Posts by mheff

Hi FolksThe Lightfoot Band was back out again. We were in the US doing three shows. Newtown, CT, Earlville, NY, and Barre, VT. Not exactly Boston, New York, or Washington, but the theatres were top-notch with professional sound and lights, and we were doing great business. Lately there’s been a lot of driving, but as a…

Hi Everyone I’m back. It’s been a while, I know, but on top of being very busy, I also had to deal with a pesky virus that for a few weeks had me hacking and horking….. It’s said that stress weakens the immune system. If that’s the case, I think my resistance began its nosedive…

Hi FolksI know there are probably a few of you who were expecting to hear how the latest tour was going.Well, I was really looking forward to this group of shows, and I wasn’t disappointed, but it was an adventure. The seven shows were all in Canada, in fact, right here in my home province of…

Hi Folks I recently posed this question to ChatGPT. For those who don’t know, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot.  “My car needs to be washed. The car wash is 200 yards from my home. Should I walk or drive?” This was the AI reply: For a car wash that’s only about 200 yards (roughly 180…

Hi FolksI just got home from a grueling trip. Last Wednesday we were once again required to travel to the US. There were three shows that we owed the people of Maine and Connecticut. I’m not making a political statement, it’s always been this way to a degree, but going to the US is like visiting…

Hi FolksYou might recall a recent post I wrote about The Bill Bell Band. I saw them at a club in Port Credit a few weeks ago. Bill, of course, is also the lead guitarist with The Lightfoot Band.After the rave review I gave them, I mentioned that they sounded amazingly full for a trio….. but…

What Could They Possibly Be Thinking? Here’s a strange phenomenon. A lot of my musician friends (and a family member) have moved north. The Georgian Bay horseshoe from Owen Sound to Wasaga Beach seems to be the current retirement area of choice for a lot of people, not just musicians.I get that it offers a less…

Hey EveryoneI just had an interesting weekend and I’d like to tell you all about it, but first:I am an excellent example of Newton’s first law of motion. It states that an object at rest will remain at rest. Inertia. There’s actually more to it than that, but it’s all I need to make my…

Hi EveryoneI’ve lived in Mississauga, Ontario, most of my life. Even as recently as last year all I had was a vague notion that there was a music scene developing in an area of this city called Port Credit. I’d heard that a few bars sporadically featured live bands, and of course there was the…