OK....now for my say on the thrush hermit show at the barn....firstly, I would have to say that it is the best show I have seen here since SFz at Myron's....the hermit totally rawked
TH missed the 5 pm ferry so had to catch the 6:30 one and I was afraid that they would have to load in sometime during the show, but by some miracle (or fast driving on the part of Joel?) they got there at like 8:30....this was considerably early I guess since North of Oblivion didn't show up until 5 minutes before their set....hmmm...*real* professional....N of O played their set but I will withhold any opinion so as not to seem unfair....there was no way I was going to let myself enjoy their show even if they were good considering all the details of who is in the band....that bass player was cool though...=) haha It was kinda funny...but kinda mean too...that nobody in the audience clapped at all....they just stared blankly at the band...not surprising considering 90% of the audience was under 17 though... T42 was up next....what a cool bunch o' kids....they were so together it actually shocked me....they have really really gotten their act together since last I heard them live....maybe it was the fact that Brian Arsenault was on bass....i dunno....they were super though....and their snide remarks about all ages shows was a real bonus =) Strawberry played a pretty downbeat set but great nonetheless....not much to say about them....i always love their shows....they, too, slagged the SU which was wonderful the hermit put on a fine, fine show....they played hits like french inhale and claim to lame, etc...and some new tunes for the island kids like Layla II... but I really liked that Great Pacific Prince Edward Island song =) even they got into the act of complaining about the lack of all ages shows....Joel said it best that night when he said that we should keep having them not to exclude the older folks but to include the younger folks....they were great and I hope that we will have more all ages shows in the future at another venue....or maybe the tyrannical SU will change their minds....until then that's it for the CIMN shows....at least we went out with a bang Melissa
