It Wouldn’t Be This: The Stellas at Toronto’s Hugh’s Room!
Talented, attractive, funny, very in love, Canadian, and live right in front of our faces…
The Stellas came home-ish on Friday night to play Hugh’s Room in Toronto. It was the first time that we’d had a chance to see the Oshawa/Whitby couple take the stage to play their songs, and it was long overdue.
Brad & Marylynne were in complete control of the packed house, telling jokes and stories, making fun of the band and each other and themselves, making the audience laugh between songs that, at times, nearly had us crying.
It would be an understatement to tell you that The Stellas are under-appreciated for the amount of talent that they bring to their music. Maybe it’s because they haven’t had that 1 big radio hit. Maybe it’s because they haven’t had the push on US radio. Maybe it’s because we often think about their daughters Lennon & Maisy before we think of them.
Note: Cool to see Tyler Wilkinson of the Small Town Pistols in the crowd and taking in the show.
We did our best to get the set list written down during the show, but we kept getting distracted by things like singing along and tearing up and laughing. However, we have some of the set to share…
- Perfect
- Gravy
- In This House
- Stay A While*
- Riding in the Back Seat
- It Wouldn’t Be This*
- The Man Upstairs**
- Everytime You Go Away (Paul Young)
- Baba O’Reilly (The Who)
- Mash-up: Waterfalls/ Fishin’ in the Dark/ Callin’ Baton Rouge/ Wasn’t That A Party/ Mercedes Benz (TLC, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Garth Brooks, The Irish Rovers, Janis Joplin)
- Encore: No Choice (Peter, Paul and Mary)
*Stay A While and It Wouldn’t Be This will both be featured on The Stellas new album which drops on May 4, 2015. The date just happens to be the couple’s 20th anniversary, not a bad gift to give to each other.
**Brad let loose with the news that The Man Upstairs has been put on hold for Blake Shelton, so keep an eye out for it!
To say that we had a good time Friday night would be easy. To explain the show that The Stellas put on with just a few words, photos and music videos, is hard.
If we weren’t in countdown mode for Boots & Hearts before, we are now.
Do yourself a favour and check out more from The Stellas online – and if you have a chance, go see a show soon!
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