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…
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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…
070407 Van Morrison/Elmer Ferrer, Ottawa, ON
2007 was the year that Bluesfest returned to LeBreton Flats…
070198 Mahogany Rush, Ottawa, ON
July 1st, 1998 was an historic occasion for yours truly for a number of reasons…
071605 New York Dolls/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Kaki King, Ottawa, ON
I’d like to say that the set was brilliant, with Frisell weaving his post-modern loops in and around old-timey country fiddle tunes and I’m sure it was, but…
071113 The Tragically Hip/LP/Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ottawa, ON
On July 11th, 2013 I took in an evening at the Ottawa Bluesfest where I saw a trio of bands in ascending order of awesomeness…
071308 Don McLean/Canned Heat/Robert Randolph/Donna Summer/Tony D/Anders Osborne/Redd Volkaert/Bachir Attar, Ottawa, ON
Another triumphant Bluesfest…
071705 John Prine/David Lindley/Bill Frisell/Harry Manx/Sonny Landreth, Ottawa, ON
John Prine was so good I think he might have put on the best set of the whole festival…
071014 Blondie/Procol Harum with the National Arts Centre Orchestra/John Mayall/The Band Perry, Ottawa, ON
It doesn’t matter how you cut it, July 10th, 2014 was a pretty amazing night at the Ottawa Bluesfest…
Todd Man Out 