Flyer Vault Concert History
The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History
“The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History”, 2021 Heritage Toronto Awards Book Nominee. Design: Laura Boyle.
Authors: Daniel Tate and Rob Bowman
Publisher: Dundurn Press
The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History traces seminal live music moments in the city, including James Brown’s debut performance in the middle of a city-wide blackout, a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix backing up Wilson Pickett in 1966 — the year a new band from London named Led Zeppelin performed in Toronto six times — and the one and only show by the Notorious B.I.G., which almost caused a riot in the winter of 1995.
About the Authors: Daniel Tate and Rob Bowman
Daniel Tate worked in the concert industry for several years before starting The Flyer Vault project in 2015. His efforts to chronicle Toronto’s live music history have been featured in the Globe and Mail, Now, Vice, and on BlogTO. He lives in Toronto
Rob Bowman is a Grammy-winning professor of music at York University who has been writing about music for over 40 years. His book Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2013. He lives in Toronto.