Give 'em the boot

It's easy to remember the last time I saw Amanda Rheaume, since it happened to be her Bluesfest performance in 2007. It was a bit rainy then; this year the weather was close to ideal. We stuck around for a half-dozen songs before jetting off on our Bluesfest perambulation. There was general agreement that Amanda's boots were pretty snazzy - alas, no good boot photos; blame the monitors and the angle of the stage.

Amanda with Janet Vachon at right.



Dave Ledoux



Jeff Logan.





Janet sings!





Faceoff action!



Jeff does some frontstage guitar posing.



She's playing Ottawa PRIDE Aug. 24 before criss-crossing Canada in October.

• Show reminder: Pray For Tomorrow, Endemise, Suzie Count Your Ghosts, We Were the Fires of Rome, Aimless Endeavor rock Cafe Dekcuf; Clock Strikes Music come to the end at the Rainbow; The Soft Disaster and The Relief Maps engage in mass CD-releasing, along with Poorfolk folk Winchester Warm at Zaphod Beeblebrox; Woodhands, Ruby Coast, Blazer and The Gales - but alas, no Hollerado - perform at Mavericks as part of i(heart)music fest. Parson's Road, Dry River Caravan and Huntley Slim and the Suburban Cowboys play Irene's as part of the Otown Hoedown.