Posts by mheff

Fatty Joins WeightWatchers Things changed drastically during the next month after the escape from Windsor. Terry quit, likely because he was broke; the keyboard player was fired, there was no clue what happened to Glen, and we got booted out of the warehouse because we always left it in a mess.  Butch had a friend…

A Classic Tale In late spring of 1970, I was looking to either join or start a band. I was a guitar player, with the switch to playing keyboards still far from my mind.  A drummer friend of mine named Jonas Mayer (we called him Joe in those days) asked if I was interested in…

Hi folksAs you’ve observed, I wasn’t able to follow through on my promise to write about each stop on the mini-tour of Southern Ontario. There wasn’t enough time. During the last two trips, I wasn’t doing any driving. It was while riding in Rick’s truck or the big SUV  that wrote most of the posts. New…

Concentrated Canada, just add snow Hi folks! Are you ready for another fun filled day on tour with Mikey the Magic keyboard player? Watch me pull a dominant seventh out of my hat! Wait a minute…I don’t have a hat. That makes the trick even more baffling to the uninitiated… The place I’m headed to…

Hi EverybodyFor those of you who live in a different continent or those who live in a different part of this continent, Brockville is in Ontario, Canada. It’s on the edge of the Saint Lawrence River about halfway between Kingston and the Quebec border. Geographically, it is on the southern tip of a precambrian granite…

More of the same but different Hi folks, After taking the winter off, The Lightfoot Band is preparing for its first shows of 2026, and I’m champing at the bit to get started. I’m like an avid seafarer who’s been ashore too long. Ever since I started in this business in 1974, I get a…

Preface Pointe Claire, Quebec 1959 A five-year-old boy stands motionless, gazing out the large dining room window, a paralysis born of fear and awe gripping him, as fire fills the entire night sky. The giant flames flickering and strobing in a terrifying death dance, it’s like nothing the boy has ever seen or imagined.  His…

You Just Never Know Hi Folks Some readers have been asking about the 1979 train derailment in Mississauga. I was home when it happened. My brother Pat was visiting and we were watching TV with Dad. It was November 10, at around 12 midnight.Something in Pat’s peripheral vision caught his attention. He got up and…

The Rabbit Hole Hi everyoneAs much as I try to avoid it, from time to time I still get tricked into clickbait, bullshit commercial news ads, intelligence tests and contests on the internet, usually while searching for something worthwhile. A waste of time, there’s no question. Yeah, Sure But back in September, I hit on…