On Saturday afternoon I got out to see Mike McDonald, the lead singer of Edmonton's Junior Gone Wild play a free solo/acoustic show at the Cask & Barrel. I didn't know about this show until Saturday morning while out for a walk down Whyte Avenue when I saw a poster for the show. So ya, promoters and venues, putting up posters for your show does work!
With the weather being bearable on Saturday I decided to make my way downtown to catch the show. I didn't get there until almost 4, so I'm thinking I'll have to stand for this show as every time I have seen Mike play this venue the place has been packed. Much to my surprise there was almost no one there, maybe a dozen people, very weird for a free show on a nice day and free to boot. The Cask & Barrel do a free afternoon show every Saturday.
This would be my 12th time seeing Mike play a solo show. He did two sets with the first set comprising mostly of cover songs, many which I didn't recognize. After a short break Mike came back for his second set, this set he did a lot of his solo material, songs such as "Longest Song In The Universe", "Slept All Afternoon" and "Fifty Dollar Whore". He also played some Jr. Gone Wild songs including "Fool's Errand", "The Last One" and "Five Million Songs", those are the ones I remember anyways. Mike also told a funny story about his band Jr. Gone Wild opening for Meat Loaf back in the day. In the second set he also did a cool cover of the Warren Zevon song "Lawyers, Guns and Money". Even with a small audience, Mike still put on a great show. Always good to see Mike perform. Good times!!!
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