LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Tym Morrison) & Most Of This Weekend's Hard Rock Concert Previews!!

Another concert weekend is upon us (it's already started if you count tonight's battle of the bands in Sault Michigan that we previewed yesterday), and luckily, things are busier on the hard rock side of things than they were last week! So much so that there's too many concerts for one post, so Saturday's Apocalypse Afterparty-headlined show at Soo Blaster will instead be previewed in our next post hitting the site tomorrow. Now, here's what you should know to start off the weekend, including a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!

Local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will return to Tazzi's Cafe & Restaurant on Queen Street East for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, Tym only announced this show via its Facebook event page in the past week, with the venue first plugging it on their Facebook page on Monday. This will be Tym's first publically advertised concert since the breakup of The Nostalgic Band in September, and since the end of his seasonal run at The Trading Post earlier that same month, while he last played an announced gig at Tazzi's back in June. It's good to see Tym back out there in his acoustic element, and if his past Tazzi's concerts are anything to go by, hopefully he has a good turnout for his unplugged classic and hard rock hits TOMORROW NIGHT! This will be an 8:00 PM affair with no cover and a 19+ age limit. See above for more details, and here's a new video of Tym live!

Live-streamed by the venue's Facebook page from Tym's show at Tazzi's on April 21st, this unlabelled video has Tym covering Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive". Strong (if abbreviated) cover that suits an unplugged setting nicely, and Tym sings it better than Jon himself on the last Bon Jovi tour! Yes, the video is vertical, but that's fine for a solo performer like this. Give it a look below, and don't miss Tym back here TOMORROW!

Next up, here's some shows that did have advance notice, starting with newer local classic/hard rock cover quartet Silent 9's return to Shooters Downstairs Lounge for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! The last show announced by the group back in this Facebook calendar picture back in August (though more dates are coming), this will be their first stop at the Dennis Street nightclub in almost two months. Hopefully Silent 9 deliver a fun night of classic, hard, and pop rock covers for fans downtown tomorrow! Re: their website's concert calendar, 2023 ends with apparent private gigs that don't have listed addresses, but we'll let you know if any end up being public/ticketed events. A one-nighter due to Shooters hosting DJs on most Saturdays this fall, tomorrow's show has a 19+ age limit, no cover charge, and a 9:00 PM start time. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's a new live concert video!

The second video uploaded from Silent 9's Halloween party at The Esquire Club last month, this was belatedly uploaded to their Facebook page on Saturday, and features the band covering Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". As usual for their official video postings, it's abbreviated (44 seconds long), but it's a good quality recording, and horizontally shot for good measure, with "Wednesday" and crew delivering a solid rendition of this 2000s rock hit! Give it a watch below, and look for more from  at Shooters tonight!

Also this weekend, local southern hard rock cover trio Bone Yard will return to The Esquire Club for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Bone Yard do not frequently play at this Second Line West staple, but this weekend's shows will see them replacing the previously advertised RPM (source here) as the next live band there. While these will be standard plugged in gigs for Bone Yard, they are teasing having new t-shirts for sale, as well as new official coffee mugs that were plugged via this Facebook video featuring the guys (sans guitarist Alex D'Ettore) waking up and enjoying a cup of coffee as only they can. Alex kinda also participated in the video but I won't spoil how they include him. Amusing promotion, and hopefully they move some mugs this weekend! These 9:30 PM concerts have 19+ age limits and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, and here's some new live videos from Bone Yard too!

A band representative live-streamed four videos from their acoustic gig at The Water Tower Pub on November 4th onto their Facebook page, where you can see Greg, Alex, and Warren covering The Charlie Daniels Band's "Long Haired Country Boy" (with Alex on vocals), Kid Rock's "All Summer Long", an instrumental section of what I believe is Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", and as embedded below, a 9+ minute video featuring Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" & Cinderella's "Shelter Me". The vertical camera angle is not ideal here, but they panned and zoomed where needed, and The Bearded Lounge Bone Yard sound good on these varied covers, so check them out for yourselves above & below!

We'll close this preview post by heading to Sault Michigan, where Manistique hard rock cover duo Fyrbird will return to The Rapids Lounge at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen in our coverage range (an hour's drive from Sault Ste. Marie) when they rocked the St. Ignace Kewadin in September, these will be Jamie & Rikk's first shows in the Soo since April, after they were erroneously listed for gigs at The Rapids Lounge last month on the venue's end. This hard-touring two man band should have a hard hitting attack of covers in store for Eastern U.P. fans this weekend, so don't miss out on all of the action tomorrow and/or Saturday! These shows have 9:00 PM start times, 21+ age limits, and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Fyrbird live!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for the Apocalypse Afterparty preview and more on the site next! Thanks everyone!