No Men, no SLR

I was feeling pretty light on Wednesday, July 14. That's because I was heading off to Bluesfest with only my little point-and-shoot Fujifilm Finepix FR200 EXR. It's quite a decent little camera, but it lacks some of the telephoto capabilities of my 300mm SLR lens. That didn't make much difference for the first show of the day when I reacquainted myself with the fine roots music of Capital Grass and the No Men. They always make me think of Elliott Brood, perhaps because the first (and only previous) time I saw them at Club SAW they were a three-piece with a banjo. This time around they had their regular complement , which has since expanded to include a keyboardist.

That would be Chris McGuire, at left, with frontman Matt Gower.



Bassist Rob Hanlon was elsewhere engaged last time.



Guitarist Wayne Coulis is looking very sunlit.



As is drummer Darcy McGuire.



Matt sings!



Capital action!



And, er, that's it because I wanted to run off to the Black Sheep tent to see Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Bah.

• Show reminder: New Brunswick's  Neverthesame bring their alt-rock to The Rainbow; this week's Elmdale House songwriters circle features Lefty McRighty, Ray Harris, Vince Halfhide and Sherwood Lumsden.