More from Springfest 2019

On Friday evening, after we watched Devin Cooper wrap up the show, we all headed back to the shop.  It was snowing, and there was an inch or so on the ground.  We sat up in the shop and visited and had a few beers before eventually turning in.  We must have had way too much fun, as it was about 4:00AM before we finally crashed.  I would have been fine if I'd stuck to beer, but I mixed in a couple of shots of Crown Royal that Shawn passed over and that really did me in.

The next morning when we got up at about 10:00 I was pretty groggy but generally feeling not too bad, all things considered.  At noon when the bands started playing again, we wandered back over to the school and the hall.

The first band we saw was the Spitzee Post band, in the Green Room at the schoolhouse.  I've seen these guys a number of times before and they always put on a good show.  I think they have been to all of the Springfests for at least the past several years.  The lead guitarist plays a 1930's vintage steel guitar on some of the songs, which was really cool...!  The program describes them like this...

With the love of folk, bluegrass, old timey and killer new grass the "pied pipers" of High River, Alberta have been on a quest to put energy and fun in their music they like to call Bluesgrass!  From the Calgary Stampede to festivals all over the west, give them a listen.

After that a band called the Bungalows hit the stage.  We stayed to check them out, and they were pretty good, so we stayed for the entire set.  I wasn't familiar with these guys as I had not seen them before.  The write up in the program went like this...

The Bungalows take their name from the fact that they grew up playing music as parts of various combos in the basement rec rooms of their parents homes.  Now when they gig they still play fun, roots-pop inspired originals and covers.  And they still rehearse in the basement of a classic Calgary bungalow!

Once these guys wrapped up we wandered across the street to the Community Hall.  There was a band playing there at 3:00 that we were quite anxious to see.  Once we got the hall we caught the tail end of a show by the Kevin K band.  This old rocker dude played at the Springfest last year under a different name and with different band mates.  Their stuff was pretty loud and heavy.  According to the program The Kevin K Band has extensive live, touring and studio experience.  Song writing has been a main focus in genres that include Hard Rock, Pop and Country Rock.  Originally from Vancouver, Kevin moved to the Calgary area with his family and continued to write and record as a solo artist, band leader and session muscian.