062710 John Scofield, Ottawa, ON
Not only was the legendary guitar player playing at his very best, he had also put together a star-studded swampy-gospel blues/funk New Orleans-based band…
Category: Ticket Stories
030498 Primus, Ottawa, ON
Primus is just so downright unique and chock full of Zappa-esque surprises it was impossible for them to lose my attention…
030312 The Barr Brothers, Ottawa, ON
Super-cool dudes, those Barr’s…
070909 Ben Harper and Relentless7/P-Funk All Stars/The Murder Plans/Oumou Sangare/Sergent Garcia/Tara Holloway with Amanda Rheaume/Brothers Chaffey/Kyrie Kristmanson, Ottawa, ON
The Bluesfest is a multi-staged event with a packed schedule from open ’til close so I would do a lot of stage-jumping…
022416 Harry Manx, Gatineau, QC
On February 24th, 2016 I went to see Harry Manx. The ticket was a birthday gift from m’lady and the gift also included a copy of Manx’s most recent cd. The presents were very apropos; not only was I generally a fan…
022398 Peavey Dealer Training Week, Meridian, MS
One day my boss decided that I should take Peavey’s week-long Music Instrument (MI) Dealer course that took place in Meridian, Mississippi, and the boss said he would be footing the bill for flights, hotels, and food. I was in…
022295 Universal Studios, Orlando, FL
Just as the park was closing I pulled my girlfriend towards the JAWS ride. “C’mon!” I yelped, “We still have time…
071507 The Village People/Peaches & Herb/A Taste of Honey/Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings/Deadstring Brothers/Sam Roberts Band/King Sunshine, Ottawa, ON
When a native American in full headdress, a cop, and a construction worker lead a festival crowd in a four letter dancing spell-a-thon you’re gonna remember it…
022018 Vieux Farka Touré/Rita Carter, Ottawa, ON
Walking into 27 Club I instantly liked it a hundred times better than Zaphod’s…
021811 Ozzy Osbourne/Slash, Tampa, FL
Though songs from his monstrously huge Blizzard Of Ozz album were great it was the Black Sabbath numbers that really rocked…
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