Off the wagon

On November 4 Slim Cessna's Auto Club made one of their periodic passes through town. Indeed, they had a two-night stand at the Dominion. For the first night, Dry River Caravan stepped into the opening slot. The local band raises a Balkan-style ruckus.

Trumpeter Craig Pedersen also works the brass in Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers, the clarinetist is Robin Meyer-MacLeod and John Cockburn plays accordion.



Standup bassist Dan Grewal has also served in The Dusty Drifters.



Liam Smith on drums.



Accordion action!



Drinking action!



Gripping action!



Extra Craig!



Bonus Robin!



Bouzouki player Matt Smith is quite a livewire.



More Matt!



More Dan!



The end!



A lively start to the night.

• Show reminder: The Cowards, Pretty Little Death Machine, Celery Troff, and Hunter Walks perform at the Avant-Garde. Bandera, Alaskan and We Fled Cairo rock the house at 443 Kent St.; Oberhofer and Pond play Cafe Dekcuf; Old Stereo, Los Mosquitos and the Matt Dorgan Project buzz Zaphod's; Rat Patrol, It's Asshole Time, C.B.A. and Destroyer Scene invade Hasslehouse (295 Powell Ave, that is); The 24th Street Wailers wail at the Rainbow; the Elmdale hosts Ken Tizzard and The Bad Intent, Jamie Spurvey and Little Stella.