Daily ticket stories
On February 7th, 2017 m’lady and I drove to Montreal to see the Drive-By Truckers. Before the show we had a drink in our hotel lobby bar and decided to walk to the show. It was fairly mild for a February night and the walk was relatively short and quite pleasant…
On January 29th, 2008 I walked down to Sparks Street for a taping of Fuse, a now-defunct Saturday afternoon radio show…
When I was in my first year of university one of my profs arranged a jazz trio to play for one of our classes. I only remember one member of the trio – John Geggie – but I remember his performance that afternoon in my mind’s eye as vividly as if it were yesterday…
On January 26th, 2015 I went to see Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen at the Maple Leaf Bar. It was my first experience with both the band and the bar and I can report that both are exceptional and neither should be missed…
What could be a better antidote to the blistering cold of winter in Ottawa than an evening of Cuban music in the comfy warmth of the National Arts Centre…
I’m not sure what Generations X, Y, Z is (or was), but as long as they were serving up cool, interesting live shows at bargain-basement prices I had no need to ask questions…
If anybody knows how to play to a big, packed house it’s The Rolling Stones…
Being on the “never seen ‘em” list is generally enough to get me out of the house on a Saturday night, and Genesis fit the bill…
I paid some scalper around double the ticket’s face value for this show, but ethics aside it was worth every penny…
On April 30th, 2010 I woke up in some hotel or another in Montreal…
Todd Man Out 