FunnelFest 2.0 - A Benefit for Scott Funnel
By Alex Hudson, exclaim.ca
Dylan Kristy, The Windsor Star,
Tom Lucier, Twitter and Facebook
The Windsor music scene is giving back to Scott Funnel by throwing a massive musical bash to support Scott Funnel in his recovery from injuries sustained in a brutal attack on November 13.
Early in the morning on Saturday (November 13), Peter Stewart (better know to the music world as Scott Funnel) was assaulted by three men. The promoter/musician has since had to undergo two brain surgeries and four benefit concerts have now been planned in his name.
Stewart has been involved in the Windsor music scene for two decades and has been booking shows at the Coach and Horses (where he also bartends) for ten years. According to theWindsor Star, he had just got off his bartending shift and was walking to get breakfast when he and his friend, Curtis Byrne, were attacked.
The assault was captured on a security camera from a nearby 7-Eleven and all three attackers were identified. Two of the suspects have been placed in custody, while police are still looking for the third.
Stewart is now in stable condition, but he will need to take a step back from his musical duties while he heals. The benefit concert on Sunday will help him to take some time off work to recover.
"Scott is very, very dedicated to the live music scene -- it's his life -- and now everyone is coming forward," Coach and Horses owner Jay Zeman told the Windsor Star. "He's held down the Coach for years, so many of the local bands, and even bands from out of town, want to help any way they can."
"When news reached me, via Jamie Greer (a die-hard supporter and true friend of so many) that Scott was attacked, I reacted the same way many in Windsor’s music community did." said Phog Lounge's Tom Lucier, "I began to shake, and felt like I was going to be sick. Scott, as many know, works at The Coach and Horses, booking shows, performing, promoting, and caring for our sprawling music community. I don’t see him that often, but each time he comes to visit us at Phog, or on the street, or at other downtown haunts…the greeting is always a big smile and a firm handshake."
FUNNELFEST 2.0 is a two-day, 33-band musical festival that was put together in 24 hours. Each of the 33 bands have some sort of connection to Scott, either from a deep rooted friendship or via a sense of gratitude for what Scott has done for their own musical endeavours over the past two decades. They are all performing for free and all money collected at the door for each of these shows will be going into a fund to help Scott through his recovery.
FUNNELFEST 2.0 LINE-UP & START TIMES
Doors are at 7pm for all shows. No Cover, but donations are encouraged.
19+ with ID
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ The Coach & Horses
8:00-8:30 – SILENT MOVIE TYPE
8:45-9:15 – HEAT SEEKING MOISTURE MISSILES
9:30-10:00 – HAMMERDOWN
10:15-10:45 – PITCH UNION
11:00-11:30 – THE VAUDEVILLIANAIRES
11:45-12:15 – EXPLODE WHEN THEY BLOOM
12:30-1:00 – DEATH IN CUSTODY
1:15- ?? – GYPSY CHIEF GOLIATH
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 @ The FM Lounge
7:45-8:15 – JACKIE ROBITAILLE
8:30-9:00 – THE STiG
9:15-9:45 – ALLUSION
10:00-10:30 – ERIC WELTON BAND
10:45-11:15 – WAKER GLASS
11:30-12:00 – YEARS OF ERNEST
12:15-12:45 – JAMES O-L & THE VILLAINS
1:00-?? – THE LOCUSTS HAVE NO KING
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ The Coach & Horses
8-8:25 – AFTER ASHES
8:40-9:05 – UNDER RUINS
9:20-9:45 – BATTLESOUL
10-10:25 – TYBURN TREE
10:40-11:05 – LODOWN
11:20-11:45 – GOLIATH
11:55-12:20 – BLOODSHOTEYE
12:35-1 – POUGHBOY
1:15-?? – FIFTYWATTHEAD
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 @ The FM Lounge
7:45-8:15 – GEORGE MANURY
8:30-9:00 – SAME LATITUDE AS ROME
9:15-9:45 – LONESOME LEFTY
10:00-10:30 – THE HUNG JURY/FOURLETTERWORD
10:45-11:15 – VULTURES!
11:30-12:00 – ALEX CARRUTHERS & THE RHYTHM BROS.
12:15-12:45 – SURDASTER
1:00 – ?? – GODHEAD
Between-set music by (WH)Y.M.E.(??)