LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Soundcheck, Tym Morrison, And The Wyld Stallyns), Weekend Concert Previews, And More!!

The first concert weekend of March 2020 is here, so let's start with this weekend's concert previews on this Thursday morning! Due to the amount of shows in the coming days, I am holding our previews of this weekend's Highway 63 shows and Saturday's Bridge Heads/Big Mistake concert for tomorrow morning's post, so look for them then! Now, here's what you should know to kick things off, starting with LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, mostly on SHORT NOTICE, as well as a cancellation!

Local acoustic hard rock trio The Wyld Stallyns will play a rare concert at The Water Tower Pub TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, we only learned about this show via the venue's March concert calendar earlier this week. I can't immediately recall the Speers' and Jesse playing a show here, so consider a run to this popular north/central nightclub TOMORROW for their varied and often heavy cover array, especially as the only hard rock act there this month! As usual for the venue, this is a 9:00 PM affair with no cover charge and a 19+ age limit, and see above for more details! I would have continued here to note The Stallyns' headlining set at the Docs & Food & Beer & Bands fundraiser at The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre on Saturday night, but the event has quietly been postponed for unannounced reasons, as per Docs on Ice's Facebook page on Tuesday. For what it's worth, the ticket website says it was cancelled, and tickets bought there have been refunded.

Seeing a charitable event like this being postponed is unfortunate, but hopefully it a necessary bump in the road, and that it does take place. If a new date is announced and the Docs on Ice ties remain intact, it would have to take place before April 17th, when that tournament kicks off. We'll let you know if we hear anything, but don't miss The Wyld Stallyns TOMORROW at The Water Tower Pub! Here they are live!

Next up, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will reportedly return to The Esquire Club for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Again, apologies for the short notice, these shows were only announced via the Sault Music News Letter's Facebook page on Tuesday, and they have not been publically confirmed on social media by the band or venue at press time. Assuming these are on as scheduled, TOMORROW & SATURDAY'S concerts will be Soundcheck's first anywhere in two weeks, and their first at The Esquire Club in about two months. This should be a solid opportunity to check out Cameron, Terry, Paul, and Glen's brand of hard hitting covers, established and newer alike, so don't miss out on this weekend's action in the west end if you can help it! TOMORROW & SATURDAY's shows are 10:00 PM events with no cover charges and 19+ age limits. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Soundcheck's current lineup live & in concert!

Also this weekend, prolific local hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will kick off another busy month with matinee gigs at Gliss Restaurant TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, which bookend a traditional nighttime concert at The Roadhouse Bar & Grill TOMORROW NIGHT! This will be the second straight week where Tym is playing these two venues at these three times, so if you missed out last week or can't get enough of his hard rocking acoustic covers, these three familiarly dated concerts should take care of things! While we're on the subject, Tym announced one more new date for this month via this Facebook event page yesterday, as he will apparently return to The Kiln at Searchmont Resort for a matinee concert on Sunday, March 15th! Yes, this is a photo of him playing there, new haircut in tow. Searchmont haven't corroborated this booking online as of this writing, but clearly Tym's Kiln debut went well last month, so look for more fan favourite covers next weekend!

Tomorrow & Saturday's Gliss shows are at 6:00 PM, tomorrow night's Roadhouse concert is at 10:00 PM, and next Sunday's Searchmont gig is at 4:00 PM, which is a later start time than last month. Only The Roadhouse will have a 19+ age limit, and none of these shows have an announced cover charge. Visit the Facebook event pages linked here & here (and the above links) for more details, and here's Tym live!



Finally for today's previews, we'll head to Sault Michigan, where local hard rock band Tarnished (or members therein) are expected to continue their weekly arrangement at Biggby Coffee with another acoustic matinee concert TODAY! Neither the band nor venue have plugged this show on social media, but remember, "every Thursday" means what it means unless otherwise stated. That said, Tarnished didn't update their Facebook page at all in February, but they haven't been idle, as the guys have recently been in the studio recording a debut EP! This was revealed by frontman Alex Traynor in a personal Facebook post shared to the band's Facebook page on Sunday, confirming that the EP will have 5 songs (much like his solo debut EP from last year), and it was recorded with producer Matt Dalton at Rock Hill Sound in Rochester Hills outside of Detroit. If scheduling conflicts related to the sessions impaired February dates at Biggby Coffee, no one firmly said that online publically.

Also, the above post heavily suggests that Alex himself is drumming on the EP rather than Tommy Korcal, who was not credited as taking part in the sessions, and has quietly been removed from their lineup on their website. If Tommy has indeed left Tarnished, a reason wasn't announced as to why, but hopefully nothing bad happened, and that we see him back with Project 906 soon! I'm very curious to see how Tarnished's EP shapes up, especially as the band hasn't posted original content online before, so stay tuned as updates roll in! As for today, look for Tarnished at Biggby at 12:00 PM with no cover or age limit. See above for more details, and here's Tarnished live!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for our Highway 63 and Bridge Heads previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!