“80 Years of Music, Baseball, and Confused Youth Memories”

A few weeks, three cities, and a string of great memories.Denver mischief, my first look at California, Jerry Van Dyke and Blackstone making Harrah’s Tahoe very memorable, and a

view of my Air Canada flight taking off as I was landing. A long,icy night in Chicago — complete with a free room and breakfast from the airline. Times have definitely changed.

A command performance in Montreal, many long hours with the tapes, and a detour through Skyline Chili and Cheyenne skies set the tone for a smooth week on the road. Then Denver arrives with a mile‑high shock that rewrites the ending

Cerberus hits the road — 3 guys, one mythological name, and a sound system built for stadiums, not bars. From a sound wall that moved furniture and bottles behind the bar, to a concert on a lake where the sound travelled for miles.

Then, a stranger in N.B. greets me with a 5‑year‑old ritual I never wanted to see again. Hello Florida for the winter months and an escape before Spring Break. .

What a trip. We started with a singer who couldn’t sing, and Winnipeg answered with a moment I didn’t see coming. There was comedy, there was chaos, and an elevator debate about war that sent hotel guests scrambling for the call button. Somewhere in the madness, Cerberus was born — and a poor busboy walked away permanently rattled.

North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins — the winter run that kept stretching. A few days in Wabush, Labrador, and a frozen body on the roadside. A cast of characters including 2 weird fellas from Churchill Falls & new connections like Gene Jacobs and Chuck Madden in Buffalo.  By the time I made it back to Montreal and linked up with the Ajax band — and then with Kurt, Noah, André, and Richard — the snowstorm and a Ski‑Doo taxi were just part of my world.

This episode moves through 3 moments that couldn’t be more different — a quiet pause on a bridge, a honeymoon story that went sideways for poor Ted and Jenn, and a little man whostopped me cold. Somehow, they all ended up in the same place, forming a strange little arc I’m still thinking about.

A simple offer to “help the Rangers” turned into a week

I’ll never forget — sleeping on a beach, riding in a crummie, dodging exploding trees, getting bombed by a low‑flying plane, and even hanging off a cliff with a mattock in my hands. It was dangerous, ridiculous, and at times downright hilarious. How 2 folksingers ended up fighting forest fires in Harrison Hot Springs, outside Vancouver… well, that’s the story.

From a surprise radio reunion in Winnipeg to 5 hard days on a Manitoba farm, this episode follows the twists of a youngtraveler saying yes to whatever the road brings. A champion Appaloosa, a prairie bull, a long drive west, and a forest fire waiting in the mountains — it’s all part of the journey. Join me as I ride the rails, meet the people who shaped the path, and head toward the next adventure

A wild spring at CKGM sends everything spinning — a bottle stunt, a disastrous shift, and a firing that leaves me walking home at dawn, wondering what comes next. That long walkbecomes the turning point, the moment I decide to leave Montréal behind and follow the road west.

The Rhyme & Reason story starts here: Montreal optimism, a Kingston stopover, and a Toronto mishap that proved the road always has a sense of humor. A mix of music, travel, and the kind of moment you only appreciate decades later.