On Friday night my buddies Hurl,Buzzard,A-Bomb,Cuz and I went to the Blue Chair Cafe (9624_76ave) here in Edmonton for the Highway 3 Roots Revue which featured Leeroy Stagger,John Wort Hannam and Dave McCann. I had never been to this venue before and wasn't sure what to expect. It turned out be a decent place to see this kind of show with a capacity of about 75 people and every seat occupied. The show consisted of the three said musicians doing a singer/sonwriter circle kind of thing. Each member telling a story followed by a song, and around and around it went. All three musicians are based in Alberta and are excellent songwriters and guitar players. This was my fifth time seeing Leeroy Stagger perform and first time for both John Wort Hannam and Dave McCann. I was very impressed with all three of them. It was fun night of acoustic music and great lyrics and singing. My only complaint is that I was hoping to see all three of them play together,ala Crosby,Still and Nash. There was some background vocals done by the guys once in a while, but I really would have enjoyed hearing all three of them twang away together. They did it for the last song of the night, a Christmas song, not sure what the song was called or who wrote it, but it was one of the best Christmas songs I have ever heard, funny stuff it was. All and all this was an amazing night of music. Good times!!!
Leeroy Stagger.
Dave McCann.
All three musicians.
In Leeroy Stagger news... Leeroy will be teaming up again with Tim Easton and Evan Phillips for a follow up recording with the project ESP (Easton,Stagger,Phillips). Their last album from 2008 "One For The Ditch" was excellent. They start recording soon, I am looking forward to hearing some new stuff from these guys. Also...Leeroy mentioned at the show on Friday night that his wife is pregnant, congratulations to Leeroy and his wife!!!
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