Roger Daltrey is starting to limber up his stage persona and vocal act for the up coming Who Tour. The warm up gig for Roger, it is called the Use It or Lose It tour, started off in Vancouver at the Commodore on Sunday Oct. 11th, 2009. The 1920s Art Deco building is where a lot of British band like to play because of it’s look and the vibe that the venue has.
He was playing with his American band which includes his longtime collaborator Simon Townshend. Yes his brother is none other then Pete! They played 17 tunes and then performed 2 more for an encore. The show lasted around 1 hour and 40 minutes in length.
I’ve read that a couple of patrons were not all that impressed with the quality of the music but come on, it’s just a warm up! An interesting side note from some people at the show said that he has some reservations about the sound calling it weird and having a echo worst then a stadium. Hum, you’d think that he would be use to that stadium sound after all those years playing gigs in those places.
During the show he pulled something that I do when I’m playing for friends … he forgot the words to a song, Days of Light, stopped the band and then started back up again! See Sue, Roger Daltrey does that too when he plays!
Keep on Jammin’ (and try not to forget the words 1/2 way through a song and then start over again!)
While waiting for a medical appointment in downtown Toronto the other day, I had some time to kill so I walked outside of the building. Across the street I found a very old house of worship called The Metropolitan United Church of Canada. That morning the church happened to be open to the public, so I walked in. I couldn’t help but fall in love with the ancient style of architecture in this building.