I don’t usually review out of town gigs, but couldn’t resist being in the audience for a live radio broadcast for CKUA, of Lethbridge’s own Treeline with Sean Brewer.
I hadn’t seen them for a few months and had never been to a show at the Empress Theatre, so made the drive to Fort Macleod, March 2 for a solid hour long show for CKUA’s last show of the season for their TransCanada’s Alberta Backstage Series
Host Grant Stovel interviewed the band briefly about their rural roots, then stepped back and let them strut their stuff on the 100 year old stage.
They sounded fantastic as they played a solid set of mostly original country/ roots music mostly from their “Prairie Sentimentalist” CD plus a few choice covers from Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices ’ ‘Brand New Song’ plus a couple new songs.
Sean Brewer and Danny Dyck took turns singing lead as Charlie Hase got lost in the music an expressive pedal steel guitars.
Tyler Bird and Clayton Smith held the beat on stand up bass and drums respectively.
Taylor Ackerman stood at the back of the stage playing tasteful lead guitar, coming to the front to add a few extra background vocals on a song or two.
Some of my favourites were ‘Tombstone Grey,’ and ‘Mile To Stop.’
Shaela Miller joined them on stage near the end of the concert with a pretty new country duet to appear on a new Treeline/ Sean Brewer/ Shaela Miller CD.
Dyck sang a couple other new songs, ‘Scorekeeper’ and ‘Tennessee Sweater’ which will also be on the new CD.
