Wolftrap, Vienna Virginia, June 20, 2000

Alan talked about the venue, which was amazing. He said, "This has to be the coolest shed in all of North America! It’s huge! Yeah, Petty Harbour, where I come from, would fit in that corner over there." While they were talking about Wolftrap, Séan gets a worried look and says, "Wolftrap – you don’t think there are any wolves around here, do you? I mean, why else would it be named Wolftrap?" Alan shakes his head and says, "You know Séan, if you read the plaque over there backstage, you’d find out why it’s named Wolftrap – no wolves here." "Oh, there’s a plaque?" says Séan. "Well, hold the show while I go read the plaque then." And he proceeds to walk off to the side of the stage.

Paddy Murphy -Alan is trying to get a pick out of his Bouzouki strings and then he apparently messed up the tuning. So he is frantically trying to re-tune the thing and Séan is not so good filling in. "So, as I said…it’s a song about alcohol and death" Taps foot glares at Alan. "If he doesn’t hurry up, I’m gonna kill him," continues Séan. "Oh, your hair looks nice, too," he says to Alan. "Alcohol …and…death, any day now".

Alan was wandering in the back of the stage, examining this big thing covered in shiny survival blanket type stuff. "Hey! There’s a piano under here! I guess you’d wrap a piano in tinfoil to keep it fresh. Can’t be playing a stale piano now, can we?"

They were concerned about the time, as they were the opening band for the Chieftains, and kept checking to see they had more time. "Just send out a big hook or something when you want us off," says Alan. Séan states "There’s more backstage people than GBS members." To which Alan replies, "Yeah, they could probably take us. Unless we’re playing hockey, then we could whip ‘em. Oops, I’m fulfilling the national stereotype about Canada here, aren’t I?"

I’m A Rover–Alan: "You (the audience) play the fair maiden, Séan and I will be the white knight…Séan says "I just want a sandwich…any sandwich will do…but I’m allergic to shellfish."