Freak By Night

Ah, so no savings. Plus I have to wait 6-8 weeks!

Hey, did anyone buy an Iron Maiden tour shirt at the Bluesfest? If so, how much was it?

I wanted to get a shirt, but it was too hot and too crowded at the merch tent after the show. I just wanted to get out of there. So last night I ordered a 2010 tour shirt, and a Canada event shirt through the Iron Maiden web site.

Funny thing is, even with the cost of shipping from England, and the exchange rate on the Pound, I think ordering the shirts on their web site was cheaper than buying them at the concert! It came to $68 CDN for the two shirts, including shipping.

The website for the Wabafest is actually wabafest.ca

Headed behind the Subway stage, heaved the chair over next to the fence and voila.....had an idea on how to bring everyones booze in later on.

the Bluesfest people .... - they read this stuff.

So much for doing that next year NW!

Isn't this the same Denis Armstrong who said Neil Young was a sure thing to play at the Bluesfest?

'nuff said!

I caught all of, or at least a good chunk of, these performances:

Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Further, Moody Blues, Steve Hackett, B-52s, Hole, Babe Ruth, Roger Hodgson, Flaming Lips, The Bush Pilots, Rush, Sarah Harmer, Cat Empire, Arcade Fire, Steve Winwood, Santana, Old Crow Medicine Show, Matt Andersen, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Stars, Ronnie Baker Brooks, The Hold Steady, The Musical Box, Joe Krown Trio, Jimmy Cliff, Foghat

I don't want to limit my faves to a top 3 - almost everything was really good. I was pleasantly surprised by the Cat Empire, and a bit disappointed by Stars.

For the first time ever at the Bluesfest, I encountered absolutely no hostility from the lawnchair nation. Another pleasant surprise!

Today's Ottawa Citizen has an article about the culinary delights of Chicago in the travel section. I don't think the article is on-line - I'll save the paper for you if you don't have it yourself.

Yes and Yes!

Miche or Bobby Powerchords? I think Miche just has one kid so far. Pretty awesome thing to do with your kids!

Bobby.

COOOOOOOOOL! You know those 12 year old kids that play sweet covers on Booth St while the Fest is letting people out? Arcade Fire went and played with them after their show the other night! Pretty awesome.

I know the father of those boys quite well. Anyone remember the band Jehova's Wetness? He sang and played guitar for them. He's done a great job with the musical training of his kids.

Amazing night last night. Old Crow Medicine Show was a lot of fun, Trucks/Tedeschi just blew me away!

I anticipate spending the remainder of the 'fest at the smaller stages (except the Black Sheep tent - it seems so uninviting to me.)

Good luck AD!

I've had the Murray Street restaurant spatzle/duck poutine. Very interesting!

Ugh. When I saw that article earlier today, I had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

I guess you could say we're in the dog days of summer.

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Not to be outdone, and in keeping with the Bluesfest Hollywood theme (which is lame IMO) Santana had Lou Diamond Phillips as part of his rhythm section last night.

My solution is: if it's too loud, you're too old!

Now get away from the front my lawnchair.

Seriously though, they could have had the Swell Season scheduled for a different time, or, even better, had them play in the indoor auditorium, the Ted Danson theatre or whatever it's called.

There was also another letter a couple of days ago, someone complaining about the lack of real blues acts. I'd respond to that complaint by saying that there aren't enough bankable blues acts in the world to fill a 12-day festival.

RIP George!

I wonder if this means the Yankees will be allowed to grow facial hair now.

Thanks so much for the great recording Brad! Just downloaded it this morning.

It was all about Babe Ruth for me last night. They rocked! Called back for two encores. Funny thing was, in the 2nd encore they played a song they had already played! Ran out of material, I guess.

Much better than Armstrong's review!

Good work Mr. 2.0

Moody Blues and Hackett for us too, CCC - see you there!

Perhaps some B52s later on in the evening.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/3248055.bin

Can't get the image to display here for some reason, but check it out! A few of our local deadheads.

Oh man, I enjoyed that so much.

I think almost everyone I know was there last night!

Have a good one Jakis!