LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Tym Morrison), More Weekend Concert Previews, And Related Updates!!

As promised, it's time to wrap up this weekend's hard rock concert previews by tackling hard rock acts playing shows on Saturday, but all three examples have extra new material to discuss, including new live footage, a new band member, and leading off, a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for later this month! Here's what you should know!

We'll start this preview post at Gliss Restaurant, where prolific local hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will continue his ongoing weekly concert arrangement with matinee concerts TONIGHT & TOMORROW! After a 2 week run of also playing at The Roadhouse, his only formal public concerts this weekend are at the Spring Street restaurant, but look for more entertaining unplugged covers from this long-standing local music veteran this weekend and through the end of the year! Literally, as in the aforementioned LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, Tym will play a special New Year's Eve concert at Gliss on Tuesday, December 31st, as per his new Facebook event page covering Gliss bookings through early January. If Tym's acoustic stylings are your ideal soundtrack to send 2019 out with, you know where to go! This weekend's gigs and the New Year's Eve show are 6:00 PM affairs with no cover charges or age limits. See above for more details, and here's Tym live!



Next up, local classic/hard rock cover band Soundcheck are scheduled to return to Reggie's West for concerts TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT, but with a new band member in tow, as they have officially added Cameron Oliver to the band as their new singer/guitarist, replacing Travis Sharpe. A semifinalist in this year's Soo's Got Talent with his own rising profile as a primarily country musician, you may remember seeing video of Cameron joining Soundcheck for a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" at Toystock last month, but as it turns out, that was actually his debut gig with the band, as his addition to Soundcheck's lineup was announced on their Facebook page 5 days prior. Of course, given that Soundcheck covered Guns N' Roses that same day without him, that may have been a sign that he wasn't quite ready for a full night yet. In any event, the Facebook announcement says that Cameron's addition comes as "we finish off 2019 and start a new journey in 2020, with more music variety."

Does this allude to adding songs Cameron plays solo, and/or more country tunes in general? For what it's worth, Soundcheck have not newly promoted this weekend's Reggievelt concerts since the lineup news broke, but we'll let you know if anything changes regarding them. In any event, assuming these shows are still on, expect 19+ age limits, no cover charges, and 10:00 PM start times. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Soundcheck with Cameron live at Toystock!

Finally for this weekend, let's head to Sault Michigan, where local classical metal project Theatre of Night will return for the local stop of their third annual Christmas tour TOMORROW NIGHT at The Dreammakers Theater at the Sault Michigan Kewadin Casino! The only announced E.U.P. stop for this year from Craig, Steve, Rachel, Scott, and Erik, you can expect another theatrical & grand evening of metallized renditions of Christmas carols tomorrow night, and if prior local stops in 2017 & 2018 are anything to go by, this should be a great way to keep the holiday spirit alive! Presented by the Sault Ste. Marie Lions Club with ticket proceeds going to help that organization, this is an all ages concert at 7:00 PM, and like last year, this is in the Dreammakers Theater's table seating arrangement, with food, drinks, and a cash bar on hand for patrons. Also like in 2018, tickets run for $15 for theatre seating, $25 for tables. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details!

Theatre of Night's talent and scope will ensure a great concert as usual on Saturday, especially for you TSO fans craving something similar on a local stage! It's worth noting that the band is featured in the December 2019 issue of Mackinac Journal magazine via an article by journalist Sharon Kennedy, and you can read most of it via photos shared on the band's Facebook page on December 3rd. The article is well done and very complimentary, and it does include interview remarks from Craig and Steve, who even name-drop their past work in I.S.O.M. and End of Existence for good measure. It may be a tough read given the size of the image, but check it out at the above links or by picking up a copy of the Mackinac Journal! As for a preview video for Saturday, we have four videos from their show in Holland last week to acknowledge, courtesy of the Facebook page of Great Legs Winery, that concert's host venue.

The videos include renditions of "We Three Kings", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Silent Night" in two chunks (linked here & here.) I wouldn't think of a winery first for a concert like this, but everyone makes good use of the space, and the lighting is good, so we can see everyone in action, especially compared to their darker ambiance at theatre and church gigs. Alas, Great Legs Winery's Facebook page's privacy settings do not allow external embedding of their videos, so here's footage of Theatre of Night in the Soo last year instead. Don't miss them back at The Dreammakers Theater tomorrow!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site this weekend! Thanks everyone!