Rary8 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Word on the street is that they are looking for a new keyboardist to do some gigs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 That's good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Haven't seen those guys since they opened for Kingfish at Rock & Roll Heaven (1990?).We tried to book them at Pepper Jacks last year and it was almost a go,but they didnt want to play past midnight.I think they had to be somewhere the next day or work,cant recall. Hopefully they get out on the road again,be good to see them live again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 VERY good news. I'd love to see them again. They have such amazing songs. That's it, I'm throwing in their CD right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Another one of those, "I heard of them", so i bought it at the used record store and ended up returning it for 1/4 of the price i payed for it, just couldn't find the love... better luck next time I guess. peace.jamesd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rary8 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 ...ahh the harmonies of Little Wing pulled out of a distortion cloud... The catchy riffs of Cornerstone Row. The cool sweeping time of Seven/four. The heartfelt lyrics of Steve Himmel Very few bar grade bands could play to the caliber of The Days. If they only got into writing some real epic material and a little more exploratory jams and not just the short and sweet stuff. They would really have taken off. They did that "Jerry" ballad stuff so well. But they did live within that box. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Rary8, you are my new favorite Skanc! Funny enough, I was bragging about the good ole Days to Pablo this past weekend. Too many times we either hit up the Toucan or the road to see them. They never failed to impress. The last time they came around, you could see they were rusty but they still were able to take me to 'that place' for a few moments throughout the night. Heck, their new tunes were even cool, I thought. BRING BACK PEAT MOSS AND HIS FUNKY BRENT-STYLINGS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Geez, their keyboardist was a pretty big feature of Days of You. I'm still wondering what the hell happened at the CTfest where they just didn't show up. That was highly disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rary8 Posted March 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 what's a skanc?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Duke Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Good times ! And you know you're a great band when you can pull off a song that starts with these lines: I got a big gut, you got a big butt let's get together and see what we got Gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 "I'm still wondering what the hell happened at the CTfest where they just didn't show up." They came to Ottawa after that, and Waylon Leads told me that he and his family went camping that weekend. He had totally forgot about the gig being the same weekend. He took total blame. As far as the 'skanc' label, this site used to be called The Phish Sanctuary, so anytime a member joined, they ended up being labelled a Skanc.....or it has something to do with Hippie Stank, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 That keyboardist was the only half-decent songwriter of the bunch - too bad he split. (Thackway imitates Jerry too much and the bass player kept singing about monkeys n' shit) and.. originally posted by Esau: quote: Haven't seen those guys since they opened for Kingfish at Rock & Roll Heaven (1990?).I was there too... It was Wed June 26th, 1991. DOY played the next night as well at Lee's Palace w/ The Moonlighters. 13 years ago... yikes. I'm pretty sure that was with their OLD lineup - different keyboardist and an extra guitarist I think... (same lineup for the first recording "The We Hours") I must have seen them 60-75 more times throughout the years in Ontario. I'm really surprised you (Esau) never saw them again, they are Ontario legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rary8 Posted March 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Elijah was a great song. Too bad they retired it early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I followed them around a bit in 1990ish, great live band. They kinda have a rep for blowing off gigs, if I can remember correctly. Anyway, I picked up a CD of theirs in a pawn shop recently and was surprised to find a high volume of christian rock on it. Wierd. I would go see them again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 before they were days of you they were a dead cover band called "the other one." Is that correct? Saw them in that incarnation a few times. they had this guy who used to dance and his image (or outline of it) would get projected on this computer screen with pretty cool images and stuff. hard to explain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 they no showed / cancelled the last three shows i was supposed to see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 "before they were days of you they were a dead cover band called "the other one." Is that correct?" Yup, never saw them. Funny enough, when I was first told to go see them, my informant information was that I was going to see a "Dead cover band" Thankfully it wasnt, not that I dont like a good ole Grateful Dead cover band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 One of the first bar bands I ever saw as well, when I was a kid. They kept cancelling when I tried to book them at the Cozone a long while back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze-0 Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 wasn't that the year that wacked out lumberjack flew up the flag pole and ripped off the canada flag while nero was playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 quote:Originally posted by weezy: I was there too... It was Wed June 26th, 1991. DOY played the next night as well at Lee's Palace w/ The Moonlighters. 13 years ago... yikes. I'm pretty sure that was with their OLD lineup - different keyboardist and an extra guitarist I think... (same lineup for the first recording "The We Hours") I must have seen them 60-75 more times throughout the years in Ontario. I'm really surprised you (Esau) never saw them again, they are Ontario legends. Right on,yeah '91 makes sense,I remember being pulled over on the QEW going there while driving a rather unsafe olds,which I had that summer. I won a "Deadicated" disc that night from the Q107 DJ between bands for having two pieces of tye dye clothing on...lol. Strange I never caught them more,I did catch them earlier that year in Cambridge at the Nicholson Tavern (04/16) with Jack Straw,but I don't recall any seeing any shows after the Rock & Roll Heaven show (although I may have caught one....) I recall them playing all over,especially during that time,so it surprises me also I didnt see them more.I did alot of GD touring around those times though,but I really have no idea why I didn't see them more often. Great band though,was really excited when we had the opportunity to book them in Hamilton,too bad it didn't work out,would have been fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Nice to see a nostalgia thread for the foggies to post on I only saw them a few times in '95 or so, at The Pit in Ottawa (fun basement hole at the corner of Rideau and Dalhousie), but it was good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 quote: Originally posted by shainhouse: One of the first bar bands I ever saw as well, when I was a kid. Weren't they on a hiatus in the early 2000's Shainhouse? ZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuleMomma Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I tracked down Mark Thackway at a rare Days of You show at the Rivoli early on in 2000 because I wanted to know if he could play an acoustic set to open for the Jorma Kaukonen/Michael Falzarano show I had booked at The Comfort Zone on March 4th, 2000. It was initially Mark who had turned me on to Hot Tuna, so it seemed appropriate. Turns out, him and a mandolin player, Eric from Beyond The Pale, did a lovely acoustic duo support spot for the show, which was very well received. During that year, New Rider and I booked them several more times, usually on short notice, and usually with dismal results (attendance-wise, but no fault of the bands). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 i recall seeing these guys several times about ten years ago too... and was disappointed when they didnt show at frontier town. i used to go to their shows in k-w with my sister. anyone else remember seeing them at the volcano, or the serbian club in waterloo (king st N, on the way out to the farmers market)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuleMomma Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Oops, sorry Bouche, I just got the joke...the winkie smiley face hadn't yet loaded on my piece of crap computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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