Last October Catherine and I had the great pleasure of attending a Garnet Rogers concert at the Trailside in Mount Stewart. Doug Deacon just emailed to let me know that he’s been able to book return dates for Garnet: he’s playing four nights, June 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2008. Tickets are $25.
If you have any sense you will immediately call the Trailside and make a reservation (go early for dinner; it’s a nice night out). You will not regret it: Garnet Rogers is a truly gifted musician (listen here) and to see him in a small venue like the Trailside will improve your life immeasureably.
Alas I’ll be in Copenhagen for the duration, so won’t be able to make it out myself. Which means there’s one more seat for you…
![Garnet Rogers at the Trailside](https://ruk.ca/sites/ruk.ca/files/flickr/1516389934_4e5ba4ce56_b.jpg)
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the heads up concerning Garnet at The Trailside. There were 4-5 empty seats on Thursday but it was full the remaining nights. Combined with his effusive praise of the venue each night I have high hopes we’ll see him again on his next trip through these parts.
Here are the setlists to give you an idea of what you missed (plus if I post it here then I’ll be able to find it later — apologies for using your blog as my personal reference tool).
Thursday
Get a Witness
If I had Known(?) — Greg Brown cover
Soul Kiss
Open Your Heart (?) — unreleased
Behind This Wall
Small Victories
BitterSweet
Oh How Happy You Have Made Me (?) — Edwin Starr cover
Summer Lightening
Farewell To You My Love — Ewan McAll cover
Edge of the Earth
Make & Break Harbour
Under the Summer Moonlight
The Outside Track
Night Drive
Northwest Passage
Friday
Better Days
Dawning of the Light(?) — unreleased
Get a Witness
Small Victories
Summer Lightening
In Honour of Tony Barnes (Juno Beach ceremony?) — unreleased
Soul Kiss
Empty Glass
King of Rome
Next Turn of the Wheel
Westlin Winds
Junior
Field Behind the Plow — Stan Rogers cover
Blood Brothers — Bruce Springsteen cover
Night Drive
Northwest Passage
Saturday
**started with a couple of unfamiliar tunes I was so enthralled with I forgot to jot them down
Behind This Wall
From the Heart
Joy of Living — Ewan McAll cover
Corrina, Corrina — played with slide guitar
Small Victories
10 seconds of a bluegrass version of Susannah — Leonard Cohen cover arranged by JP Ringworm and the Heartbreak of Psoriasis
Hallelulah — Leonard Cohen cover
Can’t Go Home Again(?)
Frankie & Johnny
Final Trawl
Speaking Softly in the Dark
Night Drive
Northwest Passage
Sunday
Next Turn of the Wheel
Under the Summer Moonlight
Girl from the Hiring Fair — Ralph McTell cover
Soul Kiss
? — Anne Lister cover
Black Eyed Susan
Empty Glass
Small Victories
Denbrae
Summer Lightening
Behind This Wall
Field Behind the Plow — Stan Rogers cover
All That IS
Night Drive
Northwest Passage
My favourite nugget gleaned from stage patter was Leonard Cohen’s advice for young musicians, “Never make any important decision when you need to pee”.