Bluesfest: Gentlemen Husbands

As things began to began to get dark I tiptoed off to grab some sausage for dinner, pausing only to snap a few sunset photos. My little pint and shoot is good for that sort of thing ... I think it even has a specific setting for it ... I would describe the evening as "pleasantly orange."



But after that it was time to check out some bands, including one new to me, The Gentlemen Husbands. They were playing perfectly capable country rock on the Hard Rock Stage. The Cobourg quartet appear to have been raised on a steady diet of Tom Petty and were surprise-free, but nice to listen to for a while ...

Derrick Ballard sings!



We also have a (mostly obscured) Jed Atkinson on bass, Dan Farrell on drums and Ryan Hutcheson on lead guitar.



More Derrick and Jed! If your name is Jed you more or less have to be in a country rock band ...



More Ryan and Dan!



Country-rocking action!



Dan hits and sings!



Extra Derrick!



Smoking Sheraton action!



The whole colourful lot!



I really like this photo for some reason.



No good Jed photos. Sorry, Jed.



Guitar action!



Considering the limitations of my Fujifilm, I'm surprised by the percentage of these shots that turned out okay.



Black and white action!



They're back in our neighbourhood next week, with a show at Peterborough's Red Dog Sept. 29.

• Show reminder: There's more O-Town Hoedown activity at The Rainbow with The Dusty Drifters, Ol' Savannah and Renee Yoxon; Blind Witness, Stray From The Path, Vanna, Liferuiner, Affiance and Tyrants Rise make some noise at Mavericks; Good2Go and The Jeers rock Irene's Pub; Sound of Lions release their new CD at Zaphod's with an assist from Exeter; The Hammerheads funk up the Elmdale House; You may recall a few shots of Robots! Everywhere from a recent Zaphod's show ... he's at the Avant-Garde today, earlyish, with punk folker Jon Creeden - later on the Latin sounds of Natalia and Montuno take over.