May 30th

  On May 30th, 2013 I saw the Supersuckers headline a show at the Pawn Shop in Edmonton. Opening the show was Lydia Loveless and locals The Preying Saints.

 Got my ticket stub signed by Supersuckers lead singer Eddie Spaghetti.

May 28th

  I saw Primus play the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on May 28th, 2013. This was a great show with lots of visuals in 3D, neat to see the crowd decked out in 3D glasses for the show.

May 27th

 No ticket stub for this show, but do have to poster for The Sadies with The Pack A.D. opening at the Starlite Room in Edmonton on May 27th, 2010. The Sadies were touring for their just released album Darker Circles.

May 26th

  My ticket stub from the Punk-O-Rama show I saw May 26th, 2000 at the Golden Garter in Edmonton. Such a great line up and all for $17.50. Bands on the bill were Dropkick Murphys, The Bouncing Souls, Dwarves and The Distillers.

May 25th

  On May 25th, 2002 I went to see Edmonton hardcore band Compromise play a going away show at venue called The Movement, This was the only show I saw at this venue. The bill had a shit load of bands, most I don't remember other than Compromise and Tandum Vitalis who were really good as well.

The Starlite Room 35th Anniversary Street Party May 17th 2025 (Edmonton)

  Last Saturday Buzzard, Cuz, A-Bomb, Shultz and I attended the 35th Anniversary Street Party for the Starlite Room (The Bronx/The Rev/Temple). A venue I have been attending for 35 years now and have seen many shows at this venue and have some really really good times at. And this street party is one more to add. An excellent triple of local bands Whitey Houston, Jr. Gone Wild and Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans, a show that they held on the street in front of the Starlite Room. A late afternoon start with the weather co-operating, wasn't exactly sunny and hot, but then with it being May long weekend, at least it wasn't snowing, cause we all know that can happen too.

 The afternoon started with the two piece band Whitey Houston with Lyle (Whitey) Bell on bass and vocals and Rob (Gravy) Hoffart on drums and joining in on the fun was Kimballz on maracas, watching her is always fun. Whitey Houston has been around since 1999 but don't play very many shows anymore, (this would be my 5th time seeing them) but this show was excellent, playing songs from their self titled 2005 album, songs such as "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", "I Get Around", and fan favourite "I Got Fucked By Liberty Mutual". A solid set of fuzzed out bass heavy rock. We were off to a great start.

Whitey Houston.

 Next up was Jr. Gone Wild who were playing the last show of their four date tour. This would be my 16th time seeing them in concert. The band don't play too many shows lately, so it's always a pleasure to see the band live. And after three previous shows the guys were sounding good. 

 JGW opened their set with a couple of old songs such as  "I'm So Glad" from their 1995 album Simple Little Wish and then into "I Don't Know About All That" from their 1990 album Too Dumb To Quit. And then in to a smattering of newer songs from their awesome 2021 album Still Got The Jacket. The new material goes over so well with their audience, playing such songs as "Five Million Songs", my favourite "Old And Ugly", "Girl In The Crowd", another fave of mine "Warren's Van" and "Fools Errand" that had the crowd singing fuck you to the sky. Such a great set by these Edmonton veterans. With how great their last album is, I'd love to see these guys put out a new album and play more shows. Keep up the great work Mike McDonald (guitar and vocals), Dove (bass), Steve Loree (guitar) and Quinton Herbert (drums).

Jr. Gone Wild.

 Headlining the street party was Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans. This would be my 12th time seeing them play live. Corb who was the bass player in the Edmonton metal band the smalls has played this room a many times not only with the smalls but with his solo band too. By the time Corb and the boys hit the stage the crowd had swelled to, hmm, by my guess I would say 900-1000 people. A very mixed crowd of cowboys, metal heads, scenesters and old time fans of Corb.

 With Corb Lund reissuing his old material on vinyl for the first time here in the near future, Corb and The Hurtin' Albertans were treating us to two old albums from front to back. Starting with his 2002 album Five Dollar Bill and then for the second part of their set it was the 2005 album Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer. With Corb having 12 albums out, you don't get to hear too many of the older songs anymore. So it was so awesome to hear oldies like "Expectation and the Blues", "Five Dollar Bill", "Apocalyptic Modified Blues" and "Daughter You Don't Marry No Guitar Picker" and of course "Time To Switch To Whiskey" which is one song that has been in his sets forever and always has the crowd singing along.

 And for the second part of the show it was the Hair In My Eyes album which included old favourites like the title song "Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer", "Always Keep An Edge On Your Knife", "Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle" and "All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards". Both these albums that Corb and band played are so damn good, and so nice to hear so many of these songs again. Corb and his band The Hurtin' Albertans sounded great and looked to be having a whole lot of fun playing these songs again. All and all this was an incredibly fun day, not only the great music by all three bands but, running into so many friends, seemed like every time I turned around I was running into someone I knew. Some great visits with friends I don't see often enough. This was a great start to what looks like should be a great summer of shows. And last but not least a very Happy 35th Anniversary to the Starlite Room. Here is hoping this venue will be around for many more years. Good times!!!

Corb Lund and The Hurtin' Albertans.

May 20th

  It was on May 20th, 2018 that I saw David Byrne on his American Utopia Tour. This show was at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton with Benjamine Clementine opening, his set was extremely weird.

May 19th

  On May 19th, 2010 I saw George Thorogood and The Destroyers play the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. This venue was not a great place for Thorogood to play.

May 17th

  My ticket stub from the time I saw this excellent triple bill of C'mon, Pride Tiger and Whitey Houston play the Pawn Shop here in Edmonton.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Live in Edmonton May 11th 2025

  My buddy Buzzard and I went to the Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit concert at the Winspear Centre last Sunday. This would be my fifth time seeing Jason and Co. in concert.

 Jason and his band the 400 Unit are on the road touring for Jason's latest album Foxes In The Snow, an all acoustic album he put out a few months ago. This show was an evening with Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, so no opening act.

 The venue wasn't quite sold out which kind of surprised me, but then tickets were on the expensive side, so I get it.

 The band opened with the song "The Life You Chose" from his 2015 album Something More Than Free and you could tell right off the bat that Jason was in fine form, sounding really good and his band were on fire. Jimbo the bass played is no longer in the band, filling in was Annie Clements whom is a touring bassist and vocalist, who has played with Sugarland among many others. She was awesome and really brought a cool vibe to the band, smiling, playing amazing and very cute. She can rock with the best of them, and when the band played the Drive-By Truckers song "Decoration Day" a song Jason wrote while in DBT, holy fuck did they rock that song out, rocked as hard as Neil Young's Crazy Horse at their best, and Annie was rocking right the fuck out with them and with a big smile the whole time. And of course guitarist Sadler Vaden who has been playing with Isbell for a long time now was ripping it up great as well. Jason's whole band is very strong.

 It was nice to hear some songs from Jason's latest album Foxes In The Snow done with a full band. Some of the songs I recognized from the album were "Eileen", "Bury Me" and "Open And Close", I really enjoyed hearing these songs done with a backing band.

 I think one of the oldest songs he did other then the DBT song was "Alabama Pines" from his 2011 album Here We Rest. He did play the song "24 Frames" which was awesome as it is one of my favourites of his. Other songs played that I recall were "Speed Trap Town" in which Jason mentioned it being a long time since he had performed that one, then there was "Stockholm" as well. With such a great catalog of music of course there were some songs I would like to have heard, but all in all this was an awesome show with him playing about two hours with no intermission. Good times!!!

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit.