071108 Ray Davies/Shelby Lynn, Ottawa, ON
I’ll never forget the first time I heard The Kinks…
Category: Ticket Stories
071005 Dr. John/Do. Make. Say. Think./k-os/Mofro/Neville Brothers/The Hammerheads, Ottawa, ON
Sometimes even the long, sunny days of summer are not enough to hold all of our adventures…
070913 Burt Neilson Band, Toronto, ON
This was the first time in Phish history that one of their concerts had been cancelled on the day of the show…
070806 Bonnie Raitt/Keb’ Mo’/Deadstring Brothers/The Brazilian Girls/Kelly Joe Phelps/Torngat/Walter Trout, Ottawa, ON
July 8th, 2006 was the second day of the Ottawa Bluesfest and I came loaded for bear…
070710 Furthur, Ottawa, ON
It’s astounding to imagine that this was the first and only time that the Grateful Dead or one of their offshoots ever performed in Ottawa…
070611 Ben Harper/The Roots, Ottawa, ON
Writing these things sometimes puts my brain into strange places…
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™…
