Parenting is a serious responsibility, and we all try to shield our kids from things that could make them sick or distressed. I knew not to expect a luxury experience, but there’s a certain basic level of competence I trusted would be in place.īased on this trust, I brought my child into this setting. I stopped at that gas station in the expectation that it would provide facilities in keeping with its branding. Why was I angry? Here’s Trust Lesson #1: We All Have Trust Issues. This is a tiny minor interaction with that business, yet I was angry with them. Once we were out of there and back on the road, I found myself surprised about how emotional that experience had been for me. Had I known things would be this dirty in this establishment, I would have dealt with whatever the consequences might have been for driving to the next stop – no matter how distant that might have been. We’re not talking rats in the trashcan and overflowing toilets nasty, but this bathroom was rough enough that I felt bad about having my son in that environment. And that’s how I wound up in one of the filthiest gas station bathrooms I’ve been in in a long time. You know what that means – someone always needs to use the bathroom, right away, right now. Via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.I’m blessed with healthy young children. Includes unlimited streaming of Ode to Gerry Barber If you would like this option, email directly at addition to my musical collaborators I wanted to especially thank the following people who have supported me in this project: Adri Anna, Alexandra Gruca-Macaulay, Amelia Brown, Andre Bouchard, Bernard Chartand, Bill Dare, Bruce Deachman, Carly Dybka, Chris White, Dave and Sherri Macki, Denise Legare Donald Clark, Janet and Dennis, Heather Weinrich, Jean Ouellette, Jim Sutherland, Kathy Cook and Mike Blanchfield, Ken Moore, Ken Risdon, Lalith Gunaratne, Lynn Chairelli, Marie-Eve Filteau, Mary Moreland, Maude Downey, Michael Rutherford, Michelle Gariepy, Mike and Gail, Nancy Shaver, Nicole Findlay, Paul Crete, Pierre Tardiff, Ramine Shaw, Rebecca Aird, Scott McNess, Sharon Tapp, Sybil Grace If you're in Ottawa I will hand deliver the CD to you for free if you like. The digital version of the album, available on Bandcamp, contains a bonus track, comes with an uncensored version of “Ode to Gerry Barber”, where Gerry Barber Junior speaks a more accurate version of what his dad would have said. The CD comes with a 12-page booklet about the songs, not available with the digital version. Special guest Ottawa musicians include: Sylvio Modolo, Angel Araos, Kelly Craig, Ryan Purchase, Zeek Gross, Kim Kaskiw, Patrick Pharand, Christine Fagan, Dan Artuso, Jason Sonier, and Stuart Rutherford. Principal accompanying musicians on the album are Marie Soleil Fecteau on vocals and Rob Lethbridge on upright bass. The album was recorded and mixed at Ottawa’s Gallery Recording Studio by Dean Watson, produced by singer-songwriter/producer/videographer North Easton and mastered by Grammy-nominated Philip Shaw Bova. The song, "Ode to Gerry Barber" includes a special guest appearance by Gerry Barber Junior saying the words his dad once spoke. The song “The Great Fire (of 1870)” has a video that was filmed in the Burnt Lands in Almonte where the fire once raged. In January 2020 the song “Dans un mile carré” won Paul a L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO) award for contributions to Francophone culture by an Anglophone. Song subjects range from a famous local bouncer, the collapse of the Heron Road Bridge, the building of the Rideau Canal, Ottawa's first train, homeless people on Murray Street, why Ottawa isn't "Ottawa”, growing up in Vanier/Eastview, the days of the circus parade, the Great Fire of 1870, what it’s like to live in an Ottawa rooming house, and how to mansplain. This is a heartfelt album about Ottawa area communities and stories past and present. Inspired by a fire and born during a pandemic, Paul Weber's new album “Ode to Gerry Barber” is full of stuff that doesn't always make it into the history books.
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