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Rafter's Pub in Sudbury
2002-02-20
Additional Acts: none
Ticket Price: free show
Set List: Two Tales / New Reggae Song / Nejuan / Little Ditty / Kousharee / Static / Meet Moot --> Moot / Swimming In Chlorine / Sitting On The Couch Sipping Lemonade / Saturn / C / Fast Funk / Sublime's "Santeria" / Sting / Father / Girl Next Door / Weather
Set Length: 1.5 hours from 11:15 - 12:45am
Rough Attendance: about 50
Caught on tape? Nada.
Poster: Not this time...
Notes: A road gig in Sudbury, which was a 4.5-hour drive through a Class 5 Kill-storm. We had to push the van out of deep snow twice. One time my fault, one time Shlag's. Not a bad little trip though. We pulled into Rafter's right on time, to learn that the opening act, who was FROM Sudbury, had bailed on the gig because of the snowstorm. Sweet. Ran a brief and unencouraging sound check, (Me: "How's the sound system in here?" Sound Man: "Oh, the sound in here sucks shit."), and peeled out for a quick bite to eat at a restaurant I'm sure we're not allowed back in. Returned to the venue to find that the crowd had swelled to a mighty 50 people. Maybe. I LOVE playing gigs during blizzards 450 kliks away from home on nights when Team Canada is playing Finland in an elimination round.
Aaaanyway, that's all the bad stuff. There is actually some good stuff, so keep reading. First, Rafter's treated us like gold. Very accomodating, very friendly, they draw a crowd who is actually there to see a band, we'd love to play there again. The sound system isn't great but their sound man (despite his appraisal of the house gear) was very responsive to my suggestions and was able to wrangle things into a tolerable state by a few songs into the set.
The show itself was actually good. Very good. It took Zygote about three songs to fully win over the entire audience, and from there it was a solid progression of funky entertaining music with tons of creativity and ad-libbing all around. Bonus points to Amir for upping the ante and really cutting loose on an impromptu non-song called "Sitting On The Couch Sipping Lemonade" which was actually made up on the spot. It featured the band roiling through rumbling atmospherics while Amir overlaid intense wailing vocals, until Jer signalled an unplanned surge into the pounding outro of Ladies. Awesome. It all came together. Even though the band had been playing well up to that point, from then on it got punched into overdrive on all counts. Every song from then on was explosive and tight, stage presence was way way up there, and a roomful of people who had never heard these songs before were completely diggin' on it. The new reggae song was great, Fast Funk was amazing, the Santeria cover got a standing ovation, and although we had planned a "lighter" set, the audience was clearly ready for the hard stuff once things got near the end, and Zygote brought out the big guns in the guise of Girl Next Door and Weather. We sold a bunch of CDs, made some new fans, and had a great time. Bad shows should always be this good.
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2002 : Rafter's Pub in Sudbury
Friday, February 8th, 2002 : Feel The Love: Pre-Valentine's Day Bash at The Opera House
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Friday, November 23rd, 2001 : The Trasheteria in Peterborough
Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 : The Foundation in Barrie
Thursday, November 8th, 2001 : The Shot in Kingston
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Thursday, July 26th, 2001 : Club Abstract in Kitchener with See Spot Run
Saturday, July 21st, 2001 : Lees Palace
Friday, July 13th, 2001 : Woodstick Festival at Kee to Bala
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Friday, June 8th, 2001 : NXNE at The Reverb
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Friday, April 6th, 2001 : Federation Hall at U o f Waterloo
Saturday, February 17th, 2001 : Lees Palace
Friday, January 19th, 2001 : The Opera House
Saturday, January 13th, 2001 : The Embassy in London
Friday, January 12th, 2001 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Friday, November 17th, 2000 : Zygote Into The Fray at The Rivoli
Saturday, November 11th, 2000 : The Haunt in Ithaca NY
Friday, October 6th, 2000 : In Concert at The Opera House
Saturday, September 2nd, 2000 : Two Tales at The Rivoli
Saturday, July 29th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Sunday, July 16th, 2000 : Molson Indy
Saturday, June 17th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Thursday, June 8th, 2000 : NXNE 2000 at Clintons Tavern
Saturday, May 20th, 2000 : All Ages at The Comfort Zone
Thursday, May 18th, 2000 : Rock Search 2000 at Front 54 in Thorold
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Sunday, March 26th, 2000 : Whiskey Joes in Hamilton with The Headstones
Friday, March 17th, 2000 : St Patricks Day Bash at The Rivoli
Thursday, March 2nd, 2000 : Canadian Music Week at The 360
Saturday, February 12th, 2000 : The Rivoli
Saturday, January 22nd, 2000 : The Hudson in Hamilton
Saturday, November 6th, 1999 : The Opera House with Wide Mouth Mason
Saturday, October 16th, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, September 3rd, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, July 23rd, 1999 : The Reverb
Saturday, June 26th, 1999 : The Rivoli CD Release
Friday, May 21st, 1999 : The Rivoli
Friday, April 30th, 1999 : The Rivoli
Thursday, April 15th, 1999 : The Reverb
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Thursday, November 19th, 1998 : The Gordon Best Theatre Peterborough
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Friday, October 2nd, 1998 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Saturday, September 5th, 1998 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Saturday, July 11th, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
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Friday, May 29th, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
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Saturday, May 23rd, 1998 : The Big Bop
Thursday, May 14th, 1998 : Lees Palace with Humphat
Saturday, May 2nd, 1998 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, April 18th, 1998 : El Mocambo Upstairs
Thursday, April 16th, 1998 : Unplugged at The Silver Dollar with Brian Gladstone
Friday, March 20th, 1998 : The Big Bop
Friday, February 6th, 1998 : The 360
Saturday, January 31st, 1998 : Call The Office London with Zuuls Evil Disco
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Friday, April 25th, 1997 : The Comfort Zone
Saturday, March 29th, 1997 : The 360 with Black Cabbage
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Friday, January 31st, 1997 : The Comfort Zone with Andru Branch
Saturday, January 25th, 1997 : The Warehouse with Fishbone
Thursday, January 23rd, 1997 : Red Dog Tavern Peterborough with Tied To The Tracks
Monday, November 4th, 1996 : The Horseshoe Tavern
Friday, September 27th, 1996 : The Generator
Saturday, July 27th, 1996 : The Honey Pot
Saturday, June 8th, 1996 : El Mocambo
Friday, April 5th, 1996 : El Mocambo
Friday, October 7th, 1994 : The Opera House with Infinity
Thursday, June 23rd, 1994 : Classic Studios
Friday, June 10th, 1994 : The Shamrock
Saturday, May 8th, 1993 : Rock n Roll Challenge II at The Spectrum
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