Rough and ready

Back on Sept. 19 I moseyed over to the House of Targ for some roots-rocking action. Eamon McGrath has a new album out, and since I've been taking pictures of him for more than a decade (most recently as one of Julie Doiron's Wrong Guys), I figured there was no reason to stop now. Chris Landry and The Seasick Mommas (well, Momma, singular, in this case) started things off. Here's Chris and steel man Pascal doing a little pre-set soundcheck.



Steel guitar action!



More Chris!



And so on!



On to Eamon, who was sounding as rough (in a good way) as ever. His new album is called Guts. This set landed a few days after the death of noted songsmith Daniel Johnston, in whose band he's served, and he covered his True Love Will Find You In The End. Here's Eamon!



Mandolin action with Derek!



Extra Eamon!



More steel guitar!



Bass action with Tavo!



Extra Eamon!



Percussive action with Chris!



Tavo sings!



Gutsy action!



Great-sounding stuff from everyone!