I hit a couple of interesting gigs on Saturday. A revamped New Weather Machine featuring Brad Brouwer on drums and new guitarist Jason Oakes joined 
frontman/ lead guitarist Jon Martin and bassist Jesse Northey on stage at the Slice, April 7.
They played a tight set of upbeat original rock and roll music and tossed in a few obscure covers for good measure.
Martin dug in and played crazy solos while Oakes played bug riffs and had his time to shine on a few solos as well as singing a couple. They played old favourites from their CD as well as a couple new, groovy, hypnotic classic rock tinged songs.
After that, Edmonton’s Red Ram returned to the slice with a set of solid riffs and even a few harmonized guitar solos.
They played a lot of music from their two albums as well as a couple new songs. Martin displayed not only a powerful voice but an incendiary touch on guitar.
I wasn’t able to stay for headliner Steff Lang.
