October 2nd

 October 2nd, 1997 I saw The Rolling Stones with opening act Blues Traveler at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. As you can see, I didn't have much left of my ticket stub, not sure what happened there. The Stones haven't been back to Edmonton since 1997, despite selling out three shows at the stadium here within three years.

July 15th

 

  This was an awesome time. July 15th, 1995 myself a van full of buddies made our way to High River, Alberta for the traveling Tragically Hip tour called Another Roadside Attraction. And what a line-up, headlining was The Hip of course, others on the bill were Ziggy Marley, Spirit Of the West, Blues Traveler, Matthew Sweet, Rheostatics, Eric's Trip and The Inbreds. Good times!!!

16 Years Ago Today...October 2nd

It was sixteen years ago today that I saw the Rolling Stones with Blues Traveler opening play Commonwealth Stadium here in Edmonton.

And it was fifteen years ago today that I saw Stompin' Tom Connors play the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. RIP Stompin' Tom.

19 Years Ago Today...July 15th

It was nineteen years ago today that I saw Big Sugar play Peoples Pub in Edmonton.

As well it was eighteen years ago today that I went to the Another Roadside Attraction show in High River, Alberta. This show included the Tragically Hip, Ziggy Marley, Blues Traveler, Matthew Sweet and many others.

And it was fourteen years ago today that I saw Pavement play in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre.

It was also on this day eight years ago that I saw Grady play here in Edmonton at Cowboys.

Concert Poster Of The Day Sept.13th (Rolling Stones)

Today's concert poster is from the Rolling Stones and Blues Traveler double bill I saw at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton in 1997. This was my third time seeing the Rolling Stones and second time seeing Blues Traveler in concert. I was stoked about seeing Blues Traveler opening,as I had been a huge fan of them. I didn't have very good seats for the show, as I was in row 114 on the floor, but to my surprise, The Stones had a small stage and the back of the stadium where they did a three song set, so that was cool. An outdoor show in October in Edmonton made for a chilly show, but with two great bands, no one paid any attention to the weather. Good times!!!

Setlist for the show.

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
Bitch
Let's Spend the Night Together
Rock and a Hard Place
Sister Morphine
Anybody Seen My Baby?
19th Nervous Breakdown
Out Of Control
Gimme Shelter
Miss You
All About You
Wanna Hold You

B-Stage
Little Queenie
Crazy Mama
The Last Time

Sympathy for the Devil
Tumbling Dice
You Got Me Rocking
Honky Tonk Women
Start Me Up
Jumpin' Jack Flash

Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Brown Sugar

Concert Poster Of The Day May 22nd (Tragically Hip)

Today's poster is from the fourth time I saw The Tragically Hip in concert. This show was part of the Another Roadside Attraction Tour (1995) that The Hip used to put on. This was the second time The Hip had done this kind of festival. The show was in High River, Alberta, just south of Calgary. This edition of the festival was probably my favorite line up, bands included, The Hip headlining of course, with The Inbreds, Eric's Trip, Rheostatics, Matthew Sweet, Blues Traveler, Spirit Of The West and Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers. What an awesome day of music, the weather was super nice,the camping was fun,the crowd was good, the beer gardens were a zoo, and hanging with the buddy's was a blast. I went to this show with Nerraw,Mik,Eor,A-Bomb,Julio,Geddy and T-Bone.

On our way to High River, we had to stop in Ponoka to pick up our friend T-Bone as he had a weekend pass to get out of the mental institution there, he had been in a bad accident months before and was recovering from a brain injury. Well, did we ever show him a good time. A funny memory from this show was Julio and I sitting under a picnic table getting out of the blazing sun and doing blow, funny fuckin' shit.

All the bands on this your were excellent and I was especially stoked to see Blues Traveler for the first time. Good times indeed!!!



Checkout the ticket price for this amazing line up.



In concert news... The Tragically Hip will be playing an outdoor show here in Edmonton at Northlands Park Thursday July 14th with opening acts Broken Social Scene and Hey Rosetta.