Lori Yates: Gigs

CD Release - The Casbah, Hamilton Ontario

Wow, what a great successful night! I did early show 7-9 cause I wasn't sure how the turn out was going to be having only lived in Hamilton the past 5 years. Well it was standing room only which was a relief - having a cd release is alot like throwing yourself a birthday party, all your insecurities rise to the forefront and you're sure that really nobody loves you. Well, quite the contrary in old Hamilton! I had great musicians playing with me - Linda Duemo on drums, Carrie Ashworth on stand-up bass, David Baxter on acoustic guitar, Randall Hill on mandolin, Lisa "The Queen - Harmony Machine" Winn on harmony vocals, and not to be forgotten killer drummer Sean O'Grady selling cd's and t-shirt. Buckshot Bebe made me a ton of great t-shirts and arrived dragging the box with her - bless her great big gigantic heart! I was a little misty-eyes by all the support from my new friends - Hamilton is the bomb when it comes to being supportive. The sound was great, the room looked great and the bar was happy, the musicians were wonderful. It was a great night! I sang like a bird and swore like an old sailor! Tons of fun! Got great press in the View and The Spectator both with gigantic pictures especially The Spec (front cover of the GO Section - my head was huge!).
Did radio interviews on C101 with both Lou Molinaro and Jim Marino's shows. And (this is kinda freaky) the morning drive guy at 820 Cham - Jason Farr called me at home and wanted to put me on the air but I was walking my kid to school so I missed it. How often does that happen that a dj from a huge broadcasting conglomerate calls anyone. I didn't even think they had humans working at some of those stations anymore! It was a blast, got some sleep cause the next night I was going back to my old stomping grounds to present my cd in Toronto at the Cameron House.