070298 Bob Wiseman/Jane Radmore/Us & Wilbur, Ottawa, ON
July 2nd, 1998 was a pretty big day for me…
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July 2nd, 1998 was a pretty big day for me…
On November 30th, 1996 I saw Bob Wiseman playing with a full rock band for the first and only time…
This marked the first time I saw a full-on Bob Wiseman show…
On January 29th, 2008 I walked down to Sparks Street – the hopelessly underachieving pedestrian mall in Ottawa’s most desirable downtown area – where the CBC had set up shop after moving out of their seemingly endless tenancy in the Chateau Laurier hotel. I had a free ticket for a taping of Fuse, a now-defunct Saturday afternoon radio show that generally focussed on Ottawa musical happenings, and I was excited…
When I saw Bob Wiseman at The Pit in the summer of ’95 I joined the small enrapt crowd sitting on the grungy floor of the basement dive bar and swooned to every soft, poignant song the acidic balladeer threw our way. Unfortunately my two drunk friends stood by the bar yakking loudly all night…
On January 26th, 2002 I furthered my burgeoning career as an young, ambitious, and increasingly cocky concert promoter…
The Black Sheep books musicians that are so good that they could shut down most venues in cities a hundred times bigger…
January 11th, 2003 was another of not-nearly-enough Bob Wiseman shows in a weird venue with a quirky band featuring a bad name…
This concert was my first time seeing both BW and BNL so yeah, it was pretty epic for me…
This is ticket #1 from a show that I promoted my very own self, a scary and thrilling project that brought together the amazing Baba Wizemana and the incredible Don Ross for the very first (and only?) time along with hundreds of eager music fans in the Alumni Theatre…