BUSKERFEST 3:SQUID

This is like a timewarp blog. We have already been to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) twice, which included the airshow, a rodeo, an escape artist, an aerial/acrobatic show ... And I'm still slogging through our one day at Buskerfest a couple weeks ago. I don't know if I'll do any more posts on it, but there will be at least two more videos, the Pogo Dudes and the Toronto Aerial Dance company (you don't want to miss the latter for sure) and if nothing else I'll post those to Vimeo, and leave links here.

But let's talk Squid. We saw these guys at the Kingson Buskerfest a couple years ago. Sort of an extreme drum corps with a piper. The description does not do them justice. The drummers can well ... drum. Precision, showmanship, flare, rhythm ... they rock.

Squid also features a piper who not only knows his instrument but is the front man, has a wry sense of humour, and has some true physical abilities. The combination of bag pipes and drum corps sounds great. I didn't include their version of Sleepy Maggie in the video for the sake of time, but it definitely rocked.

The video is a straight up performance video, no special effects required from me. For sake of time/file size I kept it to two numbers. The first song is a Stomp-like rocker where the three drummers have some fun with bar stools. As Squid said: "We know are our way around a bar stool"

The second number was their closer. Piper said: "Hang around and you'll see me do something unusual and potentially dangerous while piping" I'll let you judge. It was pretty cool.

So here is the Squid video, hope you enjoy it, and if you get a chance to see them anywhere in Canada, toss some coinage into their hat.

Buskerfest: Squid from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.