the acoustic diaries

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

These Are The Days

Saw Jason Collett play at Richard's last night.

Paso Mino opened the show. The Barrie, Ontario quartet had an interesting mix of rock-country riffs combined with an organ sound. They are also the backing band to Jason Collett.

In between sets, we huddled around the TV at the bar and watched the rest of the Canucks game.

Jason Collett opened his set with Tinsel And Sawdust, transitioning into a great performance of We All Lose One Another with a rocking ending. He is currently touring in support of his tremendous folk-rock release, Idols Of Exile.



The part-time Broken Social Scene member recently played the SXSW Festival, and was completing some Canadian tour dates before heading back across the border for a few more gigs.

Some hightlights of his 1hr 15min performance included Hangover Days, I'll Bring The Sun, and Fire. He also played a few new songs, one titled Not Over You and another called Waiting For The World. Jason closed his main set with Pavement Puddle Stars.



For the encore, he played Parry Sound. I thought they could have added a stronger solo in the song, but it still sounded good. When Jason strapped on his harmonica rack, he noticed the instrument was placed upside down and joked about firing the harmonica technician. Then the keyboardist said "Wait, that's me....but can I still keep the keyboarding gig?" They ended the night with a great performance of Blue Sky.

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