LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Rhythm And Brews & The Wyld Stallyns), The Tym Morrison Concert Preview, And More!!

After a break for my 33rd birthday, we're back in business at the SMS with a new news post to kick off June 2022! Alongside a preview of a special Wednesday night concert tonight and some new live videos from just last week, we're kicking things off with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS on both sides of the border, so here's what you should know!

Local acoustic hard rock quartet The Wyld Stallyns will be among the musical entertainment at a "Come As You Are Gala" for downtown charity grocery store Grocer 4 Good on Saturday, June 11th at The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center! This special community event is in support of the Gore Street establishment that helps provide groceries to downtown residents while also giving employment opportunities those with employment issues and developmental disabilities, so they definitely are grocers for good! The event proper is designed to celebrate and recognize staff, volunteers, and supporters of the store, and will feature catering and meals from local restaurants, a silent auction table, and a cash bar, so definitely visit the ticket page on Eventbrite for full non-musical details! The Wyld Stallyns and a country & western band led by Daryl Seabrook will supply musical entertainment that night, while singer and 2019 Soo's Got Talent runner-up Juliana Regan will perform during the dinner portion of the evening. 

A 6:00 PM start time is in effect for this all ages gala, which has tickets running for $40 (remember what all this includes and what cause it's supporting), and table reservations for 8 people cost $300. The Wyld Stallyns' set will definitely be in the back half of the gala once dinner wraps up, so don't expect them or Daryl & crew until at least 9:00 PM. This may seem very out of left field for The Stallyns, but they have played at the Bushplane Museum before (remember the Entomica fundraiser last summer?), and their sound is diverse enough to appeal to a wide array of fans, so look for more unplugged hard and classic rock covers next weekend, and see the above links for more on the gala!

Next up, let's head to the E.U.P., as Sault Michigan hard rock quartet Rhythm & Brews will return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino on Friday, July 8th & Saturday, July 9th! These are the only completely new hard rock concert announcements at the two local Kewadin Casino branch lounges through their most recent schedule extension through the end of July, with anything else SMS-friendly  already being announced by the bands in question. These will be the 415E sister band's first shows at the St. Ignace Kewadin since February, with Brandon, Chris, Brett, and Ron last being seen together in April at The Rapids Lounge in the Soo. While still very scant for public media of their shows, this supergroup of Nixxon Dixxon, Clownsack, and Monkey's Uncle alumni should have lots of solid covers in store next month! Expect 9:00 PM start times, no cover, and 21+ age limits, and see above for more details! 

Now let's head back to Sault Ontario for a special Wednesday evening concert preview, as local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will play his first Mike Case Memorial Stage concert of the season TONIGHT outside of The Trading Post! Given the days Tym usually plays on (even factoring in his weekly Thursday shows at Gliss pre-pandemic), the mid-week scheduling is odd, especially when today nor tomorrow is a holiday, but this could be a simple as The Trading Post wanting to start the summer months off on the right foot with live music at the start of June. If so, good sign for Tym and his extensive setlist of familiar covers to be called in right away, and if things remain steady (pandemic willing), we could be seeing much more of him at 1332 Great Northern Road through September! For now, tonight's show has a 7:00 PM start time (ending at 9:00), no age limit, and no cover charge.

As for the weather, 9&10 News is projecting things to be sunny with temperatures of 11-12°, and assuming the show isn't delayed past 9:25 PM, it will end before sunset, so conditions are very favourable (and much less humid than yesterday!) Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live in 2020!

Finally for today, here's five new cover songs from local classic/hard rock cover band Soundcheck's between-guest songs during last week's jam night that they host at Reggie's West on Thursdays! Like with many of his prior Reggievelt jam gig videos on drummer Glen Thomas' YouTube channel, these were as a trio without singer/guitarist Cameron Oliver, while frequent fill-in bassist Rob Gilmar was also present in place of Paul Belair, both for unannounced reasons (at least online). The videos are covers of ZZ Top's "Tush", Bryan Adams' "Cuts Like A Knife", The Tragically Hip's "New Orleans Is Sinking", David Wilcox's "My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble", and as embedded below, Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive". With Cameron absent, Terry Eaton naturally handles lead vocals here... except the Bon Jovi cover, with Rob singing lead instead, and he gets the job done well, especially compared to the real Bon Jovi in 2022!

Note that Glen again filmed these with a mounted aerial camera, and while these were apparently filmed for the benefit of a drum student of his, he was asked to post them publically. This may explain the heavy post-production lens flare in two corners of the screen, perhaps to direct visual focus onto the drumming, but I can't 100% say if that was the intent. Still solid covers for fans of Terry and Glen's extensive local music work, so give these videos a look for yourself above & below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for our proper weekend concert previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!