The Sheepdogs At MTelus

Sometimes, it feels good to get a chance to redo something the right way.  The Sheepdogs were at the MTelus in Montreal this past Thursday and I was very happy to get the chance to photograph them.  Way back in the early days of 2019, The Sheepdogs were the second concert that I officially had the chance to photograph.  And, it was a bit of a disaster.  During the opening set by Montreal's own The Damn Truth, my camera had a technical meltdown to the point where after about every third or fourth photograph, I had to turn off the camera, remove the battery grip and then reinstall it.  Three songs go by real fast to begin with, now imagine losing about 20 seconds of shooting time every few minutes.  So, I was very happy to hear that they would be returning to Montreal, and even more happy when I got my pass to shoot the show as I would finally have a chance to redeem myself.  The Sheepdogs have been pretty busy since last I saw them.  They were nominated for two Juno Awards for Rock Album of the Year and Group of the year back in 2019 and they also released an EP, No Simple Thing in May of 2021.  This past June saw the release of their most recent album, Outta Sight, for which they are currently on tour for.  Thankfully the old camera has since been replaced and there were no technical issues this time.  I like the photographs much more this time too.  The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 42mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 24mm.  Here are several more photographs of their performance.

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 35mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 47mm

f/3.2, 1/1600sec, ISO 1600 at 59mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 42mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 39mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 42mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 1600 at 55mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 33mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 1600 at 35mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 1600 at 38mm

f/3.2, 1/4000sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 1600 at 50mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 1600 at 33mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 1600 at 35mm

f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 3200 at 57mm

If you'd like to find out more about The Sheepdogs and their music, you can do so by visiting their website by following the link.  A special thanks to Ryan Gullen of Velvet Antler Management, and bassist in the band, for getting me a pass to shoot the show.  If you'd like to see the photographs of Kris Ulrich and Boy Golden, who opened the show, you can do so by following the respective links.  The Sheepdogs have described their style as pure, simple good time music.  That's exactly what was delivered on Thursday night.  A pure, simple good time.  Who could ask for anything else.  Go check them out when they play near you.