TOBERMORY (2000)

For those not from Ontario, Tobermory is located “at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada — a strip of land separating Lake Huron from Georgian Bay”. Although it’s a site targeted for tourists, check it out at http://www.tobermory.org/.

When I first moved to Ontario, Graham and friends took me here to camp. This is where the Blastoid was perfected. It is a truly mystical place. That’s Graham and me in Toby on the CD cover (with photo by the omnipresent Mr. Craig Ryan).

I recorded the album over a couple of years, starting on a TEAC 3340S and then finishing up on ADATs. I play most of the instruments with some welcome contributions from Craig, Graham, Bernie Haughian and Bob Libby (but please don’t blame them for the result).

I sent it out to several record companies and a few papers for review. I received many, many TBNT letters. These are also known as FOAD letters. The local weekly entertainment paper (the lowest resident on the journalism totem pole) even passed on reviewing it. I was bummed out. But as it turns out, the feeling passed.