by theCOOP Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:22 pm
philipchevron wrote:theCOOP wrote:Smokey wrote:'Hey, did you go to that Pogues gig last week?'. I'll never forgive myself.
When Phil and Terry rolled through town in '03 with the Mahones, I had only heard about it the night before, from my sister, who just happened to be in the neighbourhood.
Darn, that was a top secret tour, your sister broke a confidence by telling you we were in town. By and large, it was a successful strategy, however: in Toronto, only 15 people turned up. We introduced ourselves individually to all of them.
Well, it wasn't so top secret, considering the day I heard of it, there was a fair sized blurb in the paper about it, which I would've missed had my sister not been on the ball.
The turnout here in Halifax was pretty good for it. Slow to fill, but it did fill reasonably well if I recall correctly. Unfortunately the Mahones haven't played that well since.
Your mention of the TO show reminds me of the first time I ever saw Great Big Sea, perhaps you've heard of them. It was at the pub at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Halloween night. There might've been 20 people there.
Who knew they'd turn out to be as successful as they is? They had to go somewhat mainstream to do it. Problem here is there are hundreds of
Irish Bands trying to capitalise on the rare success of only a few acts.
[quote="philipchevron"][quote="theCOOP"][quote="Smokey"]'Hey, did you go to that Pogues gig last week?'. I'll never forgive myself.[/quote]
When Phil and Terry rolled through town in '03 with the Mahones, I had only heard about it the night before, from my sister, who just happened to be in the neighbourhood.
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Darn, that was a top secret tour, your sister broke a confidence by telling you we were in town. By and large, it was a successful strategy, however: in Toronto, only 15 people turned up. We introduced ourselves individually to all of them.[/quote]
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Well, it wasn't so top secret, considering the day I heard of it, there was a fair sized blurb in the paper about it, which I would've missed had my sister not been on the ball.
The turnout here in Halifax was pretty good for it. Slow to fill, but it did fill reasonably well if I recall correctly. Unfortunately the Mahones haven't played that well since.
Your mention of the TO show reminds me of the first time I ever saw Great Big Sea, perhaps you've heard of them. It was at the pub at Dalhousie University in Halifax on Halloween night. There might've been 20 people there.
Who knew they'd turn out to be as successful as they is? They had to go somewhat mainstream to do it. Problem here is there are hundreds of [i]Irish Bands[/i] trying to capitalise on the rare success of only a few acts.
