020819 Kevin Breit and the Bona Fide Scoundrels, Ottawa, ON
February 8th, 2019 was a night for redemption…
Category: Ticket Stories
081986 Huey Lewis and the News, Moncton, NB
This was the first concert I had seen that had no opening band…
071617 Tom Petty/Be In The Band Showcase, Ottawa, ON
Tom Petty’s songs are American icons in sonic form…
020516 Fraser Hollins Quartet, Ottawa, ON
The show was billed as the Fraser Hollins Quartet, but to me it was a Brian Blade concert…
070600 Phish, Toronto, ON
You Enjoy Myself starts with a Bach-like arpeggiated romp through a delicious string of chords…
020217 Lightning vs Senators, Tampa, FL
On February 2nd, 2017 I found myself happily hunkered down for my nearly-annual visit to New Port Richey, just north of north of Tampa…
071512 The Trews, Ottawa, ON
2012 was an odd summer for me festival-wise…
070603 Gord Downie and The Country of Miracles, Ottawa, ON
It’s funny how skipping through existence at the mercy of linear time forces us to walk around in such a fog…
070311 Phish, Watkins Glen, NY
July 3rd, 2011 was the ultimate day of Phish’s first visit to Watkins Glen, New York…
062618 Alison Krauss/Jerry Douglas, Ottawa, ON
On June 26th, 2018 I hit up the Ottawa Jazz Festival for a highly anticipated evening that very much exceeded my already-lofty expectations…
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