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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.
July 12, 2025 James Brown / Ticket Stories

071201 James Brown, Ottawa, ON

On July 12th, 2001 I ventured just a few short blocks from my home to the Ottawa Bluesfest, where the legendary James Brown was holding court for the evening…

July 11, 2025 nero / The Allman Brothers Band / Ticket Stories

071103 The Allman Brothers Band/nero, Ottawa, ON

This would prove to be the only time I would see The Allman Brothers Band at home in Ottawa…

July 10, 2025 Hawksley Workman / Kool & the Gang / Michael Franti / Spearhead / Ticket Stories

071003 Kool & the Gang/Hawksley Workman/Spearhead, Ottawa, ON

Spearhead was drop-dead amazing…

July 9, 2025 Mick Taylor / Ticket Stories

070988 Mick Taylor, Montreal, QC

I vividly recall having a great, great time at this show…

July 8, 2025 Bob Dylan / The Alarm / Ticket Stories

070888 Bob Dylan/The Alarm, Montreal, QC

By the time Dylan came on we were well into the beers and screaming for every mumbled number like we were at an AC/DC concert… 

July 7, 2025 Bobby McFerrin / Ticket Stories

070793 Bobby McFerrin, Montreal, QC

At the time this was hands-down the greatest concert I had ever seen…

July 6, 2025 Bad Habit / Nazareth / Ticket Stories

070687 Nazareth/Bad Habit, Saint John, NB

This ticket marks an early milestone in my concert-going career…

July 5, 2025 Little Feat / Ticket Stories

070597 Little Feat, Ottawa, ON

There are entire bands out there that I’ve not had the time to sit down and familiarize myself with…

July 4, 2025 Bob Weir / Bruce Hornsby / Hot Tuna / Los Lobos / Mickey Hart / Ratdog / Rob Wasserman / Ticket Stories

070496 Ratdog/Hot Tuna/Bruce Hornsby/Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box/Los Lobos, Darien Lake, NY

On July 4th, 1996 I attended the first of what would be a lifetime of concerts featuring members of the Grateful Dead…

July 3, 2025 Kenny Neal / Ticket Stories

070391 Kenny Neal, Ottawa, ON

Kenny Neal Kenny Neal…

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