It is always a great time when Winnipeg blues-rock trio the Perpetrators come to town if only to see the lineup frontman/ guitarist Jay Nowicki puts together.
No matter who it is, it is always rock solid and they
are completely locked in. And, because I used to be really close to the
Winnipeg music scene, a Perpetrators show is almost always an excuse to
catch up with long lost 
acquaintances.
Their awesome, Aug. 2 show at the Slice was no exception. This time, the Perpetrators featured drummer Emmet Van Etten of the Weber Brothers band and Tom Twisty Fodey on bass, who used to play with the Winnipeg punkgrass band the D-Rangers and who still plays with Andrew Neville and the Poor Choices.
I was
too busy dancing with pretty girls to take many notes of the show, but
as usual there was plenty of up tempo, bluesy, gritty, guitar powered,
toe tapping blues rock guaranteed to get all the feet the room moving —
as they did as the dance floor filled up pretty quickly.
They
focused mostly on music from their most recent CD “ Stick Em’Up,” though
they played several of their classics like “Six Pack” which ended their
first set.
They didn’t play “Malt Liquor” or any Hound Dog Taylor,
one of Nowicki's big influences, but did play their hot cover of the
Rolling Stones’ “Off the Hook.”
So it was awesome as always. Al
Lukas and his band rushed over to the Slice from their gig at the Owl
Acoustic Lounge to check out the show.
The New Weather Machine
opened the show with a solid set of loud, energetic David Bowie inspired
classic rock style original music.
