Bluesfest: Protest the Hero

I made a brief stop at the main stage to catch some of Protest the Hero's set. I've complained before about some of the sound at main stage set's, but for PTH I thought it was particularly bad. I might add I wasn't super close to the front of the stage like I usually am, but even with a comfortable crowd-cushion I felt like was missing a good chunk of the guitar and some of the vocals. On the plus side, Rody Walker's between-song banter was top notch.

Protesting action!



Monitors, still mostly for standing on.



Gesticulating action!



Rody chats up the audience.



He's good at it!



I'm not kidding!



Then I took a powder to check out Dana Fuchs. They're touring the states in late November and December before a European jaunt in March.

• Show reminder: Julie Doiron and Andre Bluteau perform at Zaphod's; Sainthood Reps, Lipstick Lesbian and Shahman are at Cafe Dekcuf; downstairs at Mavericks you can find Bluesfest crowd-wowers Trampled By Turtles and Jonny Corndawg; Garaga unleash their new album at the Dominion Tavern with The Shakey Aches; Royal Ottawa is at The Clocktower; Jack De Keyzer brings it all home at The Rainbow; the Elmdale hosts THREAD's CD release show, with Brandon Agnew and The Pocket 4′s.