GREAT WOODEN TRIO IN THUNDER BAY

On March 24th, Brad, Kevin and Greg flew up to Thunder Bay to begin the “ONE CITY, TWO DAYS, THREE GUYS, FOUR SHOWS TOUR”. (T-shirts available soon) James Collie, a local promoter, entrepreneur and all around cool dude had seen The Great Wooden Trio perform last December in Milton and wasted no time in convincing us to fly up to the Lake Head for a Saturday night performance at THE HOPE CHURCH.

The tour started with a visit to HULL BOOKSTORE, downtown Thunder Bay. We performed a short acoustic set to try and draw a crowd for the evenings performance. The turnout was a little disappointing, but we did have one couple pop into the store, inquire who we were and turned up at the HOPE concert that evening, so all was not lost.

Show number two was at HOPE CHURCH, a newly renovated wing in an 80 + year old school house. The acoustics in the sanctuary were outstanding and roughly 120 people turned up to see what the fuss was all about. James had done an amazing job promoting the concert around the city. The show went off without a hitch, and climaxed in a STANDING ‘O’!!!
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We were asked to perform a mini set at the HOPE CHURCH Sunday morning service - show number three - which went extremely well and turned out to be a really nice way to talk to some of the folks that we missed meeting the night before. Lots of great compliments from all ages - and sold a few more cd's to boot!

Then we were off to our final gig at Chapters. It started out slow, but interest grew throughout our set and by the end we had a crowd of 15 to 20 people checking us out. It’s so funny to witness first reactions to our performances. At first people are usually outright puzzled and unsure about us. Then, after committing some listening time, they almost always end up digging in and enjoying themselves. It’s all about devoting some time to listening - then BAM!! we’ve hooked ya!


James and his wife Inez were absolutely amazing hosts and so much fun to hang with. We spent the weekend at their getaway in the woods and were treated to Thunder Bays finest restaurant - “THE HOITO” Best Finnish breakfast to be found this side of.....well.....Finland. We were also introduced to the local delicacy - The Persian. It’s a one of a kind, only found in Thunder Bay (check the link).

Big thanks go out to James and Inez Collie for all the running around, accommodations and unabashed friendliness they openly offered us for two solid days. You guys are AWESOME!!!!!!!
Thanks also to Dave and Heather Lammers for the taxi service and the venicen dogs. Thanks to Kaleb Lammers for teaching Greg the finer points of Mine Sweeper. Thanks to Jenn and Darren Foulds for the leftover shower cake. Thanks to Ken Paulusma for doing a wonderful mixing job at HOPE and finally thanks to Dave White and Glen Soderholm for recommending us to James.
We had a fantastic weekend. Let's do it again soon!!