Music and stuff

Went to the Carleton last night with a friend from work. Kelly Joe Phelps was playing a solo acoustic gig (http://www.kellyjoephelps.net/index.htm). Damn. Double damn. That guy was in a world of his own. Face contortions, rolling eyeballs, little soft vocalisations. As if possessed by some devil from the crossroads itself. Folk-blues through the fingers of a guy who used to play jazz.

Great venue too. The old Carleton was built in 1759 and some of the stones in it were from Fortress Louisbourg when the English razed it in 1758. The place was built by Sir Richard Bulkeley, an Irishman, (http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Bulkeley.htm) who was very prominent in settling Halifax and the goverance of it in its early days. Now as a music venue and resto, they have a "no talking" policy when the musicians are performing. Proper stuff if you ask me.