Local musicians came out for a good cause at the Slice, Dec. 7 — raising money for tsunami victims in the Philippines.
They had a good crowd of approximately 70 people.
I arrived in the middle of a psychedelic jam with Lethbridge’s New Weather Machine, who I haven’t seen for a few months.
They had special guest Jesse Plessis playing keyboards, Paul Holden on stand up bass and Kris Hodgson playing cello which added an extra dimension of sound to the band.
They played a more laid back groove for this show. They ended their set with David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ and some Beatles to end their set.
Rancho Deluxe was up next to play some roots and country music with George Arsene on guitar and vocals, Tyler Bird on bass and Brad Brouwer on drums and Taylor Ackerman adding extra guitar.
They played my favourite D-Rangers song ‘Trois Rivieres,’ Andrew Neville’s ‘Brand New Song’ and several originals.
Local punk/ garage rock band The Ruby Plumes ended the benefit taking the stage around 1:30 a.m. beginning with their cover of Mclusky’s ‘To Hell With Good Intentions’ and several originals
