062995 Oscar Peterson, Montreal, QC
After the show I decided to try my hand at getting backstage…
Category: Ticket Stories
062813 The Bad Plus/The Herbaliser, Ottawa, ON
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen The Bad Plus…
062717 Bob Dylan, Kingston, ON
I was frozen, with my mouth slightly agape…
062609 SMV, Ottawa, ON
Though SMV isn’t a very catchy band name, calling yourselves “Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten; Omigawd Can You Believe Three of the Hottest Bass Players Alive Are Touring Together,” would be a bit of a mouthful…
062423 Pro-Line 250, Avondale, NL
The Pinty’s Pro-Line 250 stock car race is a big-ish bruh-haha that brings Canada’s nearly-NASCAR drivers out east for a spin around the local Newfoundland track…
062317 Bill Frisell/Now This, Ottawa, ON
Gosh, I love Bill Frisell…
062216 Kamasi Washington, Ottawa, ON
At the last minute a good friend of mine told me I should definitely try to see this Kamasi Washington guy…
062112 The Barr Brothers/John Mayall/Robert Cray, Ottawa, ON
Years ago someone I worked with at the Ottawa Folklore Centre gave me a free jazz festival pass…
061910 Phish, Saratoga Springs, NY
Get this: the band opened the first set with Tweezer Reprise…
061718 Picasso Museum, Paris, France
After exploring room after room of Picasso’s sketches and smaller studies I entered a large room that held a woodcut of the full Guernica masterwork…
Todd Man Out 