January's bitter cold snap was interrupted by a heat wave.
Starting with multi Award-winning vocalist Michael Bell bringing his incredible 6 piece
all-star band of masterful musicians, once again, to his birth place Toronto, for a back by
popular demand performance, at Sam Grosso's Cadillac Lounge Sat. January 26th,
2019. This was Bowie Lives 3rd sold out visit to Parkdale's live
entertainment venue, truly a crowd favourite. They totally kept the songs
and spirit of David Bowie alive as they engaged their fans with 4 decades of
David Bowie hits, filling the dance floor as patrons put on their red shoes and
danced the blues all night long. Bowie Lives conjured a bang on
performance with Let's Dance, Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, Hero’s, Ashes to Ashes,
Fashion, China Girl, Modern Love just to name but a few. Bell
shared how the next hit created him musically as he burst into The
Man Who Sold The World and how Changes described his life as he
continues to evolve. Stay tuned Niagara Falls as Bowie Lives returns to
Seneca Queen Theatre on May 11th at 8pm, a popular demand
performance. Don't delay call 905 353 9461 or visit tickets@senecaqueen.ca to pick up your $27.25 tickets today.
Stay
in tune at www.thebowielives.com
Left to Right: Dave Dunlop & Rik Emmett
Hugh's Room Live proudly presented an explosive evening of stellar
proportions featuring internationally acclaimed multi-award-winning gold and
platinum guitarist, singer, songwriter, recording artist, educator, consultant,
cartoonist, columnist and author Rik Emmett alongside the extremely gifted
guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer/engineer Dave Dunlop. Canada's
well-known duo, Strung Out Troubadours or Troubs for short, brought their
Triumphant magic to the legendary stage with two sold out back to back nights,
January 26-27th, 2019, marking this a home town show for Rik and their 12th Hugh's Room performance by
popular demand and their 1st return since Dec.5th, 2015. Rik's instrumental
duo performances together with Dave has been entertaining fans worldwide
for over 23 years and it was a bit of a shock to hear that the Walk of Fame,
Canadian Rock/Music Industry/JUNO Hall of Famer Rik Emmett was perfecting his
last gig for 2019, as he will be taking a few months off. They laid out a
showcase laced with impeccable acoustic sounds so breathtakingly cerebral
melded with harmonically enriched vocals and their extravagant instrumental
genius, proving to be a rousing showcase rich in complexity, a true
introspective delight. Their voluptuous tenor voices captivated the
jam-packed venue letting the audience take over on quite a few crowd favourites
depositing goosebumps. Each selected piece on the setlist had a
story to be told with tons of humour, as they dove deep into Triumph's
extensive #1 hits catalogue spanning half a century.
Rik Emmett (below)
Rik Emmett (below)
The one-of-a-kind
presentation told us to Hold On so they could Lay
It On The Line.
“The Good Book says it's better to give than to receive. I do
my best to do my part, nothin' in my pockets I got nothin' up my sleeve.
I keep my magic in my heart, keep up your spirit, keep up your faith." "It’s a humanistic
way, you pick your battles, whatever your battle, fight the good fight," said Rik Emmett, as they
struck right into Triumph’s Athemn Fight the Good Fight. Somebody’s
Out There was my favourite of the night and story tells that label requested a ‘hit’ to be
written and recorded with a tight time frame of only a few weeks. Rik
wrote it and brought it to the band and told them to “just play it as it is” as
the time was restraint and it was added on the album last minute and turned out
to be their highest charted and their biggest selling hit. Their acoustic arrangements of legendary songs
sounded a strong dose of John Mayer meets Mark Knoffler. You could hear a pin drop as they projected
masterpiece after masterpiece while hypnotizing the audience, but the song ends,
and you are deafened by the love and shouts of praise. Rik and Dave also delivered
textures and invigorating classical Latin guitar sounds like Petite
Etude and Libre Animado from both Triumph and
Rik's solo career. They showed us that the Troubs were still Red
Hot at the Light of Day and even featured Dave's exhilarating Monarch
Girl.
Dave Dunlop (below)
Dave Dunlop (below)
Their feel-good showcase engaged the audience with Dave's sing-a-long
consisting of the right cover mixture, The Cars - Just What I Needed right
into a salute to Tom Petty with Free Falling, splitting up the verses
and voices of the women versus the men, so much fun! Rounding out the
latter part of the show giving us a Midsummer's Daydream as 3
Clouds Across the Moon brought on a Magic Power. A standing ovation
and thunderous applause permitted 1 more song from Triumph's 3rd album-Just
a Game giving us the iconic Suitcase Blues as the encore, which is Rik’s
P.S. song.
Rik Emmett (below)
Rik Emmett (below)
To capture Rik Emmett's true
essence is like capturing an infinite measure, both a creative workbook and an
authoritative musical reference. Their stage presence is profoundly moving and
a pertinent one. This was a stellar showcase filled with perfected
measurement of rhythm alongside Rik and Dave's supportive harmony. At 65,
Rik was in rare and rejuvenated form, still exuding high energy with infectious
adrenaline, proving he will forever play a crucial role in defining the sound
of not only hard rock culture but, smooth jazz too. We were thrilled to be
a part of the audiences impressive loud and proud responsive energy...totally
PRICELESS! Stay in tune with:
January
27th, 2019 SET LIST:
1.
Hold
On – Triumph – 3rd Studio Album-Just
a Game
2.
Petite
Etude – Triumph – 5th Studio Album – Allied Forces
3.
Lay It
On The Line – Triumph – 3rd Studio Album – Just a Game
4.
Libre
Animado – Rik Emmett – 9th Studio Album – Handiwork
5.
Light
of Day – Strung-Out Troubadours 1st Album - (self titled)
6.
Ordinary
Man – Triumph – 5th Studio Album - Allied Forces
7.
Monarch
Girl – Dave Dunlop 11th Studio Album, 1st solo album for
Dave.
8.
Fight
the Good Fight – Triumph’s 5th Studio Album – Allied Forces
9.
Somebody’s
Out There – Triumph’s 8th Studio Album – The Sport of Kings.
10. Red Hot – Strung-Out Troubadours 2009 – 3rd
Studio Album-Push & Pull.
11. Midsummer’s Day Dream –Triumph– 7thAlbum–Thunder
Seven Rik Emmett.
12. 3 Clouds Across the Moon – Rik Emmett – 5th
Studio Album – Swing Shift
13. Magic Power – Triumph – 5th
Studio Album-Allied Forces
14. ENCORE - Suitcase Blues – Triumph’s 3rd
Studio Album-Just a Game
By Deb
Draper ~ 5 year volunteer Photojournalist ~ Seeing Shows Columnist for The
Wire Megazine.
Photo by Iconic Photographer John Rowlands www.rocknrowlands.com
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