071815 Air Supply/Deep Purple, Ottawa, ON
On July 18th, 2015 I was excited to head down to LeBreton Flats to the Ottawa Bluesfest, as I had a legendary rock group to check off of my ever-lengthening seen-‘em list…
Category: Ticket Stories
071710 Lewis Black/Kathleen Madigan/The Hold Steady, Ottawa, ON
I would often watch Lewis Black’s late-nite scream therapy sessions on The Daily Show and wonder how he could red-line himself for those full three minutes but man, you should see him keep at it for a solid hour…
071615 Mother Mother, Ottawa, ON
I attended the 2015 Ottawa Bluesfest rather sparingly, spending only seven of the eleven nights onsite…
071516 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ottawa, ON
I took in the show from the calm and easy confines at the back of the concert field, an area that was lacking in any sort of edginess but was steep with shockingly good company and thick with festival beers…
071415 Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ottawa, ON
A short essay on how I convinced myself to trek down to the Ottawa Bluesfest just to see another old, tired classic rock band that has been past their prime since I was a kid…
071314 Goddo/Be In The Band Showcase, Ottawa, ON
I spent much of the final day of the 2014 Ottawa Bluesfest cat-herding and playing the guitar but somewhere in between I snuck over to the River Stage and caught most of Goddo’s set…
071211 John Fogerty, Ottawa, ON
What a great show, top-to-bottom, and a pretty good jerk chicken sandwich taboot. Gotta love Bluesfest…
071107 Steve Miller/Todd Snider, Ottawa, ON
This may have been my first time seeing Todd Snider since I first heard of him, when I opened for him at the Black Sheep in Quebec. That show had blown my head just about right off and this one verified Snider’s greatness…
071019 Phish, Uncasville, CT
When Phish announced that they would be playing a couple of back-to-back dates at a place called Mohegan Sun I’ll admit I had to sit down for a little info session with Mister Google…
070906 Spearhead/Solomon Burke/The Brazilian Girls/Ani DiFranco/Jamie Lidell/Jake Shimabukuro/Detroit Women/Amadou & Mariam, Ottawa, ON
On July 9th, 2006 I attended a long and splendid Sunday at the wonderful Ottawa Bluesfest…
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