Just spending tonight at home, but last night I was out seeing Barney Bentall. He played a small venue with one sideman; a guy named John Ellis, who Ron and I joked about because there's a John Ellis who's a pro racquetball player. Tom Wilson of Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings opened the show, playing with Bob Lanois and one of the guys from Junkhouse.
Bentall was "quite good," but Wilson was "not bad." Which is to say, I liked Wilson more than Bentall. Ron's a fan of Bentall, so he enjoyed him more. Wilson was better in the sense that he rocked more.
It was an unusual audience because of how the show came together. It was put on by some guys that our friend Sherman works with in ad sales for a local radio station (well, several stations really owned by the same company). Those guys apparently came up with the idea to put on a show over a few beers, and then formed a company and went out and did it. Pretty cool, really.
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