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Originally Posted by fotze
Crazy, I saw what I believe REcipe from a Small Planet's (whom jason crocker was the lead) first gig ever at Java Sharks many moons ago, not sure he was old enough to be in a bar either. Within the first few seconds I thought "WOW! This kid oozes talent and has to become famous someday". Good to see he's still getting there. Natural showman too.
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After studying for exams at McMaster one night (back in '88), a few buddies and I went to a campus pub (The Rathskellar) and when we arrived we thought it strange that 1) it was fairly busy for mid-week and 2) there were all these older folks in there. One of our friends who had been there for a while waved us over and told there was a chick singing and she was "awesome".
Turned out this was a small album release party for someone we had never heard of - Sarah McLachlan.
The next year in the same place there was a comedy night I went to (it was actually about 80' from my dorm - it got a lot of business). The act that was supposed to be the big draw was
Corky and the Juice Pigs who had drawn big crowds their previous visit. Unfortunately, on this night there were probably only 50 or 60 people who came to the show. On the upside, there were a couple guys who were hilarious as the musical opening act but we were a little disappointed when we first saw them, since they looked nothing like what we expected based on the band name - The Bare Naked Ladies.