9/6, old crow medicine show, shepherds bush

on saturday night, we had over kate and len for dinner [len bailed early] and feasted on veggie chili - it is cold here!

the recipe is simple enough:: cut up an onion, let it brown slowly in a big pan, throw in some zukes, shrooms, whatever's lying around, let them brown up. empty in a couple cans of beans - we used black and butter for some nice black/white visual appeal - a can of tomatoes and some tomato sauce. season to your delight - i threw in chili powder, cumin, coriander, black pepper, cayenne and a little bit of cinnamon and ginger. let 'er simmer for a like an hour and eat with sharp mature english cheddar and fresh baguette. yum!

also, i threw in some quorn mince - for those not in the faux-meat loop, quorn is this new meat subsitute made from mushroom protein, of all things. it's quite common in the uk, even small groceries have it, and it's fucking tasty. like, just like meat-tasty. but it doesn't have soy in it! [which may or may not be bad for you. jury is out]. i've never seen it sold in montreal, but i've found it in maine. mmmmmmm quorn.

back on topic :: we were late leaving the apt after dinner, a little bit sluggishly, and missed half of the first set . . . whoops. but hot damn it was a good show. they did (2) encores, a cover of "soul rebel" by mr. marley and got the english to hoe down.

old crow is from tennessee - newgrass in that they like to sing about drugs - but they cover good ol'fashioned oldey-timey bluegrass and folk like "union maid" by woody guthrie. they're most famous for "wagon wheel", but their more up tempo, old skool stuff is fucking fantastic.






this is a little more "controlled" sound than they were playing sat., but oh my goodness they are excellent. there's a new album out on 9/23 called tennessee pusher. i'm looking forward to it.