Last night marked one of the most highly anticipated concerts of the year in Toronto. In order to accommodate the throngs that were expected a large number of people were suckered into going to see Radiohat (? something like that - British act I think) at the Molson Amphitheater at 80 bucks a pop while the real show went down at the tiny Ranch Relaxo. After the Skirt Chasers warmed up the crowd it was down to theatrical and entertaining performances from The Burning Hell and Hank Frost and Lilly Pine. Burning Hell managed to squeeze 9 people onto the stage including their newest band member, Canada's greatest emerging bassoonist (who will be born sometime next month - I'll edit this later and put in his name once he has one.) They threatened at various points to upstage Hank and Lilly with everything from standards like "I Love the Things That People Make" and "Grave Situation" to covers of "Pop Goes the World" and "In the Air Tonight" (sort of).
However, not to be outdone by unborn bassoonists, Hank and Lilly broke out with a ringer. They were joined on stage by fellow Victoriaite (if that's not a word I get full credit for inventing it) Carolyn Mark and ripped through a set of musical theatre that answered that nagging question: 'If the cast of Midsummer's Night Dream formed a band with Johnny Cash and Darth Vader what would it sound like ??"
Ultimately a beautiful, fun and entertaining night of music. If you were the unfortunate folks who ended up laying out a small fortune to go see Radiohat my apologies, there just wasn't enough room at the Rancho for everyone.
1 comment:
thanks for the post justin.
just a small correction...Hank Pine and Lily Fawn (half deer, half girl...all woman!)
really enjoyed the Burning Hell too. some music samples at my blog if you're interested.
http://dylanomaniac.blogspot.com/
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