I didn’t attend Bluesfest Day 2 but Mike and Carrie said that they saw a band that has my doppelganger. Here is his photo: http://www.grupofantasma.com/beto They also said it was an excellent band to see.
Day Two of Bluesfest was actually spent welcoming Anne-Marie, Steve and our godson Evan to the house. The night was spent sipping beers in +40 degree weather as well as starting a fire to get rid of the mosquitoes. I marveled at the fact that only in Canada would you find two guys sitting around a campfire in +40 degree weather! He called it being ‘hard Canadian’ which is from a new Gord Downie tune we were listening to.
Day Three was a walk-around night which was fine by me. I like the nights where I have no desire to see one particular band. We walked in and saw The Bacon Brothers (home of Kevin Bacon…I have now entered the six degrees of separation) and they sounded decent enough.
I was interested in seeing Great Lake Swimmers as Mike’s roommate Dave was raving about them. We listened to a bunch of it the night before and it was decent. I would refer to it as lazy Sunday night cottage music. Very easy going stuff. We hit up the Hard Rock tent and I must admit the volume could have been a little louder considering the folk nature of their music! We stuck around for awhile and I would say that I will see them again if they ever come into town.
The Moody Blues were on the Claridge Stage and I must say that for the amount of Moody Blues music I know (nil), I was blown away by their awesomeness. Classic Rock at its best. Everyone was having a great time watching them and I definitely think they were the hit of the night when compared to the headliner B-52s. Speaking of which, I stayed for one song and said to myself “Self, I can’t waste time watching the B-52s waiting to hear Love Shack.” So we went to see Steve Hackett who is a solo artist who used to be the guitarist in Genesis and he blew our socks off! I had a good laugh when we saw one of the band members in a dress and we had an argument on whether or not the guy was a guy or not. Clearly we got on the nerves of the woman in front of us as she turns around and says “Mick is a guy! He wears a dress! And he’s amazing!” and then she proceeds to continue to rock out.
All in all, a decent night was had at Bluesfest.