Loomer to Perform at Sportsmen's May 4

Loomer, one of Canada's best kept musical secrets and an amazing country and roots rock band with some Buffalo connections, will perform at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, at the Sportsmen's Tavern on Amherst Street near Grant Street in Buffalo.
With several former members of the late, great Saddletramps, Loomer formed in 1999 and played a bunch of gigs in Canada and the US with the Pine Dogs; indeed, former Pine Dogs singer, guitarist and songwriter Jim Whitford performs pedal steel guitar and is credited as "separated only by the sheer might of the US Border Service" in the credits of Loomer's new CD on Newtone Records, "Songs of the Wild West Island." The CD, which I will review very, very soon, is simply amazing and is in my Top 5 CDs of 2006, a list I should have published by the point.
The show is free, and the last time I caught Loomer, it was a great show (and my review seems to have been a bit longer ago than the archives of Buffaloroots goes back to). So, join Val and I after the Sabres' hockey game (being from the Toronto area, you may not want to bring up the NHL playoffs to the members of Loomer without gauging their feelings) at the Sportsmen for a fine roots rock show with Loomer, and Whitford will be sitting in on pedal steel.