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What a day of music! Started at 6:00 at the main festival grounds for The Stills from Montreal. I’ve only recently gotten into these guys, but really enjoyed their showing here. Then we trekked across town to York Street for The Proclaimers who were great, but really I only know 2 songs of theirs, and…
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Ben Harper blew us all away last night, and that’s just about all there is to say about Day 2. Oh, except that Metric FUCKING ROCKED, proving that they deserved the upgrade to the bigger stage this year, and Holy Fuck was just, well, holy fuck they were good – I loved the garage sale…
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What a great kickoff to an amazing festival! Had a blast last night. Started out with Amanda Rheaume, a festival favourite, who kicked it off in style on the Rogers Stage, just as the sky cleared after a very short torential rain pour that threatened to dampen Day 1 (and caused some pretty nasty little…
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Gonna be scrambling to see everything again this year (did you see my possibly impossible list?), and getting right to it on the first day! Here’s the rundown of day 1 for me: 6:00pm – Amanda Rheaume 7:00pm – Amos the Transparent 8:00pm – The Black Keys 9:30pm – Jeff Beck So I’ll just be…
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On this first day of Bluesfest 2009, which also happens to be the kickoff to the annual Bluesfest Lawn Chair debate, let’s get things started with Peter Simpson of The Big Beat’s take on the issue: “The Official Big Beat Position is that lawn chairs should be banned from Bluesfest. They are a menace. They’re…
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The Black Keys are playing at 8:00pm on July 8 (tomorrow night!) at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
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Jeff Beck is playing at 9:30pm on July 8 (tomorrow night!) at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest
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I’ve been working on my Bluesfest schedule, an annual act of futility since all bets are off once the festival is actually underway – between overlapping shows, meeting up with random people who have different priorities, and just plain exhaustion and/or drunkenness, it’s damn near impossible to catch everything you set out to during the…
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Oh man, what a week… I’m so wrecked right now. Been going out every night after Bluesfest and drinking until the wee hours, then getting up and dragging myself to work in the morning(ish). So no time to write. Or really do anything. My poor dog is feeling neglected – we just celebrated an anniversary…
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Holy crap I’m tired. and sore. 4 days of walking/standing/dancing is starting to take its toll. Also the weather has been phenomenal, but the sun gets hard to take after a while. Gotta remember to drink more water and less beer. Less beer for sure – Bluesfest is not going to be good for my…