| January 17th 2009 - Out of the Ashes Benefit Concert |
Saturday January 17th, Baxter Creek band had the honour of opening the show at the Rock Haven conference center in Peterborough. Baxter Creek opened with their traditional hard driving blues. It didn’t take long before the floor was filled with party goers dancing up a storm. Larry Black (Drummer) and Fred Clark (Lead Guitar) handled the vocals with backup harmonies from (bassist) David Picco and (lead guitar) Phil Douglas and the sweet Blues harp sounds of Johnny Baker.
Country Strings a great local country band took the stage and entertained the crowd with some well played and sung classic country. Two very close friends of Baxter Creek were up on stage with country strings David Coons (Perhaps one of the finest guitar players around today) and Dale (Sticks) Price premier drummer and former drummer for Baxter Creek.
Blue Mood Band
Blue mood continued the show with original and cover blues fronted by Doc G otherwise known as Wayne Guppy to most of his friends. Doc’s deep soulful sound was a pleasure to hear. David Coons played Lead Guitar Ken drums, Ron Rhythm guitar and last but not least Brit on bass.
Johnny and the Moon Dogs
The event co-ordinator Scott Larochelle took center stage with his band the moon dogs and played a variety of classic rock with songs from Tom petty, CCR, and Wall flowers . Excellent Job Scotty although with all your running around at the event i don’t know where you got the time to get out of your Tux and into your jeans..
Bridget Foley and the Gospel Girls
All I can say is you had to be there!! This was clearly the highlight of the evening for all of us. The vocals Bridget and her girls sang were truly remarkable. If you get the chance to catch her show live, make sure you do. Accompanied by a very tight and well rehearsed three piece band from Peterborough. Their original and cover songs rang out professionally. Don’t miss these guys where ever they play.
General Delivery
Classic and old rock done to perfection these guys are a pleasure to watch and listen to whenever you can catch them.
In closing, all I can say is congratulations to all the musicians who donated and performed at the benefit for the victims of this tragic fire. I am proud to be in the same business as you and especially honoured to call you my friends.
Special Thanks goes out to Scotty, and his lovely wife Denise, and every one that worked so hard to get this off the ground
David Picco
Baxtercreekband.com
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