Showing posts with label Ol' Savannah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ol' Savannah. Show all posts

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Grain spirits

Last night Ol' Savannah played The Rainbow. I wasn't there, but I imagine it went a lot like it did back when they headlined that very same venue in January.

Accordion action with Kevin Labchuk!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Assorted drumming from Max!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Speedy D. sings!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Rocking about with bassist Chris Byrne.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Bartleby J. Budde banjos in the key of B.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Chris rocks the bass.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Guitar action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Holler!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Bonus Bartleby!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Music on bended knee!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Extra accordion!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Max brushes up!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Extra Speedy!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Technical difficulties arise ...

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Hurray for duct tape!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

And alcohol!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

More singalong action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

John Updike suffers some.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

They release their new CD, Underneath The Old Red Barn, on May 4.

Sunday, March 04, 2012

A different kind of grass

I must be catching up, just yesterday I was mentioning Ol' Savannah, and here I am finally getting around to posting more photos from the first time I saw them at The Rainbow. As I said, they play some gritty mountain music.

Banjo action from Bartleby J. Budde!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Speedy D. Clark sings!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

And here's bassist Chris Byrne, drummer Max Outerbridge in back and accordionist Kevin Labchuk at right.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

What are they doing? Stomping!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Ol' action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Accordion action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Max rocks the straw.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

There will be hollerin'.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

And jumping around!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Bonus Max!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Drinking action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Extra Kevin!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Extra Speedy!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Faceoff action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Extra Chris! With all the running around up front I had to go to the side to get a decent shot ....

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Slide guitar action!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

More rhythm!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Literature takes a beating!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

Speedy bends the knee!

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow

A real fine show. They were back in January, and shall return for an instudio at CKCU April 5 and another Rainbow Date April 21.
  • Show reminder: Dog Day Afternoon and Dave Balfour & Friends help Zaphod's celebrate its 20th anniversary; The Fairest, Farewell Davidson and Partouse perform at the Rainbow; Katlina and the Gracious and Alex R. Newman play the Elmdale.

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Fill the dancefloor

Just a few months ago - September 2011 to be exact - Ol' Savannah played a Rainbow gig with The Dusty Drifters and Rene Yoxon. Apparently they had a good time because here they are back with a headlining gig of their own and plans to return in the spring.

First up was Morgan Friend, who also fronts the Bible All-Stars. He was filling in for the Bank Robbers Union, who had to cancel.

Morgan Friend at The Rainbow
Morgan Friend at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

He was accompanied by Sick Sick Sicks guitarist Max Cossette and BAS guitarist Greg Langille to play bass (and a bit of guitar).

Morgan Friend at The Rainbow
Morgan Friend at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

I've seen Lefty McRighty perform with The Boxcar Cadavers and The Shameless Bastards, but in 90 Pounds of Ugly he hands most of the singing work over to sultry Patsie Clash who does a bang-up job and looks mighty fine to boot. Off course this is a McRighty project so they are songs about insane people and getting naked. They also covered Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time and 1976 Brit disco sensation 5000 Volts' Dr. Kiss Kiss (which actually works quite well as a country tune).

90 Pounds Of Ugly at The Rainbow
90 Pounds Of Ugly at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

Standup Steve is also part of this outfit (drummer Ernie Legend rounds it out).

90 Pounds Of Ugly at The Rainbow
90 Pounds Of Ugly at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

Finally Ol' Savannah came on satge for some old-fashioned urban mountain music and book-demolishing.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow
Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

There was also some string busting and a bit of accordion-busting (fortunately fixed with some handy duct tape).

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow
Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow, January 7, 2012

There was certainly a lot of folks shaking it about.
  • Show reminder: The Cowards and the Mudplots rock the Overkill Bar; Slyde and Calfax perform at the Rainbow.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Mountains and plains

It's O-Down Hoedown time in the nation's capital. Ottawa's only country music festival had its kickoff at The Dominion on Thursday, its first show on Friday and moved into The Rainbow on Saturday with sets from Renee Yoxon, Montreal's Ol' Savannah and The Dusty Drifters.

Yoxon kicked things off with a set that was more jazz than country, though she did cover Dolly Party's Jolene among songs by Miles Davis and the old standard Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

Renee Yoxon at The Rainbow
Renee Yoxon at the Rainbow, September 24, 2011

Her guitarist is also named Rene (Gely, that is).

Renee Yoxon at The Rainbow
Renee Yoxon at the Rainbow, September 24, 2011

Ol' Savannah frontman Speedy D. Clark has a growly voice that reminds me a lot of Mississippi Grover's; the band plays a kind of stomping mountain music that went back to Clarence Ashley's The Coo-Coo Bird for a cover.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow
Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow, September 24, 2011

A copy of Willem Van Loon's The Story of Mankind was also demolished on stage. I only mention this because I knew Van Loon's son Dirk and was childhood friends with his grandson Wim.

Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow
Ol' Savannah at The Rainbow, September 24, 2011

Ace bluegrass combo The Dusty Drifters finished the night off. They've undergone some lineup changes since I saw them play at Zaphod's just a shade more than two years ago. You can see Ball and Chain's Michael Ball on standup bass.

Dusty Drifters at The Rainbow
The Dusty Drifters at The Rainbow, September 24, 2011

Here's banjo player John Steele.

Dusty Drifters at The Rainbow
The Dusty Drifters at The Rainbow, September 24, 2011

Of course you can catch them at their regular Sunday gigs at Irene's; there's more Hoedown action tonight at The Elmdale, with Lynne Hanson, Trevor Alguire and Orit Shimoni.
  • Show reminder: Little Dog and Josh Charbot perform at The Rainbow tonight.