11-09-2016, 02:21 PM
Just as show #2 starts up, I'm jumping back to this. Not for a comment on the show, but the venue. Being in Ottawa, Burlington is a pretty regular destination for shows that never make it up to Canada. It's a city (small city) that punches way above its weight for bands, thanks to the arts community, venues, and location as a good mid-week stop for many touring bands between larger cities.
Saw The Hip at Higher Ground, and the Flynn...and would always walk by the auditorium (now not hosting live shows) and think how great one of these shows must have been. For whatever reason, maybe I was geographically challenged, I drove to NYC for a show on this tour (which was great) when I could have driven a couple of hours.
The band developed a real strong following in Burlington. At the Ottawa show I was wearing a Magic Hat brewery t-shirt, and easily a dozen people started talking to me about my trip across the border versus their crossing mistaking me for a green stat comrade. Struck up a conversation with one guy who was there with will call tickets from Johnny after they became friends seeing the band in their bar days. Then in Burlington a few weeks ago wearing my Hip hoodie, easily 10 people stopped and chatted about the band and Gord. Music can be incredibly unifying....
Saw The Hip at Higher Ground, and the Flynn...and would always walk by the auditorium (now not hosting live shows) and think how great one of these shows must have been. For whatever reason, maybe I was geographically challenged, I drove to NYC for a show on this tour (which was great) when I could have driven a couple of hours.
The band developed a real strong following in Burlington. At the Ottawa show I was wearing a Magic Hat brewery t-shirt, and easily a dozen people started talking to me about my trip across the border versus their crossing mistaking me for a green stat comrade. Struck up a conversation with one guy who was there with will call tickets from Johnny after they became friends seeing the band in their bar days. Then in Burlington a few weeks ago wearing my Hip hoodie, easily 10 people stopped and chatted about the band and Gord. Music can be incredibly unifying....