Closer To The Liquor & Whores & Checkerboard Floors

She said "Boy - we should do some marrying,"
I said "Sure, but there is something you should know,
that I like liquor & whores..."

(Liquor & Whores, Bubbles, The Trailer Park Boys, Rel. 2006).

Here is Geddy, Alex, and Neil pounding out "Closer to the Heart" on CBC a couple of years ago with Ed Robertson from BNL, and Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys. (Alex Lifeson is a huge fan, so much so that he appeared in two of their episodes, and as well the feature film; in the opening scene when Ricky get's pulled over by the cops, the police are played by Alex and Gord Downie, the lead singer of the Tragically Hip).

Here's Closer to the Heart:





Here's Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip. There are so many great pounders to choose from these guys, but I've always had a real soft bent towards their quieter acoustic stuff. (Fun Fact: I opened for The Hip about 4 thousand years ago when they were shooting their first video in a nightclub. They were all really nice guys, and during sound check we all compared gear, swapped shop talk, and eventually I played through Rob Baker's gnarly little Randall guitar amp for the gig that evening).





And lastly? Bubble's seminal classic "Liquor & Whores" recorded at a Vancouver Radio Station a couple of years ago. I realize that I've said the words "Liquor & Whores" 4 times here. Happy Canada Day. Penis.