LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Generations) & The First Half Of This Weekend's Concert Previews!!

(Updated at 11:43 PM) Another busy weekend of concerts is upon us, so we're breaking this weekend's hard rock concert previews into two posts once again! As such, look for Saturday's Josey Scott's Saliva concert and Sunday's Northern Echoes event in tomorrow's post, plus anything that may or may not be announced on late notice. Now, here's what you should know, starting with SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS!

Local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will return to Reggie's Place for shows TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, this shows were only announced on the band's Facebook group on Monday. Last seen this past weekend at the former Reggie's West, TOMORROW'S show will be Generations' first at the original downtown Reggie's in just over a month, and will see the return of drummer Tony Santoro after he sat out their most recent concert due to outside commitments. A planned Saturday nighter was called off due to "unforeseen circumstances" (Tex & The Ride will be playing instead), but hopefully Valerie and the Jus' Chillin successors deliver a solid night of hard and classic rock covers as usual TOMORROW! This show is at 9:00 PM with no announced cover charge and a 19+ age limit. See above for more details, and for a preview, here's a new video from their Jay's concerts this past Saturday!

Uploaded by Tony onto their Facebook group on Monday (despite him not being at the gig), this cover of The Tragically Hip's "Blow At High Dough" features bassist Pierre Anthony on lead vocals, and guest drummer Chris Johns is behind the kit here, if largely out of view behind Valerie. Solid rendition of this Hip staple, though the visuals are a little grainy, not helped by the vertical camera angle, if zoomed in well when needed. Check it out below, and look for more from Generations at Reggie's TOMORROW!

Next up, we'll head to Sault Michigan and the E.U.P. for a pair of previously announced Friday nighters, starting with local hard rock quartet Tarnished's return to Snows Bar & Grill in Cedarville TOMORROW NIGHT! The only new Tarnished dates in their June concert calendar announcement from their Facebook page that are taking place within a one hour drive of the Soo, this will be Tarnished's first concert in our coverage range since Memorial Day weekend and their first in Cedarville since last fall. No visible frills or promotions here, just a strong night of hard rock and classic metal covers & originals from Alex, Nathan, Isaac, and Josh, so consider heading down to Snows for all of the action tomorrow! This concert has an 8:00 PM start time, 21+ age limit, and no cover charge. Visit the above links for more details on tomorrow's festivities, and here's Tarnished live!

Inching our way north, let's stop in Sault Ste. Marie for local blues/hard rock quartet Project 906's return to The Merchants Bar TOMORROW NIGHT! Surprisingly, this will be Project 906's first Soo date all year, with their last Merch stop coming back in October, so fans in the city will definitely be overdue to hear their hard rock favourites close to home! This will also be their second live concert with new drummer Jason VanLuven (more on his debut with 906 in a second). The Merch still rarely promotes the musicians that play there on their Facebook page, but hopefully the guys deliver a strong night of fan favourite tunes once again! This show has a 9:00 PM start time, 21+ age limit, and no cover. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's our first video of Project 906 with Jason behind the kit, namely their outdoor gig at Well Diggers in Kinross last week, courtesy of their Facebook page!

While a chilly night for June standards, the weather otherwise seemed to hold out for 906's concert this past Friday, with an attendee filming them covering Creed's "What If". I think I've seen videos of this cover three times now, so keep that in mind whether you're a fan of this song/Creed or not, but the band & stage were well framed (horizontally, even), and everyone performs strongly! This includes Jason, but given all of the bands he's been in locally, you had to expect that. Give Project 906's Kinross video a watch below, and don't miss them at The Merch tomorrow!

Finally for today's previews, we'll head back to Sault Ontario, where local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard will return to their normal indoor confines for shows at Shooters Downstairs Lounge TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Fresh off of the Queen Street Cruise (more on that in a second), these will mark Bone Yard's return to the Dennis Street nightclub after a month+ away. Fans of this veteran trio should definitely be interested in this weekend's concerts, but if you can't make it out for their hard rocking classic covers, they will be back for a one-nighter in a couple of weeks! Tomorrow & Saturday's shows have no cover charges, 19+ age limits, and 9:00 PM start times. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and for a preview, here's four videos from their Queen Street Cruise sets this past weekend at The Roberta Bondar Pavilion! One is this brief clip of Alex D'Ettore playing a guitar solo on Saturday...

... as shared from attendee Marcy Catherine's personal Facebook page, but the rest are direct live-streams for the band's Facebook page. They include a Saturday cover of Alice Cooper's "Be My Lover", plus Friday evening covers of The Rolling Stones' "Miss You", and as embedded below, their extended jam of Golden Earring's "Radar Love". Alas, all of these were shot vertically, which really isn't to most of their benefit (look at how much of the videos have an empty floor/stage), but Bone Yard sound strong as you'd expect, and hopefully they retained a good crowd during the Cruise weekend! Give these videos a watch above and below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for the Josey Scott's Saliva and Northern Echoes previews (and more) next! Thanks everyone!