Great Musicality
by SClaus1 on 7/18/11The Ark - Ann ArborHard not to like the members of Chris Bathgate's group performing at the Ark in Ann Arbor, July 15, 2011. The band appears to have great commradery as well as musicality, true dynamics and a variety of sounds from ballads to southwestern style rockin' country. I loved the steel guitar and fidlin' especially, and the self depracating acecodotes of Chris Bathgate. Bathgate's music is punctuated by a strong backbeat from the excellent drummer and driving base line. His voice is consistently his own, as is his style.