Today’s #ArtistAtHome is one of the founding members of Vancouver Indie Soul Band The Boom Booms. Please meet Geordie Hart!
Geordie Hart relaxing at home.
An interesting fact about The Boom Booms; the guys in the band all grew up together as kids from the same neighborhood. When I arrived Geordie was playing some Bob Dylan (Slow Train Coming), which I had never heard before. What a great album! As you might notice in the photo he has an old tube amplifier without a case. When I asked him about it, our conversation eventually drifted to an anecdote about the consequences of having the hot tubes exposed. Geordie had put on a JJ Cale record and then went out for a bit, leaving some friends at his place, who placed the records on top of the hot amplifier. Needless to say those classic albums looked like a tilt-a-whirl ride afterwards.
We had a funny, but not so funny chat about conversations with US Border guards and the extreme sensitivity of the sniffer dog's nose. Many thanks to Geordie for being such a gracious host! Be sure to check out The Boom Booms website and be sure to see them and Loverboy play tomorrow for SHOREFEST at the Sunset Beach stage.
