At least - for once - this will be a brief Bluesbunny review. The reason for this is also the reason for King Tuts first yellow card. The yellow card has been issued as a result of the truly abysmal sound tonight.
Anyway, to the bands. First on were The Balladeers. I was told that this band was actually from Coatbridge but that cannot be true. Their easy going, almost retro, style seemed at odds with the dramatic flourishes emanating from the sticks of drummer Ruaraidh Macleod but it all seemed to work out fine and surely such music could not come from anyone hailing from the that boil on the bum of Lanarkshire. This is one band I'd like to hear again in circumstances where I could actually hear them.
Next on was one of the Bluesbunny's favourite bands, The Scuffers. Featuring a new line up, the wave of feedback suggested that Glasgow's finest honky tonk band had gone all hard rock. Instead, it was but an issue with the sound soon resolved by removing the electric guitar, backing vocals, drums and occasionally the mandolin from the mix! There were new songs to be sung however, so the band battled on regardless to the delight of the very respectable number of Scuffers fans that were in attendance. The Scuffers are not a band that disappoints their fans.
The headliners tonight were the Deadstring Brothers. Being the headliners, they got better sound. Not by much, but better. Purveyors of old style southern boogie, they brought back fond memories of the Allman Brothers and even early Little Feat and it was clearly no idle threat when they announced that they had nothing better to do than play all night long. Music to drink beer and bourbon to, without a doubt.