{"id":15269,"date":"2018-01-23T12:52:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15269"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:52:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T20:52:56","slug":"vince-vaccaro-gives-victoria-a-night-of-tunes-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/01\/23\/vince-vaccaro-gives-victoria-a-night-of-tunes-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Vaccaro gives Victoria a night of tunes to remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThey sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, \u2018Man, what are you doing here?\u2019\u201d These Billy Joel lyrics certainly ring true for Montreal-born, Victoria-based musician Vince Vaccaro, especially when he\u2019s playing live. A few songs into Vaccaro\u2019s show at Capital Ballroom on Saturday, January 20, I found myself wondering, after he held an astonishing vocal note for ages in \u201cYoung Leaf,\u201d exactly how the hell he was playing a small Victoria club and not a stadium full of people. Just give it time: this guy is definitely talented and unique enough to pack Rogers Arena in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Vaccaro is the only musician I know who can make a ukulele solo sound completely badass; his engaging, passionate stage presence was also invigorating.<\/p>\n

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Vince Vaccaro’s recent show in Victoria was a success (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cYou feel better? Did you get rid of some shit?\u201d he asked the audience after an incredible raging rendition of \u201cInside Out,\u201d a song that\u2019s nothing less than an emotional punching bag when you\u2019re pissed off at a toxic relationship in your life. Yes, Vince; I most certainly did.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the night was a touching acoustic version of \u201cI was Alive,\u201d a song about Vaccaro\u2019s father. The emotion and pain was present in his voice with this one, and that\u2019s part of what makes Vaccaro unique: he lets the audience into what he\u2019s experiencing at any given moment when he\u2019s on stage. It makes for more than a concert; it makes for a life experience I won\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n

Whether he is playing solo, or with his band, as he did in the third set of the evening, Vaccaro is one of a handful of musicians\u2014Bryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen come to mind\u2014who, in many ways, sound better live.<\/p>\n

Vaccaro retreated back stage to let local duo Ocie Elliott shine for the second set. Their voices and calm six-string pickings were a tranquil drink from a highball in the overcrowded nightclub. This duo was impressive, and they had personality and sass to back up the tunes.<\/p>\n

Other than a little too long of a break between sets, I have no complaints about this night. Vaccaro is a world-class talent who has yet to be discovered by the masses. But just give it time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThey sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say, \u2018Man, what are you doing here?\u2019\u201d These Billy Joel lyrics certainly ring true for Montreal-born, Victoria-based musician Vince Vaccaro, especially when he\u2019s playing live. A few songs into Vaccaro\u2019s show at Capital Ballroom on Saturday, January 20, I found myself wondering, after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15271,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15269\/revisions\/15271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}