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17/09/92 - KING EDDY HOTEL, CALGARY Ottawa bluesman Tony D had a night to remember recently - as he shared the stage with superstar Bryan Adams in Calgary. Our boy Tony -- and his Cool band -- are on a Western swing, and last weekend were in the midst of converting the crowd at Calgary's King Eddy Hotel to their special brand of the blues. The city was also the scene of a contest payback by Adams and his band -- he was scheduled to play for a winner and 50 of her friends and because of the noise factor opted to use the King Eddy instead of the winner's backyard (they didn't want to wake the neighbours). During the show -- which lasted some two hours, Adams did a few originals, plus a lot of cover tunes (including a version of, Tom Cochrane's Life Is A Highway). Adams then asked the Ottawa band to climb on stage and join him for a version of Roadhouse Blues. Tony D indicated it was an interesting night all round. "The cool thing was he did over two hours and he was really laid back and real down to earth it." Tony recalls from Saskatoon. What about Adams as a band member? "I'll be honest, he's an adequate rhythm guitarist, but he doesn't pretend to be a great musician -- it's his voice that does the talking. Apparently, it was a fun time for everyone. "He wasn't worried about it at all, he knew we could play and the way he smiled at everybody we knew he was into it." Tony was impressed with all the cover tunes Adams did. "Whole Lotta Love, American Woman, Wild Thing -- the thing about Adams is he knows ALL the hits, no wonder he's so big," Tony D and his Cool Band return to Ottawa soon -- with upcoming gigs at Tucson Road House and the Rainbow Bistro
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