It is always a kick to see Peter and the Wolves back in town.
They
played several times at Casino Lethbridge, including the Bent 8 Shine
and show on Saturday afternoon, June 1. But I only caught the last set
of their evening show.
The trio added a pair of back-up singers,
dressed in red and black while Peter Cormier dressed in red and white.
That allowed the Calgary rockabilly band to expand their horizons even
more, but still held true to their rockabilly and ’50s rock and roll
roots.
They played a lot of songs which had the audience on their
feet dancing, with Cormier playing keyboards for the first part of the
set on “Red Hot Woman,” and “Like the Devil Do.”
He included rock and roll classics like “Bye, Bye Love,” and originals, including one of my favourites “Jailbird Josephine.”
The backup singers sang lead on Brenda Lee’s “Sweet Nothings.” And really helped sell Wanda Jackson’s “Whirlpool.”
Cormier switched to guitar, playing both piano and guitar on a hot cover of Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Whole Lott as Shaking Going on.“
They
wound down the set and the show with “Move Little Judy,” which
featured Cormier doing a tried and true old rockabilly trick by
standing on Jason “Pedro” Lowe’s upright bass and playing a guitar solo
behind his head.
That got them a rousing ovation by the
enthusiastic audience who called them back for an encore of a medley
including Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.”.