071209 Joe Cocker/Kid Koala/Hubert Sumlin/The Soul of John Black, Ottawa, ON
One of the things I’ve always loved about music is how quickly it can bring people together…
Category: Ticket Stories
062816 Buffy Sainte-Marie/Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Ottawa, ON
The Ottawa Jazz Festival started out pretty small, it grew to a respectable size and has had the good sense to stay there…
071813 Bob Dylan/Wilco/My Morning Jacket, Darien Lake, NY
July 18th, 2013 was day one of an epic journey across North America; 46 days on the road, 16,000 kilometres to cover, and tickets to nineteen concerts in eight states and provinces…
092722 Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Kingston, ON
On September 27th, 2022 I woke up in Ottawa excited for an in-and-out to Kingston to see Ringo Starr…
070809 Jeff Beck/The Black Keys/Monkeyjunk, Ottawa, ON
Jeff Beck was one of the quintessential guitarists in rock history…
092416 Murano Glass Museum, Murano, Italy
On September 24th, 2016 I awoke in the most pleasant of surroundings deep in the heart of Venice…
092316 La Traviata, Venice, Italy
La Traviata is a world-renown opera by Giuseppe Verdi that was premiered in this very building in 1851…
062314 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Ottawa, ON
Derek Trucks alone would get me off the couch, no question about that…
070515 David Grisman Sextet, Chicago, IL
It was with relish that I enjoyed a pre-show buffet brunch featuring a set of music from David Grisman and his merry band of pickers on July 5th, 2015…
062109 Phish, East Troy, WI
It’s impossible to attend a show at Alpine Valley and not think of that fateful night when Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others died…
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