Local band  the Decadent Phase have an undying love for ’70s rock and roll. So much so  that they have several tributes to different ’70s bands.

The band, who looked like they stepped right out of the ’70s,  played a little bit of all of them for a full Owl Acoustic Lounge Nov. 23. I haven’t seen them for awhile, so this was the first time I saw Ian Morrice playing bass for them. He fit right in as expected.

Frontman James Swinney swung with the ’70s groove.

I caught them in the middle of a set break , but arrived in time for them to kick off their second set with the Rolling Stones “Miss You.”

They played a lot of other  ’70s hits, but I was really impressed to hear them pull off Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” with  Tyler Eresman playing a  solid bluesy solo.

Papa King and the Boogiemen was one show that did suffer, Nov. 23 due to so much competition including Old Man Luedecke, Hawksley Workman and the Condom Couture at Arches.
 Unfortunately King, bassist Doug Freeman and lead guitarist Steve Keenan played an excellent show for a dismal turnout.
 They treated it as a rehearsal and just killed it as usual.

 Keenan was singing lead vocals and playing some hot guitar. They were lost in a tight groove together as King bashed out rhythm and pounded out   percussion with his feet. Freeman grooved and Keenan played a lot of soulful guitar solos.

Papa King  growled out lead vocals in his gravelly voice for most of the set, while thumping at an old acoustic guitar while bobbing his head in time to the rhythm

They have a new CD “Bootleg ” out which is a taste of a full length live album coming out next year. So they played several tracks from that before taking a break.

It was a busy night on Saturday, Nov. 23. Though I was at the university for my blues show the Hotrock Blues Beat, I wasn’t able to catch Hawksley Workman down the hill. Mainly, because I wanted to catch Chris “Old Man” Luedecke at the Lethbridge College Cave and couldn’t do both as they both started at the same time.
 As it was, I barely made it to the Lethbridge Folk Club show.

 I was impressed with the audience, I thought that show might suffer due to Workman.
It was not to be.

 Luedecke and his hot band including Michael O’ Brien, drummer Jamie Thompson and bassist Charlotte Cornfield had a good sized, attentive crowd plus a couple dancing in the aisles to Luedecke’s chipper banjo powered indie folk music.

 I only caught the last couple songs, most of which came from his latest CD “Easy Money.”
 I just caught the heartfelt “ If I Skipped A Stone,” from the new CD.

 I missed the title track but caught a cool rendition of his pirate treasure song “ Money Pit” though he had switched to an acoustic guitar for it. He noted he could see Oak Island from his window and observed nobody had found anything there yet.

 He slowed things down for a love song, chuckling “I’ve been writing love songs to my wife for 21 years and it’s amazing how terrible some of them are.”

He followed that up with a Celtic tinged song “about death.”

Of course, he was called back for an encore and strapped his banjo back on for crowd favourite “I Quit My Job.”

It’s starting to feel like Christmas.
But a busy week begins tonight with another Geomatic Attic show in a new location.
Vancouver based Andrea Superstein plays the Mortar and brick Gallery tonight with Elizabeth Shepherd.
Superstein blends a variety of different  styles into her music including blues, pop, electronic and lots of jazz. Tickets are $40. The show begins at 8 p.m.
If you like traditional country music Tre Twitty and Twlya Lynn continue a busy week at the Yates Theatre with their tribute to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn tonight, Monday, Nov. 25. The show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $49.50.

Christmas shows are the order of the week this week, with a special holiday themed tribute to  the Beatles, Beach Boys, and BeeGees and Motown with Four By Four, who are performing at the Yates Sterndale Theatre, Wednesday, Nov. 27.
 Tickets are $67.50.The music begins at 7 p.m,.

 Vox Musica celebrates the season at Southminster United Church, Saturday, Nov. 30. Their holiday show  also features the Aeris Brass quintet and U of L Incanto Singers. The music begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Casa for $25. Children under 12 get in for free.
 And you can’t have Christmas without the Nutcracker. So check out Jeunesse Classique Ballet Society’s production of  the popular Yuletide ballet at the Yates Theatre, Nov. 29-Dec. 1.
 Tickets are  $25.20, $28, $32.25 and $38. The production begins at 7:30 p.m., Jan, 29 and 30, Pus there is a 2:30 matinee on Dec. 1.

 If you aren’t ready to celebrate Christmas in November, there are lots of other entertainment options.
 Sing your favourite Broadway hits at  the Owl Acoustic Lounge for  Lethbridge Musical Theatre’s Broadway open mic on Saturday from 2-5 p.m,.