It's a musical week in Salmon Arm!
Willy Gow performs with Gadjology at Barley Station
On Thursday night we visited several venues downtown for the pre-festival Music Crawl. Starting at Java Jive, we enjoyed Don Clarke with his guitar and simple lyrics. From there we tried to get into The Hideaway for the Salmon Armenians but the place was rocking and all seats were taken. Back to Barley Station, we waited in line for a table to hear the first set of Gadjology. Dick Owings on fiddle, Bill Lockie on bass, Willy Gow and Jake Verburg on guitars. Awesome! A quick run down the street at 10:30pm in time to catch the last song from Otterstrom, a young group performing at Superb Donair.
Main stage around 8pm. The Boogie Bar-n Stage was hopping all night too!
Last night we wandered the Festival grounds listening to tunes from Alex Cuba, Hazmat Modine, Bombino, Cherine and Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks. I'm not sure what I enjoyed most, the music or the people watching.
Today and tomorrow I will be trying to create an impression of the festival on canvas, along with eleven other artists. Hopefully the SAGA tents will provide shelter for all of us.
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