The hardest thing about touring is being away from the people you love.  Thank God for Skype.  What would I do without it?

I can only imagine what it was like to be touring 30 years ago, before cell phones and computers.

Today is Day 7 of the tour, and I miss Ali a lot.  It’s also a big, important day for her…it’s the Gemini’s! She’s been nominated for Best Performance In A Children’s Or Youth Program. I’m so proud of her, and it’s just icing on the cake if she wins.

I really wish I could be there with her today.  Instead, I’ll be on the road from Saskatoon to Calgary.

The title of this post popped into my head as I started writing it, and so I thought it would be appropriate to include a home recording I made of myself playing Little Feat’s “Long Distance Love.” .  I recorded this for no real reason.   I used to do this more when I was just starting to play the guitar – I’d sit in my room and record my own cover versions of my favourite tunes.   A few years ago, “Long Distance Love” inspired me to sit at home and record my own version…

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You can hear my roommate doing the dishes in the background – actually, you can layers upon layers of dishes because I did a bunch of overdubs.  Not sure why I was recording in the kitchen, though.