What a week it was last week.Three days of intense rehearsals and snowstorms that prevented us from starting on time each morning.We prevailed though Everyone sure worked hard learning the tunes and Brian did a great job finding and programming drums and sound fx etc. Rob really did his part learning songs that he'd NEVER heard before! I'm very proud of everyone. The dedication to SAGA music from these men is amazing.
Even more amazing was the show on Saturday night in Toronto. It was the first show of the year and we hadn't played in over 3 months in Caracas and we learned almost a complete new set of songs which included most of Heads or Tales [we ran out of rehearsal time to learn 2 tracks but will be included in Europe]. Sure there were some opening night jitters and some technical problems but we overcame them and in my opinion gave one of the most exciting performances ever in Canada and a lot had to do with the audience. It was PACKED! They were hyped they were excited almost as if they were watching Canada and the U.S.A. playing hockey!! The audience have really warmed up to Rob and gave him great applause and made him feel welcome. One of my fav moments was when we played Corkentellis a complex piece that I really enjoy and the crowd went nuts over it!! Who would have thought that?!! We are really lucky to have such fans and I'm really looking forward to bringing this show to Europe now.Thanks for all your years of friendship and loyalty and I will see you on tour!!!
JIMG
