We saw Bruce Coughlan, above, twice at the Juan de Fuca Festival. First he played and sang as the duo of Whiskey Minstrels, then with Tiller’s Folly. Coughlan is a longtime songwriter and musician from Canada.
Nolan Murray performed twice with Coughlan. An award winning fiddler, he easily moved from fiddle to mandolin to mandocaster. I love mandolin and Murray was effortlessly brilliant.
Canadian Laurence Knight joined Coughlan and Murray as bassist and vocalist of Tiller’s Folly.
Some of the world’s finest musicians have come from Canada, as well as some of the finest poets. Now I’m thinking of Leonard Cohen, whom we lost last year at age 82. He was my poetic mentor. Every time I hear his version of “Hallejuah,” I’m brought to tears. I would have loved this event, Kay.
What a show Kay! I absolutely agree, live music gets the toes tapping much quicker than taped! It’s the atmosphere too, all the performers look like they are having the best time, very cool!
Good portrait shots!