Taking wing

I don't get around to Club SAW all that often ... there shows seem fairly far apart, and publicity is sometimes less than stellar. Fortunately I heard about this gig, headlined by Mahogany Frog, far enough ahead of time to book the day off. Better yet, local psychedelic act Butterflies and Zebras were opening things. I'd taken a listen to their stuff online and purchased their CD at Birdman Sound and wanted to see them live. Since their CD is recorded "live and organic" it's a good representation of their wiggy improv set. They had a light show, which I avoided disrupting with flash. On the downside Club SAW is not brightly lit (even with their light show), so some of these shots turned out a tad murky.

Steve Northover on acoustic guitar.



And over on the other side of the tiny stage, electric guitarist Norm Howard and percussionist Ken Walker.



Illuminated action!



The whole lot!



Ken works the iPad.



Well, at least the photo of their title screen turned out nicely!



Anyway, I arrived a bit late and it was a sitdown affair , so there were few photos to be taken. What comes next I know not.

• Show reminder: GOOD2GO, releas their latest recording at Irene's with The Bible All-Stars; The Acorn, come home for a show at Capital Music Hall with Jim Guthrie and Pat Jordache; The Love Machine, These Electric Lives and Hungry Hearts perform at Zaphod's; Ross Neilsen & The Suffrin' Bastards and Papa Shango rock the Rainbow; Famous Underground, Hooked on Karma and The Weeds play Mavericks; Rock Snake has The Atomic Rooster covered; Train Jumpers and Andre Bluteau roll into Raw Sugar; Old Whiskey Road makes tracks for the Avant-Garde Bar.