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Sometimes the ‘energy’ from a show continues into the next day. In this case, I teamed up (or did a B2B as they say in business) with a fantastic craft brewery – Cameron’s Brewery and Longo’s Elite Restaurant – “Corks” for a special show. As guests ate dinner and sampled some great beer from Cameron’s I took requests and played a stellar set which could be heard all over the Grocery Store. So much to the point that I got requests from the Bakery, Deli and Produce Dept. A little surreal.

This was followed into the next morning with a quick meet and chat with Maie Pauts from Toronto’s radio station Boom 97.3 on the show the night before. A great way to plug Cameron’s, Corks and yeah me (why not?)

This Spring has pretty much been a sandwich of gigs from a combination of all the places I played at. It was a great non-stop vibe, almost like being on a tour of the greater Toronto area playing shows in Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, Milton, Etobicoke daily (and throw in a resort gig in Orlando Florida USA somewhere in between). And at

every show, the setlists were different, the crowds were different, and any night I’d get requests from Taylor Swift to The Band, to Duran Duran, to Radiohead. It was awesome, and slightly exausting like running a 20k marathon. The best nights were ones where people would sing right into your face (out of key of course), or when waitress would do sign language to translate the lyrics to an audience. I was truly amused (can’t you tell by my serious face?).

I’m so lucky for the gigs I get, and especially on a day like St.Patricks Day, it’s such great day to play a show for live music fans. This year I had the opportunity to play Toronto’s Pauper’s Bar on Bathurst/Bloor. I had the prime-time slot from 5-8:30pm, and it was such great fun playing traditional Irish songs, and watching the crowd sway, clap, stare, and dance (as well as just give me eyes of approval). By 7pm the place was rammed with such a diverse crowd, young, old, infants, saints, criminals, etc, it was hard to pinpoint what age the bar caters to. In the end I managed to just be the human ipod I am.