Well worth the trip: finding myself at Tavastia with CMX

By Cindy Gawel
05/26/2006 08:59:16 AM EST

A.W. Yrjänä, Tavastia, 4/30/03

A few years ago, I was needing a break from work and life and thought that a trip to Montréal might be in order. I was surfing the net, hoping that I might find that my favorite Québécois band, Les Colocs, might be playing in Montréal sometime in the near future.

Sadly, instead of tour dates, I found heartfelt messages posted by distraught fans in memory of André Fortin, the lead singer, who had committed suicide a year earlier. I looked to see if my favorite Finnish band, CMX, were playing any gigs soon. And, to my dismay, I found a posting on their website that they were not planning to tour any more. I spent the rest of the day wallowing in thoughts of missed opportunities.

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