071915 “Weird Al” Yankovic/The Tea Party/BITB Instructors Band, Ottawa, ON
My lifelong penchant for novelty music and my long-standing appreciation of much of Yankovic’s work had me standing in the field steep in anticipation…
Category: Ticket Stories
071819 Kim Mitchell/David Wilcox, Kemptville, ON
Anyone that knows me knows that I love Kim Mitchell…
071709 Cake, Ottawa, ON
I enjoyed every minute of Cake’s set…
071616 Duran Duran/HOLY F*CK, Ottawa, ON
Until Duran Duran booked into the 2016 Ottawa Bluesfest I had no idea Duran Duranheadedness was even a thing…
071523 Big Space/Olive Eve Fortune, St. John’s, NL
Big Space was my new favourite local band, a monstrously talented instrumental improvisational prog-jazz trio who had released their debut album just a week before…
071410 Steve Winwood/Santana, Ottawa, ON
Light and Love…
071323 Duane Andrews and the Hot Club of Conception Bay, Carbonear, NL
I tell you, Duane Andrews is the real deal…
071217 Gary Clark Jr./LCD Soundsystem/Choir! Choir! Choir!/(The Shins), Ottawa, ON
I’ve been fortunate to receive a free Bluesfest pass for the last several years…
071105 Percy Sledge/African Guitar Summit/Simple Plan, Ottawa, ON
Shortly after completing my entry for this date I discovered notes that directly contradicted the ticket story I had just written…
071017 Oscar Peterson Tribute, Ottawa, ON
This tribute featured pianists Oliver Jones, Bill Charlap, Benny Green, Robi Botos, Gerald Clayton, Justin Kauflin, Jon Kimura Parker, and bass player Dave Young…
Todd Man Out 