Lou's clues

Lou Barlow has had a fairly storied career in indie music, first with Dinosaur Jr., then with Sebadoh/Sentridoh and The Folk Implosion. He came to Ottawa on tour in support of his new solo album Emoh. It was just him, a couple of guitars, a looping pedal (don't start your one-man/woman show without one!) and a trio of microphones on a Tuesday evening at Babylon. The turnout was good and the crowd was very enthusiastic. The whole show had a pleasantly sponaneous feel and lots of Barlow-audience interplay.
He played a few requests (early in the show he said "I don't make a setlist ... sometimes that works well ..." Someone yelled "Soul and Fire!" "Okay." he replied, and away he went. There was chatter about the family (he's a new dad ... his wife was back at the Travelodge on "Rue Carling Street" with the child and a bottle of wine "so I imagine she's pretty buzzed by now."
This led to an amusing bit of banter where he emulated a few pathetic individuals asking if they would make suitable fathers in one microphone, and replying in a cheery, avuncular boom in the other "Of course you can!"

Here's Lou.



More Lou ... forgot to mention he had a wee keyboard with him ...



It was a nice long set, and featuring a rendition of his big hit Natural One.