The Highway 3 Roots Revue Tour is bringing three of southern Alberta’s finest songwriters all over the province this month.
Leeroy Stagger, John Wort Hannam and Dave McCann wind up the fourth edition of their winter touring tradition in Lethbridge at the Slice, Dec. 18.
So far, it is going great as the first four shows of the tour have been sold out.
“It’s a lot of fun. More and more people are coming to check out the show,” said Stagger en route to Medicine Hat from a sold out show in Red Deer.
“We’ve all got some new songs we’re putting into the set and we’ll all chime in when we can,” he continued.
They have had some highlights already including a playing in a house built of straw bales and stucco.
“The people who put us up for the night there made us some amazing home made bread,” Stagger said.
“But the highlight is just driving in the van together,” he said. They also did a live spot for CKUA Radio, which Stagger described as a “really positive experience.”
“We’ve got can can dancers and streamers and as stripper comes out of John’s guitar,” Stagger joked.
“Not really, it’s pretty much the same thing. We’ve got really good new songs from three really good Southern Alberta songwriters,” he said.
So other than new songs, not much has changed other than three good friends being on the road together with guitars in tow.
“Well, John had a kid now, so all he talks about is his kid,” he laughed.
“But we‘ve got a new gold van which actually has heat in the front,” he said.
Last year we didn't have any heat in the front, just in the back, so we were driving the Deerfoot without heat in -50 weather, so that was fun.”
They don’t have any days off on this 14-day tour, which takes them all over Alberta, as far north as St. Albert.
“We decided in the winter we wanted to drive where it is was flat,” he said.
They are looking forward to ending the tour in Lethbridge.
“It just worked out that way and we always do well at the Slice on a Sunday. Peace and Love,” Stagger said.
