We are blown away at having won 2
Juno Awards this past weekend!
(For those of you who might not know, the Junos are Canada's music
awards. Like the English have the Brit Awards, and The Grammys happen
in the U.S. of A). The categories we won for were 'Best New Group Of
The Year' (even though we've been around for 6 years and three albums),
and 'Alternative Album Of The Year' for Oceans Will Rise.
It is a
beautiful and humbling honor for us; it's the first time any of us has
been awarded anything for making music in our lives. Thank you most of
all to every single person who has ever come to our shows, loved and
supported us, followed our winding path, and stuck by us through the
highs, lows, mids, and all the crazy stuff in between. Please know we
love you back so, so much, and share this with you. You are the reason
we make music. We are going to keep making music that is true and
honest and filled with craziness and great love, for you and for us and
for the whole world.
Let us simply say that the whole Junos weekend
was just a whole packet of madness from start to finish, dear
compatriots. Our Down Under tour with
Kings Of Leon - which was
the best tour any of us had ever been on thanks to the amazing people
of Oz and New Zealand (and their wine) and the incredible awesomeness
of the KOL guys and their crew - came to a close, and we flew from
Auckland back to Sydney and then all the way to Vancouver in 25 hours
of travel. Wow.
The next day we woke up all deranged and jetlagged
and giddy, and had drinks with our friends at a private reception Juno
dinner and won 2 awards! Wow. Then
Sam Roberts and the boys won a Juno too! Wow.
The
next day, we do the whole red-carpet hoopla thing, which, of course,
we've also never done before, when lo-and-behold, who's a-standin' over
there with his hands in his pockets but good ol'
Elvis Costello!
We had to physically restrain Oliver who was practically out of his
head with excitement. We all were! We took some pictures with him and
chatted, and he was really nice. We're pretty big fans of his music.
That's why we were so damn excited. Wow. THEN, we got to play to over 3
million people on a live national telecast of the Junos televised
portion. I think you can find it on
You Tube (tv sound always sucks)
Then Sammy won AGAIN for Artist of The Year!! Wow.
Then it was parties and drinking and regaling and all that good stuff we all love.
In
the end, though, the feeling that lasts after all is said and done, and
now that we're back home, is one that is pretty humbling. We feel so
lucky to be able to make music as a living at all, let alone win things
for doing it.
We wish upon everyone the same joy and happiness we
get to feel from doing this. We hope you all find the great, beautiful
things in life you want, with hope, and friends, and inspiration to
guide you there!
All Our Love To You,
The Stills
PS: We'd also like to thank God..............frey Jones.
