061895 The Grateful Dead/Bob Dylan, East Rutherford, NJ
At this point Jerry Garcia only had fourteen shows left in him…
Category: Ticket Stories
061710 Phish, Hartford, CT
June 17th, 2010 was the first night of a two-night Phish run in Hartford, Connecticut. M’lady and I were staying with the Frayler’s…
061607 The Sisters Euclid, Ottawa, ON
My friend’s wedding reception featured one of the most fun Sisters Euclid sets ever! In addition to tearing through a pile of their regular awesomeness that was quite familiar to most of us in the small, hand-picked crowd, the band tossed out a few fun nods to standard wedding band fare too…
061593 The Grateful Dead/Sting, Louisville, KY
The Grateful Dead concerts in Kentucky were happening at a place called Freedom Hall. It sure didn’t look like a “hall” to me; I remember a huge (and I mean huge) parking lot surrounding a massive outdoor football stadium…
061497 James Brown, Montreal, QC
On June 14th, 1997 I drove with a crew of friends to Montreal to see a free James Brown concert. Not to be confused with a “Free James Brown” concert…
061316 Redblacks vs Blue Bombers, Ottawa, ON
On June 13th, 2016 I cycled down the canal to Lansdowne Park (was it still called that?) to see the Ottawa Redblacks put on a CFL performance with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers…
061215 U2, Montreal, QC
It might have taken a lifetime but on June 12th, 2015 the hype finally got me out to a U2 Concert…
061116 Must Stash Hat, Ottawa, ON
On June 11th, 2016 I rode my bike to Westboro in Ottawa’s west end to see Must Stash Hat in my friend’s backyard…
061002 Beau Dixon, Guelph, ON
Beau Dixon was the lead singer/rhythm guitarist/organ player for a rather remarkable Ottawa band from the early ’90’s called Freeway Band. These guys coagulated the burgeoning Ottawa hippie music scene with lineups around the block at every single gig they played and they were barely out of high school…
060913 The Rolling Stones, Montreal, QC
Sure I had seen the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary show in Brooklyn back when it was just a five-show tour and I even got tickets for their Toronto show when they announced a proper North American tour, but this is The Rolling Stones, and Montreal is so close to Ottawa I just couldn’t pass it up…
