Wunderbar!!

A great weekend of music in the big city, and a view of the world
from a four-star hotel window. Sounds fun, indeed!!

Thanks for the word!

Used to be, Allison played only piano in performance. Though she's
long played guitar, bass and drums it's only a few seasons back, in
Dublin, Ireland, she picked up a guitar to perform an encore song or
two on it. Since then, guitar has become a set-within-a-set of her
concerts. As well, when she first moved to Newfoundland, she didn't
have a piano in her apartment. Thus, guitar became more prominent in
her songwriting, and is heard on her latest recordings. Now she has
a piano on both of Canada's coasts, the mix is piano-oriented once
more, but, guitar is here to stay.

Aye, it's a good drive from SJ to almost anywhere. Even Corner
Brook! Having done the overland trip between Toronto and the rock, I
wish Ian a pleasant journey. Hooray, too, for The Lever Pulled.

Just working out a return date for Allison at the Heliconian. Sorta
like Police Academy II... or not! A sequel, in any event!

keep cool y'all, Ad


--- In allisoncrowe@yahoogroups.com, saltwatermusicrob
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Weekend went really well, I lived in Toronto before so I knew how
hot
> it would be in late July. Hot, humid and no escape. lol.
>
> Allison's show was great of course. Didn't know she played guitar
> along with piano. I'd encourage anyone here to see her in person
if
> you can. Amazing voice and piano/guitar playing which you can
really
> appreciate live in person. And fun to see her work in references
to
> Leonard Cohen, Lord of the Rings, Police Academy, Jessica Rabbit
and
> Joni Mitchell. :)
>
> Took notes over the weekend so I can do a long podcast on the
trip.
> Lots of little stories over the weekend.
>
> Small world since I mentioned to Allison a band I've played from
> Corner Brook, 'The Lever Pulled' and she knew about them. Ian
Foster
> who I saw on Sunday said he was going to check out her music when
he
> got home. He drove on this tour to Ontario from St. John's and is
> driving back. Yikes, now that is a long drive.
>
> Hope she has a nice time in Europe and gets to see Leonard Cohen.
Got
> a couple of signed CD's from her after the show. I'll play some
next
> time on the radio.
>
> And yes the room was nice and I had a view of the CN Tower, not too
> shabby. ;-)
>