I had a security shift this morning. I IDed people and watched the fence.

I saw Spiral Beach, The Magic, & friends all play when I was working and a few others later.

After I was done we watched Jenn Grant. Danny and Hawksley were there watching too.

Then we went swimming in Guelph Lake, got food and now I am resting before some main stage shows and my evening shift.

After Danny Michel played, it was Cowboy Junkies and then Hawksley Workman to close off the night.

I was pretty tired and Cowboy Junkies’ really weren’t for me. I lay down to rest while they played. The didn’t put on much of a show. They stood there and played droning, modulating, wailing guitar and thuddy drums.

The singer had a little table with flowers and a coffee mug of tea on it. At one point in the show all these photographers were at one end of the stage and were taking photos with the flowers in the picture. I guess they thought it made it look more interesting.

The last act Friday was Hawksley Workman. I had never seen him play before and he is a real entertainer. His clothing seemed formal on the top and casual below. He wore a black pinstripe waistcoat over a black shirt and a yellow tie with a black hat on his head. His pants were loose and casual with a lanyard hanging out his pocket and dusty old shoes on his feet.

The show had loads of energy. Hawksley kicked, stomped, and jumped around the stage. He stepped up and started playing right away. In the first song Mr. Lonely, the keyboard guy, stood up on his stool and started dancing.

Hawksley, the few times he took a quick break from playing, talked in a funny voice “Hay Everyboday.”

He was playing most of the time playing songs in sequence, running one into another and liberally seasoning it with pieces of cover songs or phrases, tunes and riffs. He opened with a Jackson five song, and played some under pressure, and I lost track, but it was hilarious.

Today I have two volunteer shifts, opening and closing, but I’ll write what I see and post some pictures later.