Fredericton,New Brunswick’s Montgomery Street band (Patrick Gushue (mandolin/fiddle), Liam Keith-Jacques (guitar/dobro)
, Scott Michaud (banjo/guitar)) opened up the Thursday open mic at the Slice, May 16 with a full set of quick picked finger bleeding bluegrass and traditional country music which also touched on Celtic music for a couple songs.
A relatively new bassist noted he stepped in for this tour as he plucked a beautiful oversized Mariachi style acoustic bass.
They played a set of Doc Watson covers, beautiful originals featuring some excellent mandolin playing and some beautiful vocal harmonies.
Near the end, Patrick Gushue traded his mandolin for a fiddle to wind down their exuberant set with guitarist C.A. Jackson, who played an opening set.
