Bluesfest: Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat

After catching a few Dropkick Murphys tunes I stepped over to the Subway Stage to see some Texas Blues courtesy of Jim Suhler and Monkey Beat. You want your Stevie Ray fix? Here you go. You may also get a bit of Hendrix and some British blues sounds as a bonus.

This is not Jim. It's Shawn Phares, his keyboardist.



this also isn't Suhler; it's his drummer Jimmy Morgan.



Here's Jim!



And bassist Carlton Powell.



Guitar action!



The whole lot!



Fretful action!



"Mine's bigger."



Jim bends!



Bonus Jimmy!



Shawn works the keys!



Extra Carlton!



The view from below.



And so on!



He's headed off for Europe next week.

• Show reminder: Brainhunter, Rocklily Burlesque and Thörax go zombie at Zaphod Beeblebrox; This Is A Standoff and Sparrows are at Mavericks; Matthew Good and Daniel Wesley perform at the National Arts Centre; The Mudplots, Knives and Forks for Freedom, Nummies, Lost Youth and Bruce Boris rock the Legion on Kent St.; Bad Vibrations and Roberta Bondar perform at Babylon, earlyish to make way for Shameless at 11 p.m.; Topanga and WW4 blow up the House of Targ at 34.5 Main St. Morgan Friend releases his new CD with The Sin Sisters and Marie Josee Houle at the Elmdale; the Avant-Garde Bar hosts the Robert Farrell Band.