Vocals: | Brian Poirier |
Lead Guitar: | Shotgun Jimmie |
Saxophones: | Jeremy Strachan |
Cello: | Leanne Zacharias |
Vocals, Uke, Guitars: | John K. Samson |
Percussion, Vibes: | Paul Aucoin |
Piano, Vocals: | Christine Fellows |
Electric Bass, Double Bass, Trombone, Vocals: | Doug Friesen |
Drums, Percussion: | Doug MacGregor |
I know it’s annoying, borrowing your brother’s car, but mine
won’t start, and it’s Sunday. Soon a line of headlights,
peering down the avenue, could find you there, on a lawn
chair, next to “our” old El Camino with the racing stripes,
on cruise night. Dude, just make it happen, I can’t take
another week of feeling lame with the same old kingcan on
my 10-speed, circling the Dairy Queen, while jacked up rides
idle at me. I wanna rock the RPM between the reds and greens
on cruise night. We’ll drive awhile in one direction then
we’ll turn around, on cruise night.
Inspired by the search for connection and community, his hometown of Winnipeg, and our individual and collective struggles with addictions to drugs, screens, and fossil …