Rob Faries has two RONA stores on the edge of James Bay in Ontario’s far North. He’s also the front man for a killer rock band called The Relic Kings that played in Southern Ontario this week. Hardlines was there. We had great fun watching the band entertain us at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts.
The Relic Kings headlined a night of folk, blues, and power rock by indigenous performers that moved us to dance—and to tears. Near the end of the show, lead guitarist and fellow songwriter Michael Archibald pulled out his Flying V guitar and the band really let loose. Then Faries brought it all down masterfully with a moving cover of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.”
