AHHH-DELE!!!

(These guys were great, a blast to lime with after the show! L-R Drummer Derrick Wright, TAP family member/pup Brenna Woodhouse, pianist Miles Robertson, lead guitarist Ben Thomas, bass guitarist Tom Driessler, TAP family member/pup Zindzi Morris-Alleyne, pianist/organist and HALF-TRINI (yay!) Selan Lerner, TAP family member/pup Holly Greco.)

(Miles tearing it up on the keys ... fantastic lighting at this show!)

(Adele performing "Daydreamer")

Amazing. Absolutely, heart-stoppingly amazing. The Dog, along with other members of the wider TAP family like Mr Niall Royal, have been singing newly-acclaimed Grammy-winner Adele's praises for the longest time. We first discovered her in 2007, then she released her first hit single "Chasing Pavements" in early 2008 and we were hooked. We needed to know more. Her voice, it wasn't real was it? Nahhhh, that's just studio tricks.

And then The Dog caught her show in Montreal in June 2008, at the Cabaret Theatre. Amazed, he had to see her again ... and did on Tuesday night.

Fortunately for us here at The Angry Pothound, we get a lot of love from family and friends who feel what we are doing ... and who, for the most part, can't resist The Dog's infectious smile (sooo handsome, The Dog). So of course, when Adele concert time rolled around, TAP was personally invited by Adele's AMAZINGLY TALENTED pianist, Bajan musician Miles Robertson to catch Adele's second-ever Montreal show (Miles is the product of two huge internationally-recognized Caribbean talents, jazz pianist Raf Robertson and the late Janice Millington).

And, of course, Mr Robertson delivered - he was phenomenal, and had a couple of great solos on "Hometown Glory" and her cover of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" (a personal favourite). The Caribbean just always manages to produce such exceptional talent, doesn't it?

Anyways, just had to show love for Miles, for bringing TAP to the performance, giving us a great show and sharing his talent with us. Look out for him, he's definitely making huge moves.

Back to Miss Adele. This woman's voice quality when performing live is unparalleled, she literally has one of the most beautiful voices we've ever heard. Adele and her band started off with a bang, with the upbeat, vibrant "Cold Shoulder", and thrilled the audience with some great covers, including an amazing one of Sam Cooke's "That's It, I Quit (I'm Movin' On)" and her usual cover of Etta James' "Fool That I Am" ... she also killed it on a goosebump-inducing cover of The Raconteurs' "Many Shades of Black" - perhaps one of the best covers and songs we've heard in a long time. She also performed some new songs ("Stand By Me", an unfinished effort - definitely worth it!), and did a solo acoustic set for "Daydreamer" - which would have been sooo much better, had it not been for the group of obnoxious gay guys near the front who were too busy partying and taking pix of themselves to pay attention .... so rude, she kept looking at them cuz they were seriously throwing her off her game. Oh well, pearls before swine.

A couple photos above, including a photo of some of the band with a few of The Dog's pups that he sent out to cover the show. Adele's first album 19 is in stores now, and look out for her sophomore album coming out. For our internationally-based peoples, tour dates are as follows:

05/02/2009	Boston, MA	Orpheum Theatre
05/03/2009	Philadelphia, PA	Electric Factory
05/05/2009	New York, NY	Roseland Ballroom (SOLD OUT but still hit up Craigslist as ppl are always looking to get rid of concert tickets at good prices)
06/26/2009	Los Angeles, CA	Hollywood Bowl w/ Etta James