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The ‘Journey Tour’ was Ottawa Bound

February 21st, 2019 by Matthew Perry | Published in Concerts

The Paul Brandt Journey Tour made its stop in Ottawa at the TD Place arena on February 16, 2019 with co-headliners High Valley and special guests Jess Moskaluke and Hunter Brothers.

Kicking off the night was a short set by the Hunter Brothers as they came out on stage to ‘Lost’ to get the crowd going. The Hunter Brothers fan squad was in attendance and on their feet singing along. After some humorous interaction with the crowd by the band they rolled right into the final three songs of the night for them ‘Those Were the Nights’, ”When You Love a Girl’ and finally the big fan favorite of the night ‘Born and Raised’ to close it out.

Hunter Brothers at TD Place (2019) by Matthew Perry

Hunter Brothers at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

Jess Moskaluke took to the stage to with her hits and favorites opening with ‘Drive Me Away’ which the crowd sang along word for word with her. After some interaction with the crowd she moved on to the remainder of her 8 song set with the highlight of the night with ‘Cheap Wine & Cigarettes’ as she closed out her show and handed the reigns over to High Valley.

Jess Moskaluke at TD Place (2019) by Matthew Perry

Jess Moskaluke at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

Co-headliners Brad and Curtis Rempel of High Valley hit the stage clearly as one of the fan favorites of the night. As the CCMA Duo/Group of the Year winner, multiple times, along with a plethora of nominations for CCMA and Juno awards; the crowd was show ready as the energy rose and the heat turned up!

Opening the set with ‘County Line’ they were certainly ready to “…tear it up on a Saturday night”.

High Valley at TD Place by Matthew Perry

High Valley at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

Giving the crowd a taste of some new music with the live performance of ‘Single Man’ and then moving through the set with remaining hits. Coming down either side of the stage to move through the crowd and interact with their fans as they sang along was clearly a big hit of the night!

High Valley at TD Place (2019) by Matthew Perry

High Valley at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

Closing out the set with quite possibly their 3 biggest hits ‘Make you Mine’, ‘She’s with Me’ and ‘I Be U Be’ left the crowd wanting more as it always does when High Valley visits Ottawa.

High Valley at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

As the stage got set to welcome the headliner of the night and Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Paul Brandt, fans milled about waiting for the lights to go down.

Paul Brandt was welcomed by the crowd and started off with his single ‘The Journey’.

Paul Brandt at TD Place (2019) by Matthew Perry

Paul Brandt at TD Place Photo Credit: Matthew Perry

Paul’s 90-Minute 16 song set included a lot of crowd interaction and much love for one of the greatest Canadian Artists to grace the stage. Huge hits that had the crowd going wild like ‘Alberta Bound’ and ‘I Do’ along with all the songs in which he called out the members of the other bands such as ‘When You Call My Name’ with High Valley, ‘Lifes Railway to Heaven’ with Hunter Brothers and ‘I’m an Open Road’ with Jess Moskaluke.

Closing out his set and encore with the Johnny Cash cover ‘Walk the Line’ he also had High Valley and Jess Moskaluke on stage to finish the night, leaving the crowd definitely wanting more and fired up for the next time we see these guys arrive in the capital again.