Went to the Ryan Adams concert last night in Toronto at the Koolhouse. This seemed like an odd choice of venue, but given the large number of people there it was ok.
Bumped into some old friends from Western that I hadn't seen in awhile. Always nice to play the "catch-up" game. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of decent folk from back in the day at a show such as this.
I went into the show with no expectations. I think this served me well as everyone else was expecting to hear this song, or that song...and when they didn't get played it was somewhat of a let down for them. I enjoyed the performance though. There was one perfect moment where everyone stopped moving, crowded in close, and shut up. Well I use that term loosely, as there was a couple shout-outs for Cuts Like a Knife. This all happened during his version of Wonderwall in the encore. Sure, not his song blah blah blah. Still an amazing piece of music that he made into his own.
I think the highlight of the show was a moment of grandeur. A few of us were outside during the scheduled intermission when I spotted this odd looking guy.
"HHhhhheyyyy, wait a second...Isn't that? oh god what's his name, F that, what band is he from??? You know, they suck, super crappy song about California or something"
Hahaa. Turns out its the guitarist guy from Wave. Now if you don't know who they are do not concern yourself. They suck. We proceeded to have a good chuckle over this when we figured it out. Im pretty sure one of his friends overheard us and regurgitated our comments to him.

What was funny about all of this was that later on in the show I look down beside me (which is unusual as Im not a tall guy) and there's this little strange fellow again standing right next to me...Solo. Im rocking out with PornField at this point when he decides to take a spin around the bar. So its just the two of us in a large open area standing like 2 feet from each other. This guy is either A) pissed that we were talking shit and is planning his imminent attack B) knows we recognized him and is just looking for some attention C) Gay and wants my sweet ass.
Hahaha either way I felt tall...
Cool show and would recommend checking him out.