I’ve only seen Calgary rockabilly/ roots/ country band Mercury Audio a couple of times and always enjoy their take on traditional rockabilly. They returned to the Owl Acoustic Lounge, March 7 to play another excellent show.
Fronted by Mark Sadlier Brown’s son Dylan, they come from a great pedigree. Tyler Stewart has joined them on drums.
Stewart and his wife Bre on drums opened the show with a set of perky punk rock as Sparkle Blood.
They played a set of catchy originals including a solid cover of the Ramones’ “Do You Wanna Dance,” itself a cover of an old ’50s pop song.
But Mercury Audio brought the rock with a lot of twang and some awesome thumping stand up bass.
They played some catchy originals and capable covers of Jimmy Reed’s blues hit “ I Ain’t Got You” and trucking classic “Six Days on the Road,” plus some obscure Rolling Stones and much more.
Sadlier- Brown’s marble mouthed vocals sounded like a mix of his dad and Watermelon Slim.