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Author: Todd Snelgrove

I've been having a lot of fun these past fifty-odd years. I've busked and bicycled through more places I can count, taught music and caught dengue fever, managed a band that toured all over North America and worked with Canada's National Orchestra for two decades. I've traveled countless miles to see a thousand concerts, played hundreds of gigs, won in Vegas and lost in Estonia, worked as a concert promoter, university instructor, janitor, and entertainment writer, seen the Grateful Dead and hiked the Dogon Valley, ran the stairs of the CN Tower and pedalled across Scandinavia once and Newfoundland twice. I've visited the graves of Alexander the Great and the great Robert Johnson, drunk excessively with some of the best and worst people you can imagine, and I've slept in some very, very weird places. Several years ago I started writing some of it down, and much of it is collected here for your perusal.
June 29, 2025 Phil Collins / Ticket Stories

062985 Phil Collins, Toronto, ON

In 1985 I a seventeen-year-old high school dropout living with my girlfriend…

June 28, 2025 Bela Fleck / Ticket Stories

062805 Bela Fleck, Ottawa, ON

My phone rang on the morning of June 28th, 2005 and I discovered one of the Rogers Television directors on the other end.  “I remember you telling me that you were a fan of Bela Fleck,” he said…

June 27, 2025 Charlie Haden / Ernie Watts / Ticket Stories

062708 Charlie Haden, Ottawa, ON

When the Ottawa jazz festival announced Charlie Haden would be headlining on June 27th, 2008 I nodded knowingly at the famous name with raised eyebrows…

June 26, 2025 Brian Blade / Herbie Hancock / John Patitucci / Michael Brecker / Roy Hargrove / Ticket Stories

062602 Herbie Hancock with Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, Ottawa, ON

Herbie Hancock is one of the bona fide jazz giants walking this planet…

June 25, 2025 Ticket Stories / Van Morrison

062595 Van Morrison, Toronto, ON

When I walked into Maple Leaf Gardens on June 25th, 1995 I had no idea that it would be my last time stepping into the legendary venue…

June 24, 2025 Derek Trucks / The Allman Brothers Band / Ticket Stories / Warren Haynes

062406 The Allman Brothers Band, Niagara Falls, ON

June 24th, 2006 was my second of two nights seeing the Allman Brothers at Fallsview Casino…

June 23, 2025 Neil Young / theatre / Ticket Stories

062303 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Toronto, ON

I am very forgiving of Neil Young because I generally find myself a few steps behind the guy…

June 22, 2025 Phish / Ticket Stories

062295 Phish, Canandaigua, NY

On June 22nd, 1995 I rounded out a three-show run of Grateful Dead concerts south of the border with my second-ever Phish concert…

June 21, 2025 Branford Marsalis / Ticket Stories

062107 Branford Marsalis, Ottawa, ON

Is there a bigger name in jazz than “Marsalis”?…

June 20, 2025 The Tragically Hip / Ticket Stories

062000 The Tragically Hip, Montreal, QC

This was that era when The Hip could sell out any arena in the country so I was thrilled to see them in the relatively small St. Denis Theatre…  

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