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  2. Bluesfest 2014

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    I have no hatred of hip hop, but Deltron was boring. Maybe it was the lack of the conductor and other instruments, but every song sounded exactly the same.

    Journey was way better than Deltron 3030.

    And Booche, if you think the Meatstick from Canandaigua was fun, you should have seen gentlemonkey dancing to it. Hilarious.

  6. Bluesfest 2014

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    Journey^

    Just curious as to why you thought Journey was exceptionally bad. To me' date=' it was high energy, professionally played and well sung (unlike Dr. Hook). It wasn't life changing, but it certainly delivered what I expected from a Journey concert and I had fun. I know everyone around me seemed to be enjoying it, and I dare say if anyone didn't enjoy it at all, then maybe they just don't like Journey (no sin in that, but then why be there in the first place?)

    I also had fun at Dr. Hook , but I can't say it was great. Ray Sawyer was singing a bunch of song where, for the most part, he was not the original lead singer and for which is voice was completely unsuited. Don Felder at least had the sense to back himself up with musicians who were also strong singers, to give his band a solid group vocal sound that is necessary for the Eagles material he was playing (plus I have always maintained that Felder is a decent singer, just not at the standard of Don Henley ... besides, hey, Don Felder wailing on guitar). Ray Sawyer should have tried something like that, but he instead carried pretty much the whole load himself, and his vocals are just not up to it.

    Another weak vocalist was Kimberly Perry from the Band Perry. They weren't unprofessionally bad, but I did find her singing voice slight with not much behind it. Certainly not nearly as good as those from Lady Antebellum a few days prior.

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    Dr. Hook made a big impression on me musically as a child and with that in mind I hope Sawyer stops touring soon. He just canèt sing the tunes, despite having what I thought was an excellent backup vocalist on bass.

    The lead vocalist from Journey is so close to Steve Perry yet so very far away, and the difference made the show painful (too strong a word perhaps), and the playing, while overall correctly done was the epitome of uninspired.

  8. Bluesfest 2014

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    Well, there goes another Bluesfest. I had a good time, though I sure do miss the days when all of y'all were onsite every day.

    I made a point of trying to curb my spending and in doing so kept track of what I bought. I spend just $92 onsite this year, attending nine of the ten days.

    I saw:

    Beth Hart

    Gary Clark Jr.*

    Darius Rucker

    Journey^

    Sly & Robbie

    Jeff Tweedy

    JJGrey & MOFRO

    Lady Gaga*

    DBT

    Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin

    Violent Femmes

    St. Vincent

    Cypress Hill

    Bombino*

    Trombone Shorty*

    Procol Harum w/ NACO

    Blondie

    The Band Perry

    John Mayall

    BNL*

    Bob Saget

    Deltron 3030^

    Little Freddie King

    Thornetta Davis

    Snoop Dogg

    Dr. Hook^

    Goddo

    (*=exceptionally good, ^=exceptionally bad)

    Plus I got to play a set on the Black Sheep stage yesterday with the Be In The Band Instructor Showcase* which was very sweaty and tons of fun.

  9. New "Texting only" café due to open in Westboro in September

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    "...(W)e thought we would take it a step further and open Texté to cater to their needs."

    So the idea that the option to text your restaurant order as opposed to saying it aloud is considered a "need", like people are hankering for such a service?

    "oh," I can hear them type, "if olny thr ws a place wher i could sms the w8er. talking sux lol"

    Uh-huh.

    Surprised they're going bricks and mortar for this project.

  13. It was twenty years ago today...

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    I have now officially been seeing Phish for twenty years. Why do I still feel like such a noob?

    There were only a few hundred people at the show, I was right in front of Fishman dancing maniacally, shirtless, and very, very drunk. Stone Mtn. had played me Contact and Golgi from Picture Of Nectar a week or so before but other than that I had no idea what to expect. I was very much blown away.

    Added bonus: I walked (staggered) to and from the show from my house (I think).

    Tuesday, 07/05/1994

    Congress Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Soundcheck: Cities, Manteca, Cities > Manteca

    Set 1: Rift, Sample in a Jar, The Curtain > Letter to Jimmy Page > If I Could, Uncle Pen, Stash, Esther > Down with Disease, Sweet Adeline[1]

    Set 2: Punch You In the Eye > Sparkle > Bathtub Gin > Lifeboy, Cities > You Enjoy Myself, The Great Gig in the Sky > Hold Your Head Up, Ginseng Sullivan[2], My Sweet One[3], Amazing Grace[1], Golgi Apparatus

    Encore: Good Times Bad Times

    [1] Without microphones.

    [2] Acoustic; without microphones.

    [3] Acoustic; without microphones. Sing-along with audience during second verse.

    Teases:

    · Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease in Esther

    · Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy tease in You Enjoy Myself

    · Theme from Shaft quote

    Noteworthy Jams: Stash, Bathtub Gin, You Enjoy Myself

    Average Song Gap: 51.7

    Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon

    Notes: This show included the first Letter to Jimmy Page since July 18, 1991 (357 shows) and the first version played separate from Alumni Blues since May 11, 1987 (812 shows). Esther and YEM contained Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy teases from Trey. Trey quoted the theme from Shaft at the start of the second set. Cities was played for the first time since March 1, 1989 (675 shows). Sweet Adeline and Ginseng Sullivan through Amazing Grace were performed without microphones. Ginseng Sullivan and My Sweet One were performed acoustic. The latter evolved into a sing-along with the audience during the second verse.

  15. Bluesfest 2014

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    I'll be there all weekend. I'm all about full sets this year - no jumping from one show to another.

    Tonight:

    Darius Rucker

    Journey

    Jeff Tweedy

    Saturday:

    Silver Creek

    Harper & Midwest Kind

    Black Joe Lewis

    Matt Anderson

    JJ Grey & Mofro

    Lady Gaga

    Sunday:

    DBT

    Violent Femmes

    St. Vincent

  19. Harvest Picnic - Christie Lake, Dundas ON

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    They need to spice things up a bit.. A lot of repeats. Five bucks says they will add Rocco Deluca and Emmylou Harris to the fold.

    Spice things up?!?! Don't you think it's exciting enough looking at an artist lineup and still having no idea who will actually be playing the festival?

    "Oh geez, looks like Gord Downie couldn't make it after all but don't worry: we've booked Avril Lavigne instead!!!! (no refunds)"

    Yeah, I'm still bitter about last year and will remain so (I consider it theft and I don't like thieves). If they announced Tom Waits was coming to Harvest Picnic I still wouldn't buy a ticket until day of.

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