Woke around 6:00 and finished my Orange Juice. Managed to nap until 9:15 when I turned on the generator to make coffee.
Walked up to the arena to download my comix. Then down to Fogarty's Cover for My Influences with Barney Bentall and Dave Gunning. Back to Fox Island for Standing Proud where a rock group didn't belong. Jonathan Byrd inspired me to buy one of his CD's. Came home for lunch and back for some fantastic picking by the string kings. What some of those guys did on a guitar. And no, I don’t believe there’s a guitar JP Cormier can’t play. The Main Stage Stan Show was too hot. The Cape Breton Kitchen Party was crowded so I went back to Fox Island to sit in the shade and saw a Didgeridoo played while an Aussie played guitar as well. Came home to have supper and relax. Left because the CO Alarm came on.
Sunday evening began early with a group that didn't make it on Friday. The Sultans of String played a mix of flamenco, Arabian, Cuban too loud. John McCutcheon played hammered dulcima. Mary-Jane Lamond sang her Gaelic originals while Wendy MacIsaac played fiddle and tap danced. The Makem and Spain Brothers played Irish inflected folk songs of haunting beauty. Robert Lopez and group were an eclectic Afro-Cuban Jazz ensemble with more than 8 musicians including trumpet, trombone, guitar, clarinet, drum kit, hand drums.... Tom Paxton was given an hour to perform numbers I've heard but didn't know whom to associate with. Dustin Bentall and group rocked the bowl followed by the blues howler Charlie A'Court. The event ended with an onstage sing-along. With no light and the words not placed on the screen the audience was ignored. Carl Bond led the first number joined by about 40 onstage.
Walked up to the arena to download my comix. Then down to Fogarty's Cover for My Influences with Barney Bentall and Dave Gunning. Back to Fox Island for Standing Proud where a rock group didn't belong. Jonathan Byrd inspired me to buy one of his CD's. Came home for lunch and back for some fantastic picking by the string kings. What some of those guys did on a guitar. And no, I don’t believe there’s a guitar JP Cormier can’t play. The Main Stage Stan Show was too hot. The Cape Breton Kitchen Party was crowded so I went back to Fox Island to sit in the shade and saw a Didgeridoo played while an Aussie played guitar as well. Came home to have supper and relax. Left because the CO Alarm came on.
Sunday evening began early with a group that didn't make it on Friday. The Sultans of String played a mix of flamenco, Arabian, Cuban too loud. John McCutcheon played hammered dulcima. Mary-Jane Lamond sang her Gaelic originals while Wendy MacIsaac played fiddle and tap danced. The Makem and Spain Brothers played Irish inflected folk songs of haunting beauty. Robert Lopez and group were an eclectic Afro-Cuban Jazz ensemble with more than 8 musicians including trumpet, trombone, guitar, clarinet, drum kit, hand drums.... Tom Paxton was given an hour to perform numbers I've heard but didn't know whom to associate with. Dustin Bentall and group rocked the bowl followed by the blues howler Charlie A'Court. The event ended with an onstage sing-along. With no light and the words not placed on the screen the audience was ignored. Carl Bond led the first number joined by about 40 onstage.
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