A Few More Random Comments on the Seger Concert

As mentioned earlier in these here parts, on Tuesday, I attended the Bob Seger concert at the ScotiaBank Place in Kanata.

Backed by a 12-piece band, which included a couple of long-time Silver Bullets as well as the Detroit Horns, a 4-man horn section, Seger played a solid 90-minute set, playing classic rock hit after classic rock hit.  It was exactly what one would expect from a Seger concert, but, you know, sometimes white toast with Kraft peanut butter is pretty satisfying—you know exactly what you’re going to get, but still satisfying.  And that’s pretty much was this show was:  a really satisfying, classic rock show with no surprises.  The Ottawa crowd, of course, ate it up.  By the way, being in that crowd was great; I felt young and I felt thin…

The opening act was Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, a young band from Detroit.  This was more interesting.  Hernandez has quite the voice, and the 6-man Deltas played some big band infused rock, with Hernandez taking care of the vocals (and some keyboards.)  This was a fusion of two styles that I have never quite heard before and quite a successful fusion.  I did not get the chance to get their CD at the merch table after the show, but plan to download it.  Hopefully, they will play a full set locally at some point in the not too distant future.