The Whiskey Rabbi and his lamb fetus

So I'm currently on tour with Geoff Berner, playing shows, selling CDs, socially drinking with the fans, discovering holistic healing (thanx Colleen), and promoting Mr.Berner's new Instructional Booklet: HOW TO BE AN ACCORDION PLAYER.
On monday night we played La Sala Rosa in Montreal, and I was paired up with fiddler Diona Davies to form a new string section and deliver a dynamic/complimentary performance as Geoff's new gypsy orchestra.

Diona and I hit it off instantly, and I was a little disapointed to see her leave early the next morning for NYC.

As a trio, Geoff, Wayne Adams (percussion) and I are currently in Ottawa. We did an interview at the legendary CTV studios, where our host Eric introduced me to my childhood idle Carolyn Waldo (sports caster and Olympic Gold Medalist in Synchronized Swimming). We then walked the hall of fame (or is it shame?) and saw pictures of CTV's golden era of television, back in the day when Alanis Morrisette stared in "You can't do that on Television" which inspired today's American hit "Nickelodeon TV" and back when Pierre Elliot Trudeaut was being interviewed, or W5 was still a show worth being watched. (And most of this is way before my time)...

So now we spend most of our hours rehearsing, getting ready for tomorrow's Black Sheep (le mouton noir in Wakefield, Quebec) gig, and the final heavy hitter: The Toronto Ashkenaz Festival of New Yiddish Culture. Last night we played, drank two bottles of red wine and a little bit of porto. Today we rehearsed sober and exhausted, and this evening we were invited to play a few tunes at the University of Ottawa's Grad lounge: Cafe Nostalgica, where John Carroll hosted the jam.

As for the Whiskey Rabbi's tiny lamb fetus, well...you can find out more about it in his Instructional Booklet, that you can buy directly from his website: www.geoffberner.com