Jammin’ At The Church Of The Blues
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Our 2 shows at the Historic Dewdney Inn, AKA, The Church Of The Blues, were a great deal of fun, and were full of surprises.
On Saturday night the place was packed when we got there to set up, because a ball league had some kind of event going. There wasn’t a table or seat to be had for hours. The crowd stuck around for most of the pm, and even our last set, from midnight to 1:00 am, saw dancers on the dance floor, and patrons enjoying the atmosphere of the pub.
On Sunday, the jam started at 3:00 in the afternoon, and the visiting talent, didn’t disappoint the crowd. Again, a special event was going on. This time it was a birthday party. A table of 15 party-goers came around 3:30, and the last of them didn’t leave until around 8:15, which coincidentally, was when we started our last song! Besides the B-day party crowd, the place again was packed, and finding a table was difficult.
Here are a couple of photos I took before we started the jam. Pardon the blurriness. My camera doesn’t have an image stabilization feature, and I had a bit of a tremor yesterday. (I really need a new camera!) Just click on either image to enlarge it, and you can then scroll through both of them that way.
The musical talent that comes weekly to jam at the Church Of The Blues is varied and quite diverse. Yesterday we had a couple of harp players, a few guitar players, drummers, a bass player, and a vocalist. (I hope I’m not forgetting anyone. If I am, I apologize!)
On a personal note, I really enjoyed having the opportunity to play with Corey Lavigne & Dave Conroy again. Both of these guitar players are very different to both each other, and to Art in their playing style. Working with them gives me a great chance to try different things, and groove on different riffs.
Yesterday I also had my first opportunity to play with Gerald Charlie, on his original Blues tunes, that were featured on his CDs. That was a great experience! Again, a very different Blues guitarist, and I found myself doing very different types of licks and riffs.
We’re looking forward to our next weekend of shows at the Church Of The Blues. If you haven’t yet checked out the music at the Historic Dewdney Inn, and you like the Blues, you owe it to yourself to do so. The music is great, and so is the atmosphere & the food.
Deception is the Abbotsford-based blues band formed in the mid-90s by guitar player Art Panchishin.