Hard Luck Fun!

We played the Hard luck Bar last night with a great band from Oshawa Ontario. The Harvest Conspiracy! They rocked the house and were one of the nicest and most friendly bands we've met on tour. We're trying hard to lure them to BC so we can hang out with them all the time.

Dakota Tavern!

We had an awesome 1st show in Toronto at the Legendary Dakota Tavern. Friends and family from all over came out to join the festivities.



Look at all those cuties (above).We also played with the lovely Serena Jean and had a serious serious blast! Dakota Tavern, thank you for having air conditioning. Not only are you a rad rad venue, but you also kept us cool (ish). Actually, judging by Tim's shirt (pictured below) maybe that's not entirely true.

Impromptou Quebec City Gig!

Thanks to Luke from Mercy the Sexton for getting us in touch with Sam and Sebastian with p572 records. www.p572.com We did a 10 hour drive from Halifax to Quebec City and we're so happy we did. It was awesome to play outdoors on a wooden stage with stars in the sky, and I got to brush up on my french un petit peu. And we got to see the lovely Julie Tremblay! Quebec City what an unexpected treat you were!

Halifax Yo!

Halifax. Neat city. Beautiful Surrounding area. Thank you to the wonderful and hilarious BA Johnston for lining us up a show at Gus's pub with the Grass. You are awesome...both of yous!

Check out the grass www.myspace.com/thegreengreengrass

We had the pleasure of playing with BA on St. Paddy's Day in Fernie.

Check out his vid... caution.... some parts of this video may offend the easily offended.

Beautiful Sights

Gros Morne National Park

Cape Breton Island

Halifax surrounding areas (Peggy's cove)

have been some of the most breathtaking places on this tour.

Go to them too.

Also take note... the pictures of Cape Breton and Peggy's Cove were not taken by me but found online in image search. The source I don't know... but I can't be sued because I am not taking credit... right?

The Girls Are Back!

They've actually been back for a while... but like I said earlier, St. John's fed me too much fun to spend my time on the computer. So although this heartwarming moment was captured in Montreal, I have had yet to share it. This is love. This is me capturing the bless-ed moment that females joined us on tour again (thank the heavens).... and this photo doubles as a giant air hug to the ladies. I am the happiest of all that you returned safely.

If you take note above it looks like Jeremy is going in for a hug with Steve... being the only two Shreddies without girlfriends on tour, they have formed a love all of their own.

We Made it To the Most Eastern Point of Canada!

Check out the gang at the most Eastern point in Canada. Go travelling!

Check Out These Sweet Bands!

The best part of being on tour is being able to hear amazing music all the time and then have the pleasure of rocking out to them while we drive thousands of kilometers across the country!

To all of you Newfoundlanders we had the luxury of playing with, please let us do it again soon.

Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds www.myspace.com/mhornell

We love you little guys! Hopefully we'll play some shows with you in the fall when you venture towards BC!!!

Also check out...

Mercy the Sexton www.myspace.com/mercythesexton

Also big thanks to Luke from Mercy for being awesome and giving us some more contacts for our journeys.

Benjamin Rigby (clawhammer master!!) www.myspace.com/benjaminrigby

Joe Belly and the Sin City Ramblers www.myspace.com/joebelly

Texas Chainsaw www.myspace.com/texaschainsawband

also the Panting brothers... but you'll have to be more savvy than me on the compute to track their page down... I can't seem to find it... but they're awesome too!

You guys all rocked our socks off... St. John's is a very musical city and we were thankful to be in the presence of such an abundance of talent!

Rock on!

Congratulations Claire and Bill!

What an amazing time we had playing Shiner's sister's wedding. Newfoundlanders know how to throw a sweet party! We wish you a big giant Shred Kelly style congratulations! Thank you so much for being so welcoming and so amazing! Rick, wait to rock the kilt! Rick Rick Rick Rick!

Our East Coast Managers!

