Perth/Hillside

Long day getting here, caught flight from Cardiff to Toronto via Glasgow where we had to get off the plane for two hours so they could clean it! Usual probs with work visas and customs in Canada then catch connecting flight to er, Kingston then met and driven for an hour..zzzzz Perth..great, community based festival, hook up with good friend Dave Francey and family. He`s a wonderful artist..Scottish/Canadian..got to try and get him over in the UK, also met Kevin Welch..good songwriter from Nashville.Check these guys out if you ever get the chance. After Perth i travel back to Toronto and up to Guelph with the Francey`s for the Hillsdie festival. Much bigger than Perth festival but both have their charms. Straight into a workshop that i`m hosting (introducing everyone), much amusement from the Canadian audience who instantly know the bass player from the Bear Naked Ladies but sadly i dont and get his name wrong! I know the group but not the indervidual band members! Today i did another workshop which Stacey Earl ( Steve Earls sister) hosts and that was great, bass player and drummer jammed along with `He Never Said` and it felt good. Played my show tonight and happy to say it went down a storm! Sold out of CD`s which means the bag gets lighter as i travel to Calgary for a solo show tommorow.