Ottawa 8/25/11

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  • #25646
    Avatar of hornsbytreehornsbytree
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    I unfortunately had to cancel my plans to see Bruce in Ottawa at the Ottawa Folk Festival.

    My friend was there and sent me this mini-review and setlist. Of course I can’t vouch for it but she’s a big Bruce fan:

    the show was amazing!!!! Bruce joked about not really playing in canada much cuz we don’t really “get” his music. that only 6 people had ever heard his album with r skaggs. he talked about casino rama and joked that he played to a room of drunk and disappointed gamblers.

    Here is the set list – according to me so don’t rely on its accuracy
    Little Sadie – White Wheeled Limousine – Gulf of Mexico – Shadow Hand (bilingual version) – I truly understand – Prairie Dog Town – Long Valley Road – Pete and Manny – Mandolin Rain – Brokedown Palace
    The Grand Tour? -> Mandolin rain – the way it is – encore: Rainbow’s Cadillac

    (note from me – while it’s true that Bruce & Ricky played at Casino Rama (a Native casino about 70 min north of Toronto) in 2007 to a room of many drunk and/or disappointed gamblers, I talked with several people after the show that only went to see Ricky who were blown away by the awesome piano player that “joined Ricky’s band”. Bruce definitely won some converts that night).

    #32976
    Avatar of GuinnessGoonGuinnessGoon
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    Cool thanks, great story.
    Sorta strange people don’t know who Bruce Hornsby is but for some reason know somebody like Ricky Skaggs :?

    #32977
    Avatar of hornsbytreehornsbytree
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    GuinnessGoon wrote:
    Cool thanks, great story.
    Sorta strange people don’t know who Bruce Hornsby is but for some reason know somebody like Ricky Skaggs :?

    At Casino Rama it’s a lot of country folk (by that I mean not city folk) and Ricky is more what they’re brought up with. Rama has tons of country artists come through. But yeah, strange still.

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