Tuneful Thursday - Gary Cable Project

It has been a very long time since we have seen a live performance of some sort of a band.  After my golf buddy mentioned about this group that will be in town, we thought we could check it out.  The place is called the Vernon Performing Arts Theater.  The 8 piece band members are a combination of great musicians from all over Canada/USA.  They covered songs of Chicago, Lighthouse, Toto, Steely Dan, Santana, Earth Wind and Fire, Supertramp, Blood Sweat and Tears and finally Elton John.  These musicians have performed with so many different legends through the years.  They also have recorded with some of the great stars like Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, The Pointer Sisters, David Foster, Natalie Cole, Chris de Burgh, Chilliwack, Powder Blues, Nickelback, Ian Tyson, Sarah McLachlan.  For the first set they covered the following songs and there were more but I didn't know a couple of songs and one I couldn't remember. LOL

• Does anybody really know what time it is - Chicago
• 25 or 624 - Chicago
• Jump - Jive
• Reelin' in the years - Steely Dan
• Ricky don't lose my number - Steely Dan
• Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh
• Smooth - Santana
• Brandy you're a fine girl - Looking glass
• Power of love - Huey Lewis

For the second set, their guest singer was Alfie Zappacosta (don't really remember him nor his songs).  Although it was a shorter set, they covered some really great favorites of the 70's.

• Piano Man - Billy Joel
• Saturday in the Park - Chicago
• Ride like the wind - Christopher Cross
• Spinning Wheel - Blood, sweat and tears
• You've made me so very happy - Blood, sweat and tears
• Africa - Toto
• Rosanna - Toto

As for the encore, they sang a couple of tunes, first for the Stray Cats and the final song was a good one but this morning, I couldn't remember. I was trying to write the names of the song but it was too difficult to write in the dark.  Surprisingly enough I remember all the other ones.  Not sure if Jeff enjoyed it even after a bought him a chocolate chip cookies.  He was yawning each time I turn to him.  I truly believe he was bored as it was not hard rock.  Almost forgot, the total proceeds of this event is to support BC Cancer Foundation.  Actually not just the Vernon event, event the Kelowna and the North Vancouver ones are all going to a couple of charities.  I would definitely watch out for their next event in our city but maybe take my girlfriend instead of Jeff.  He will probably won't mind just staying home watching something like Game of Thrones or Killing Eve.