EWO Rock the Coq on Halloween

Ah Halloween... the only day of the year that EWO could possibly play for the late great Rick James ... of course no one thought to take a picture of the funk legend and pop culture stalwart, so we have absolutely no proof. But we know the truth and that's good enough.

October 31st proved to be one of the most exciting days of 2007 for EWO. The group finally popped their collective "away" cherry, by making the arduous 45min journey to Burlington, get dressed up as a psychotic group of doctors and play the Legendary Red Rooster.

Presented with a fantastic stage set up, friendly staff, a great engineer and the kind of audience you wish you could take home with you, Easy Way Out immediately realized how blessed they were to be aforded the oportunity to promote their original Rock/Hip Hop sound in such a positive environment.

Mike (an incredible sound engineer to say the least)

Somewhere around 11:00, EWO took the stage and opened the set with a new tune "See what I see". As soon as the final notes rang out the crowd scrambled for free demos and the Red Rooster management presented the band with shots of Jagermeister. EWO then barrelled through the rest of the short set with the energy of an atom split in two. "Beat Down" and "New Age" received their usual positive reaction, "Relyin' on Reef" and "High Life" took them to the next level and the new prog/hop apocalyptic epic called "Genocide" left the audience eyes wide and jaw agape. Not ten minutes after climbing down from the stage, EWO was approached to return as early as Saturday December 8th.

Burlington really taught us a lot about "away" shows. Great clubs and open minded people are everywhere so watch out Peterborough we're coming for you next.

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Jay Flores-Holz