Peter and the Wolves return to rock the Owl with high octane rock and roll

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 Calgary rockabilly band Peter and the Wolves pulled out all the stops and all of the tricks for an incendiary set at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 6 for a close to full house.

Peter Cormier on Pedro Lowe's upright bass at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 6 . Photo by Richard Amery

 

 They always bring it and they were properly primed by the time I arrived for  their second of three sets.

Frontman Peter Cormier sang lead vocals, plus played piano and guitar.

Meg Thompson added saxophone and lead vocals on a couple songs including a hot version of  “ I Just Want to make Love to You ” while Jason "Pedro" Lowe on upright bass and Willy Garcia on drums held down the rhythm. Everybody added harmony vocals for the rollicking rock and roll show.

Peter Cormier playing guitar behind his head at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 6 . Photo by Richard Amery

 

The dance floor was packed with people showing off their best ’50s dance moves.

 

 Cormier, the consummate showman, started off the set on keyboards.

 he played a variety of classic rock and roll including several Ray Charles songs, plus several of  his originals including some brand new songs to appear on  a new Peter and the Wolves album.

 

 

Meg Thompson played a lot of hot saxophone and everybody added harmonies.

 

 They even added a touch of gospel for an original  called “ We Don’t need the Lord to show Us Love,” which showed off the band‘s vocal harmonies.

 

 Most of the room was dancing to a rollicking cover of Sam Cook’s “Twisting The Night Away.”

 

 Thompson followed that up by belting out Willie Dixon”s Blues classic “ I Just Want to Make Love to You.”

 

“Don’t Get Wise With Me” was another hot highlight as were a couple Gene Vincent songs including “ That’s the Trouble With Love.”


Peter Cormier and Meg Thompson at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 6 . Photo by Richard Amery

He switched guitar mid song and that’s when the fun began.

 

He perched on the edge of the stage, played a guitar solo behind his head, and went back to the piano and used the mic stand to play a glissando on it.

 

He wound down set two after asking the audience if they wanted to hear a third set, chuckling “That’s what I hoped you’d say”’ when they all cheered in affirmation.

 

He wound it up with my favourite rockabilly trick— balancing on Pedro Lowe’s upright bass for another solo then jumping off it after trading solos with saxophonist Meg Thompson.

 

 If you missed the show, they will be back at Casino Lethbridge, Nov.  26 and 27.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor


Peter Cormier doubling on guitar and piano at the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 6 . Photo by Richard Amery

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