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.



Aaron Moreland rocks The Paul.



Aaron slides some.



Dustin harps.



The whole lot! The drummer is Brad Horner.



Things get breezy.



More Brad!



Hair-shaking action!



Rocking action!



Aaron breaks out the cigar-box banjo.



Clapping action!



Faceoff action, now with extra string breakage.



More rocking action!



Thank you and good-day!



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.