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Québec City, Canada Friday 18 August 2006 :

(3) : An e-mail from Sandin Wilson dated 21 August 2006 :

Hey Doris. (and the wonderful Barend and Trees)... sorry I have been out of touch... I finally got Gino to sign 5 Cd's that I bought... I have them and they are signed, just need to send them to you (Doris) this week... just had a great concert in Quebec city... 10,000 people at the performance, it was AWESOME!!!!!

I will send some pictures as soon as I get some sleep...... I just got home after an 8 hr flight and will send them tomorrow to your home/... hope all is well.. Take care
Sandin

(2) : An e-mail from Francois dated Saterday 19 August 2006 :

The very BEST live concert I ever attended for sure !!! I'm still sooooooooo impressed... Merci beaucoup, thank you GINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(1) : A message from The Master of Music : GINO VANNELLI :

The 2 shows went very well, Belleville and Québec City, but Québec City was a magic night.
10,000 very attentive people.

The band was at their best. au revoir
G

Calgary, Canada Wednesday 12 July 2006 :
Pictures made by John Sharpe

From YAHOO News :
From Jam! Showbiz :
From the Calgary sun :
"Black Cars may look better in the shade, but Gino Vannelli and his music deserve to be kept out of the shadows and in the spotlight."




The comments, reviews & other glorious moments:
(9) : An e-mail from Liz in Utah, USA dated 22 August 2006 with the subject : Gino Vannelli.

I was at the Calgary Stampede Concert. Ross did the sound. He told us where to stand for the best sound possible but we wanted to be in the front, (for obvious reasons). We stood the whole time so I got to dance to the up-tempo songs.

I don't know how many people were there because I was in the front and couldn't take my eyes off the show, (for fear I would miss something) to check out the audience. Yes, I am American and live in Utah now. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I will send more pictures and more info. too. Can't wait for your email. Thanks, Liz (Click here for another picture...)

(8) : A third e-mail from Robin in Calgary, Canada dated 31 July 2006 with the subject : Gino Vannelli in Calgary.

Hi again,
forgot to answer one of your questions, yes there were alot of people at both Alberta shows. He played at the Calgary Stampede on the Coca Cola stage and at the Capital EX in Edmonton on the Telus stage, they were free shows with admission into the grounds so yes alot of people came to see him.

Everytime I said I was going to see Gino Vannelli I had people look at me funny and say "you mean that guy who sang Black Cars"????? Remember most of my friends like myself were in our teens when he had those hits. We met one lady at the Calgary show who saw him in 1977 in Edmonton, she asked me if I had seen him back then, I had to tell her I was only 5 in 1977!!!!! TOO FUNNY!

Thanks again for getting back to me. Keep up the excellent work! Robin

(7) : A second e-mail from Robin in Calgary, Canada dated 31 July 2006 with the subject : Gino Vannelli in Calgary.

Hi Thanks for getting back to me.
Gino of course was great in Edmonton, however security there was kind of bad and no one could get up and go up to the stage or dance around so the show lacked the energy that Calgary had. Just goes to show you Calgarians know how to have more fun than Edmontonians...... (little provincial rivalry)

Here's the song list
1) Wild Horses
2) Living Inside Myself
3) It's Only Love
4) Just A Motion Away
5) A Little Bit of Judas
6) Wheels of Life
7) Brother to Brother
8) Hurts to Be in Love
9) I Die a Little More Each Day
10) Venus Envy
11) I Just Wanna Stop
12) Black Cars

Encore

13) People Gotta Move

I didn't get any good pics in Edmonton that I can send to you.
I may be coming to Holland next spring, I'm going to keep an eye on your site now that I know about it. Robin.

His new album has become my favorite CD, I listen to it ALL THE TIME!!!!!

(6) : An e-mail from Robin in Calgary, Canada dated 30 July 2006 with the subject : Gino Vannelli in Calgary.

Hi there
I saw the pictures on your website, wanted to send a few that I took.
I thought he put on an amazing show.
So good in fact I went to Edmonton the following week to see him again. I loved the new music and knew alot more of the old stuff than I realized. I was only 12 when "Black Cars" was a hit. Needless to say I am now a HUGE fan and hope to see him again soon. If Gino see's these reviews, all I can say is you blew me away!!! Robin in Calgary

Picture 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

(5) :The Calgary gig was great...
lots of cowboys and cowgirls woweee!
Sandin Wilson.

(4) : saw your WEBPAGE with the photos.
It looks fantastic~! THANKS
My very best, John Sharpe, 16 July 2006.

