Red Rider, we assume, is still waiting for its lift
Riding the bus to the Spirit of Edmonton party somewhere in northern Manitoba, we chance upon Boatmenblog friend Tuck - who, we find out, is fresh off a brush with Canrock greatness.
Tuck, it seems, was among a contingent of fans called upon to greet Tom Cochrane - who, at long last, is playing Saturday night with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra - at the airport. We know what you're thinking: Tom Cochrane has greeters? Well, in this town he does. But let's just say he's not quite getting the Nelly Furtado treatment.
Allow us to set the scene. You're the man - nay, the legend - behind classics like Life Is a Highway, Big League and that weird Muhammad Ali song from the Argos' Drabinsky era. You've touched down in Winnipeg, and you're waiting patiently for your limo, or at least a van of some sort. Instead, there's nothing - your ride is considerably late.
And then you see it: a yellow schoolbus. But not just any yellow schoolbus - a yellow schoolbus filled with drunk CFL fans waving white pom-poms out the window and chanting your name.
Only the best, it seems, for Tom Cochrane. But then, only the best from Tom Cochrane, too. Because now, courtesy of Tuck, we know how Tom signs his autographs:
Tuck,
Life is a highway
-Tom Cochrane
Awesome.
A-Rad
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Rounding up the inebriated CFL fans from two different locations took more time than expected(?), and that combined with an early arrival left Tom with a rather long wait, much longer than he's probably used to.
I learned today that Tom had even successfully hailed a cab, but the powers that be pleaded with him via cellphone to give it up and return to the terminal. He did.
And now you know.... the rest of the story....
*Watch CBC on Saturday, 2pm EST, 1pm Winnipeg time for verification of the Tom and his Yellow (school bus) Rider story on "Peter Jordan's Grey Cup Adventure".