August 29, 2010

On August 22nd we played in the drizzling rain at the Ottawa Civic Fair in the nation’s capitol. For the die-hards in the audience it didn’t matter if it was raining or that there was a small crowd-they rocked on regardless. It wasn’t just us either. The whole fair seemed to be empty-probably the result of the exorbitant parking rates. Next year’s fair is going to be at another location I hear. This is probably a good move. However, the staff treated us royally that day and we all had a great time. Thanks to all of you who showed up and braved the rain, especially Joanne Bastien & family and my cousin Maureen & family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmd-gsuGJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIky502uAWc

From Ottawa Lynda and I drove north of Quebec City to The Jacques Cartier Provincial Park. We spent our first day there walking a 10 mile trail, which just about f**ked up our feet/legs for the next two weeks. On the Wednesday we took in Old Quebec City. The shops were full of beautiful art-everything from glassware to oil paintings. I bought two in the tunnel which runs to the upper part of the city. The cafes were full of people eating, laughing, and taking in the atmosphere. Mid afternoon we headed back to our campsite and by Thursday we were back on the road to Ottawa. My cousin Marlene has a beautiful property on Constance Bay, across which you can see the Quebec Gatineaus. We arrived in time to watch the sun exiting in the west, to be replaced by a nearly full moon shining over the bay. A million dollar view.

TWO NEW HELIX CDS SLATED FOR THE FALL
Sometime in October we’ll be releasing “Running Wild in the 21st Century”, a compilation CD of songs released between 2000 and 2010 with two bonus tracks and an edited version of Monday Morning Meltdown.” The two bonus tracks are “The William Tell Overture” and our cover of “It’s a Long Way to the Top if you want to Rock and Roll, featuring The Mudmen on bagpipes. Also of interest is the fact that Mike Uzilac played bass on this song. The song order of this CD is as follows:
• I’m a Live Frankenstein
• X-Ray Eyes
• King of the Hill
• Cyberspace Girl
• Get Up!
• Boomerang Lover
• Make ‘em Dance
• Monday Morning Meltdown (edited version)
• When the Bitter’s Got the Better of You
• The William Tell Overture
• It’s a Long Way to theTop if you wanna Rock and Roll

The second CD we’ll be recording is an acoustic CD of all the Helix hits. Sean Kelly will be helping out on this one. This will be a pared down bare bones CD focusing on vocals and acoustic guitar. We’re thinking of calling this disc simply "The Hits Unplugged."

Only one month left for guitar contest!
There’s only one month left to pick up a Vagabond Bones and be entered to win an autographed B.C. Rich WARLOCK guitar. We’ve already given three of these away. Be the winner of Number Four!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNr91P2aQz4