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.