Spirit of Rasputin's

Terry Gillespie & Vince Halfhide

Saturday, September 26 at 8:00 pm
Westboro Masonic Hall,
430 Churchill Ave.N., Ottawa

Tickets: $25

Let me take a moment to introduce you to Vince Halfhide. Vince is an Ottawa based musician and master-guitarist who rose to prominence in the Ottawa music scene when he co-founded and began a decade of membership in Heavens Radio, the legendary Ottawa blues and reggae band that was active from 1969 through 1980.

After the retirement of Heavens Radio, Vince kept his career alive and dynamic. He’s been a fixture at Irene’s Pub for the past 20 years playing guitar and singing in the house band for their weekly Blues Sessions. He’s also been an in-demand sideman for artists like Sneezy Waters, Missy Burgess, the Toasted Westerns and the Mighty Popo. In the last several years Vince has also been fine-tuning his singer-songwriter chops as he’s added a new facet to his career, writing and performing his own songs.

Vince released his first CD, an excellent self-titled collection of twelve skillfully-crafted original songs, mostly in the folk and acoustic blues genres. We hope to hear several of these tunes during our concert on September 26. If you’d like to get ahead of the curve and prep yourself for the concert you can listen to or download Vince’s CD from his website. You’ll also have the opportunity to take his tunes home with you after the concert as copies of his CD will be available on our merchandise table.

We urge you to get your tickets today and then join the Rasputin’s community to celebrate the music of Vince Halfhide, Terry Gillespie and Heavens Radio at the Westboro Masonic Hall on September 26. It’s an event you won’t want to miss.