whiteymuseum Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 SUNDAY MAY 1 @ Casbah, 306 King St W, Hamilton 9PM GREG MacPHERSON BAND with special guests The Wax Mannequin Band LIC-AA, + DJ in the lounge (The Hamilton Kid from Sam Lawrence 5) Tanks are rolling through the streets of a desert town, the 53 year old leader of the free world can run 3 miles in 20 and a half minutes, people are living longer, people are dying by the millions, there are rich and there are poor, some give a damn and some don't. Canadian singer/songwriter Greg MacPherson gives a damn. MacPherson is the new champion of a songwriting tradition stretching back to Woody Guthrie and including voices like Jo Strummer and Bruce Springsteen. Loud, passionate voices saying things about their place in all of this change. "Macpherson got up on stage with nothing but his weathered green guitar doing what he does best: pouring his heart out. Projected poetic lyrics and hard guitar strumming˜sometimes without a pick˜punctuated his awe-inspiring performance. Integrity and sincerity are the two words that come to mind when describing Macpherson's music and onstage presence." Erik Martinson - Queen's University, The Journal "In a time when mock-rock morons, grudge-rock whiners and bubble-headed pop-stars dominate the proceedings, Winnipeg performer MacPherson is that most anachronistic and ill-favoured of entities: The honest and intelligent singer-songwriter. A guy who writes tuneful, truthful, meaningful works on his guitar and then performs them without fancy duds, without a big-budget video, without backup dancers." Darryl Sterdan - Winnipeg Sun + very special guest: WAX MANNEQUIN (Band) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteymuseum Posted May 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Sunday is Bump-Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briguy Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 What time does this get started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteymuseum Posted May 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 9pm doorsWax Mannequin opens, 9:30Greg Mac, 10:30Gillian & Sunnie are hosting a birthday-party in the lounge (open to the public) for our bartender, Stacey. Should be a fun night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteymuseum Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Biases aside for a return show, this show was fabulous. Greg MacPherson is one of my top Canadian favourites. Bringing him back in June to follow-up on building from the 50 person crowd tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Give Stacey a hug for me and tell her HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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