Landon R. Coleman at the Hydeaway
First things first: I never made it to see Toronto’s the Great Bloomers. Even though I really wanted to, because if you give them a listen, you will see that they are pretty great.
But, because I am 79 years old, and because I have important things to do, like get up at 4:45 to watch Canada AM (I so love Seamus), I could not sit through a 4 band set on a Tuesday night – even if that set featured the Great Bloomers as headliners. Plus, my ego was bruised from my first trip to the Hydeaway. All these attractive young people in their skinny jeans and irreverent t-shirts. It just made me want to hop on my hoveround and go home.
But I will tell you this; I did see the first performer on the quadruple bill – a young fellow named Landon R. Coleman. Landon is a singer/songwriter from Nova Scotia, and goddamn, folks, this will probably be the only time the kid plays to an audience this small. Seriously, Landon R. Coleman is Landon R. Awesome. He performed a four or five song solo acoustic set and it was so, so good. His voice is a kind of cross between Nathan Willett of the Cold War Kids and Jeff Buckley, and his songs are clever, sweet and haunting. He said he’s going to be back in town later this year, so look for him; I certainly will.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go meet my pinochle team over at the Legion.
*rides hoveround away*
