Winnipeg Heat

Giovanna and Mark`s wedding was a lovely thing, and i`m glad i was able to be there. I sang the Bruce Springsteen song `If I Should Fall Behind` to them. The sun shone and followed me on the flight to Winnipeg. Winnipeg is very hot and the mozzies are biting. When I was here in Feb the temp was –32 whereas today it was +33. I hosted and took part in a workshop this morning with the title of ‘songs I never recorded’.I thought the title would lead to a bit of a dull event but everyone pulled one out of that hat and there were some fine moments. During the day I had a nice chat with Martin Carthy MBE, who I’m sure wont mind me saying is kind of the grandfather of British folk music. Tonight I played three songs on the mainstage in front of eight thousand folks. I sang ‘The Good In Me’, American Novel’ and Democracy’, the Bruce Cockburn song. Back at the hotel tonight I hung out in the bar with Spirit Of The West, a well known Canadian band that have been together for twenty years..very nice guys. OK, gotta sleep, my main gig is tomorrow and more workshop stuff. The heat really drains your energy out there and you cant escape it, as it’s a forty-minute ride back to town to the hotel. Its probably preferable to rain though.