artists.

We will definitely have a lot of pictures of our trip.

Talk to you later.

Ciao,

Justin, Adam and Matthew
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