Dan Griffin
It was a highly anticipated show from Mr. Dan Griffin as his previous Dakota had left many disappointed when it sold out ahead of time. Backed by The Regrets, he played a fairly extensive selection of music his old offering Leave Your Love. These included The Fire with some massive feedback before the quickstop ending, Stars and Satellites, Leave Your Love, and some shaker for Lorne Park. He started a sampling of an older tune and faded the "fall in love" chorus into Emily. As well there were new, upbeat tunes and some from the Bordertown EP, including the title track.
As an encore he returned with Come Back Home and then with Tyler Kite and Nick Rose they played the old Tom Petty jam, You Wreck Me.
It may have slightly underwhelmed the expectations but his Dylan impression still ain't half bad.
Nick Rose
Another solo set was to follow, this from Nick Rose who has been seen primarily with Dwayne Gretzky, Toronto's premier cover band. On this eve he would not be dipping into others works however but displaying his own, played on an acoustic guitar. They were relatively straightforward sonically while the lyrics were quirky and oddball. He sang about his above average number of arms, since a small but real amount of people have only one, or even no arms, while essentially nobody has three or more. For the record Nick has two arms which he used to play his guitar rather nicely underneath this frivolity.
Jay McCarrol
Jay McCarrol began the night, introduced by the headliner, and proceeded with a solo piano show. It was an impressive display with the downfall being the early set so people were still arriving and catching up, therefore not providing the attention deserved. Jay even had to call us out with a couple songs remaining and plead for some attention. Even his Swing Lo Magellan cover, great as it was fought for the airwaves. All who did pay him respect were rewarded sonically; very lovely.
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