Alastair Greene At MTelus

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  The annual Montreal Jazz Festival has hosted a wide pallet of musical talent over the year.  The beauty of the festival is that it doesn't limit itself to one specific genre, but rather opens its doors to everything.  That is how we ended up down at the MTelus for an evening of killer blues rock goodness.  Opening the evening was Texas blues rocker Alastair Greene.  He hit the stage in his best Texas outlaw gear, though the only gun he was slinging was a mean electric guitar.  His set was terribly short, considering that he came out and immediately caught everyone’s attention with some slick guitar work.  He may have been a rookie to the city, but Alastair Greene has been rocking crowds for almost 20 years.  The majority of his set came from his 10^th album, Standing Out Loud, which was released last year.  Hopefully he will be back soon, and be able to play even more of his awesome songs.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Alastair Greene while he performed on the MTelus stage.

If you would like to find out more about Alastair Greene and his music, you can do so by following the link to his website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of George Thorogood & The Destoryers, who performed later that evening, you can do so by following the link.  Coming across a talent like Alastair Greene is like a gift that keeps on giving.  He may have been a new flavour for many of us in the building, but then you get home and find this whole back catalogue of awesome songs just waiting to be discovered.  Alastair Greene has a few more shows scheduled for this year, though he is sure to be hitting the road again.  Be sure to check Alastair Greene out if he ends up playing in a town near you.