I’m jumping back in to revive my classic rock So Old It’s New show, this time Mondays from 8 to 10 p.m. I return on Monday, Aug. 13. The format/theme: Old bands, old tracks, old bands, their new tracks if they’re still around, alive and kicking. I play the music those of us who grew up on 60s and 70s rock grew up on – Stones, Beatles, Deep Purple, Zep, Jethro Tull, etc. to name a few but I did deeper than the singles. You won’t hear Jumping Jack Flash from the Stones but you might hear Jigsaw Puzzle or Let It Loose. And, I’ll deep into my college days, the first incarnation of punk/new wave, on occasion.

Special Guest Waterloo Region Record Arts Writer Robert Reid, fresh from reviewing opening week productions at Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 60th Anniversary Season! joins me to wax theatre from Stratford to the Blyth Festival.
In Part 1 we discuss Bard’s productions Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, and three count them THREE opening week musicals 42nd Street, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, and Pirates of Penzance, plus The Matchmaker, and new Canadian production, The War of 1812. We also discuss late season openings Shakespeare’s Henry V, Christopher Plummer’s new one man show A Word or Two, in addition to other Canadian theatre debuts MacHomer, Wanderlust, Hirsch, and The Best Brothers. Rob also brings in Grand River Blues Society CD Got Mojo 2, plus music from Fred Eaglesmith and MacHomer’s Rick Miller. We also speak about The Blyth Festival’s Season as well.

For those wanting to see Stratford shows here is Rob’s invaluable insight from his venerable Aisle Seat.