Alan Doyle

Cool.

And then Alan Doyle and The Strumbellas on Thursday.

And, uh, we're hoping we're gonna announce Saturday tomorrow.

Ooh.

Can you go back to that last one there, Patty, for me real quick?

I see Alan Doyle's coming.

I love

Alan Doyle.

Who

doesn't love Alan Doyle? And the Strumbellas, that's going to be a lot of fun on Thursday night.

So yeah, there's a lot of great things happening.

And we know Calgary hosts events really well.

Uh, everybody jumps in wherever they can to help out.

So he said, "We're doing this big fundraiser down at the Delta Hotel, and there's a bunch of people going to be there." Alan Doyle was going to be there.

Uh, Wince Coles was going to be there.

A whole big whack of probably 20 or 30 musicians, I suppose.

These folks are no strangers to the spotlight either, from jam-packed pubs around their hometown to the big city lights of Area 506 Stage and TD Station during the Memorial Cup.

They've even shared bills with heavy hitters like Tim Baker and Alan Doyle.

Keep your ears open and your dancing boots handy, because the Ramblers might be rocking a classy lounge or a lovable dive bar near you any time now.

Here's the Big River Ramblers.

So if you want to go everywhere in the world, this is one of the places you got to go.

That's Alan Doyle giving Newfoundland a tourism pitch you won't find in any commercial.

The great big C musician and author loves his home province, fog, wind and all.

And in his latest book, The Smiling Land, he takes us out on the road to discover what makes it so special.

I'm really thrilled to have Alan Doyle as our guest on this episode of Explore, a Canadian Geographic podcast.

Welcome to all you explorers out there, armchair and in motion.

I'm your host, David McGuffin.

I really enjoyed it.

Now, our first guest has been a fixture in the Newfoundland music scene for more than 35 years.

He's worked with artists including Sean Panting, Hey Rosetta, Alan Doyle, and The Punters, as well as his own projects, including Drive, Kelly Russell and the Plagues, Bash Brothers, and more.

He's also a DIY multi-instrumentalist, writing, playing, and producing his own solo material.

His latest EP is Supervillain, a deeply personal collection of songs drawing on mental health recovery, imposter syndrome, and pop culture and horror.

used to

do a lot of shirtless work, but then we went to video.

Now, you've worked with so many different Newfoundland artists over the years, from, like you said, Sean Panting to The Punters to Hey Rosetta to Alan Doyle.

Do you find these experiences influenced your own music now?

one of the canadian greats but i've never heard anything particularly about his stage performance and i've only ever seen like videos so he's great to me but i'm gonna say third third yeah i don't know that yep yeah

it's fair this person isn't in this band anymore but he was alan doyle

oh for great big c god i bet he's a great front man they'll get a crowd going.

I'm biased though.

At four, you have you.

At three, you have Chad Kroger.

At two, you have Alan Doyle.

At one, you have Gord Downie.