Tym Morrison Concert Preview, Rotaryfest Fallout, And New Videos!!

Here's a new news post to check out on this Friday evening, and it includes a concert preview for this weekend, some news and notes from the return of Rotaryfest this past weekend, and a couple of new videos. Things have been quiet lately, but hopefully this will help, and here's what you should know!

 

Local hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will return to Reggie's Place on Queen Street East for one night only THIS SUNDAY NIGHT! Last seen at The Mike Case Memorial Stage at The Trading Post last week, this will be Tym's second show of the month at the downtown Reggie's, following his patio gig there on Canada Day. No word on if he'll be confined to the patio again or if he'll be properly indoors, but remember that we were still in Stage 2 on July 1st. Given Reggie's long-term Sunday matinee gigs, I'm surprised that Tym's show is in a later timeslot, especially on a work night, but hopefully he delivers a fun night of classic covers for patrons at Reggie's on Sunday, and with his vast setlist, you know he'll play something for everyone! This is a 19+ event at 7:00 PM with no announced cover charge. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live in concert before the pandemic!

Next up, here's some fallout from the drive-thru Rotaryfest at the former Lowe's Plaza from this past weekend! SooToday posted this article featuring photos by Violet Aubertin of activities at the festival on Saturday afternoon, including a few pictures of The Northern Jazz Ensemble and Spyder's Web's sets. Not as populated as it would be when I came later that day, but still nice to see a little normalcy, if adapted for the times! Four pictures of classic rockers Obsession's set from later that night can be seen in The Sault Star's photo album from the festival, photographer uncredited, and while the picture quality is better, the focus here is more on attendees having fun. The Sault Star's Brian Kelly published this article online/in the paper on Monday which features reflections from Rotary Club personnel on how successful this year's festival was in spite of the pandemic.

Nice read that shows that the changes they made this year worked for the best, but what about 2022? Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the first local Rotary Community Day Parade, and Rotary Club president Michael Stone is quoted as saying “I think the plan is for it to be a lot bigger than what we’re doing this year". A presumed return to Clergue Park would definitely allow that, but how big are we talking for the milestone year? Time will tell, but congratulations all around for pulling off Rotaryfest at all this year! Also, we do have a video from one of the heavier acts to share today, courtesy of young local garage/hard rock quartet The Uncanny Valley's set on Saturday afternoon! This was uploaded to what I believe is new bassist Brendan Betrand's personal YouTube channel on Tuesday, and it features the band covering about half of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times".

Unfortunately, the uncredited filmer was both far away from the stage AND shot the video in a vertical orientation, but they do zoom in a bit. The Uncanny Valley seem to have a good grasp on this Zeppelin classic, and Adrian's voice is a good match, so if you've missed this rising young band since last year, give their Rotaryfest video a watch below!

Finally for today, here's a new video from St. Ignace, Michigan progressive metal band Heavy Lies The Crown's YouTube channel on Wednesday, and it serves as a playthrough video with bassist Danny Tucker playing alongside the studio track for their song "Time Diffuser" from their 2019 debut EP "Scatter Brain". Recorded outside with some post-production effects and extra camera angles (including Danny providing backing vocals in close-up), the unique setting gives this video some extra interest, even if it isn't the most metal visualization. Danny's a solid bassist as shown here, so give his playthrough a watch below!

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