We feared rain.  Moving inside from the courtyard into a beautiful 136 seat theatre was not a bad thing.  It brought out the entertainers in Jonas and I – we laughed, told stories, had to re-start a song about 4 times (“I Know” from Push, if you’re wondering), which really brought the house down that last time. It got us right past that initial formality that can come with a  theatre and into a really fun zone.  Which is where we work best.  Score.

Generally I just felt great about the how the tunes worked.

Jonas built a stomp-box by turning an old drawer upside down on a piece of plywood with a mic underneath it. It sounded cool and gave some nice propulsion to the tunes. I played both strat and mandolin. Damn it was fun.

Thanks a lot to Beth Southwell for putting the show on.  The Firehall Arts Centre is  a really great place for a concert series and this one is well worth supporting. Also thanks to Craig and Jamie, who nailed the sound.

Fun stuff.  Life without a full-time band for the first time in 6 years is wacky but also super enjoyable.  It’s been awesome to play with Jonas as a duo – that’s how we started Headwater – and re-imagining some of our oldest tunes again is a just a trip.  Anyways, that’s my thoughts from here.  Thanks for reading.

-Matt