July 1st

  

 Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!

 It was on July 1st, 1992 that I saw The Grapes Of Wrath, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Barney Bentall and David Gogo play at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. This show had a terrible turnout crowd wise and the weather sucked too. Good thing the bands were decent. For a Canada Day concert it seemed odd to have Joan Jett on the bill. But you will get no complaint from me, she was awesome! Good times!!!

21 Years Ago Today...July 1st

Happy Canada Day to my Canadian readers!!! July 1st in Canada is a holiday for us, as we celebrate Canada Day, therefore there is usually some kind of show going on, hence I have seen a few shows on this day.

We will start with the Joan Jett show I saw at Clarke Park here in Edmonton. This was an all day festival with bands such as the mentioned Joan Jett, as well as David Gogo, Grapes Of Wrath and many more.

The Savoy Brown show I saw, was nineteen years ago today at the City Media Club here in Edmonton.

Also on this day twelve years ago, I saw Colin James and Wide Mouth Mason perform at the Legislature Grounds here in Edmonton. It was after this show that there was the infamous riot on Whyte Avenue here in Edmonton, a crazy night indeed.

As well on this day eleven years ago, there was a singer/songwriter festival held at Louise McKinney Park here in Edmonton. The main performers I saw here were Mike Plume and Mike McDonald, Mike McDonald of course from Jr. Gone Wild.

On this day ten years ago I was in Montreal where I saw the AFI with The Explosion play at the venue called Le Medley.

Nine years ago today I saw Clutch play at Red's here in Edmonton.

And it was eight years ago today that I went to the Yesterday Was Everything Festival here in Edmonton at the Starlite Room, bands on this bell were Misery Signals, Eighteen Visions, Time Is The Enemy, and local bands E Town Beatdown and Shout Out Out Out Out. This festival was held in memory of local musicians Jordan Wodehouse and Daniel Langlois who played in local hardcore band Compromise. These two gentlemen were taken from us in an accident in Alabama in 2002.

Ticket Stub Of The Day Apr.22nd (Joan Jett)

Today's ticket stub is from the Canada Day concert I saw in 1992 at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. The line up for this show included David Gogo opening the show followed by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts who put on a great show despite it hailing during her set, other bands on the bill were Grapes Of Wrath and Barney Bentall. What I remember most about this show was the terrible turn out for the concert and the shitty weather. Hail,rain and wind through out the day made for a bad show no matter how much a guy drank. I remember having a glass of beer in my hand during Joan Jett and it started hailing, big hail too, as one hail stone landed in my glass of beer and almost emptied it, damn hail, time to guzzle. There were less then a thousand people at the show which is awful for a stadium that holds probably ten thousand. I didn't stick around much longer after Joan Jett's set.