Friday, July 28, 2006
This time I went and deliberately shot videos of songs from each of the bands that we lingered at. I was thinking about the problem of uploading images to my Web site, when I remembered that there's YouTube available now. So now you can watch videos of some of the performances we saw earlier this evening.
After watching the close of a set by the Blackboard Blues band in front of the old Beaches Fire Hall, we went across the street to see Dr. Draw, a band comprised of relatively young performers fronted by an electric (and electrifying) violin player. They were playing by Queen Street East near Woodbine (apparently hosted by my local dentist. ;-) Just wish the old guy with the straw hat in front wasn't there, but the music was stunning. And by the way, at the end of the performance he's playing a piece by Vivaldi.
We then wondered further down the street and just in front of one of the local watering holes on the south side of the street was Riot and his Rhythm Devils, playing a rockin' mix of rockabilly and heavy blues music. (Every now and then in the movie you'll see Erika's head pop into frame, where she was dancing with the girls).
After that we headed across and down the street to see part of a set by David Rotundo & The Blue Canadiens. A great R&B act.
After that the light got too low to record any more movies, but we made it only as far east as Key Beach Park, and got to see the Tokyo Giants play a set before the girls got too tired and we headed back home through the thronging masses of people who turned out to see this event.
Labels: Beaches Jazz Festival, David Rotundo, Dr. Draw, rockabilly, Vivaldi, YouTube
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