LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Project 906), New Videos, And Much More!!

As promised, let's round out this weekend's known local hard rock concert previews (both in Michigan's Upper Peninsula), while also covering some new video finds on the Ontario side of the border! First, let's start in the E.U.P. with a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!

Local hard/blues rock quartet Project 906 will take the stage TOMORROW NIGHT in nearby Brimley at... Jack's Grub & Pub?! Apologies for the short notice, the band only confirmed this gig via their Facebook page on Monday. I've never heard of Jack's before, but it's a family-owned bar & restaurant at 9915 West 6 Mile Road (right close to the Brimley Bridge over the Waiska River), and it is owned by & on the same property as Willabee's Motel. While open since at least 2015, Jack's only sporadically hosts live bands, so it'll be interesting to hear how Project 906 do in their debut there TOMORROW NIGHT! This 21+ event has an 8:00 PM start time and no cover charge, and Brimley is 20 minutes southwest of the Soo. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and for a preview, here's a brand new video of Project 906 in action, as also uploaded to their Facebook page on Monday!

Filmed at their most recent show at The Strongs Tavern in nearby Eckerman this past Saturday, this video features Billy, Joe, Dustin, and Odin covering Creed's "What If". I have to be honest, this isn't the best video that I've seen of Project 906, both for the camera angle (beside Odin & facing the crowd) and the somewhat choppy audio that really muffles the vocals, but while I'm also not a Creed fan, this cover does sound faithful to the original and they at least went with one of Creed's harder edged songs! Give it a look below, and don't miss Project 906 at Jack's in Brimley TOMORROW!

Next up, here's one more hard rock concert preview for this weekend (one that did have advance notice), as local hard rock quartet Tarnished are advertised to return to The Islander Bar in nearby Hessel TOMORROW NIGHT! Now, I must preface this show with a disclaimer, as the band has not promoted it on their Facebook page whatsoever, and I have not seen The Islander Bar's Facebook page reference this show since including it in a concert calendar post back on September 22nd. No one has said it's cancelled, but the lack of recent promotion is definitely noted, so keep this in mind if you're planning to make the 45 minute drive south tomorrow. If the show (tied in with the opening of deer season) is still on, you can enjoy Tarnished's hard rocking covers & originals at 9:00 PM with a 21+ age limit and no cover. See above for more details and/or to see if this show is indeed cancelled, but that's not all from Tarnished!

Show on or off, we can leave Tarnished here in this post, as they announced on their Facebook page on Wednesday that they will be opening for Steel Panther at The Dreammakers Theatre at the local Kewadin Casino on November 26th (two weeks from tomorrow!) Last time out, Steel Panther had a touring opener (Wilson) but no locals, so this is a slight surprise, but Tarnished are an ideal pick given their talents, old school covers, and sense of humour! For a preview, Tarnished posted this 30 second Facebook video where Alex announces to his visibly unprepared bandmates (minus Nathan) the good news. Amusing clip, so give it a look below, and Steel Panther tickets are still available for their second local stop!

We'll close tonight's post in Sault Ontario... well, we'll first take a detour east to North Bay, as a video from local indie punk quintet The Northwest's recent show there is now online! This comes from their gig playing alongside David "Dino" White as part of the Guerrilla Grooves concert series on October 20th, where organizers host musical acts at a mystery venue that is only teased for the bulk of the promotion, and advance ticket buyers do not know where they're going. The venue (typically non-traditional and intimate in scope) is only revealed 36 hours prior to showtime, and in this case, The Northwest & Dino took the stage at Canadore College's aviation hangar. The staging won't be too out of the ordinary for local fans who have seen bands set up inside the Bushplane Museum, but the promotional aspect sure helps this stand out. I wonder if the Guerrilla Grooves concept could fly in the Soo? I can definitely think of some intriguing locales.

Plugged in advance with this promotional video featuring Wayne & Greg, the show proper seemed to go over well with North Bay locals, and you can bear witness yourself via this video from Guerrilla Grooves' YouTube channel earlier today, featuring The Northwest playing "Lights". The dual camera footage captures this Greg-sung track nicely, but I would like to see some more disparate angles of the hangar to frame how unusual the venue is from where you would normally attend concerts at. Solid (if mellow) rocker, so give it watch below, and stay tuned for more from them!

Finally for today, here's a video that I apologize for the delayed mention of, as here's a 19 second clip of Toronto-based Rush tribute band Crush playing "The Spirit of Radio" at Reggie's Place back in July! This was live-streamed on Reggie's Facebook page, but slipped us by until now. The light blue haze and dark stage lighting aren't a good compliment, but what little we hear of the song sounds good, pause in the lyrics aside, and hopefully there was a decent turnout to see The Ultimate Rush Experience (and their original sister band Pyramid Theorem) that night! Give this clip a watch below!

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