overall a great can-rock experiencechris wrote: Setlist
01: Love Is A First
02: In View
03: Gift Shop
04: Ahead By A Century
05: Morning Moon ("This is the second best song we ever wrote")
06: Springtime In Vienna
07: The Depression Suite
08: Yer Not The Ocean
09: Poets
10: Wheat Kings (Acoustic)
11: Coffee Girl (Acoustic)
12: Courage (Acoustic)
13: The Last Recluse
14: Grace, Too
15: Bobcaygeon
16: Fully Completely
17: Now The Struggle Has A Name
18: My Music At Work
19: New Orleans Is Sinking
Encore:
20: Frozen In My Tracks
21: Blow At High Dough
shuttle buses wasn't the perfect option(in and out) but i could only imagine that for a car parking area big enough to hold 5000 cars i still think shuttle was the best option.
came in after 4pm and heard the spades...went around grabbed food(lots of options and decent prices)
came up front and center(in front of sbd) and watched/listened to the arkells...gord s and johnny were side stage for that show and as the first time seeing them i was very pleased. i had heard they were good but i didn't expect them to be "that good". amazing set! great energy.
tried to get water....and i don't do well with 1/2 hour+ lines...ate some popsicles instead
got up front, off to the right, for sam roberts...as always his show is amazing. not to be missed. love dave nugentx10.
got more popsicles cause the line up for water was longer than a 1/2 hour...HELLO ORGANIZERS...you have 15000+ people there in the hot sun all day and you make water an impossible task...grrrrr
basically im glad they do what they do for the beer tent(same as belleville) cause really really drunk hip fans are the WORST kind....hey i like to drink too, but...and because of the trouble getting into the beer tent the crowd was really well behaved for the most part which made the show better(imo)
the hip's set was pretty much expected, due to the crowd(lotssa casual fans)
sooo glad for the last recluse and courage acoustic
always a great show when both fully completely and grace too are played in the same set and it even nicer only have 1 song in between those 2 killers
im still not 100% convinced on frozen
gord was totally on fire(again)...singing spot on, dancin & hip shaking a++, pretending to throw the mic stand into the audience but then dropping it behind his back on the followthrough empty toss. gord went down in front and had 1 dude strum the ending cord to 1 song(i think it was bob c) and then he went down into the crowd again for blow...something he doesn't do very often
HUGE kudos to the band for pulling together an all canadian day/nite. 4 great bands for $50 which is a steal, imo
but also kudos to the band for detailing as much as they could to make the event a success...im sure they had/have something to do with arranging a nonprofit charity to run the buses(habitat for humanity)...buses which dropped you off and picked you up at the front door of the gig, all the way to camping in sauble or hotel in owen sound! also im pretty sure they make the beer garden a trouble to get into on purpose(with beer limits)...never made the beer tent in belleville or wairton and didnt miss it...certainly i would never miss seeing sam roberts up close just to get beer...besides lining up an hour to get beer is just silly. being completely sober for the hip show
wasn't such a bad thing
the show brought lots of money to the local community
hardly any opp inside the venue
zero troubles in my area
people smoking outside is ok in my books
so glad it didn't rain
