Props to the Peeps

You’ve made it to the end. Thanks for listening. This is Craig and I just
wanted to take a minute to thank the people that have been involved wish this
project, and talk a bit about the songs, and all that good stuff
While we’re on the topic, I’d like to thank all the people that’ve lent their
ears, the fans, and promoters, and media types who have given a push to this
whole project along the way. If it hadn’t been for them, it wouldn’t have
gotten this far
I guess about these songs, it’s a collection of mostly new material.
Some of it’s old, like «Dance Me Outside». That in the most recent bunch of
shows have just kind of come together and seemed to all fit. I thought it’d be
neat to record them and just present them with acoustic guitar and vocals.
Keeping it simple
The song «Albion Hotel» is, surprise, surprise, about the esteemed Albion Hotel
in Guelph, Ontario. Directly across from the church on the hill.
The Albion is one of those filthy old bars that every town has that’s super
great and serves 18 year olds and all that good stuff. Yeah, I don’t know.
Just a story about a friend who was living there for a bit
The song «Dance Me Outside» is about a native Canadian woman in Brantford in
the 70's who was having some problems and blocking the road, and just talking
about how she was treated. It’s kind of sad given the recent stuff that’s been
happening in Saskatchewan with police and native Canadians there.
It borrows a title of Bruce McDonald’s film, «Dance Me Outside».
I managed to use the words «donut guard state car» in a song, so I was pretty
excited about that
Other songs… «Happiest» is a song about when Danielle and I were camping at
Peggy’s Cove. That’s where the first line comes from. Just trying to collect
thoughts and journal them into a song. I guess that’s the best thing to say
about «Happiest»
The song «That Band» is mostly true. A bunch of the lines got written when Paul,
and Will, and I were in Cleveland at this folk festival performer thing and we
were watching all these amazing players. There was Buddy Guy, and just
enormously talented people playing in hotel rooms for festival promoters and
just how realizing how big big music is, and how it’s a business sometimes,
it’s a necessary evil I guess
The song «Jokes» is just about, it’s a silly little love song. And kind of
meant to make the person you care about laugh and smile
That’s pretty much it. There’s a surprise after this message, though.
Keep listening. It’s a song that, I guess my parents used to play cassettes
for us kids and one of the cassettes they bought featured this song.
It’s kind of like, as children of the 80s we reclaim it a little bit and
re-present it as folk
I’d like to thank Susan, and Catharine, Liz, and old lady Patootz (?).
Charlie Cardiff, and of course Danielley, Jonathan & Will for listening and
their patience this past year
Credit also goes out to Paul McInnes and Paul Matthews for putting up with me
so long on all these different tours and projects. The long drives in the beat
up old aerostar and falling asleep at the wheel and hanging out in smokey bars,
bad soundchecks, and peanut butter and beer, and all that good stuff.
Thanks a lot for sticking around
Lastly to everyone who’s ever actually listened to that person in the corner of
the bar with a guitar, when they’re meant to be background noise,
but you actually give them your ear or you bought a CD or a t-shirt from that
band you just heard of when they were coming through town, thanks very much
Thanks a lot for listening. Hope to see you soon