070803 Sheryl Crow, Ottawa, ON
By 2003 the Ottawa Bluesfest was a festival on the rise…
Tag: live music
070701 George Thorogood/Dr. John/John Hammond, Ottawa, ON
Talk about blues…
070594 Phish, Ottawa, ON
The show was a mind-bending display of musical and instrumental pyrotechnics that poured out of the four guys in a never-ending cavalcade of shock and surprise…
070497 Rush, Ottawa, ON
When I was a younger little rock & roller Rush was everything to me…
062809 Gary Burton Quartet, Ottawa, ON
The widely-recorded vibraphonist’s group included Steve Swallow on bass, Antonio Sánchez on drums, and Pat Metheny on guitar…
062797 Herbie Hancock, Montreal, QC
The band Hancock had assembled for this project was a hand-picked group of the world’s most elite jazz players…
062603 Medeski Martin & Wood/nero, Montréal, QC
June 26th, 2003 was the Montréal leg of a two-night stint I spent following instrumental jam/jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood from jazzfest to jazzfest…
062503 Medeski Martin & Wood/nero, Toronto, ON
Back in the days when I was managing a band I didn’t get to go to many concerts…
062407 Bill Frisell, Ottawa, ON
Despite what the ticket indicates I recall this show being a trio…
062306 The Allman Brothers Band, Niagara Falls, ON
June 23rd, 2006 was the first time I had visited Niagara Falls since I was a little kid…
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