I'm at a loss to describe the show last night. I've been a Devin Townsend fan since he came to Regina on a failed night of attempted music back on a cold October night in 2003. At that point I was first getting into music outside of mainstream/radio, I had never heard anything of his (or most of the music I now listen to). The reason that night was a failed attempt was because after Zimmer's Hole struggled through technical problems all set (and besides that imagine me, a guy who only listened to mainstream at that point taking in something like Zimmer's Hole), The Devin Townsend Band made 3 attempts to start their set, only to flip a breaker 3 times. At that point it was decided they just couldn't play, and the rest of the show (their set and SYL's) was cancelled. On the up, Gene did an acoustic drum solo for like 10-15 minutes, a rare occurrence.
Here's the other upside. I don't even remember what the song was that the DTB played to start, and I didn't even get any vocals out of it (as that's as far as they got the last time the power cut), but it was enough to blow me away. That failed attempt at playing Regina changed my life. I immediately went and bought Accelerated Evolution the next day, which remains my favourite album of all time.
Last night, after 8 long years, Devin Townsend returned, and it was worth the wait. I did get to see him in Saskatoon earlier this year on the COB tour, but this was something else. Of course, fittingly, he had technical issues ALL NIGHT and couldn't get his in-ear monitors to work properly. Could tell he was frustrated, but the show went on! The song selection was great, I'll be honest, I could spend a long time listing the songs I wish he had played, but unless he was playing a 5 hour set I wouldn't get everything I want haha. Specifically I was stoked for The Greys and my all time favourite, Deadhead. I still can't get over that I witnessed that live.
Devin it appears that you read these forums when your hectic schedule allows, if you read this, THANK YOU for coming back to Regina, and please come back again. Third time's a charm perhaps and you won't have issues with gear next time? That's all, I just wanted to fan rant!
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