Friday, November 20, 2009

Let it blow

Here we are, the final day of Bluesfest 2008, and my first exposure to hot Wichita duo Moreland & Arbuckle. They may be from Kansas, but there hearts are in the Chess Records studio, heavy on the harp. They also dig the rock, referencing Led Zeppelin and The Sex Pistols in their bio. I went to check these guys out - despite the double-barrelled name, they're actually a trio - and found they deserved their promising writeup.

Dustin Arbuckle says hello.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Aaron Moreland rocks The Paul.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Aaron slides some.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Dustin harps.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

The whole lot! The drummer is Brad Horner.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Things get breezy.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

More Brad!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Hair-shaking action!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Rocking action!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Aaron breaks out the cigar-box banjo.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Clapping action!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Faceoff action, now with extra string breakage.

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

More rocking action!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Thank you and good-day!

Moreland & Arbuckle at Ottawa Bluesfest 2009

Another one of Bluesfest's more pleasant surprises.
  • Show reminder: Upstairs at Cafe Dekcuf you have The Mohawk Lodge, Chris Page and Male Nurse; downstairs there's Priestess, Early Man and Trigger Effect. Al Wood and The Woodsmen and The Coggs perform at Irene's. The Elmdale House hosts John Allaire, Songwriters Roundabout and Matchless; The Sound Technicians, Watters Brothers and To The Rescue are at Zaphod's; The JW Jones Blues Band plays The Rainbow. Jon Reilly-Roe and Clair Reilly-Roe rock Raw Sugar; Brainhunter, The Sonic Defense and Minnetonka make some noise at the Avant-Garde Bar.

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