[ATTENDED: September 5, 2015] Rheostatics
I am a huge fan of the Rheostatics, but I never saw them live before they broke up. There was an attempt at a reunion a few years ago but it fell through (apparently do to Martin Tielli’s stage fright).
Then earlier in the spring I saw the incredible news. The band was going to reunite for three nights at the AGO. They were celebrating the 20th anniversary of their album Music Inspired by the Group of 7 and they were going to play the entire album. Now, I’ll admit it’s not my favorite Rheos album. I like it fine, and there’s some good stuff on it, but it is mostly instrumental, and there’s only really 2 “songs” on it. But who cared? It was the Rheostatics!
And who cared if the show was in Toronto, an 8 hour drive away. I knew the venue was small (it sold out pretty fast). On the day of tickets sales, I arrived late to work so I could order online. And after I secured them, I thought….now how in the hell am I going to do this?
Well, we decided to make a vacation out of it. The show was Saturday night, the kids didn’t start school until Tuesday, so I took some days off of work and we drove up to Niagara Falls on the Wed before the show. We toured the Falls and then drove to Toronto, where we did so much sightseeing, my legs were tired. And then, when concert time approached, Sarah and I headed off to the AGO. (more…)
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