It was a busy Saturday night, Sept. 15. I only managed to hit three gigs out of numerous others.
I was glad I stopped by the Wolf’s Den for the Lethbridge Folk Club’s first concert of their new season.
Australian songwriter David Ross MacDonald was well into his set of stories, fleet fingered guitar and pleasing vocals by the time I arrived.
He noted he seriously injured his hand and did irreparable damage to his index finger with a knife last year, and didn’t think he would ever be able to play again, which made his picking all the more impressive.
He had the audience of approximately 30 people singing along to many of his songs including a new one called “Keeping it Going,” which he wrote while recovering from the knife incident.
While there was plenty of fine finger-picking, his show was very mellow and laid back punctuated by a few jokes and stories which the audience ate up.
One of the highlights, a song about the tree in his backyard, called “Pepper Tree” came near the end. it painted a peaceful picture of hammock and a cool breeze beneath a shady tree. ‘Paper Crane,” was another laid back highlight with which he wound down his show.