Fort Creek Concert Previews, Plus New Solo Performance Videos!!

I have a new news post to check out on this Thursday evening, including new videos from two familiar local frontmen, and leading off, weekend concert previews for a returning band to the pandemic-limited concert scene in the next couple of days! Here's what you should know!

 

Local southern/hard rock quintet Fort Creek will play their first concerts of 2021 when they return to Reggie's West TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Despite being one of the few heavier local acts to play live with pandemic restrictions last fall, Fort Creek didn't immediately jump back into action last month, with Bones' recovery from an unspecified injury a possible factor. With extra time to practice and get ready, their brand of classic, southern, and hard rock covers should go over very well with assembled fans at the Reggievelt this weekend! As per usual for the few concerts we're getting at this stage of the pandemic, these are 7:30 PM events with no cover charges and 19+ age limits, though please respect the venue's social distancing measures if you choose to come out. Also, note that Fort Creek will be giving away some merchandise, so if you want some free stuff, keep that angle in mind! See above for more details, and here's Fort Creek live!

 

 

Next up, here's an hour-long live-streamed concert from Bridge Heads/ex-Haggith frontman Curtis McKenzie! If you know Curt personally beyond his bands, you may be familiar with his live-streaming endeavours on his Twitch page under his handle Deadshot5150_, and he has uploaded a number of videos of him playing Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in the last couple of weeks, which gamers may be interested in checking out. Musically, he has referenced doing live-streamed shows there on social media, but sadly, only one is still up to check out, which aired this past Friday. Apologies for missing ones that were taken down beforehand, Twitch still isn't a frequent site for SMS purposes. In order, you can see Curtis acoustically cover Silverchair's "Tomorrow", Collective Soul's "December", The Stone Temple Pilots' "Interstate Love Song", Weezer's "My Name Is Jonas", ...

...Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", Velvet Revolver's "Fall To Pieces", Guns 'N Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine", Nirvana's "About A Girl", Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive", Blink-182's "All The Small Things", an extended instrumental jam (complete with capo), Collective Soul's "Shine", and lastly, a rough & unrehearsed version of The Outfield's "Your Love". Nice to see Curt playing music again, if only in a video, and he sounds good on vocals & guitar as you would expect given his talents! Lighting is so-so, but the audio quality more than makes up the difference. It's worth noting that Curtis does not explicitly reference the Soo or hia bands during the video, as his audience on Twitch (1,200 followers strong!) is largely not local. I can't get Twitch's current embed code to work on Blogger, but watch Curt's live-stream at the above links before it gets taken down(?), and hopefully he has more ahead!

Let's close with a video that I have no problem embedding, courtesy of Inner City Surfers/Rising Tide frontman Dustin Jones's YouTube channel! There's more to talk about from here that we've missed over the winter, but a good starting point is this parody adaptation of Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends" that he uploaded in December, only replace "September" with "2020" for obvious pandemic-related reasons. I have to agree with Dustin in many ways here! Filmed at Mission Control Studios, this obviously isn't a full parody, but it's fun while it lasts, so give it a watch below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's YouTube Channel Profile on the site next! Thanks everyone!