“It truly is a
joy to see Sean McCann live and the Black Sheep Inn he can interact directly
with his fans like he never could at a show with 10 000 people.” Darren Boucher.
Since
the Great Big Sea hiatus the boys have been so busy with their individual projects
and music careers it is difficult for a blogger to keep up with all the news.
The fans have been travelling to concerts from all parts of Canada and America and
generously sharing their concert experiences, photographs and bootleg videos
via social media.
Recently
Sean McCann performed at the Black Sheep Inn in Canada. Some fans caught the performance
in photographs and bootlegs some of which were retweeted on Twitter by Sean. I
have included a couple of direct links below to the bootlegs and circulated
some on my Google + page attached to this webpage. Thanks to the fans for
taking them with approval.
I
also found a lovely review of the concert from a fan Darren Boucher at therevue.ca.
He writes about Sean’s performance and how he generously shared some intimate
stories about his family and personal struggles over the past 20 or so years.
The review also contained five great intimate photographs of Sean performing and
links to buying his music from his webpage. I think you will agree Sean McCann
is looking and sounding in fine form doing his own thing. We wish him all the
best always.
I
have copied the review here as I am unable to circulate it via my Google +
page. “Concert Review. Sean McCann
returns to the Black Sheep.” written by Darren Broucher at www.therevue.ca and
published on 6 May 2015 (no copyright infringement intended).
The Black Sheep Inn is a small venue and
it’s layout encourages what is usually a very intimate show between performer
and audience. It almost feels like they are performing in your living room.
Sean McCann‘s performance
was no exception and in fact was even more so. Sean McCann has been very open
about some of the problems he has been dealing with, one of which being
alcoholism. He talked about the difficulty of dealing with this illness while
also being a member of one of the biggest party bands in the country. For those
who don’t know, Sean McCann spent twenty years touring the country
with Great Big Sea one of Canada’s most popular bands.
Sean McCann’s solo music is very different. The songs, and stories tend
to be much more personal and intimate. For example, one such song, “The Reply (The Ballad Of John And Mary)”
talks about the long-lasting love affair between his grandparents and it’s
difficult to hear it, especially sung live and not be touched. It truly is a
joy to see Sean McCann live, and at the Black Sheep Inn he can interact
directly with his fans like he never could at a show with 10,000 people. He
took time out to acknowledge and dedicate a song to fans celebrating an
anniversary. He also dedicated a song to a fan who introduced Great Big Sea to the internet by
creating their web site.
For over twenty years Sean McCann has been a part of my life through the
music of Great Big Sea, and I have followed him on his solo career since the
very beginning as this was already my fourth time seeing him live. He also
mentioned that he is planning to move to Ottawa to escape the cold (don’t ask
questions) of Newfoundland. If this could result in more opportunities of
seeing Sean McCann live it is great news for us!
