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Since when is Johnny known as "J.T." ?
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FRIDAY: Tragically Hip (7:45 p.m. Austin Ventures Stage) vs. Ray LaMontagne (7:30 p.m., Heineken Stage)
Tragically Hip: It's near the end of the first day of the fest and you're ready to rock, my friend. You've heard enough of that Nickel Creek/ Gomez/ Guster cutesy-pie stuff, and you want to have your skull caved all the way in. Sorry, this ain't Ozzfest. But Toronto's Tragically Hip will give you a dose of the hard stuff. Here's a band that has opened for the Rolling Stones and almost got an encore. Singer Gord Downie is a total weird bird, with the non sequitur poetry and herky-jerky moves, but the band just kicks it, especially drummer Johnny "J.T." Fay, the engine powering this barge of rough and tender songs, played out with dramatic flair. Or you can walk over and see the guy who was inspired by Stephen Stills.
Ray Montagne: Look, everyone knows the Stephen Stills thing seems inexcusable, but (so the story goes) LaMontagne, a pretty introverted guy anyway, was working in a shoe factory in Lewiston, Maine, when Stills' "Treetop Flyer" woke him up on the clock radio, inspiring him to start writing songs. You try working in a shoe factory for a bit and see if even dull art doesn't seem like the Mona Lisa. While LaMontagne's album suffers from a case of the mumbles, he's a strangely hypnotic figure live: rail-thin, bearded, belting his folky songs like it's all that's keeping him alive. Which it might be. — Joe Gross
Since when is Johnny known as "J.T." ?
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FRIDAY: Tragically Hip (7:45 p.m. Austin Ventures Stage) vs. Ray LaMontagne (7:30 p.m., Heineken Stage)
Tragically Hip: It's near the end of the first day of the fest and you're ready to rock, my friend. You've heard enough of that Nickel Creek/ Gomez/ Guster cutesy-pie stuff, and you want to have your skull caved all the way in. Sorry, this ain't Ozzfest. But Toronto's Tragically Hip will give you a dose of the hard stuff. Here's a band that has opened for the Rolling Stones and almost got an encore. Singer Gord Downie is a total weird bird, with the non sequitur poetry and herky-jerky moves, but the band just kicks it, especially drummer Johnny "J.T." Fay, the engine powering this barge of rough and tender songs, played out with dramatic flair. Or you can walk over and see the guy who was inspired by Stephen Stills.
Ray Montagne: Look, everyone knows the Stephen Stills thing seems inexcusable, but (so the story goes) LaMontagne, a pretty introverted guy anyway, was working in a shoe factory in Lewiston, Maine, when Stills' "Treetop Flyer" woke him up on the clock radio, inspiring him to start writing songs. You try working in a shoe factory for a bit and see if even dull art doesn't seem like the Mona Lisa. While LaMontagne's album suffers from a case of the mumbles, he's a strangely hypnotic figure live: rail-thin, bearded, belting his folky songs like it's all that's keeping him alive. Which it might be. — Joe Gross
