Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute (Saint John)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute featuring Connor Fox & Jonnie Price
at Wasted Day Brewery on Saturday, March 16, 2024. Show at 8:30PM.
Just five weeks after the release of his debut LP, Texas Flood, Austin guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn was already well on his way to cementing his status as a giant of the blues. However, when he crossed the border for a sweltering July date in 1983 at the fabled El Mocambo in Toronto, a legend was born.
Stevie Ray Vaughn Live at The El Mocambo is a historic set that included scorching originals mixed with covers from blues titans like Buddy Guy, Howlin’ Wolf, Lonnie Mack and John Lee Hooker. The night also extended to rock’s lineage by including three Jimi Hendrix covers, proving that Stevie Ray was part of an exciting new breed, complete with it’s own set of reference points. As for the performance itself, it was delivered with a fire and passion that was uniquely Stevie’s and arced from emotionally raw to fiercely powerful.
Join us for a faithful recreation of this legendary live performance, on its 40th anniversary, along with a bonus set of SRV favourites. Connor Fox and Jonnie Price hold up their end of the bargain by leading the guitar charge, while Jamie Guitar and Andrew DeMerchant anchor the night in their respective roles as Double Trouble. This show is a ‘must-see’ for any fan of the guitar.
2024-03-10T23:31:55-03:00March 10, 2024|

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute (Moncton)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute featuring Connor Fox & Jonnie Price
at Tide & Boar Gastropub on Friday, March 15, 2024. Show at 10:00PM.
Just five weeks after the release of his debut LP, Texas Flood, Austin guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn was already well on his way to cementing his status as a giant of the blues. However, when he crossed the border for a sweltering July date in 1983 at the fabled El Mocambo in Toronto, a legend was born.
Stevie Ray Vaughn Live at The El Mocambo is a historic set that included scorching originals mixed with covers from blues titans like Buddy Guy, Howlin’ Wolf, Lonnie Mack and John Lee Hooker. The night also extended to rock’s lineage by including three Jimi Hendrix covers, proving that Stevie Ray was part of an exciting new breed, complete with it’s own set of reference points. As for the performance itself, it was delivered with a fire and passion that was uniquely Stevie’s and arced from emotionally raw to fiercely powerful.
Join us for a faithful recreation of this legendary live performance, on its 40th anniversary, along with a bonus set of SRV favourites. Connor Fox and Jonnie Price hold up their end of the bargain by leading the guitar charge, while Jamie Guitar and Andrew DeMerchant anchor the night in their respective roles as Double Trouble. This show is a ‘must-see’ for any fan of the guitar.
2024-03-10T23:32:16-03:00March 10, 2024|

Fredericton’s Live Music Lineup (Mar 4-10)

MONDAY, March 4

TIME BAND LOCATION
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TUESDAY, March 5

TIME BAND LOCATION
7:00PM Open Mic Grimross Taproom
7:30PM Symphony NB- Bravo 4: Symphonic Jazz with Joel Miller The Playhouse
8:00PM Open Mic The Cap (Wilser’s Room)

 

WEDNESDAY, March 6

TIME BAND LOCATION
6:30PM Fredericton Pub Choir Picaroons Roundhouse
7:30PM Song Circle: Colin Fowlie, Tim Walker, Carlin Fraser & Carla Bonnell Dolan’s Pub
8:00PM Open Mic Broken Record Bar & Music Room

 

THURSDAY, March 7

TIME BAND LOCATION
9:00PM Thursday Night Jazz Wilser’s Room (The Cap)
10:00PM The Mix w/ Anthony Gray Dolan’s Pub

 

FRIDAY, March 8

TIME BAND LOCATION
7:00PM Tom Keating York County Cider
8:00PM Lyons and Brewer Band STMR.36 (Delta)
8:00PM Middle of June Fredericton Legion
9:00PM Graeme Kennedy & Radiator/ Nate & the Busy Boys/ Penny Blacks The Cap
9:00PM Lilith Fair Re-visited Broken Record Bar & Music Room
10:00PM The Mix w/ Anthony Gray Dolan’s Pub

