Josey Scott's Saliva Concert Fallout & Videos!!

Today's post is devoted to Saturday night's Josey Scott's Saliva concert outside of The Machine Shop, so what should you know on this Monday evening? First off, while official promotion didn't make the exact staging of the show clear, it definitely wasn't at The Yard, nor was it completely outdoors as implied, as it took place under a roof at The Rink at The Train Station (f.k.a. The Rink at The Canal District), which sporadically hosts outdoor concerts when not serving as an ice skating rink. You may recall Outspoken Brewing's Oktoberfest being held here last fall. Luckily, it didn't rain on Saturday night, but the roof would have offered some protection that way, while still letting fans of the summer weather enjoy the warmer temperatures! In terms of videos, the only YouTube user so far to post videos is local DJ Ryan Hall, a.k.a. DJ-RJ, who uploaded eight (technically five) videos of the headlining Memphis, Tennessee hard rock band, though sadly, he did not film any of the openers.

DJ-RJ also filmed at the Summer Moon Fest, but these are his first concert videos to cross our radar. Three of his eight Saliva videos are "Shorts" (a.k.a. YouTube's answer to Facebook "Reels"), and are just vertical re-posts of his regular videos. Not sure the point unless "Shorts" are part of his marketing strategy for uploads there, given that it's mostly home to his own DJ mixes (check out this Treble Charger/Birdbrain mashup he just did!) The actual five videos see Josey and crew cover Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" and Chad Kroeger's "Hero" (which featured Josey Scott himself), while the Saliva originals filmed were "Superstar", "Broken Sunday", and as embedded below, "Survival of the Sickest". That Rage cover is the last one that I want bands to do (exceedingly overplayed), but Josey Scott's Saliva sound good here, and while Josey did struggle to hit some higher/longer notes, he still sounds the part!

How does he compare to Bobby Amaru (who replaced him in and still fronts the original Saliva)? Bobby has a raspier voice and energy to match, and he does justice to Josey-era songs, but you can tell that Josey was the original voice when you hear him. In terms of the venue setup at The Rink, you'd be hard pressed to tell that this was technically outdoors based on the professional staging, and it looks like there was a decent turnout for this one, no doubt helped by years of Saliva airplay on Rock 101! Give DJ-RJ's videos a watch above and below!

Next up, another video was uploaded from the show by former Shit Liver frontman Josh Penno's video production company Spacebag Productions (who filmed openers Spades GT's still-to-be-released music video), which was posted to the Spacebag Facebook page. Josh says that is his "event coverage" of the show, which he filmed for free as a means of getting his name out there as a professional videographer, and he asked that people like/share the video to "get this to the right people's eyes so I can continue to find work in a creative space". This is only 33 seconds long, features the studio version of Saliva's "Click Click Boom" rather than live concert audio (despite also showing the opening bands), and oddly has no video footage period for the first five seconds, but what Josh shot looks excellent, and I do hope that he posts the raw footage online in some fashion! The bands are shown in chronological order by when their set was.

You don't see a ton of Spades GT's set here, but you can probably tell that only four band members were present at The Rink, as rhythm guitarist Jay Sarrazin did not make the trip north for unannounced reasons (at least not online). Don't read anything negative into that, as Jay has a lot of bands on his plate, and he will be coming to the Northern Vibe Festival in August with his Southern Ontario bands Sierra Pilot & Hellrager (Spades GT themselves are not playing in Ophir this year). Give Josh's well shot and edited (if all too brief) video from the Saliva concert a look below!

Finally, sound at the show was provided by 705Live Sound Co. (not promoters Live705), and Mike Blair from 705Live did film one video for their Facebook page, namely this 36 second clip of them playing "Ladies & Gentlemen" (which I know best as the WrestleMania 23 theme song, the year I went in person!)  Further back by necessity (so much so that you can see daylight at the edge of the video), this sounds strong, which is a testament to the band, 705Live, and Mike's camera! If only this wasn't just 36 seconds long. Give it a watch below!

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