Dave McCann and the Firehearts had a good sized crowd for the CD release party for their latest release “ Circle of Light.”
While I only caught the end of their show, I didn’t get to hear any of the new music, but arrived in time to hear another new song “ Mexican Sparrow,” which featured some superb slide from guitarist Dave Bauer but which isn’t on the latest CD.
Then ended with some of their best alt country material including “Standing in the River,” and Grain Car.”
For their encore, they asked Leeroy Stagger, who produced and recorded the CD in his Rebeltone Studios to sing a mostly a cappella version of the new song “ Shine My Light.”
They had also rejigged the band’s line up, adding six string bassist Brian Sovereign to drummer Tim Williams and guitarists Dave Bauer and Pete Loughlin who also added excellent background vocals giving the band a Todd Snider meets Fred Eaglesmith type of alt country sound.