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ex-Flamin' Groovies with ex-Teenage Head |
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 |
An unexpected highlight on this very cold month of January, was the announcement that the Flamin' Groovies founding member, Cyril Jordan, will be playing Toronto and Hamilton with his new group Magic Christian. As if Cyril wasn't enough, the rest of the band includes Blondie drummer Clem Burke, Plimsouls guitarist Eddie Munoz and vocalist Paul Kopf. After seeing Magic Christian play an amazing set of garage rock'n'roll in Toronto, the ToBeScene crew (Aldo Erdic and Kelly Truesdale) couldn't get enough and followed the band to Club Absinthe in Hamilton. Aldo & Kelly got there just in time to pull out their cameras and capture an acoustic set by Gord Lewis and Dave Rave. Gord is the founding guitarist of Teenage Head (named after the Flamin' Groovies song and album title). Teenage Head's singer Frankie Venom died tragically of throat cancer 4 months ago and this set was in remembrance of him. Along with Dave, who sang vocals for Teenage Head briefly in the late 1980s, Gord was joined on stage by Chris Houston and Gord's brother John. It was a special moment when John sang a song that Frankie originally wrote in memory of his father but has now become a tribute song for Frankie. And, of course, the night couldn't have ended without Gord joining Magic Christian on stage for their encore performance of two Flamin' Groovies' songs. Magic, baby, magic!!
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