031515 Phil & Friends, Port Chester, NY
On March 15th, 2015 I went to the wonderful Capitol Theatre just this side of NYC to celebrate the 75th birthday of my favourite living bass player – Phil Lesh – with a concert by…Phil Lesh…
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031120 Angela Hewitt, Ottawa, ON
This is the last concert I saw. Covid was just ramping up when I attended this wonderful show featuring Angela Hewitt playing the music of Bach, and while I enjoyed it immensely I sure am looking forward to seeing another concert sometime soon. Not since I started going to concerts at the age of fourteen have I gone a year without sharing a live musical performance with thousands of strangers, and I’m dying to do it again.
030909 The Allman Brothers Band, New York, NY
I was in line for a Jack & Coke when the music started. I could hear that it was Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes playing the great Duane Allman instrumental track Little Martha. Drink in hand I flew up the stairs and caught the last bit of the opener as I was finding my seat…
021117 The Assad Brothers, Ottawa, ON
Right around the time I was starting to scramble for a Secret Santa gift for my guitar-playing friend Dave I received an email announcing Ottawa’s upcoming annual Chamber Music Festival…
020216 Bruce Springsteen, Toronto, ON
On February 2nd, 2016 I drove to Toronto to see the mighty Bruce Springsteen at the Air Canada Centre. It was a quick in-and-out mission utilizing a free hotel stay on points at a dingy EconoLodge downtown, but one thing I’ve learned is to never, ever miss a Bruce Springsteen concert…
011820 Pigs in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Festival, Zephyrhills, FL
On January 18th, 2020 the biggest snowstorm to ever hit Newfoundland was just finishing up and I found myself holed up at my mother’s winter home in New Port Richey, Florida for a week longer than I intended to visit as the crews busily worked to reopen the St. John’s airport…
010315 Phish, Miami, FL
January 3rd, 2015 marked the final hurrah of a hootenanny-filled New Years extendo-weekend in beautiful, sunny Miami. This had been the first time in a long time that I had spent part of the holiday season in a seasonable clime…
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