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 Tla'amin Drummers. Stories provided by Grant. Enjoy!

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Updated: Grant Lawrence and Friends: Stories and Songs Powell River

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. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 16 - The New Adventure

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

Wild Pick - Chapter 15 - The Goodbye

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.

Wild Pick - Chapter 14 - The Change

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

Wild Pick - Ch 13 - The Cliff

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. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 12 - The Punishment

Linda and Wayne discover a poacher on their oyster lease and a wild boat chase ensues. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 11 - The Poachers

Linda and Wayne realize that the challenges of full time wilderness oyster farming has turned their lives and sleeping patterns upside down. 

WIld Pick - Chapter 10 - The Farmers

Linda and Wayne face off against a huge cougar that has pinned down one of their goats. Everyone and everything involved in the confrontation suffers the consequences.

Wild Pick - Chapter 9 - The Cougar's Revenge

Linda and Wayne slowly created a life for themselves in Salubrious Bay, first building their cabin, then creating an elaborate garden. It was when they added goats to the mix when the trouble started.

Wild Pick - Chapter 8 - The Cougar

Through some crafty negotiation, Linda and Wayne purchase the property of their dreams from... host Grant Lawrence's dad. The 5 acre plot is in the Desolation Sound Marine Park. There, they meet an assortment of characters including the Cougar Lady and Russell the (future) Hermit. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 7 - The Purchase

Linda and the crew of the Felicius were drifting aimlessly, somewhere off the coast of Vancouver Island, in the storm ravaged seas of November 1974, when Linda thought she heard something coming out of the grey mist. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 6 - The Rescue

Amidst the chaos of the constant life-threatening storms of the North Pacific, as their boat falls apart around them and a crew member's behaviour turns dangerous, Linda witnesses one of the greatest sights she has ever seen before or since. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 5 - The Whale

Linda, her boyfriend Wayne, and two strangers find themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a decrepit sailboat with an endless list of potentially life-threatening problems, as they attempt to sail back to Canada against the current and the weather.

Wild Pick - Chapter 4 - The Voyage

Linda Syms and her boyfriend Wayne Lewis agreed to a last minute invitation to join their friend’s sailing adventure to Hawaii. It was the fall of 1974, and the couple only had $12 between them and no way to get home. 

Wild Pick - Chapter 3 - The Sailor

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