070611 Ben Harper/The Roots, Ottawa, ON
Writing these things sometimes puts my brain into strange places…
Category: Ticket Stories
070519 Phish, Boston, MA
This was the 25th anniversary of my first ever Phish concert…
070407 Van Morrison/Elmer Ferrer, Ottawa, ON
2007 was the year that Bluesfest returned to LeBreton Flats…
070315 Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead, Chicago, IL
I had spent a week running out of rooms with my hands held over my ears specifically so I would be a few dozen feet from the stage when I heard Trey Anastasio playing with the Grateful Dead for the very first time…
070216 Phish, Saratoga Springs, NY
In 2016 m’lady managed to lure me away from my home in the nation’s capital city on that greatest of all Ottawa holidays: Canaday™…
070198 Mahogany Rush, Ottawa, ON
July 1st, 1998 was an historic occasion for yours truly for a number of reasons…
062913 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Ottawa, ON
I’ve seen a whole lot of concerts…
062809 Gary Burton Quartet, Ottawa, ON
The widely-recorded vibraphonist’s group included Steve Swallow on bass, Antonio Sánchez on drums, and Pat Metheny on guitar…
062713 Stretch Orchestra/Boz Scaggs, Ottawa, ON
Never heard of Stretch Orchestra you say…
062608 Return To Forever, Ottawa, ON
Essentially the poster child for jazz fusion groups, Return To Forever was founded by keyboardist Chick Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke…
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