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Acousticats (Todd, Dave & Chris from Fat Cats) are playing at the Winchester Arms in Dundas as part of the Dundas Cactus Festival. Show should start sometime after nine...knowing them closer to ten. Not sure if this will differ given the festival is going on but these shows tend to end a little earlier (round 1:00am) Mmmm...good pints with some good music.

Madagascar?

What do you mean by this last season is being split up? I've been playing catch up on DVD with this show and have seen all but the latest season so just curious...

I just threw up in my mouth a little

Happy belated Heather. Hope to tip one back in person one of these days. Sounds like it was enjoyable!

Happy belated!

Yeah, seconded. Well worth attending

Cool. I haven't listened to them in years really. I remember getting great grief on here years ago for going to one of their shows. It was fantastic. Haven't heard much of their newest album. Their last one or two didn't do anything for me. But they have some great songs.

Wicked news!!!

Great photos!

So what was the surprise?

I do believe Dave Schools is playing bass on this tour, which has got to be nothing but badass. I was a little sorry to have missed them this past weekend at all good, but had to get home before the glass slippers dissapeared. The Tralf is a great venue in Buffalo too...I'm cottage bound this weekend so won't be catching either show but enjoy people.

Oh. Well hot diggity!

This non-facebooker would like to see some dates too. Congrats again Mike. Saw your bandmates at All Good.

I would have thought a venue without seats would be more appropriate for these folks...this time of year always fills up fast for shows, but hope to make this one for sure.

The line-up was just so damn good it was pretty hard to go wrong. Other than the arches of my feet being at the point of utter collapse from shakin' it too long and hard but yet that's strangely satisfying I suppose. Couldn't have asked for better company, and yes, the epic trek to the forest was DEFINITELY worth it and allowed us all to sleep in a little which was so very much needed for this gal who was fighting a cold before we even set off. Hit the oil of oregano hard to try and counter the abuse....sort of worked, or at least well enough to survive the weekend. At first I wasn't as happy with the layout. It seemed random to me, but as time went on I actually quite liked it. Things were pretty close together once you knew your way around. I fricken LOVE Trampled by Turtles. I only wish they had had longer to play. Damn the fiddle just slays and soothes my soul like nothing else. It went by far too fast. Admittedly I was a little out of sorts for part of Bobby's set. It got very hot and crowded within a short period of time and I had to back out of our spot for a breather a couple of times. Phil's set started off a little slow I thought until they figured out who was going to captain the ship, but it ended up being a very long and REALLY great show. Jackie Greene was indeed wicked. Started the next day off with ALO which was a great set. I had never even heard of Roosevelt before (who is from the Lee Boys) but WOW WOW WOW so smooth and dirty and composed. First of many sit-ins. Caught the Wood Brothers after that which was also a fantastic show. I really need to get a hold of some of their albums. Amazing harmonies, great songwriting, great playing. Roosevelt sat in with them as well. Was going to walk away for a break after that. 4onthefloor came on and I couldn't walk away. They were hard hitting. Kind of had a Black Keys sort of vibe I thought. Lead singer was very charismastic, and every member of the band had a kick drum in addition to playing their instrument. They were good. Or at least their first few songs were. Everyone Orchestra was ok. Caught a song or two then opted to fuel up before G.Love (which unfortunately I was a little dissapointed with...was hoping to hear more off the new album). Yonder Mountain was great, although admittedly my recollection other than the lingering impression of satisfaction is a little hazy. Somewhere in there I remember being somewhat impressed by the Pimps of Joytime. Had never seen Flaming Lips either. It was pretty good. Not a highlight, but entertaining enough. My energy dropped big time after they finished though and had to do all that I could to stick around for Galactic, whom I had never seen. Very thankful that I did. They were definitely one of my highlights of the weekend. SOOO good to move to. All around great. Saturday morning was rough. Just utterly depleted. So unfortunately didn't make it to Rumke Mountain Boys. The only thing I was really choked about missing. The perfect remedy for me was some late afternoon Railroad Earth. Honestly one of my all time favourite bands. I just love being in their presence. They draw upon all of the sounds that make me feel whole. I can never get enough of them. Made my day...but wish they had had a longer time slot...and maybe a later one as their late night's are always epic. But it made for a real sweet, restorative afternoon. RRE followed by DSO...inspiration move me brightly. I was in full on bliss. The sky was so damn beautiful. The grounds were beautiful. The trees and lanterns and hammocks, and groovy people. You get the idea. DSO definitely seemed to play longer than their far too limited hour time slot. I didn't want them to end. Initially i was wondering why this unknown (to me) Big Gigantic band seemed to have a longer and better time slot than DSO. But they were the biggest surprise of the weekend for me. Just pure thunder. They likely most successfully brought young and old together in one sound-breaking thrown-down dance party. Man, they really pumped things up. At no time over the entire weekend was the sound lounder. The whole grounds were just shaking. The Bridge followed. They reunited for this show. Glad they did. Great band. I'd look them up if you're not familiar. And then the sweet, sweet southern soul of the Allman Brothers. I was wondering how Greg would be faring, but he sounded great to me, and sang a lot. Warren and Derek were on fire. Just love watching people love ABB. Stuck around for Lettuce after that. Super funky fun. Even caught a couple tunes of Lotus that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. But had to not so gracefully bow out by that point. I was done. Packed up early Sunday as I had run my course by that point and needed to get home, but before departing swung down to catch Devil Makes Three. They are quickly becoming one of my favourite touring bands. Such great swagger, song-writing, instrumentation and attitude. GREAT way to cap off the weekend. Went in on a high note, and never really came down after that. Thanks friends. You fill me up.

Its been ten years since I've seen these guys play. Maybe that will be broken

Admittedly intrigued

Love these guys! Still.

I'm in!! We're in store for one long haul of great, great music. Gotta do some serious stretching tonight. See you at the Red Roof!

Happy birthday! It's Friday!!

Early start time??

Ha. Its funny how something can feel like yesterday and a lifetime ago all at once

Very nice. God I have to get to Red Rocks...

Happy happy there Schwa. Hope the tassle wrassling was well...great! Whooo ooooo whoooo whoo who!