Last Sunday night my buddy Buzzard, Char, Cuz, Janis and I went to the Mike Plume show at The Almanac. The Almanac is nice small intimate venue and a great place to see a show. This was my 13th time seeing Mike in concert, and again, it was awesome.
It was a solo show, with no opener, just Mike playing for two and a half hours. One great song after another, it was a great selection of songs with some requests thrown in as well. Mike also broke out a few Christmas songs from his Back Home For Christmas album (available here, as his whole catalog of music). These aren't your traditional kind of Xmas songs, as you can tell from the title of this song that he did "Merry Xmas (To My Ex Miss)", there were sure to be a few laughs during this one, another Christmas song he did that was full of laughs as well was "Gather Round The Christmas Tree".
Other songs played during the show were, fan favourites, "830 Newfoundland", "More Than A Game", "So Long Stompin' Tom", "Dimaggio" and "Hey Hey What D'Ya Say (Coming Home Again)". Then there were some songs that don't always get played unless of course it's a two plus hour show like this one. Songs such as "Life Is Funny", "Half Full Is The Cup", "Live It up Until They Lower Me Down", "Like a Bullet From a Gun", "Make It up as We Go" and "Straight Back Home" amongst many others. There was even an impromptu sing along of "California Dreamin'", Mike had the whole audience singing along to this one. Mike also brought out his wife Jenny for a couple of songs, she too has an awesome voice. The show closed out with Mike covering the Fred Eaglesmith song "Alcohol and Pills". This show was so much fun, so many great songs, lots of laughs and a great way to cap off another year of concerts and this one rates up with ne of the best I saw all year. Good times!!!
Mike Plume at The Almanac.
In concert news...After a successful Western Canadian Tour opening for Corb Lund, Mike will be joining Corb again in February for a southern Ontario tour. Also, watch for a new Mike Plume album coming in the spring of 2018. Can't wait to hear more great songs by an amazing singer/songwriter.
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