LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Soundcheck & Project 906), Weekend Concert Previews, And More!!

Before we dive into this weekend's concert previews, just a heads up that I have removed The Wyld Stallyns' show at Outspoken Brewing tomorrow night from our calendar. While the band had agreed to play the first Friday of "every month" at their Taproom late last year, the venue has been closed since early January, with their Facebook page being cagey on the reasons, and there's no sign that they've re-opened this month. Maybe I'm wrong and they just haven't announced it, but I doubt The Stallyns are playing tomorrow, at least at Outspoken, but stay tuned if we hear anything! Now, here's this weekend's concert previews and new videos, starting with SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!

Sault Michigan blues/hard rock quartet Project 906 will return to Jack's Pub & Grub in Brimley for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, the band only announced this show via its Facebook event page on Tuesday. Project 906 made their first appearance at the Willabee's Motel sister venue in November, and from what I have heard, the guys had a good debut there, so hopefully Billy, Joe, Dustin, and Odin deliver more of the hard rock goods with their covers-heavy sets TOMORROW! Note that advertising on the Facebook event page hypes up to "come join us to start the I-500 weekend right", even though Brimley is a 20 minute drive away (some attendees may be exploring the E.U.P. while in town, of course). TOMORROW'S show is at 8:00 PM with no announced cover charge and a 21+ age limit. See above for more details, and here's Project 906 live in concert!

Next up, we'll head back to Sault Ontario for two more late announcements, as local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will return to Reggie's Place for shows TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Again, apologies for the short notice, we only heard firm details about these dates via the venue's Facebook page on Tuesday, but when Soundcheck announced their bassist change on their Facebook page on Monday, they alluded to playing live this weekend without naming the location. Soundcheck just played at Reggie's three weeks ago, so this is a relatively quick turnaround for them, but hopefully their rocking blend of old school rock covers and select country favourites find another strong audience TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Note that while Obsession's Jim Michaud is their new bassist, Soundcheck did jokingly ask if regular fill-in Rob Gilmar was free this weekend in their Facebook post on Monday, implying no immediate changes.

Remember that Jim may not know their whole set for a double header weekend yet, let alone Thursday jam nights at Jay's (and Obsession still have their own farewell gigs to prepare for next week), so I can absolutely see Rob filling in short term. We'll let you know if anything concrete comes out! TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT's concerts are 9:00 PM affairs with no cover charge and 19+ age limits. See above for more details, and for a preview, here's Soundcheck live last year!

Lastly for known and announced hard rock concerts in the Twin Saults and area this weekend is the previously announced return of Sault Michigan hard rock quartet Tarnished to The Rapids Lounge at the local Kewadin Casino branch TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Their first local gigs of 2023 (following a Grand Rapids road trip last month), this weekend's shows coincide with the aforementioned International 500 snowmobile race, which goes down on Saturday and has attached events taking place all weekend long, with many tourists coming in to check this one out as usual. Click here for full I-500 details if you're interested in checking out the race and other events in person! Tarnished's shows are not expressly tied to the I-500, but Kewadin Casino is home base for many indoor pre- and post-race functions, so anyone who wants to stick around late for some hard rocking originals and covers should know to head to The Rapids Lounge tomorrow and/or Saturday night! 

Tarnished will be on both nights at 9:00 PM, there is a 21+ age limit, and there are no cover charges, but expect it to be much busier than normal given the I-500 festivities in and around the casino. Visit the above links for more details on what should be a great weekend for exposure's sake for Tarnished, and here they are live last year elsewhere at Kewadin!

Finally for today, here's some new videos from a Sault Ontario band who are not playing live this weekend, namely southern hard rock cover trio Bone Yard! This is their off weekend in their previously announced run of February-March shows (they'll be at Shooters with more band t-shirts in tow next weekend), but you can still see them via these live-streamed videos on their Facebook page from their show this past Saturday at Jay's Piston Broke Pub, one seeing them cover The Beatles' "Come Together". The other video is embedded below, and it is their cover of Golden Earring's "Radar Love" from the end of the first chorus onward. Alas, both videos were shot vertically, but Bone Yard sound good in both, and the filmer did get some nice angles and shots of both the band (who have their own distinct & matching band shirts) and Jay's, which is definitely getting spruced up slowly with the new ownership!

Note that, when promoting this show on Facebook last week, Bone Yard noted that "we got a special guest making his first appearance" this weekend, and that "something tells me this guy is going to be hanging around there for a while". This wasn't an allusion to a band member addition, rather the return of the taxidermed moose head that was a fixture at The Rosie/Reggie's West for years, and at that patrons were known to kiss on their birthdays. Good to see it back on display under the new regime, but give Bone Yard's live-streamed videos a look above & below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post on the site next! Thanks everyone!