This past weekend, we took in two acoustic concerts - one was a Bryan Adams concert and the other was a show by a much lesser known, but equally awesome, guitarist named Steve Dawson!
Bryan Adams playing at Mile One
On Friday night we went to see the Bryan Adams concert at Mile One and we had a great time! It was part of his Bare Bones tour which features himself on guitar with only a piano player for accompaniment. As Mr Adams pointed out himself, it was a great opportunity to see the songs performed as he would have originally written them: just him and his guitar.
He played a good mix of songs old and new, and at one point even took requests from the audience. Pretty unusual for a gig this size. There was a lot of interaction with the crowd throughout the show: inviting a couple of people from the back row up to the front, and at one point picking a woman from the audience to dance to one of his songs. She was very into it. Lets just leave it at that...
We did record a few snippets of songs, but unfortunately YouTube hates fun and removed the clips we uploaded due to copyright something or other. In lieu of our own recordings, here's Bryan at his best...
He played a good mix of songs old and new, and at one point even took requests from the audience. Pretty unusual for a gig this size. There was a lot of interaction with the crowd throughout the show: inviting a couple of people from the back row up to the front, and at one point picking a woman from the audience to dance to one of his songs. She was very into it. Lets just leave it at that...
We did record a few snippets of songs, but unfortunately YouTube hates fun and removed the clips we uploaded due to copyright something or other. In lieu of our own recordings, here's Bryan at his best...
On Saturday we headed out to the LSPU hall to check out blues guitarist Steve Dawson, from Vancouver. The show was on a completely different, more intimate scale, but followed a surprisingly similar format: Steve Dawson playing the guitar and singing, and his buddy on the double bass, not wearing any shoes. Or socks. They were really fantastic musicians and Steve Dawson's love of the music was evident, as he filled us in on the history behind the songs he played and his influences in 20s and 30s American music.
At over 2 hours it was great value for our money, and we decided to pick up copy of his latest album Rattlesnake Cage, which Elizabeth managed to get signed. You can check out some of the album here.
Here are a few more pictures from both concerts!
