March 3, 2019

Wild T and The Spirit at The Phoenix Concert Theatre - Concert Photos

Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
Wild T and The Spirit (Toney Springer) at The Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 15, 2018 Photo by John Ordean at One In Ten Words oneintenwords.com toronto indie alternative live music blog concert photography pictures photos nikon d750 camera yyz photographer
In the early to mid 90s, I used to see Wild Toney Springer and his band The Spirit, Wild T and The Spirit, for short, perform at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern. I remember buying their debut album on cassette back in the day, too. Toney is a wicked-hot guitar player, singer and performer. His tunes are blues-rockers with due homage to pioneers of the genre and his own unique spark which make the tunes so, so good.

It was amazing to see Toney perform again after such a long time and to hear some of the classic tunes, with great newer ones mixed in. Toney’s guitar playing and singing was, as always, powerful and emotional. He’s a true master of the instrument and the stage.

Highlights of the set were "Love Crazy", "I Am a River", "I've Got the Rhythm", "Every-Thang", "Midnight Blues" and "Yvonne".

Toney and the band were warming things up for Canadian rock legends Goddo's farewell show. My coverage of that set are here.

Check out some of the great tunes below:

"Love Crazy"

"I am a River"

"I've Got the Rhythm"

"Midnight Blues"

"Yvonne"