The bag they're in

Last week I tramped over to Pressed for some instrumental action by Ottawa musical veterans. Steel guitarist Tom Thompson, who has appeared on the blog playing with Orienteers and Trevor Alguire, started things off with his Chime of Wrens project. He uses effects and looping to create some sounds that had me thinking of Roy Montgomery's work.



Steely action!



Whammy bar action!



Chautauqua were on next; they're a rootsy instrumental quartet featuring folks from Golden Famile, Trees of North America, The Reverb Syndicate and Public Animal. They're playing Irene's Sept. 29 as part of the Pretty Bad Records showcase. First up, Mike from Reverb Syndicate and Golden Famile.



Christine of ToNA, Secret Lovers, Johnnies, Chickpea, et. al breaks out the violin!



Guitar action with Darrel (Golden Famile, ToNA, et. al).



Upright action with Eric from Public Animal and Tricky Woo!



More Christine and Eric!



Extra Darrel!



Instrumental action!



More Mike and Christine!



Adjusting action!



A most pleasant night out.