LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Tarnished & The Nostalgic Band), A New Local Band, And More!!

Let's continue this weekend's concert previews by primarily looking at bands playing tomorrow night, with Rotaryfest Stage 2 and Saturday-only events still to come. Kicking things off are SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS, two tied to a new local band, so here's what you should know!

We have a new local classic metal cover band to add to our band links, namely The Nostalgic Band! Debuting with gigs at Reggie's Place in May and June, and originally named Nostalgia, this is the first full band project from prolific local singer/guitarist Tym Morrison since his old band Caveman Morrison's last show in 2016, so fans of his will be extra curious, even without his long hair! Tym is joined here by his 2012-2013 Caveman bandmate Randy "Dutch" Vanderploeg (otherwise best known as Browbeat's frontman) on bass, while former Nikkfitt drummer Chet Dziergas rounds out their lineup. Yes, Dutch is a Nikkfitt alum too, but they were not in that band concurrently. The Nostalgic Band's new Facebook group was actually created in time for their third & fourth gigs last month, but I only just found out about it this week, and they have confirmed a handful of new concert dates for the coming month.

These include returns to Reggie's Place TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, then on Friday, August 4th & Saturday, August 5th! Apologies for the short notice on TOMORROW & SATURDAY's concerts, they were only announced via the Facebook event page for all four Reggie's dates, which only went up on Sunday. The other new date will see The Nostalgic Band make their Jay's Piston Broke Pub debut in an apparent one-nighter on Friday, July 28th (click here for its Facebook event page), so fans of Tym, Randy, and Chet have lots of chances ahead to see them live, starting TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! All of these are 19+ concerts with 9:30 PM start times and no cover charges. For a preview of this weekend's gigs, four live videos of The Nostalgic Band are online to check out, so what can you see here?

All shot at Reggie's gigs, the videos include Facebook-exclusive covers of Starship's "We Built This City" and System of a Down's "Aerials" uploaded by Dutch, but they also have a YouTube channel that features cross-posted videos of Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Know" and, as embedded below, a 9 minute promotional video featuring assorted cover fragments from their debut gig on May 26th. So far so good for The Nostalgic Band performance wise, with strong musicianship and chemistry dating back to the Caveman Morrison days, and while I'd have made transitions more obvious in the promo clip, classic metalheads won't want to miss them TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT at Reggie's Place!

Next up, we'll head across the river for another short notice announcement, as Sault Michigan metal quartet Tarnished will return to Snow's Bar & Grill in nearby Cedarville for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Again, apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced on their Facebook page this past Friday when they posted their concert slate for the next month+ there. Fresh off of their even later-notice Hessel gig last week, TOMORROW'S Cedarville show will be Tarnished's first at Snow's in three weeks, so if you're in the area or are up the 40 minute drive due south of the Soo, keep Tarnished's brand of old school metal originals & covers in mind! A one-nighter due to or resulting in Project 906's previously announced show there on Saturday (preview forthcoming), Tarnished are on TOMORROW at 8:00 PM with a 21+ age limit and no cover. See above for more details, and here's Tarnished live last year!

As the Tarnished show was on short notice, I gave it priority in this post, hence why three naturally linked shows are broken apart here, but to close, let's head back to Sault Ontario for Nostalgic Band frontman Tym Morrison's previously announced solo acoustic concert TOMORROW NIGHT at The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post! The second weekly gig of his new seasonal arrangement at the outdoor stage at 1332 Great Northern Road, shows in this series won't conflict with Nostalgic Band concerts on Fridays because Tym is only blocked from 7:00-9:00 PM at The Mike Case Stage. Long day for Tym, but hopefully easing into things with an unplugged gig will get things rolling naturally before he joins Randy and Chet downtown! You can enjoy Tym's solo classic/hard rock covers tomorrow at 7:00 PM with no age limit or cover charge, and the weather forecast is much the same as it will be at Rotaryfest happening concurrently.

9&10 News is still calling for a high temperature of 23° tomorrow, and while the chance of showers and thunderstorms has slightly dropped to 40%, keep the forecast in mind, as this is very much an outdoor concert (roof on the stage acknowledged). Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live!

That's all for now, but look for our Rotaryfest Stage 2, Wyld Stallyns, and Project 906 previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!