--- layout: post title: doughty at the rivoli created: 1115823403 permalink: blog/walkah/doughty-at-the-rivoli/ tags: - music --- <p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkah/13377106/in/set-325018/" title="doughty pictures on flickr"><img src="http://photos10.flickr.com/13377106_8f1ad50805_m.jpg" alt="walkah and doughty" class="right" /></a> </p><p> i finally got to satiate the obsession for an evening. that's right, mike doughty was in town last night. i was there, i got the t-shirt - it's a nice t-shirt too. </p><p> i must say, the concert rocked. i really like his solo guitar sound - and the stage banter. it's *all* about the stage banter. <a href="http://rivoli.ca/2003/">the rivoli</a> turned out to be a great venue too - very cozy - and i was right in the front row (like a good fan boy should be). <br /> <br />the show was quite a bit different from when he was here last year (at lee's palace), most notably with the addition of "handsome dan chen" (his toronto-native keyboard player). but he also didn't do a lot of the "usual" stuff - no firetruck, no janine, no loud and obnoxious sing-along. that said, there were plenty of highlights - from opening with "bustin' up a starbux" to "st. louise is listening" in the encore - and all the "victory" in between. </p><p> i had a blast. check the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkah/sets/325018/">pics on flickr</a> ... i also have almost 30 seconds of video (just shot with my canon sd200) of the pre-chorus from bustin' up a starbux that i'll try and get online at somepoint. (perhaps on <a href="http://ourmedia.org/">ourmedia</a>?). </p><p> to sum it up: small rock (or medium rock) ... well.... rocks :) </p> <p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> mike just posted his recap of the toronto show <a href="http://www.mikedoughty.com/blog/archives/000196.html">on his blog</a> ... anyone recognize the guy in the front left corner of the 2nd picture? ;)</p> <!-- technorati tags start --><p class="technorati">tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/toronto" rel="tag">toronto</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/concert" rel="tag">concert</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/music" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/doughty" rel="tag">doughty</a></p><!-- technorati tags end -->