bradm Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Is anybody else in Ottawa this weekend thinking about going to Babylon to see The John Henrys (along with Black Boot Trio and The Golden Seals; I'm not sure who's headlining, but I'm betting on TJH) on Saturday (July 23)?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeker Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 Rumour has it the Golden Seals are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 TJH are headlining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 If I don't join Bear in her adventures I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Bump and re-call: I had more fun than I had planned last night, but might have enough energy left to take this show in. Anybody else?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 It looks like a gorgeous evening out there, and I've slept enough today to make me think I can stay out late tonight without undue ill effects, so I'm in (in the sense of "in" meaning "[going] out"). Hope to see a bunch of y'all there!Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 i'm gonna go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Good show last night.Too bad the Black Boot Trio were so boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Yeah, BBT didn't really work for me, either. It was 'way too much into cliche honky-tonk, and, while it was interesting to see a female drummer, if she had spent half as much effort into actually playing as she did into looking like she was playing, the drumming might have been a lot better.The Golden Seals, on the other hand, were loads of fun. It's a single guy, playing guitar and singing, and while it could easily have been a typical singer/songwriter thing, he used an electric guitar (a Telecaster into an old Traynor tube amp) with a raunchy tone that was almost, but not quite, into the shrill zone. It looked like he had maybe two pedals (one of them a tuner), and I know guitarists who use a lot more gear to get a lot worse tone. His songs were good, too: short, well-written, and just offbeat enough to keep you interested. (For example, he introduced one song thusly: "I'm a lover, not a fighter, so when I found out my ex girlfriend, who used to be my girlfriend, was getting romantic e-mails from a guy, all I could do is take the e-mails and write a song. This song is called 'Donald P. Listo' in honour of the guy who sent them...") He also covered "Frownland" by Captain Beefheart, which is one of the most out-of-the-way covers I've ever heard.And The John Henrys kicked my mass all over the place. It's been over a year since I've seen them, and they're twice as good as now as they were then. Now if they would only play more gigs...Aloha,rad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 lol...that drummer girl was funny.john henry's were awesome....very impressed!!!good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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