It is always a party when the Perpetrators come to town.
The Winnipeg blues rock trio, including frontman/ vocalist/ guitarist Jay Nowicki, bassist Tom Fodey and drummer Emmet VanEtten, played a lot of their newest Cd “Stick Em’ Up” at the Slice, July 3.
Their songs “Spend More Money” and “Shake It” from “Stick Em’ Up” were early highlights in a three set show full of uptempo, dirty, gritty blues rock along the lines of Hound Dog Taylor.
Frontman Jay Nowicki, picking dirty guitar licks with his fingers, broke a string on first song and switched guitars for the rest of the set.
They played older songs but mostly focused on songs from the most recent CD. But they ended the first set with my favourite Perpetrators’ song “Six Pack.”
Later on they added a little bit of surf music and everybody got to solo. They even went country for a couple of songs.
They opened up the second set with a Hound Dod Taylor song. Highlight of the second set including another countryish song “Sweetgrass,” about crossing the border into Montana.
And crowd pleaser “Smokes N’ Chicken stood out on the second as well.
They didn’t get the crowd they deserved, but it was a respectable sized. They got everyone to clap and sing along with “I love, I love, love you baby.”
They weren’t ready to go home either as the band kicked off set three with a hot cover of Hound Dog Taylor’s signature piece “Give Me Back My Wig” which drew several dancers to the floor.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
