it's kind of something everybody did in nova scotia. everyone that was around me played music in church, played music at home--my mom, my granddad, my dad, my uncles. i mean it was just kind of something you did, and no one around me, though, made it a career. so, as a child, you know, you're a sponge, and so i never though of music as a career until i finished my pre- med in university--st. francis xavier in antigonish is where i attended. - yeah, yeah. famous place. - yeah, wonderful, wonderful school. i finished there. i went on my way to dalhousie medical school, and had an opportunity to audition with a band. i didn't think anything of it. just auditioned, and the next thing i know, we're on the road, and the next thing i know--i'll never forget--i call my dad, saying, "dad, uh, i think i'm going to take a year off before i go to med school", and, well... - he was not happy. - oh, uh, well, he supported me in everything i did, but he was kind of like "um... okay... let's just, uh... okay... let's see how the summer goes", he said.