Monday, October 24, 2005

Everybody loves the Bellrays

The mighty Bellrays last played Ottawa at the 2004 Bluesfest, far too long ago for my liking. They brought a good-sized crowd into Babylon - particular for a Wednesday night in this sleepy ol' town - to listen to their mighty rock'n'soul testimonial.

Lisa Kekaula - big voice, bigger hair!



You'd jump too, if Kekaula let out a shout while you were nearby.



Actually, bassist Bob Vennum (who is also LK's husband) is a bouncy sort.



Guitarist Tony Fate gets down everything from the MC5-style smashing to jazz.



Drummer Craig Waters can really smash it out too. He was really animated at Bluesfest, and still pretty active midweek.



More rhythm action!



More soul-shout action!



Fateful action!



Tambourine action!



They've been a steamroller live every time I've seen them, and while this didn't top their Bluesfest set, it was still killer - once every two years is definitely not enough Bellrays for me.

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