Sam Roberts Day 4, Bala, ON
Day 2 of the Kee shows started with another trip into town for coffee, but we got to spend most of the day just hanging out by the lake. That's the beauty of playing the same spot multiple nights... no setups and soundchecks every day, more free time for us, and when you have 3 days at the cottage, that's a good thing.
I just had to make a quick run to the club around 6pm to do some paperwork, then at 9 I went back to drop off our guitar tech. There were a couple ambulances and police cars that zoomed by going the opposite way, so I didn't think much about it. Got to the club, got ready to make my way back to get the band, then the venue manager told me to hurry up, because those emergency vehicles I saw were headed to a head-on collision that happened right near our cottages. They were closing the road, and if I didn't make it there and back to the club in time, we might get rerouted and that could take over an hour, instead of the normal 5 minute drive. There was nothing there when I got back to the cottages, but by the time I got the guys in van and we headed out, there was a roadblock set up. By some stroke of luck, it was right at the edge of our street, so we were able to squeeze by and get to the club on time for the show. We later found out that 2 people died in the accident (they were not going to the show), and that put a rather large damper on the evening...
We finally made it over for the show, went well again and it looked like we'd be out in no time at all. Then the guitar tech locked the keys in the truck. The place happened to be swarming with cops, so I figured they could help us out, but no luck. Apparently Bala cops don't know how to jimmy a lock. Fortunately, Bala bouncers do, and some even have slim jims in their own cars. So the guys graciously got to work on helping us out with that, and what seemed like 2 hours later (really maybe about 30mins), they succeeded, so I went to start the truck to move it into position for the load out. But the battery was dead. So the bouncers saved the day again by getting a truck over to boost ours, and a few minutes later everything made sense and we were able to head back to our pads on the lake for one more night, definitely needing to unwind a little bit.
I just had to make a quick run to the club around 6pm to do some paperwork, then at 9 I went back to drop off our guitar tech. There were a couple ambulances and police cars that zoomed by going the opposite way, so I didn't think much about it. Got to the club, got ready to make my way back to get the band, then the venue manager told me to hurry up, because those emergency vehicles I saw were headed to a head-on collision that happened right near our cottages. They were closing the road, and if I didn't make it there and back to the club in time, we might get rerouted and that could take over an hour, instead of the normal 5 minute drive. There was nothing there when I got back to the cottages, but by the time I got the guys in van and we headed out, there was a roadblock set up. By some stroke of luck, it was right at the edge of our street, so we were able to squeeze by and get to the club on time for the show. We later found out that 2 people died in the accident (they were not going to the show), and that put a rather large damper on the evening...
We finally made it over for the show, went well again and it looked like we'd be out in no time at all. Then the guitar tech locked the keys in the truck. The place happened to be swarming with cops, so I figured they could help us out, but no luck. Apparently Bala cops don't know how to jimmy a lock. Fortunately, Bala bouncers do, and some even have slim jims in their own cars. So the guys graciously got to work on helping us out with that, and what seemed like 2 hours later (really maybe about 30mins), they succeeded, so I went to start the truck to move it into position for the load out. But the battery was dead. So the bouncers saved the day again by getting a truck over to boost ours, and a few minutes later everything made sense and we were able to head back to our pads on the lake for one more night, definitely needing to unwind a little bit.
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