Wide Skies Music Festival features great talent on the street

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It is the season for festivals, so the Geomatic Attic’s  Mike Spencer added The Wide Skies Music Festival right between South Country Fair and The Calgary Folk Festival to take advantage of some of the acts in the aLindsay beaver and the 24th street Wailers at Wide Skies music Festival, July 26. Photo by Richard Ameryrea for both festivals.
 Wednesday, July 26  featured a massive free show in the shadow of the Southminster United Church. Several hundred people escaped sweltering heat and enjoyed  local musicians including Shaela Miller and Ryland Moranz as well as one of South country Fair’s highlights Lindsay beaver and the 24th Street Wailers. Shaela Miller and Paul Holden at Wide Skies music Festival, July 26. Photo by Richard Amery

I missed Deep Dark Woods and Alex Cuba who headlined the day, but was glad to see Shaela Miller again. She played a set of mostly new music including “Colour My Love,” for which she just completed a cool new video.
 She was backed by upright bassist Paul Holden and lead guitarist Evan Uschenko.


 If you missed South country Fair this year, Lindsay Beaver and the 24th Street Wailers played a very similar, hot set in the sweltering sun of mostly new material.


The Austin/Toronto based quartet made the most of the last show on their tour by laying down a sizzling set of deep fried , fun filled Texas blues featuring the powerhouse vocals and drumming of Lindsay Beaver plus some scorching guitar playing from guitarists Marc Doucet and Josh Fulero trading sizzling leads while Mike Archer held down the groove on electric bass and upright bass for the second  half of the set.

Ryland Moranz at Wide Skies music Festival, July 26. Photo by Richard Amery
 They were able to embark on hot blues jams to stretch out brand new material backstopped by Beaver’s relentless beat.
Their set was primarily upbeat, toe tapping blues rockers, a touch of doo wop and several blues shuffles, but slowed things down slightly for the plaintive love song “Tell me What To Do.”


 I left after hearing a couple excellent Ryland Moranz originals as he accompanied himself on guitar while Deep Dark Woods set up. Alex Cuba finished off the event.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 August 2017 13:30 )