bONES Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 there are 400 level tix for $10.70 It`s a nice evening will this totally suck or for ten bucks is it worth venturing down for... lineup: The Turtles, The Rascals, The Zombies, Mountain, Mitch Ryder, Badfinger and Country Joe McDonald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Will someone pay me $10.70 to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 it`s $1.53 per banddoes it get any cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 it`s $1.53 per banddoes it get any cheaperThose bands are only worth $1.12 each TOPS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister slippery Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 sounds like a blast. if not harbourfront for emily haines, i would have done this. have fun if you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 hell, i'd pay that much to watch NewRider try and get a book off the top shelf :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 the dude from Mountain was on Howard Stern the other day and they were pimping Hippiefest in Toronto as it's the first of a tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 the dude from Mountain was on Howard Stern the other dayLeslie West, Mountain's guitar player?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 the dude from Mountain was on Howard Stern the other day and they were pimping Hippiefest in Toronto as it's the first of a tour.Are you talking about Leslie West, one of hard rock's most influential guitarists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Leslie West is awesome! Saw him play with the Mule and Big Sugar I believe. I'd pay $50 to see Schwa dress up like Fred Flinstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'd pay $50 to see Schwa dress up like Fred FlinstonePut me down for $10 of that, provided pictures are taken in case I can't be there when it happens.Aloha,Bard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto - July 25, 2007By JASON MACNEIL -- Sun MediaTORONTO -- The Hippie era is four decades old, and while the term Woodstock is known as much for Snoopy's pal in the Peanuts cartoon as it is the cornerstone rock festival, fans last night at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre went down a musical memory lane for Hippiefest.Hippiefest, conjured up last year, made the maiden stop of its 2007 summer North American tour last night before a few thousand fans. And while the tie-dyed shirts and body paint was thankfully kept to a bare minimum, it appeared that many of the crowd came for '60s pop band The Turtles.The combination of lead singers Flo and Eddie were as much schtick as they were singers during their set of a handful of tunes. Beginning with You Baby, the group told the audience of primarily baby boomers how happy they were to be here. "It's great to be anywhere when you're 60 years old," they quipped. "It's great to wake up."From there, The Turtles threw a bit of a curveball by going back to music they did with the late Frank Zappa, including working in a portion of Zappa's classic Peaches En Regalia. It might have been a good idea, but sank like a stone. Nonetheless the band dished out a chippy cover of Bob Dylan's It Ain't Me Babe.But like everyone else on the bill who performed four to six songs and then left, The Turtles stuck to tunes fans paid to see, including a rather rousing Happy Together which they have performed literally thousands of times with the same reaction.Much like the later acts, The Turtles came with their own band. Yet nothing they did seemed to outdo the musicianship and performance from British group The Zombies who were anything but zombies. Backed by seasoned musicians, the tandem of keyboardist Rod Argent and singer Colin Blunstone dazzled the crowd with the loungey psychedelic Time of the Season.While that is one of their bigger numbers, the high point of the evening came during the catchy Hold Your Head Up which had many on their feet. The group finished with She's Not There and Blunstone was quite capable of hitting the higher notes.Perhaps the biggest drawback to the show was that as tight as the later groups were, the earlier performers seemed to be a hit and miss affair, mainly because of a house band who were still getting used to the material. A good example of this was with The Rascals fronted by singer Felix Cavaliere. The group were quite good despite being plagued initially by keyboard problems. Nonetheless, songs like Groovin' and Good Lovin' had the desired response.This was head and shoulders above the brief set by Mitch Ryder. Ryder doled out Jenny Take a Ride and Sock it to me Baby but his voice wasn't the best. Also, the joke he told about a dwarf didn't seem to go over too well with the dwarf sitting in an adjacent section.Also on hand was Country Joe McDonald who acted as emcee for the early portion but seemed a bit lost at times. And while Mountain closed out the night with hits like Mississippi Queen, they got much the same reaction as show openers Badfinger who performed Come and Get It and I Want You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 From there, The Turtles threw a bit of a curveball by going back to music they did with the late Frank Zappa, including working in a portion of Zappa's classic Peaches En Regalia. I'm pretty sure the writer should of done some homework since those two lunatics joined Zappa after Peaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm pretty sure the writer should of done some homework since those two lunatics joined Zappa after Peaches."Peaches en Regalia" was part of the live repertoire of the MOI line-up that included Flo and Eddie; see, for example, Fillmore East: June 1971.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 And while the tie-dyed shirts and body paint was thankfully kept to a bare minimumwhats wrong with tye dye and body paint? especially at soemthing called the hippie fest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm pretty sure the writer should of done some homework since those two lunatics joined Zappa after Peaches."Peaches en Regalia" was part of the live repertoire of the MOI line-up that included Flo and Eddie; see' date=' for example, Fillmore East: June 1971.Aloha,BradI know BradM. He should have added what you wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 whats wrong with tye dye and body paint? especially at soemthing called the hippie fest... Just look at the source, and the paper he's writing for: By JASON MACNEIL -- Sun Media Maybe he's gettlng lessons from the Ottawa Is A Cesspool lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinGarage Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Leslie West is awesome! Saw him play with the Mule and Big Sugar I believe. I'd pay $50 to see Schwa dress up like Fred Flinstone hey schwa, that would be a good Burning Man costume for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 yeah, Leslie and Howard are buddies and he brought in Leslie West custom signed guitar for him too. Apparantly Howard is known to get on stage with major guitarists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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