I love liv­ing in Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W). There’s pretty much every­thing one could want here. Well, a bet­ter art gallery would be nice…

Music is espe­cially big here. The area has pro­duced some pretty good Jazz and Blues peo­ple, and this gets cel­e­brated in the sum­mer. Last month, it was the Water­loo Jazz Festival.

This past week­end, Dar­bella and I spent 20 plus hours at the Kitch­ener Blues Fes­ti­val.

Here are some shots:

This is a big event — 12,000 plus show up for the headliners.

Fri­day night Shawn Keller­man rocked the house, as did spe­cial guest Lucky Peter­son. You can lis­ten to sam­ples on both links. Amaz­ing dudes and a ter­rific concert!

Sat­ur­day, among oth­ers was peren­nial favorite “Papa Johns Band,” but the high­light was Eric Bur­don and the Ani­mals. I’m dat­ing myself to admit grow­ing up lis­ten­ing to his music. Nat­u­rally, he did “House of the Ris­ing Sun” to close the show. Noth­ing like an old rocker who can still bring it.

I remem­bered the video cam­era today, and it was a good thing. Famous Cana­dian rocker, and gui­tar genius Jeff Healey was in the house, and despite an hour of rain, the street was packed for the con­cert. I got you 30 sec­onds from his clas­sic, “Angel Eyes.”

Enjoy the links to the sites — most lead to music!

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