Last night I saw Brian Setzer (of the Stray Cats/Brian Setzer Orchestra) play for freeee downtown at the Jazz Fest.
Here's a photo from the Montreal Gazette of some of the crowd...
It was absolutely kick ass. For *blocks* there were crowds, and tons of screens.... When we first located the concert, we were watching these big screens and realized there was no band on the stage below... so we went around a bit and finally found it... It was like a sardine can on the actual Place de Festivals, but found some spots on the grass beside it, got a view of the stage, several screens, and the whole fucking crowd... Wish I had brought my camera....!
Anyway, he played a great set-- Stray Cat Strut, Rumble in Brighton, Fishnet Stockings, Jump Jive and Wail... Everybody with pompadours and leopard print, and it was just a grand ol' time...
The crowd was extremely diverse, city was packed with tourists... I usually avoid centre-ville when big stuff is going on because I hate the swarms of people who don't know where they are going, but it was so worth it!
Anybody else seen any great music recently?
Here's a photo from the Montreal Gazette of some of the crowd...
It was absolutely kick ass. For *blocks* there were crowds, and tons of screens.... When we first located the concert, we were watching these big screens and realized there was no band on the stage below... so we went around a bit and finally found it... It was like a sardine can on the actual Place de Festivals, but found some spots on the grass beside it, got a view of the stage, several screens, and the whole fucking crowd... Wish I had brought my camera....!
Anyway, he played a great set-- Stray Cat Strut, Rumble in Brighton, Fishnet Stockings, Jump Jive and Wail... Everybody with pompadours and leopard print, and it was just a grand ol' time...
The crowd was extremely diverse, city was packed with tourists... I usually avoid centre-ville when big stuff is going on because I hate the swarms of people who don't know where they are going, but it was so worth it!
Anybody else seen any great music recently?
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paradym:
I caught a few performers there tonight, great crowds!
shaine:
When do you work this week? I'll bring people.