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Jan. 26th, '06 - in between sets at The Alehouse Eddie has a snack over
at the Apple Barrel and meets some of the boys from Great Big Sea. Last time I
seen them in person was when we were playing at the Alehouse. They later popped
in The Alehouse to catch part of our set.
Jan. 13th, '06 - Another fun Thursday night playing at the Old Dublin in
PEI. We have noticed that there are a lot of musicians watching and
cheering us on here tonight. As we tiredly get off stage for the night,
the members from Headley come up to say hello and hang out with us for awhile.
Some manager guy comes up and starts bugging Eddie & Ryan about playing more and
having "some guy" come up and play with us. Eddie chuckles "not likely,we're done for the night". Then Rex Gowdie introduces himself to Eddie and says "great show, keep it up".
Someone later explains to Eddie who Rex Gowdie is and Eddie feels bad but
mentions it was fun telling the "big manager" to "buzz off" anyway! Peter McDonald
who couldn't make it with us this weekend stays in Halifax and ends up hanging
out with The Black Eyed peas for hours after he gets them to believe he's a
reporter for a major paper back stage! (no kidding!)
Oct. 10th, 05 - Our gigs in T.O, Allentown, PA
and Manhattan we're incredible! Eddie & Peter were just getting out of the
subway from visiting Ground Zero when authorities received a terrorist alert for
the subway and shut it down. Geoff misses his morning flight to the gig to
Pennsylvania and rebooks other for after.
Click
here for all the photos and out-of-town stories. Merimac receives several other gig offers in the States.
Aug, 05 - Merimac is
selected as backing band for country star JD Clark with #10 hit in Country Music
Canada. We opened for Jason McCoy for several thousand in Cape Breton, NS.
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Oct. 28th, 03 - Receive offer to play in
Regina!
Oct. 20th, 03 - While playing our first set at the
Split Crow, we all find serious problems with our instruments. Bruce breaks a
string 1st song, Our guitarist sites a major crack between the neck and body of
guitar, Eddie punches hole in tom-tom & breaks bass drum pedal. The bass amp
makes unpredictable alien sounds. Oh yeah and Henry doesn't show for first set
due to bicycle problems! We all buckle down and make due. Hey guys, do you
think anyone out there noticed?
Oct.15th, 03 - Our first international gig! Atlanta,
Georgia! After much debate within the provinces as to which
band will best reflect the spirit of the Maritimes at one of the largest
Atlantic Canada's business conferences of the year, Merimac is chosen to play
and entertains with smashing success. An excellent number of people attend &
stay at the event. Merimac plays for 2 & 1/2 hours straight without a break.
The Atlantic Canada event completely out shines Ontario's effort. Many new
opportunities to play conferences in the U.S. have begun!
Oct.13th - After waking up mid-flight to Atlanta,
Bruce is told he snores very loudly by the lady sitting
next to him.
Oct.10th - Merimac receives offer to play in
Cancun, Mexico!
Oct.1st - We get the go ahead for Atlanta!
Sept.15th - Merimac starts plans for their first
Album.
Aug,08th - Bruce sucks back an entire
helium filled balloon and chats it up with the audience. Later says he'll never do it
again.
July 3/03 - Our good friends
The Trailer Park Boys
make a regular stop in to see Merimac at the Alehouse, Producer Mike
Clattenburg plays a few songs on Eddie's Kit. Eddie takes center stage.
As a kid, Eddie used to watch Mike play drums outdoors, jammin' with all the
kids in the neighborhood.
June30th/03 Sad News
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth
reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed
last week. Larry LaPrise, the man that wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully,
in his sleep, at the age of 93. The most traumatic part for his family was
getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in. And then the trouble started.
June15th/03 - We get our first discussion board.
May./03 - Merimac's regular fill in bass player Joe
Butcher, Bassist
extraordinaire leaves Canada to play with famed Aaron Carter (Younger Brother of
Backstreet Boys) for an undetermined amount of time. Damn extremely famous
"artist" stealing our buddy...
June/03 - And again, Scott Boyd from BT calls to
ask for Merimac on the show again. We shall soon reappear!
June./03 - Platinum Blond shows up at the Alehouse.
April./03 -
Molson Canada sponsors Merimac! - Click here for more.
March.16/03 -
The Trailer Park Boys
pop in to see us at the Alehouse and Bubbles plays some guitar with us on stage.
Feb.28/03 - Scott Boyd from BT calls to ask for
Merimac on the show again.
Jan.12/03 - Merimac has just played 14 nights
between Dec.26th to Jan.11th, Rob was off most nights, Our vocals
are in need of rest.
Jan.05/03 Late at the Alehouse, Eddie Fisher meet's
Tootoo, who played for Canada at the World Juniors, and has a beer with him!
Jan..4/03 - Wait, who's in the audience? Great Big
Sea... watching us at the Alehouse? After about a half hour of being bombarded
by everyone for autographs, Great Big Sea finally leaves but mentions to the
door man "the band's great but the crowd's getting rough". Funny thing was we
probably played about 3 Great Big Sea songs for them in the time they were
there!
Nov.4th - Again Bruce gets very sick after an
allergic reaction to drinking beer and swears never again..
Nov./02 - Merimac plays on BT for the first time.
Sept.3rd/02 - Bruce gets very sick after drinking
too much beer and says never again.
Sept.2nd/02 - Bruce joins Band.
Aug. /02 - Merimac receives offer to play for the
troops (NATO) in Bosnia! But turns down offer due multiple schedule conflicts.
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