this is not the land of oz

screw you dorothy, there are lot of places better than home.

we played at the grand hotel last night in yarmouth with sleepless nights to perhaps the worst crowd i have ever played to (with maybe the exception of the crowd @ Fibber's in New Glasgow that one time we played there).

the bar was full when Owen & Gerry played, but by the time we got to our third song, the place basically cleared out. The entire crowd was probably 35+, with the exception of about a dozen of our friends. i was convinced that more people our age would have been out, i was wrong. i am ALWAYS wrong when it comes to the Yarmouth scene.

i assume that since a million indie musicians come from Yarmouth, and since a decent handful of them make it semi-big, that there is still a thriving scene in our hometown. last night proved that I am completely wrong.

it's sad to think that we can tour the country, that we can fill bars in Halifax, Fredericton, or PEI but when we go to our own hometown, the place where we grew up and fostered our musical beginnings, not only do we get no support, we get no crowd, and no appreciation.

for some reason i always think that we can overcome all this, because of how well we're doing outside of yarmouth, and we can bring this excitement back home and say "hey, look what we're doing, isn't this great?" and people will enjoy it just as much as we do. boy was i wrong.