[ATTENDED: August 27, 2025] Kevin McDonald: Superstar
I saw Kevin McDonald do a bit of storytelling last year. In this very venue.
This year he was back again, this time bringing his musical Kevin McDonald: Superstar to the MOCA.
I didn’t really know what to expect. I had read that it was a musical, but what does that mean? Well, when the show started, Kevin and guitarist John Wlaysewski came up on stage and play 2 songs that Kevin wrote. One was all about grass (not that kind of grass, backyard grass). Then he told a long story about Johnny Rotten and an AIDS test (which he told in a slightly different style last year but which was still very funny). And then another song “Just Keep Dancing.”
Then Dave Hill came out on stage. I hadn’t heard of Dave, but he is apparently quite well known (well known enough to play a ripping guitar solo version of the Canadian and American national anthems before a hockey game (easily found om YouTube). Dave is also a comedian. He came up on stage and played a hilariously self-deprecating character (who was secretly loving all of the fame).
He told a few stories and then played some songs. Even though he is a massively talented guitarist, his songs were hilarious. He played Danzig’s Mother by getting the sound just right on his guitar, singing the word Mother and the first line and then mumbling his way through to the next time he screamed Mother (just like everyone else who has no idea what the words are). When he took requests, someone (of course) shouted Freebird (gag), and he said, ok you asked for it I’m playing the whole thing. He played 30 seconds of the intro and said, there you get the picture. After a very long song/story about being a part of the biggest meat heist ever, he stayed up on staged and introduced the players for the evening.
It was John and Dave on guitars, Joe Moore as the narrator and Robin Rothman as a few characters (she has an amazing voice). (more…)
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