Mid-Week Concert Previews, Plus The Last Hard Rock Videos From Rotaryfest 2022!!

To kick off another work/school week, here's a new news post on this Monday night, which is divided into two halves. In a bit, we'll have the last of the videos of hard rock bands/covers at Rotaryfest last month, but first, here's a couple of mid-week concert previews for the days ahead!

We'll start at The Roberta Bondar Pavilion TOMORROW, as local funk/hard rock cover band The Wyld Stallyns will hit there for a special Tuesday evening gig as part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie's Summer Concert Series! This will be their first show under the big tent downtown since their hybrid gig on Canada Day, with Mitch & Johnny from Handsome Sandwich joining the Speers' and Jesse (also of Handsome Sandwich) for a Stallyns covers set. The band only updates their Facebook page sporadically, but this should prove to see their full current lineup in place, including Al & Derek on bass and drums. Look for a fun night of hard rocking and fan friendly covers from The Wyld Stallyns downtown tomorrow evening, and at least it'll end early on a school/work night! While the show will be covered, 9&10 News is calling for sunny weather tomorrow with temperatures from 23-24°.

This is a FREE & ALL AGES event as usual for this series, a 7:00 PM start time is in effect, and if you're wondering, we'll preview Thursday evening's Uncanny Valley show there later this week. Visit the above links for more on tonight's Wyld Stallyns show at The Pavilion, and here they are live!

Next up, here's another mid-week concert preview, as local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison is expected to return to The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post for another gig THIS WEDNESDAY! While there is no Facebook event page yet to promote this show, the vast majority of Wednesdays in this seasonal weekly arrangement have got one, so follow Tym's Facebook group and personal Facebook page for updates if you're at all concerned. Tym's deep setlist of classic and hard rock covers, coupled with his own vocal and guitar talents, should prove to be another entertaining combo, so don't miss out if you're able on Wednesday! This show has no cover charge or age limit, and it again starts at 7:00 PM. 9&10 News is calling for similarly sunny weather, but with cooler 18-19° temperatures. See above for details, and here's Tym live!

Let's close today's post by finally concluding our Rotaryfest video coverage, as we're down to footage from the last two outstanding bands, and while I've covered 2022 videos from both, not these videos! We'll start with local classic rock quintet Mustang Heart, as keyboardist Vito Tassone uploaded six videos from their Friday night set on Stage 1 at Clergue Park to his YouTube channel just last week! Vito has posted more there from other events, but as far as Rotaryfest went, his videos include covers of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", Harlequin's "Innocence", Autograph's "Turn Up The Radio", Honeymoon Suite's "What Does It Take", and two Bon Jovi covers, namely "It's My Life" and, as embedded below, "Born To Be My Baby". Unfortunately, only the Autograph cover is filmed horizontally, but the videos have good sound quality, and zoom is used to help show more of the stage and fans dancing.

Of note, the "Born To Be My Baby" cover features guitarist Lorenzo Fabbri on lead vocals with usual frontwoman Marci Chindamo on backing vocals. He gets the job done on this Bon Jovi classic, but if you want to hear Marci singing up front, other videos on Vito's channel will have you covered. Strong performances from the modern Rotaryfest's most frequently seen band, so give these videos a watch above & below!

At long last, let's finally wrap up our Rotaryfest hard rock video coverage in a fitting way, with the last band who played Stage 1 this year, namely local southern hard rock cover trio Bone Yard, who had a video filmed by the ever-prolific Christopher Paci for his YouTube channel! During their festival-closing set, Chris filmed them covering The Eagles' "Life In The Fast Lane", and while I admittely am not an Eagles fan, Greg does add some welcomed energy and exuberance into the vocals and drumming, so that should help for anyone who isn't into the original band! Solid crowd up front & nighttime ambiance, so check out Bone Yard at Rotaryfest one more time below!

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