TCat's visit to Red Deer was a fascinating and memorable weekend.

Terry's got a great thing going there at his Vat, and Stick regaled us with stories of everything from playing with '80s arena acts to which wall used to be where at the club.  To top it all off, Monty did the best job of any soundman we've had since Libby at the Outlaw in Slave Lake.  And the place was packed full of musicians of gracious applause and humble professionalism.  One of them's on Ellen DeGeneres this fall, and we can't remember his name but we wish him best of luck.

Saturday we were awoken waaay too early by roofers hammering shingles onto the band house so we made the best of it.  Just as we were deciding who should risk waking up Simon so we could take off with the golf clubs who should appear but our buddy Scotty out and about for an afternoon road trip from Edmontown.  He bravely jumped on Sim's bed and off we went for breakfast at Pete's at the Beach in Sylvan Lake, our favourite hangout in that town for years... and who should we meet but an ex-Vat inmate named Rod, whom we've known for years as a Pete's employee with great stories but were never aware of his connection to that hallowed hall.  We ended up staying there for breakfast... and lunch... and left just before dinner.  We didn't capture any of the swimsuits on the beach (too busy looking) or hot cars from Westerner Days, but here are a few segments of the show.

 

It's life with TCat, 1/250ths of a second at a time.