Last night I went to the Mike Plume show at the Haven Social Club here in Edmonton. This was my sixth time seeing Mike Plume in concert, and second time seeing him play solo. Mike had a great turnout for the show too which was good to see, especially it being on a Tuesday night.
As per usual Mike put on an excellent show covering lots of material from his career through out his two hour performance. Lots of stories mixed with humour and some wicked songs, great lyrics and guitar playing. Mike is a very underrated guitar player,or so I think anyways.
Some of the highlights for me was hearing him do a few tunes I have never heard him play before. A festive song "Merry Xmas To My Ex Miss" this tune got some good laughs from the audience. Also hearing him do the song "Keeping Time With The Telephone Poles" from his 2009 album 8:30 Newfoundland album, a song he doesn't seem to perform often, or at least the times I have seen him play. Mike also played a new tune called "Five Crow Silver" in which Clayton Bellamy joined him on stage to sing with. Sounds like Clayton helped Mike finish writing this song, a song Mike said he had been trying to finish for 3 years. Clayton Bellamy whom also hails from Bonnyville ,Alberta which is where Mike Plume spent a lot of time in his earlier years before moving down to Nashville, Tennessee. Both performers got a great round of applause from the heavily attended Bonnyville crowd. Mike also played a bunch of requests from the crowd, including "She Is Still Everything To Me", "Dimmagio", "Silver Lining", "Give A Little To Get A Little Back", "More Then A Game" and many more.
A fantastic night of music, it's always good to see Mike Plume who always takes the time to stop by and say hi to me, which means a lot. Thanks Mike!!! Good times!!!
Can't wait to hear some more new music and with any luck a new album.
Clayton Bellamy sitting in with Mike Plume.
