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The Smugglers actually win something and are flown to Ottawa to perform on national TV and dine with the Governor General of Canada. With mixed results. 

Nobody ever believes the story contained in this chapter, but we swear, it's true! Bounce-bounce-SMACK.

The Smugglers get a smackdown of culture shock when playing their first-ever show in San Francisco. Also: your emails received and read!

The Smugglers enter California for the first time and almost immediately get into a nasty encounter with Golden State bangers.

The Smugglers perform at the International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia during the sizzling summer of 1991, which changes the band's fortunes for years to come in the U.S.A.

Grant is forced to ingloriously perform an entire set from a rainy sidewalk in Bellingham when he forgets his fake I.D. back in Canada.

Despite the band name, the Smugglers plot, strategize, and attempt to cross the border into the rock 'n' roll promised land of America. 

The Smugglers take the blame for the thorough and absolute trashing of the Hoodoo Gurus' dressing room at an infamous show with the Aussie hitmakers and the Young Fresh Fellows at the University of Manitoba.

The Smugglers discover Amigos, wild new rock 'n' roll oasis on the prairies, and in the process, form a bond with the club that would endure for 30 years. And they discover what a "rider" is.

The Smugglers play another one of Nardwuar's wild all ages gigs, this time with Mudhoney at the height of their grunge infamy, and everything seems to go right and wrong all at once. 

Smugglers drummer Paul offers a cash reward to harmonica player Adam if he completes a disgusting challenge in the middle of the scorching prairies.

Nardwuar and Grant host a gig for their all time favourite band in a church basement that turns into a congregation of chaos. 

In this chapter, you'll hear about the profound impact that the Smugglers' high school friend and future media star Nardwuar had on the band and the culture at their high school.

Grant Lawrence poses as "Larry the booking agent" in an ill-fated attempt to hustle clubs across Western Canada to book the Smugglers in the late 1980s.

Grant Lawrence reads the fourth wild chapter - this time fighting off prairie bangers - from his award-winning rock 'n' roll memoir. 

Grant Lawrence reads the third (and disgusting) chapter from his award-winning rock 'n' roll memoir "Dirty Windshields: the best and the worst of the Smugglers tour diaries."

Grant Lawrence reads the second chapter of his award-winning rock 'n' roll memoir "Dirty Windshields: the best and the worst of the Smugglers Tour Diairies" (Douglas and McIntyre, 2017). 

Grant Lawrence reads the first chapter of his award-winning rock 'n' roll memoir "Dirty Windshields: the best and the worst of the Smugglers Tour Diairies" (Douglas and McIntyre, 2017). 

Grant Lawrence is the author of "Dirty Windshields: the best and the worst of the Smugglers Tour Diairies" (Douglas and McIntyre, 2017), and the lead singer of the Smugglers. For the first time, Grant reads this award-winning wild rock 'n' roll ride for you chapter by chapter. First up... the hair-raising prologue. 

This is a special updated Easter Weekend 2020 broadcast of the touring show "Grant Lawrence and Friends: Stories and Songs", recorded live at the Max Cameron Theatre in Powell River, BC in 2019. This show features musical performances from three Juno Award-winning Canadian artists: Said the Whale, Jay Malinowski from Bedouin Soundclash, and Kathryn Calder from the New Pornographers, as well as the...

When Wayne orders Linda to leave the cabin to allow him with to deal with his illness, she finds herself alone against the wilderness facing an uncertain future in Desolation Sound. 

Wayne receives news that radically changes their lives in the wilderness. 

Linda is forced to take a treacherous night hike through forest and cliff edge when Wayne fails to pick up her at their oyster lease after another late night wild pick.

Linda is left stranded on a beach during a late night oyster pick with no source of light besides the moon. 

Unexpected consequences are suffered after Wayne's boat smashes into a poacher's boat in the aftermath of a wild chase down the inlet in the middle of the night.