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  1. Man I needed that. What a great show!!! Good to see them doing something productive. I'd have to disagree that Scott's in good shape though....looked more like a junkie to me and exhausted at times. Slash and Duff clearly enjoy playing with him though and he's a true rock star with all the moves. I think every band member is a recovering heroin addict...I hope they can keep their shit together long enough to bring us more music. It was a real treat seeing Weiland perform. Had been wondering if he would be alive long enough for me to see him do his thing. Good times.

  2. VIEW MAGAZINE

    HAMILTON MUSIC NOTES

    By Ric Taylor

    MIKE DALEY

    “I took a break,” offers singer/songwriter Mike Daley on

    his self–imposed three–year hiatus from a decade of

    near–nightly showcasing on Hamilton’s stages. “It was

    just what I needed to do at that time.”

    Since the ’80s and the age of 15, Daley has been playing,

    writing and touring around Ontario—stints with Jack

    Diamond, Nine Big Dogs, a nascent version of the Killjoys,

    Uncle Violet, The Eggmen, Cowboymouth and hundreds

    of solo gigs all load up his resume over the last two

    decades, but a recent reclusion, a vacation from the pub

    grind, brought Daley to loftier musical heights while fans

    were wondering what happened. Tonight they can find

    out.

    As a teacher of a popular music course formerly at

    McMaster University and now at York, Daley has strived

    for the high notes. Daley moved to Toronto last fall,

    working at CBC radio as a classical music radio producer.

    He also works regularly on Classic Album Live (Rolling

    Stones, Queen and the coveted George Harrison part in a

    Revolver/RubberSoul re–creation) and is finding himself

    playing much more regularly with the likes of Justin

    Rutledge and Suzie Vinnick. He’s also reunited with jazz

    bassist Rob Clutton, with whom he formed the Winged

    Marsupials back when the two were attending high

    school in Burlington.

    And three years after his last solo CD, Been Here and

    Gone, he’s returning to Angelcave Studio this summer to

    record a new disc, with Rob Lamothe producing.

    “My new songs are more introspective than my previous

    work,” he muses. “I used to like to play with words, but I

    did a lot more self–exploration in the last couple of years.

    I’m just trying to figure out who I am. On the first album, I

    gave all the songs pretty short arrangements and I’m

    going to stretch out a little more. I’ve been listening to

    Van Morrison and the way that he teases out all the

    different threads of the song. I’d really love to improvise

    and make the songs more open that way. It’s not going to

    be jazz but sort of a little more floating kind of feel than a

    laying down the groove rock kind of thing.”

    “I’m just starting to get going again,” assures the singer.

    “I have to play. I love to play. It’s my world! I play a bunch

    of old songs, new songs, some requests from the crowd. I

    like the punk songs and the Grateful Dead songs and the

    jazz and country and southern gospel songs. Everything, I

    love it all and I can’t stop. That’s my whole social world

    and I missed it totally.

    “I used to do a lot of commercial gigs and covers when I

    was in Hamilton,” confides Daley. “Since I’ve been in

    Toronto I’ve been focusing on creative, interesting, cool

    music. It’s a lot easier to feel like an artist when you’re not

    playing ‘The Lady In Red.’”

    Mike Daley plays live at The Pepperjack Café this

    Thursday, May 13.

  3. Thanks! I've heard it announced for the Tuesday on several occasions so I'm thinking this was an isolated incident. There website says Tuesday and the ticket contests are for the Tuesday. Was it on the concert calendar? When was this? Any info will help.

    Thanks again for letting me know,

    cheers

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