Stompin Tom can't handle smoke-free gig

Check out this curiosity from the Globe & Mail. It seems Stompin Tom has turned down an opportunity to play with Blue Rodeo at the Horseshoe because neither he nor the audience can smoke there now. Stompin Tom once played something like 25 nights in a row at the Horseshoe back in the 70s. I recommend the film Across This Land, the 1973 Stompin Tom concert film from the Horseshoe. Fans of Mr. Connors may recall his toast to the Horseshoe from the album, Live at the Horseshoe...Here's to a pitcher of beautiful water from the Horseshoe Tavern of course, but it ain't the shoe they strain it through, it's another part of the horse.