| Ottawa, Canada, July 13, 2004 | Grade: B | Time: 1 hr 50 min. | Format: 1 DVD |
| Set List: There Wil Never Be Another Tonight 18 Til I Die Kids Wanna Rock Let's Make a Night to Remember... Can't Stop This Thing We Started House Arrest Summer of '69 Back to You Everything I Do... It's Only Love Cuts Like a Knife When You're Gone Heaven Somebody The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You Cloud Number Nine Run to You The Best of Me Straight From the Heart Depend on Me Sample photos taken from the Ottawa DVD:
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The Show: BA makes a headlining appearnce on the main stage with the Canadian Parliament buildings in the distance during the nine day Ottawa Bluesfest in July of 2004 just three weeks prior to unleashing the new Room Service material into the live show. A sold out crowd of 23,500 fans pack the venue for the first of eight concerts in eastern Canada. "In Command" read the headline the next morning in the Ottawa Sun. This was BA's first concert in Ottawa in over four years, however he played in neighbouring Hull, Quebec in December of 2002 when he was promoting the french release of the Spirit soundtrack. He tells the crowd that Ottawa is where he feels it all started for him as he lived here when he had his first guitar before his Mom and brother packed their bags for Vancouver. Ironically, BA's Mom is in attendance for this show. BA is in very good spirits tonight and gets chatty w/ the crowd at certain points in the show about the Bluesfest and Ottawa in general. This is clearly a "no pressure" gig and as usual, he gets a nice warm reception whenever he returns to Canada. The Songs: Highlights of this 20 song set include the somewhat-rarely performed House Arrest and the acoustic ending duo of Straight From the Heart and a rarely captured on DVD Depend on Me. The Recording: There are tracks split into three minute intervals.
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