Ash Grunwald, Whistler, April 18th 2012

Ash Grunwald is an Australian Blues artist of the one-man band variety. I saw him a few years ago at the now closed Richards's on Richards and he blew me away. I was there to see Current Swell, who had just released their third album and decided to stick around for this guy with the dreads and no band. I couldn't believe how so much awesome sound could come from one dude. Well, see for yourself...here's a youtube video of Mr. Grunwald performing on Urban Rush.

So when I saw that he was giving a free performance in Whistler on Wednesday, we (the fam and I) decided it would be a perfect excuse to skip work and school (a first for the girls) and go check this guy out. We left around 11am, the weather wasn't looking too great but oh well. We'd  been to an outdoor show in Whistler at the same time of year and it was snowing then. After arriving in Whistler, we had some lunch...

The picnic tables were too wet

After wandering the village for a bit and sampling some of the local chocolate, we headed to the show. The crowd was unsurprisingly sparse so it afforded us some good views up close.

Unfortunately, none of the videos my kids or I shot are really worth posting....sound quality wasn't great and too much camera bounce. Speaking of bounce...this guy was doing an awesome job of it until his whiskey bottle went flying out of his jacket....

He picked it up and came back for more though....even got a mention from Ash. After the show we hung out and got some stuff signed.

Awesome day, great music, everyone enjoyed. We even got a win from the Canucks that night.