Guh - Canada Day

On Canada Day, Guh did a performance in a park. More like a hydro field. Back of an industrial park. Craig found this great little location close to home (for me). Felt like it was my own little show. Got to catch up with old friends. This show was 30 years in the making, so to speak. Guh is in their 30th year as a band. And how would you describe their music. They are difficult to describe. Some opt to call them improvisational jazz. But that does not come close to what they sound like. There is a groove. One based in reggae and dub. It is trance like with Craig leading the bass and Colin's Tuba creates an extra lower bass-ish boost that drives this sound. Andrew and Blake are like a tag team of percussion and there is a lot of consideration for interplay. Julian and Jason run the gammit of reggae upstrokes and west coast airy jazz. Fiona adds a flair of symphony with violin. And Henry plays the bag pipes like a lead guitar. The overall sounds reminds me of a dub trance of exotica in a band comfortable with Jamming. Greg Ginn wanted to start a jam band (Gone). The show that was supposed to happen in my backyard. Plan B was a strip along a path and although I was being credited for setting up the gig was really a credit to Craig's organizing super power. I did a bunch of zoom call interviews about this songs in this set and mixed it in with the recording for this session. You can download this here.