050414 John Fogerty/Arcade Fire/Trombone Shorty/Preservation Hall Horns, New Orleans, LA
On May 4th, 2014 I spent most of the day at what is unquestionably one of the world’s great music festivals…
Category: Ticket Stories
043014 Garage A Trois/Steel Punk/Mike Dillon’s Band of Outsiders/Stanton Moore Trio/Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, New Orleans, LA
April 30th, 2014 was very close to the start of the first of what has become my annual pilgrimage to the womb of music…
042916 Stickmen, Ottawa, ON
Take a monstrously talented trio like Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, both from King Crimson among other highly-respected projects, and the two-hand tapping guitaruoso Markus Reuter and plunk them down together in a small bar like Maverick’s and it should be a sure-fire homerun…
042816 NACO plays a Night at the Cotton Club, Ottawa, ON
A packed house filled the newly renovated Southam Hall and gave the guest conductor a warm welcome…
042615 Senators vs Canadiens, Ottawa, ON
On April 26th, 2015 that I attended game 6 of the opening series of the Stanley Cup playoffs…
042515 WWF CN Tower Climb, Toronto, ON
I’ve never been accused of being a health nut but one thing I definitely am is ‘compulsive’…
041817 Honey Island Swamp Band, New Orleans, LA
As soon as the band started it was clear that we were in the right place…
041717 George Porter Jr., New Orleans, LA
Just another day in paradise…
041517 Drive-By Truckers/Hiss Golden Messenger, New Orleans, LA
April 15th, 2017 was the first time I visited one of New Orleans’ most famous venues, Tipitina’s…
041416 Ry Cooder/Ricky Skaggs/The White Family, Ottawa, ON
On April 14th, 2016 I had the great pleasure of sitting in a comfortable, small local theatre watching the great Ry Cooder play guitar…
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