Getting back to the last week of November; there were several charity shows apart from the one for the victims of the Somerset St. fire - the other one that I attended was for Johnny Nash. I've taken plenty of pictures of Johny over the years; the earliest I could find with a cursory search through the blog was of him fronting The Long Timers back in 2005. Back then I knew him as the bassist for South of 78; in the interim I've seen him perform with The Fucking Machines, And What Army, The Mighty Eagle Band and Neck. He's been waging a battle with cancer for a few years now, and it's taken a financial toll that a bunch of friends thought they could help reduce. His bandmate Jeff Martin and others got together to stage Cash for Nash at The Dominion Tavern, and I could tell things were going well as soon as I stepped through the door - or rather, after I waited at the door for a quarter hour waiting for a chance to get in while Camp Radio started things off. Here's Chris Page.
The whole lot!
Chris sings!
Scott hits! It was a busy night for him.
Extra Chris!
Rhythm section action!
Raffling action!
Slo' Tom filled out the time between the acts with Nash tales and a song or two.
Next up were The Banditas, who I've officially seen more times after they broke up than before.
Scott sings!
CiV hits!
The whole lot!
Extra Scott!
Speaking of reunions, Jeff's pre-Neck band, Garaga, hooked up again for this show.
Shawn and Colin.
Extra Jeff!
Kevin from Neck filled in on the drums.
Colin sings!
Extra Shawn!
The whole lot!
Johnny gets up to say a few words.
After another Slo' Tom interlude, Andrew Vincent & The Pirates played a really rocking set, the highlight of the evening for me.
Davey Quesnelle gets Pirated!
Singalong action with Johnny!
Andrew sings!
Even more Scott!
Piratical action!
The Hi Lo Trons finished things off in fine style as a trio.
Percussive action with Pascal!
Alex frets!
The shouty bit!
A great success on all fronts.
