Another weekend is upon us, arguably the start of the Christmas season for many given Moonlight Magic tonight and the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, so here's our look at most of the hard rock shows taking place in the Sault Ste. Marie area this weekend! Sunday's Tym Morrison matinee at Beck's will be previewed in our next news post. Let's lead things off with SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS in the west end!
New local classic/hard rock cover trio The Guilty Party will set up shop TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT at Jay's Piston Broke Pub! Apologies for the short notice, the band only announced these shows via their Facebook event page on Friday. Since debuting as a live band in September, the Separate Wayz side project have one weekend a month at Jay's in the latter half of each month, so TOMORROW & SATURDAY's show establishes a pattern that time will tell if we see continued in the last two weeks of the year. In any event, these are The Guilty Party's first shows since their pre-Halloween weekend gigs in October (also at the former Reggie's West), and hopefully there's a strong turnout for Brent, Terry, and Jim's selection of rocking covers! Everything goes down TOMORROW & SATURDAY at 9:30 PM with 19+ age limits and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details!
For a preview, here's a new video of them live, as shared to their Facebook page on November 5th! This was shot by attendee Audrey Marshall, and captures The Guilty Party covering Seether's "Rise Above This", The Stone Temple Pilots' "Interstate Love Song" and Collective Soul's "Gel". Singer/drummer Brent Royer handles lead vocals on all except "Rise Above This", which guitarist Terry Eaton sings lead on. Whether you're familiar with members' prior bands or not, these are soundly performed covers with good enthusiasm, and Audrey captures some good angles (and shot this horizontally!), so check them out below in advance of The Guilty Party's Jay's return TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT!
Next up, we'll head to The Water Tower Pub, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Double Down will set up shop TOMORROW NIGHT! Last seen at the Great Northern Road nightclub two months ago, this continues their relatively busy fall slate with what should be another fun evening of hard rocking and Canadian content-laden cover action, so don't miss the Syrette cousins and Ric back at it tomorrow! Bassist Dan Beaupre will again miss tomorrow's concert (hopefully he gets well soon!), but as their regular guest bassist Lori Reinholtz is playing with Mid Life Crysis at The Esquire Club this weekend, they will have someone else helping out tomorrow. Double Down confirmed on their Facebook page that "our fill-in for our fill-in bass player" is male, but have yet to confirm his identity (note that their only other fill-in bassist this fall was Alex White, who played a weekend at Jay's in September).
The Water Tower Pub does not host the same band on Fridays and Saturdays of a given weekend, so Saturday's band there will be pop rock cover veterans Encore, as per the venue's November concert calendar. Tomorrow's one-nighter has an 8:00 PM start time, 19+ age limit, and no cover charge. Visit the Facebook event page for more details, and here's Double Down live!
Next up, we'll head to Beck's Bar, where they'll host a rare (but increasingly not so rare) Friday night concert TOMORROW, where former Haggith/Project 421 frontman Curtis McKenzie will open for local Pink Floyd tribute band Dark Side Of The Soo! Curt hasn't been too active this fall, but a high profile opening slot will get his name out there with a heavier start to the proceedings (if still unplugged), so whether you're a Floyd fan or not, Curtis will get things off on the right foot! Dark Side Of The Soo are the sporadically seen tribute band led by members of pop rock cover band Bourbon Blue, and if you've caught them live before, you'll know that Jules and company do a solid job paying homage to the progressive rock titans, so keep their return in mind tomorrow! If you're curious, Saturday's nightcap at Beck's will be headlined by party rock cover band The Barbarians (featuring Elements and Handsome Sandwich alumni).
Meanwhile, Sylo frontman Eli Russell will make another return home from college as the 3:00 PM matinee act that day, so if you like his unplugged indie rock originals, keep that in mind! Tomorrow's concert has no cover charge an 8:00 PM start time, and a 19+ age limit. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Curtis live!
We'll close today's preview post in the E.U.P., where fans can check out hard rock cover quartet Unfortunate Sun live at Huck's Pub & Grill in Rudyard for one night only on SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen at The Merch on Halloween, this will be the Fake Chow successors' first concert in Rudyard in four months, and as you can see via this show's poster, they're definitely aiming this one towards deer hunters (firearm season in Michigan began on Saturday). This should be a fun night of rocking covers at the former Joe's Bar, so consider a trip to Rudyard (40 minutes southwest of the Soo) for all of the action if you're not in the area already! Huck's does not typically book bands on Fridays, so this is a one-nighter. "Your favourite rockin' band" will take the stage on Saturday at 8:00 PM, this is a 21+ event as usual, and there is no announced cover charge, and if you can't make it, they'll be back at The Islander Bar in Hessel on Wednesday.
We'll preview that concert closer to, but the mid-week timing is due to the American Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Visit the above links for more on Unfortunate Sun's Rudyard return on Saturday, and here they are live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for the Tym Morrison preview and more on the site next! Thanks everyone!
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