Bluesfest: Terry Gillespie

After the White Wires' hot but brief set, I went over to the Black Sheep stage to see some of Terry Gillespie's performance. Born in Canada, raised in Britain and Michigan, now residing in Vankleek Hill, his bluesy show was a flashback to the old Bluesfest.

Terry sings!



Faceoff action with Lyndell Montgomery. She's also a well-known collaborator with Ember Swift.



Extra Terry!



Wayne Stout shakes it.



Lyndell rocks the violin.



Eye contact action!



Lyndell goes back to bass.




Also on hand, the Texas Horns.



Kaz toots!



Trumpet action!



And so on!



Then it was off to see The Pack A.D.

Bluesfest: Andrew 'Jr. Boy' Jones

From blues we go to yet more blues, courtesy of Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones. Jones resume starts at age 16 with a stint in blues legend Freddie King's band, and moves on to a host of famous others, such as Charlie Musselwhite and Johnny Taylor.

Andrew sings!



The Texas Horns chip in.



His bassist showed true grit.



Guitar action!



And that's it because I was splitting for a show featuring some other Texans at the Dom.

• Show reminder: US, Jenn Mierau and Marta Pacek are at the Elmdale.

Motor City mademoiselles

I arrived at the MBNA Grassroots Stage a touch early for Thornetta Davis. Instead I had the chance to see R&B ensemble Detroit Women tear through their last four tunes. They already had the crowd pretty worked up.









A very quick shift and Thornetta Davis came on to rock the joint.











She also got a boost from festival linchpin the Texas Horns (that's Davis sideman Phil Hale at the keyboards). How does Kaz Kazanoff get his hair like that?



That was pretty good, but as Sunday afternoons go it was no Sunday Morning.