Here's a new news post on this Wednesday morning, and it is mostly devoted to LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS on both sides of the border, plus some new videos from one recent concert and to promote one ahead. Now, let's see what you should know, starting with the new concerts!
New local classic/hard rock cover quartet
Double Down will play their first concerts outside of Reggie's Place when they debut at
Jay's Piston Broke Pub on Friday, June 9th & Saturday, June 10th! Following well received Reggie's weekends in April and earlier this month, fans in the west end can enjoy Joel, Adam, Brad, and Ric's brand of classic and hard rock covers at the former Reggie's West in a few weeks, and hopefully there's a sizeable turnout both nights! Expect 9:30 PM start times, no cover charges, and 19+ age limits. While we're on the subject, two new videos of Double Down has surfaced on
their Facebook page, so what should you know there? Filmed by attendee Audrey Marshall, these are tucked into a post otherwise full of pictures from their May 12th gig at Reggie's that she posted to their page, and as such, they appear to be unembeddable on external sites.
One video has the guys covering Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" with frontman Joel Syrette on vocals, and the other sees them covering J.J. Cale's "Going Down" with bassist Brad Stephen on vocals, much as fans will have seen him and Ric do with Bone Yard. Both covers are well handled from a good (if not centered) angle of the stage, and kudos to Audrey for filming these horizontally, so check them out for yourselves above, and look for more like this when Double Down debut at Jay's next month!
Next up,
Kewadin Casino has announced their June concert slate (+ Saturday, July 1st) at their regional branches' on-site lounges, courtesy of their respective entertainment pages, and there are a handful of new hard rock gigs hitting them both! Just to clarify this ahead, the band playing at The Rapids Lounge in Sault Michigan next month named
Highway 41 is a country band out of Houghton, and they are
not related to defunct local classic/hard rock band Highway 63 beyond the similar name. The sooner of the shows come on Friday, June 16th & Saturday, June 17th, when Traverse City classic metal trio
Peril return to The Northern Pines Lounge at
the St. Ignace Kewadin branch, in their first local dates since rocking the Sault Kewadin earlier this month, and their first in St. Ignace since New Year's weekend. Always good to see Jeff and crew back north of the Mackinac Bridge, and hopefully next month's shows rock hard again!
As usual for Peril's trips to the E.U.P., expect these concerts to have 21+ age limits, 9:00 PM start times, and no cover charge. Peril have always been good to local audiences, so don't miss all of the action next month, and we'll let you know if either of Jeff's primary bands turn up again soon!
The other new hard rock shows coming to Kewadin Casino in this batch of concerts will be on Friday, June 30th and Saturday, July 1st, as local hard rock quartet
Rhythm & Brews will return to The Rapids Lounge at
the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin to wrap up one month and ring in another! While these will be Rhythm & Brews' first publically announced gigs since rocking the St. Ignace Kewadin in early March, we regrettably did miss a gig of theirs on Saturday, April 29th, as they played at The Merchant's Bar (a.k.a. The Merch) that night. Alas, the band
never plugged this show on
their Facebook page, and
The Merch's Facebook page rarely promotes bands scheduled to play there, so I only heard about it three+ weeks late via band members' personal Facebook pages (even if, the announcement was only made
that day). Regardless, I profusely apologize, but hopefully the concert was a hit for the band, fans, and Merch regulars!
I fear that I may have missed other non-Kewadin gigs from them, but alas, Rhythm & Brews' Facebook page isn't updated all that often. At least we know about their Soo Kewadin gigs next month, which should deliver the hard rock goods! You can check out this Nixxon Dixxon, Highway 63, and Clownsack union on Canada Day weekend at 9:00 PM with 21+ age limits and no cover charges. See above for more details!
We'll close today by kinda sorta staying in Sault Michigan... kinda. On Monday, Sault Ontario southern hard rock band
Fort Creek shared a post to plug the
Josey Scott's Saliva concert that they are opening at
The Machine Shop on Saturday, June 24th, which featured two items. One is the new official poster seen here and elsewhere prior, but the other item is a video shot by a band member (I presume) of a radio playing The Sault's Rock Station,
Rock 101. At this juncture, long-time DJ Allison "Alli J" Miller was on the air, and she is heard here plugging the concert, with the video capturing mentions of the local openers, hence why Fort Creek would film it (alas, WSUE isn't known for playing original local rock bands in general rotation, so take any plug that you can get!) That said, Alli did forget the GT in
Spades GT, and she erroneously noted that tickets were on sale at The Machine Shop (they are only available online).
I've never been good for keeping track of contests and giveaways for concert tickets on 101.3 FM, but Alli did note that there will be giveaways for tickets on-air tomorrow, so if you want a free ticket to this big show next month, keep that in mind! If you don't win a freebie (or don't listen to Rock 101), tickets are running for $43.50 at this link, and the price will go up $10 if you buy the week of the show/at the gate. Given that Rock 101 and promoters Superior Entertainment are based out of Sault Michigan, you can see how this write-up straddles the border in a few ways, so give Fort Creek's video of the radio plug a watch/listen below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!
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