What we do here is distinctly different than what they do in the States. We're much more open to different stylings and thank God for me that that's the case. The list of stars from the Cape Breton area is staggering when you consider that its population numbers less than 200,000. They include Rita MacNeil, the Rankin Family, Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, the Barra MacNeils, Matt Minglewood and the Hank Williams of the Maritimes, the late, great Stan Rogers. And it's a musical community.
Every club supports the live acts.
There's not many clubs that are just running DJs. And it's a Scots community. They're very passionate people and they're very honest people, so you have to make the mark, you can't almost make the mark down there. It has to be good in order to work down there. Not only are you living your own life, but you're living all your brothers' lives too.