071504 Lyle Lovett, Ottawa, ON
Lyle sang about love, death, and Texas…
Category: Ticket Stories
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…
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…
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…
021407 Buenavista Social Club AfroCuban All Stars, Havana, Cuba
Cuba is a really great country full of amazing people, and they have more than their fair share of astoundingly great musicians…
020919 Together Ensemble, Ottawa, ON
Aside from loving the band’s name, I love the band…
020719 Kevin Breit, Marianne Trudel, Michael Blake, and Tony Malaby, Ottawa, ON
For years the quite excellent Ottawa Jazz Festival has put on a small winter fest which I patronize on occasion, especially when the occasion features one of my favourite Canadian musicians: Kevin Breit…
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