070189 The Beach Boys, Shediac, NB
Canada Day 1989 with The Beach Boys was my first ticketed outdoor concert…
Category: Ticket Stories
063000 Gateway, Montreal, QC
On June 30th, 2000 I drove to Montreal to see Dave Holland playing at the Montréal jazz festival with John Abercrombie and Jack DeJohnette…
062985 Phil Collins, Toronto, ON
In 1985 I a seventeen-year-old high school dropout living with my girlfriend…
062805 Bela Fleck, Ottawa, ON
My phone rang on the morning of June 28th, 2005 and I discovered one of the Rogers Television directors on the other end. “I remember you telling me that you were a fan of Bela Fleck,” he said…
062708 Charlie Haden, Ottawa, ON
When the Ottawa jazz festival announced Charlie Haden would be headlining on June 27th, 2008 I nodded knowingly at the famous name with raised eyebrows…
062602 Herbie Hancock with Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade, Ottawa, ON
Herbie Hancock is one of the bona fide jazz giants walking this planet…
062595 Van Morrison, Toronto, ON
When I walked into Maple Leaf Gardens on June 25th, 1995 I had no idea that it would be my last time stepping into the legendary venue…
062406 The Allman Brothers Band, Niagara Falls, ON
June 24th, 2006 was my second of two nights seeing the Allman Brothers at Fallsview Casino…
062303 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Toronto, ON
I am very forgiving of Neil Young because I generally find myself a few steps behind the guy…
062295 Phish, Canandaigua, NY
On June 22nd, 1995 I rounded out a three-show run of Grateful Dead concerts south of the border with my second-ever Phish concert…
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