 

SATURDAY, March 9

TIME BAND LOCATION
2:00PM Grand Ole Opry Jam York County Cider
5:00PM Blue Mountain Trio Dolan’s Pub
7:00PM Chad Ball, Garry Hansen & Kelly Waterhouse (Gin & Jazz) Southside Shake (Hilton Hotel)
9:00PM The Artificially Hip The Cap
10:00PM The Mix w/ Anthony Gray Dolan’s Pub

 

SUNDAY, March 10

TIME BAND LOCATION
4:00PM Open Mic The Tipsy Muse Café
2024-03-04T22:35:32-04:00March 4, 2024|entertainment, fredericton, live music|

It’s All About The Love

Paul Campbell, known to many Frederictonians as an entertainer who has been bringing crowds to the dance floor for decades, has never considered himself a songwriter. However, with the chaotic political climate of recent years, he felt the need to complete his one and only attempt; a song he started to write while vacationing abroad in 1976. It’s now finished, and in a move that’s very ‘on-brand’ for Campbell, he has scheduled a celebration in its honor.

Song For Democracy-1984 Redux finally gets its official debut on Saturday, June 1st at the Charlotte Street Arts Center, at the 5th Downtown Blues Band ‘Party For The Planet’. The band will perform two sets, along with a special video presentation of the new song, which will be preceded by a brief recorded interview with Campbell, conducted by MRTI’s Rob Pinnock.  The final song of the evening will be Song For Democracy-1984 Redux performed live for the first time in front of an audience. 

As the long-time frontman for Fredericton’s favourite party band, the Downtown Blues Band, Campbell has always chosen to keep things non-political, but Song For Democracy-1984 Redux is Campbell’s anthem of love and hope in a world he feels is heading in the wrong direction for humanity. 

Inspired by 1984, George Orwell’s frightening look into the future, and set in a totalitarian world, Campbell seeks out the light of humanity in the form of LOVE, and calls it out from the darkness as the song rises to its thrilling, emotional peak.

Tickets are available online now (https://rb.gy/c4l8i3). $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Net proceeds will be donated to the purchase of supplies needed to help those displaced by the war in the Ukraine. 

Doors open at 7:00PM with show at 7:30PM.

2024-03-04T22:40:05-04:00March 4, 2024|News|

ROSS NEILSEN COMING HOME FOR ONE SPECIAL NIGHT

Local blues lovers will be marking May 15th in their calendars. On that date Ross Neilsen will make his return to Fredericton performing a live show at Dolan’s Pub, his first in the city since 2022. The evening will take on an extra celebratory feel, considering the friends, fans and memories attached to Fredericton for Neilsen, who is now based in Saskatoon (SK).

Neilsen is a proven road warrior, who crossed the country and back many times, both as a solo artist, and with his backing band The Sufferin’ Bastards dating back to 2010. Neilsen’s music has not only traveled him all over Canada, but he’s also taken his distinct ‘finger-style’ of playing to Mexico, to the fabled blues grounds of the Hill Country region of Mississippi, the bayous of Louisiana and even to Macon, Georgia where he was awarded the privilege of playing the holy grail of blues, rock and soul: Duane Allman’s 1957 Les Paul Gold Top.
In 2012 Ross was chosen as a semi-finalist in the solo/duo category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN and in 2014, he studied at Camp Copperhead under the tutelage of Steve Earle.

In early 2016, Neilsen returned to the studio to cut his sixth studio album with Juno winning team, producer Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk) and ace engineer, Ken Friesen (Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo). Elemental was released in September of 2016 and received much critical appraise and airplay support from all over the world.

In more recent years, Neilsen had paused his career to start a family, and of course the pandemic played its part too, but now he is set to rekindle his career, and a trip home to ‘Freddy Beach’ as the weather starts to warm sounds like a great night out.

Tickets available online now – $20 in advance https://rb.gy/4wjern or $25 at the door. Show starts at 7:30PM.

2024-02-29T00:22:32-04:00February 29, 2024|News|
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