I caught two more acts at Bluesfest this evening, and I have photos to prove it. Well, that doesn’t really prove anything: I could have just lifted them from a friend. But, uh, I have witnesses – at least three of them, and all three mostly reliable.
Lindsay Ferguson
So I biked over to Lebreton Flats to check out local songstress-guitarist Lindsay Ferguson at the Subway Stage. Gotta love how I’m actually helping to support commercial sponsors by naming the stages. I should so be getting payment for this. Right: onwards. I had heard Lindsay play solo before at one Bywords launch in Chapters; but this was my first time seeing her with a band: a nice mix of rock’n'roll and country, with a dash of sweetness. She mentioned at some point that her outfit was donated by Le Chateau, just as she was removing her sponsored shoes for better comfort. I found that amusing.
Then I biked back downtown to the Byward Market to catch The Proclaimers. You know, those “I would walk 500 miles” guys. Great duo, but not much audience interaction: they were there to play the songs, and just that, it seemed. I was not familiar with the tunes, except for the two especially famous ones, but some groups were singing along the whole time. It was pretty darn cute.
One of The Proclaimers
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