Meet Rick Page and Susan Shiner. Parents of Ian Page Shiner, the little gentlemen that you sometimes see wailing on the sweetest drumkit in the world. Rick and Susan made our Newfoundland portion of the tour possible and we are forever in debt to them. Not only did they book us 3 shows and a wedding for their lovely daughter Claire, but they also housed us and showed us the city like we've never seen a city before. Also, they stayed up every night with us whilst organizing a wedding and getting us sweet tickets to the folk festival. Honestly we could not have done it without them and we can't wait to be back in Newfoundland in the near future. And for those of you who haven't made the journey to the east... DO IT. You will have the time of your life.

Don't tell Rick and Susan, but we even kept their parking pass so we always have a spot on their street!

I Blame St. John's

I like to take responsibility for my actions on most occasions, but in this case I blame St. John's for my lack of time spent blogging and general lack of keeping in touch via interweb. Y'see it all started about a week and a half ago in Newfoundland.....

Basically, this suave man drinking wine on the ferry to Newfoundland (out of the bottle like most classy men do)....

Quickly transformed into this.....

That picture sequence sums up St. John's in a nutshell. It was the best of times, it was the latest of times. I honestly ate dinner at 5:00 in the morning one night at a restaurant that was ram packed with other late nighters like ourselves. It was delicious and awesome, and St. John's is a gorgeous and wonderful place, filled with generous and rowdy folk. Although we may not remember 50% of our time there... we have reason to believe that it was filled with greatness!

Move over McNewts!

For those of you that don't know this, I'll warn you now, you probably don't want to. I'm embarrassed to even type this actually.... But here goes..... Tim and I sometimes call each other McNewts, it's a combination of McBride and Newton and we think it's quite clever. I have reason to believe (eye rolling, muffled laughter, ect) that not everyone shares this view, especially not band members who have been stuck with us for a month. But that is besides the point... The point is, we met two other couples named McTits and McBalls. Yes! I kid you not, McNewts is not even on the scale of radness anymore (if it was ever a competitor.) The gentlemen pictured below have the last names McLeod and their lovely brides are last named Titley and Ballard (or something close to that.) Which, when you push together makes McTits and McBalls! I'm so Jealous.


Congratulations McBalls (above) on the little McBalls that's currently brewing. We wish you the best! And thanks Scott from the Wellits for introducing us to these wonderful pairs!

Grumpy's Hangover

For the first time in a long time, I think all of the Shred Kelly crew has a hangover. Thanks to Ram at Grumpys and his love for whiskey shots. I think it's hard on my gag reflexes to even type the word whiskey this soon after the fact. I had a cold shower and took off for a smoothie and left the others in a sweaty mess on the floor of a Montreal apartment after a 5am jam.

Either way, Grumpys is an amazing venue and we got to play with the Wellits for their CD release party, and boy was it MAD! They are a killer killer band, and I only hope that there are some tour dates together in our future. Not only are they a spectacular band and live show (I have yet to listen to the newly released album, but I expect nothing but awesomeness.), they are also little gentlemen, now that's a band that was raised right! Buy their CD's and go to their show's, you shall not be upset! http://www.myspace.com/wellits
God! We don't want to leave! So Montreal, we will definitely return in the not so distant future. Au revoir pour maintenant!

Elmdale Show

We had such a great time in Ottawa! For one, a long lost crew of Fernians emerged from the woodworks and started a noteworthy dance floor! Secondly, 4 of us had the pleasure of staying at my cousin Stephanie's and getting fed a delicious assortment of meals that has kept us full for the past 2 days. Next, we luckily met up with Laura Langford who was our guardian angel and helped make our Ottawa show a success! By her unique drum tracking skills and chauffeur abilities and general pleasant and wonderful demeanor! Thanks Laura you have been our Ontario saviour! And last but certainly not least, we had the pleasure of playing with local band One Big Smyle and touring Winnipeg band Oh My Darling. Both were spectacular and were an inspiration to share a stage with. Check them out! www.ohmydarling.ca http://obspresskit.blogspot.com/


Look at those gorgeous ladies! And their astounding talent and stage presence will make your jaw drop.
Also when you get home to a note like this, you know your night's gotta be good. Thank you Ottawa. See you soon(ish)?

Shred Kelly In Snowboard Canada!!

Thanks to our friend Luke Godin for interviewing us for Snowboard Canada Online. Follow this link to read the article. http://www.snowboardcanada.com/music_article?news_id=1280