Our show @ Crab Apple Floral on 12th September 2015

We played as a 3-piece at Crab Apple Floral in Tofino on 12 September 2015 with myself on an acoustic steel-string guitar & vocals, Carina on bass & Nick on drums.. & Boy was that rhythm section on fire! The crowd was beautifully warmed up by Bousada & Butterflywingtip before us & we had the pleasure of giving them what they wanted, something to get on down to!

This is the audio from the stage during the first 6 tracks of Saturday night's set, our fourth show as a band..  I do wish we'd recorded the second half of the set, we also did Starling, Out of my Mind (just myself on bass & Nick on drums), The Good Life, Walk A While (which had the crowd moshing, to my amazement) and when the cops shut us down at midnight we got to do one last number which was We Are Growing, our cover of the intro-theme to the eighties South African miniseries Shaka Zulu.

This was by far, our skankiest show so far!

I'm so looking forward to the next show which will be on Friday the 16th October - we're opening for Brave New Waves at the ANAF Hall in Ucluelet.

1<3Daz..

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GARVIES debut album,
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GARVIES is LIVE & DIRECT!

GARVIES plays Ocean Week Benefit at The Shore in Tofino 10 July 2015

This is the band working on "Crows Cry" at home on the inlet & then performing it live at the show.

And this is the band working on "Suck My Kiss" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers as the chosen cover song for the evening & then performing it as the finalé..

GARVIES Goes Live & Direct!

I haven't felt ready to play shows in a long time. Tried out the solo with backing thing for a while back in Kitchener '12 but found it way too time-consuming doing everything myself & then still managing it all myself too. I pretty much had a break-up then a break-down & so took a break from it all & threw myself into the jungle for a few years.. Eventually I found myself living at the edge of my world in a beautiful home with my honey & the most spectacular view one could possibly wake up to, learning basslines in a rock & roll cover band with the rippingest guitarist & drummer combo in the form of the local party band, Balistic Pig. We hosted the local weekly open-mic nights all year long - and this is where I really got to rehearse the GARVIES songs with all sorts of line-ups etc; And thanks to this I can now say that we are finally STAGE-READY and are in-fact accepting bookings to play venues in & around the city of Victoria, BC CA as of now :)

I am proud to introduce the new band:

On drums, Nick Hill

On bass, Carina Mach

On guitar, Geoff Johnson

We're looking forward to bringing it to you this summer!