Cancelled flight

I continue my dig through my photos from Bluesfest 2004 ... my photos from then appeared at the Birdman Sound website, but a bunch were never posted, and a few bands only got a single photo. Mr. Airplane Man was one whose only presence online (at least courtesy of my lens) has been over at pennyblackmusic.com, and that was a single snap and a few words: "Though the Black Keys failed to appear, there was still a large crowd for the newly appointed headliners, another guitar-drums duo, albeit a distaff one, Mr. Airplane Man. Their Howlin’ Wolf-influenced garage blues seemed tougher than it did last year, but I still have my doubts about singer and guitarist Margaret Garrett’s voice, which seemed a little flat". Since then I've tried to cut down on the use of "albeit."

Tara chimes in.



Dual action!



Margaret Leans.



And a couple more Tara photos.





Last I heard Tara was a Turpentine Brother - you can see her tonight if you happen to be in Tempe, Arizona - and Margaret was doing her own thing, and sounding much less flat.

• Show reminder: Eppiphane, Captain Firebutton and The Face of Jam play Zaphod Beeblebrox; The band whose name is a symbol, Wax Attic, Mothers of the Lower East Side and Groovegasm rock the Dominion Tavern; Magic Christian, Sonic Avenues and Mother's Children pop into Babylon. Beau Kavanagh and The Broken Hearted get the blues at The Rainbow. The Soiree play Irene's with Belleisle and Use Every Part of the Deer; Antoine Caron et l’Orkess perform at the Avant Garde.