Musical Devizes

Since I met up with my former coworker at the Shawn Tavenier and Silver Creek show we decided to do the circuit of stages - our final destination was going to be Justin Rutledge, but we started with Jon Amor on the River Stage. He's nominally a British blues musician who once played with The Hoax, but his sound made me think more of mod rockers like The Action and the 1970s Stiff Records crew. As a coincidence he comes from Devizes, which is not too far from where my grandparents lived in Wiltshire. He last came through Ottawa playing with The Hoax, his blues-rock combo, and mentioned performing at The Roxy.

The angular Mr. Amor and draftee bassist Pat Giunta.



Drummer Andrew Lamarche - another ringer.



Jon works the axe ... it's all in the facial expressions, I tell you.







Guitarist Dave - Amor brought him with him from Britain.





One least shot and it's off to see Rutledge.



In hindsight I should have stayed for the remainder of the set.

• Show reminder: The New Bayou gets another punk injection courtesy of The Rookers, Union Made, Hold A Grudge and Vanier Shank. Emma-Lee and Matt Ouimet perform at Irene's. Trevor Alguire and The Stables play The Elmdale Tavern.