We have Retired!
In 2003 four men with guitars ventured out of their basements and living rooms to make music together. Seventeen and a half years and 217 performances later, Swamp Gas has decided to let the band members gracefully retire. Our never ending tour has ended.
We have had so many memorable moments and reached some pretty amazing goals. We have played halls, legions, personal care homes, festivals, fairs, and farm yards across Manitoba from Flin Flon to Killarney to Moosehorn.
Some fond memories include our celtic rock tour in Flin Flon during a snow storm, royal treatment at the Glesby in Portage (check it out…our picture is in the lobby), Hartney lobsterfests, the Scottish and Irish pavilions in Brandon, and the Big Valley, Assessipi and Kelwood festivals.
We will never forget the mosquitos that attacked us at the Carman fair as we tried to keep our hands on our instruments. Strathclair had a great costume room connected to their back stage. We could have come on stage wearing four Elvis costumes or four wedding dresses. After our Canada Day concert in Souris we were treated to an amazing fireworks display by the local firemen. Maybe the best memory will be playing a song in practice or a performance and that eerie chill that came over us, when we all knew we nailed it perfectly. And there was the occasional horrific chill that came over us when we started a song in a concert and realized that one of us had forgotten to reset a capo!
For those of you following our band, (yes, we had a small but loyal fan club) remember...we were on the radio (Portage la Prairie) and TV (Brandon, Carberry and Neepawa Access as well as Dragons Den). We also recorded four songs in Brandon and burned around 50 CDs. Maybe they will be collector’s items some day.
We feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to make music with friends, share it with others, and travel around the province doing something we love. We had a chance to live out our fantasy of “being in a band”. We never got rich or had girls fainting when we started playing, but it was always a “high” performing and having people talk to us after a gig.
All good things come to an end eventually. We all still play music but as our situations change it is becoming more difficult to get together. Believe it or not, it was much easier when we were all teaching. At least then our schedules were predictable.
We would like to thank all the organizers who booked us and everyone who came out to share the experience of live music with us over the past seventeen and a half years. It was so fun to play to audiences who appreciated our brand of entertainment.
It is with a great deal of pride and nostalgia we take our final bow.
We have had so many memorable moments and reached some pretty amazing goals. We have played halls, legions, personal care homes, festivals, fairs, and farm yards across Manitoba from Flin Flon to Killarney to Moosehorn.
Some fond memories include our celtic rock tour in Flin Flon during a snow storm, royal treatment at the Glesby in Portage (check it out…our picture is in the lobby), Hartney lobsterfests, the Scottish and Irish pavilions in Brandon, and the Big Valley, Assessipi and Kelwood festivals.
We will never forget the mosquitos that attacked us at the Carman fair as we tried to keep our hands on our instruments. Strathclair had a great costume room connected to their back stage. We could have come on stage wearing four Elvis costumes or four wedding dresses. After our Canada Day concert in Souris we were treated to an amazing fireworks display by the local firemen. Maybe the best memory will be playing a song in practice or a performance and that eerie chill that came over us, when we all knew we nailed it perfectly. And there was the occasional horrific chill that came over us when we started a song in a concert and realized that one of us had forgotten to reset a capo!
For those of you following our band, (yes, we had a small but loyal fan club) remember...we were on the radio (Portage la Prairie) and TV (Brandon, Carberry and Neepawa Access as well as Dragons Den). We also recorded four songs in Brandon and burned around 50 CDs. Maybe they will be collector’s items some day.
We feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to make music with friends, share it with others, and travel around the province doing something we love. We had a chance to live out our fantasy of “being in a band”. We never got rich or had girls fainting when we started playing, but it was always a “high” performing and having people talk to us after a gig.
All good things come to an end eventually. We all still play music but as our situations change it is becoming more difficult to get together. Believe it or not, it was much easier when we were all teaching. At least then our schedules were predictable.
We would like to thank all the organizers who booked us and everyone who came out to share the experience of live music with us over the past seventeen and a half years. It was so fun to play to audiences who appreciated our brand of entertainment.
It is with a great deal of pride and nostalgia we take our final bow.
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