Ottawa Bluesfest - Day 1
Day 1 of the Ottawa Bluesfest
I was late arriving for day 1 because I managed to miss my bus by seconds :/
I finally arrived just in time to catch the last song by the Secret Machines on the main Bank of America stage. I’ve seen them a couple of times before back in Glasgow but I wasn’t aware that they’d undergone a line-up change. Still a three piece, still no bass guitar (even after seemingly taking on board my drunken advice in nice & sleazys last year) and still pounding out some good stuff. The sound quality was a bit poor compared to everything else I saw that night, I think it may be down to the sheer volume generate from that enormous bass drum. Anyway, I’ll reserve judgment because I didn’t see enough of their show.
After that I took a wonder around to see the rest of the site and caught a little bit of this and that but not enough to comment on. The site itself is excellent. At the main stage end you really feel like you’re in the heart of the city while the rest of the site you could be forgiven for thinking you were way out in the midst of the country somewhere.
Next up was Taj Mahal on the River Stage.