(3) :THANK YOU JOHN SHARPE!!!!
It looks like the crowd was being "royally" treated once again! GINO GIVING HIS ALL, AS USUAL!!!!! I'm so envious. Haha!!
Terry, 15 July 2006.

(2) :You're the MAN, Gino! Gino Vannelli is still good for a highly enjoyable evening, with great music and a tremendous band! These days, we get flooded with music. You can see videos on dozens of TV channels, there are more new records than anyone could ever handle and huge festivals take place almost every week. But the more possibilites there are, the more difficult it gets to find the REAL music experience. Does it happen on MTV? Certainly not. Or in stadiums? If you like to pay for seeing your stars on a video wall. No, I think that the real music happens in small clubs. But unfortunately it's a rare occurence to catch a "big one" in a small venue. I had the luck to see Gino Vannelli together with not much more than 100 people. Lucky me! Performances like these can make you forget about time, and leave floating on air. THANKS GINO!
Steve, dated 15 July 2006.

(1) : Gino's sound was impeccable, this time around.
In April at the Deerfoot Inn here in Calgary it took about 3 tunes before the engineer could get the sound down, but at the Stampede it was extremely good from the first downbeat...

The set list was essentially the new album which is very good as well although in some ways I miss the 'old ' Gino style, the systhesizer driven sound. It was very operatic.

The Concert was terrific, shot of the hassle with Security....you just have to beat them at their own game....

Sorry...!
Typo.
I meant SHORT of the Hassle with Security = Aside from the Trouble with Security. I dug in my heels and got stubborn, I insisted on seeing a sign saying no Cameras or Recording Devices. I was just frustrated with the people who run these events....
Please feel free to use these photos on your site.
Cheers, J.S. dated 14 July 2006.

The NEWSPAPERS :
Gino Vannelli at Empire, Belleville, Wednesday 16 August 2006.

By W. Brice McVicar for : The Belleville Intelligencer

Entertainment - Monday, August 14, 2006 @ 10:00

You'll never hear Gino vannelli sing the same song twice.

While the singer-songwriter has performed hits such as Black Cars hundreds of times the Montreal-native told The Intelligencer fans expecting to hear the album version could be in for a surprise. Through constant tinkering, analyzing and "research and development" vannelli is bringing hits he recorded in the 1970s into the new century.

Speaking from his studio in Portland, Oregon, vannelli said he enjoys this time he spends in the studio and has found it can bring a new sound to some of his older hits.

"I sit and I'll take old songs and I turn them around and turn them around to see what i can do with them and develop new concepts," he said. "It's not remixes it's just trying to understand the nuts and bolts of what's worked in the past and how it applies to the styles today."

Depending upon what he finds with this work some of his songs can change and become new again when he presents them on stage. Recent work on his 1974 hit People Gotta Move has shown him a different style to the song, one which he said is very experimental.

Whether these changes work for audiences at his live shows - such as his upcoming performance at the Empire Theatre Wednesday - is sometimes hard to gauge, he said.

"Some versions are close because audiences want to hear those versions but there's always something different. This isn't a show that's a review. I mean, yes, I'm doing some of my best known songs but the guys I'm with are really creative and we've added new stuff," he said.

A live show shouldn't be about an artist getting up on stage and playing an album tune for tune, vannelli said. Most audiences want to see a band performing together and enjoying themselves even if that means the songs are changed slightly.

"I think people want to see a band get up there and get into what they are doing."

vannelli has been into what he is doing since the 1970s when he released his first album, Crazy Life, in 1973. Three decades and fourteen albums later he said the enjoyment factor hasn't worn off an ounce and fans would likely be surprised to hear how much energy he has and the time he commits to his music.

At the beginning of his career he never focused on the future and didn't consider where he'd be 30 years later. Now that that time has passed and he's got the experience and knowledge behind him vannelli said very little has changed.

"I really don't feel that much different than I did when I was 19. I just love the art form and I love to see what's on the horizon and figure out how I'm going to approach it."

vannelli said he has always approached music with an open mind and it's reflected in his taste. His home is filled with an eclectic collection of cds ranging from country to classical to jazz to hard rock.

"I have so many CDs. In music how can you not be eclectic? How couldn't you appreciate the great music of the 1950s and 60s and even the 40s? I love the great classical musicians and the jazz musicians. I have Hank Williams records, I have Stevie Wonder records and Marvin Gaye and The Beatles..."

The classics are offset by more contemporary bands such as Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Duran Duran and others.

"I've got a lot of music. I listen to everything. I just love music" Fans of vannelli will be able to hear this love of music on Wednesday when he performs at The Empire Theatre. For information phone 613-969-0099 ext. 1.

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