LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Tym Morrison) & This Weekend's Hard Rock Concert Previews!!

Before we begin this weekend concert preview post, just a heads up that Joni Radford's final services will take place today at 1:00 PM at the East Korah Maxwell United Church at 4 Fourth Line East, with the graveside placement of her ashes immediately following, while friends and family are invited to attend a celebration of life at The Oddfellows Hall later today. Our source for the above information is Joni's personal Facebook page, as a public obituary is not (yet?) on SooToday. On this difficult day, I hope everyone reflects on Joni's life with all of the zeal and optimism she showed throughout it, and our best thoughts and wishes are still with her family and friends! Also, Rising Tide frontman Dustin Jones recorded a tribute song to Joni named "Punk Rock Princess", which was posted to Tidal Records' YouTube channel on Tuesday, and this is a well performed and emotional number that has already received many accolades from those that knew her, and you can give it a listen below. R.I.P. Joni!



Now, let's dive into this weekend's currently announced hard rock concert previews, starting with the continuation of Tym Morrison's ongoing weekly concert arrangement at Gliss Restaurant TOMORROW & SATURDAY, but that's not all, as we have LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS courtesy of his February schedule, now in our concert listings also! Of course, you can enjoy his acoustic hard and classic rock hits at Gliss on Spring Street this weekend, but he'll be back there on February 1st-2nd, 8th-9th, 15th-16th, and 22nd-23rd, so regulars at this downtown restaurant will be in good musical hands next month as usual! As well, Tym will be playing two traditional Friday night concerts next month, as he'll be at Room 21 on Albert Street West on February 8th, and then at The Roadhouse Bar & Grill on Trunk Road a week later on February 15th. Fans of Tym's unplugged solo act have 10 chances to see him next month, but don't forget about this weekend's Gliss gigs either!

As usual, this weekend's and next month's Gliss shows are 6:00 PM events with no announced age limits or cover charges (but mind the locale), while the Room 21 & Roadhouse gigs next month are 19+ gigs at 10:00 PM with no cover charge. Visit the Facebook event pages linked here, here, and here for more details, and for a preview of this weekend's shows, here's Tym live!



Also this weekend, let's head south for the return of Traverse City, Michigan classic metal trio Peril, as they'll return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! These will be the first E.U.P. gigs of 2019 for any of Jeff Hudson and Adam Crawford's linked hard rock bands, with Scarkazm not returning to our area for another week, and Project 6 only playing up here on occasion. It's great to see Peril back after a two month break from our region, and their old school brand of metal covers should be welcomed back by St. Ignace faithful tomorrow and/or Saturday! If you can't make these shows, Peril will be back at The Northern Pines Lounge at the end of March, with Soo Kewadin gigs still to be announced. This weekend's concerts have 9:00 PM start times, no cover charges, and 21+ age limits. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Peril live in Vanderbilt a few years back!



Finally for today, we'll head back to Sault Ontario, where Toronto southern hard rock sextet White Cowbell Oklahoma will make their long awaited return to the local stage THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at LopLops Lounge! A fan favourite band known for their energetic and theatrical stage shows with fire and power tools thrown in for good measure, we haven't seen W.C.O. in town since they rocked The Rockstar Bar over four years ago, back in November 2014. This will also be their first Soo date since adding former Detroit/Maximum RNR guitarist Curtis Faux to the fold, and it'll be great to see him back in his hometown on Saturday! White Cowbell Oklahoma have a new album and almost 20 years of action to ride back into the Soo this weekend, and if you haven't seen them before, now would be a good time to see their wild live show for yourself! Despite teasers on the Facebook event page, a planned opening band has not been announced at press time.

This show was also hyped earlier this week in a new SooToday article by James Hopkin featuring interview remarks with singer Clem Clemsen, where he discussed expectations for Saturday's concert, their new album, their 20th anniversary, and their ongoing tour. Fun read for fans, but you'll have to come to LopLops for yourself to see if it does actually fold inwards into a seventh dimensional space! Tickets for this 19+ show are $20 at this link and presumably at the door, and a 9:00 PM start time is advertised. White Cowbell Oklahoma should put on an excellent live show once again, so see above for more details, and here they are live last year!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for another news post on the site tomorrow! Thanks everyone!