Lethbridge rocking in 2014 and sent 2013 packing with some excellent live music, very little of which started on time.
Nothing starts on time in Lethbridge, not even the new year.
I only hit four of about 14 gigs featuring live music on New Year’s Eve.
The one party that was in full swing by the time I arrived was a dinner featuring Dana Honey who came straight form playing cruise ships to playing the Mocha Cabana.
He played some
laid back piano which was pretty much drowned out by a chattering dinner crowd.
Most of the other downtown venues didn’t have a lot of people considering it was New Year’s Eve.
Most of them were at the Owl acoustic Lounge for Steve Foord who opened the night around 10:30, p.m., Cosmic Charley and the Delawares who broke in the new year.
Most of the people were there to see Cosmic Charley rock the funk out of an energetic set, which had a huge crowd making the floors shake by bouncing up and down in time to the music.
Cosmic Charley played an energetic and sweaty set of Red Hot Chili Peppers influenced funk and punk, mostly concentrating on catchy Cosmic Charley originals.
They threw in a couple hot covers of the Vandals’ Christmas song ‘Oi To The World’ and very well done cover of Hollerados song ‘Philadelphia,’ which had the audience singing along.
They took a brief break before ringing in the New Year.
I wanted to catch the other downtown gigs, so I missed the last part of their set as well as the Delawares.
Over at Average Joes, local band the Raw Dogs tore through a set of popular classic rock and metal which had a decent sized crowd cheering.
Some of the highlights included ‘Signs’ and a guest appearance by Phao’s Kevin Gnandt who played some extra guitar.
They played an array of classic rock and more modern rock and roll from bands like the Black Keys and the White Stripes.
One show I was expecting to be packed was a rare local gig from Tyler Bird’s band Queen of the Worms.
They only play once a year, and usually have a pretty dedicated following.
They had an alright audience listening to Tyler Bird on guitar and vocals, Taylor Ackerman on bass and Jon Vornbrock on drums.
They played a little bit of ’90s style rock, a little classic rock and some blues
