Comments on: Blues Beat – Trois-Rivieres en Blues 10.19.12 http://bluesrevue.com/2012/10/blues-beat-trois-rivieres-en-blues-10-19-12/ Fri, 10 May 2013 18:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Amelia BR http://bluesrevue.com/2012/10/blues-beat-trois-rivieres-en-blues-10-19-12/#comment-65594 Amelia BR Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:08:27 +0000 http://bluesrevue.com/?p=19371#comment-65594 I had the fine experience of catching Big Sam’s Funky Nation on the other side of Canada two weeks before the performance reviewed here, and I can concur that they are likely to “blow down the house”. The set I saw was a scheduled as a warm-up for the legendary Dr. John leading a start-studded band of New Orleans musicians, but compared to the hurricane-blast energy of Big Sam & Co, Dr John’s show like a piano recital.

Then again, maybe it’s just something about trombonists — the lady who was blowing that brand of horn in Dr. John’s band was about the most energetic one in that band, too.

If anyone’s interested, pictures from the fest are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abellamyroyds/sets/72157631005625336/detail/?page=3
The ones from the New Orleans showcase start about halfway down that page, although there aren’t many of the “Funky Nation” due to the fact that I and everyone else in the crowd were on our feet moving for most of the set.

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