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Ethan Askey Band headlines hard-rocking Summer Sounds session

Ethan Askey, Deep Cedar and the Two Ticks at Rotary Park, July 16
Barry Coulter
Barry Coulter
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The second Summer Sounds of the season, Saturday, July 16, featured hard-driving Blues courtesy of the Ethan Askey Band. Askey, from Cranbrook — currently living in Calgary — is one of Canada’s top Blues harmonica players, and was showcasing his album released earlier this year — “Walk When You Wanna Run.” (Barry Coulter photo)

The second Summer Sounds of the season, Saturday, July 16, featured hard-driving Blues courtesy of the Ethan Askey Band.

Askey, from Cranbrook — currently living in Calgary — is one of Canada’s top Blues harmonica players, and was showcasing his album released earlier this year — “Walk When You Wanna Run.” Askey’s band consists of Keith Larsen (guitars, vocals), Ferdy Belland (bass, vocals) and Ben Dunn (drums, vocals) with special guest vocals from Shawna Plant.

Kicking off events on Saturday was Deep Cedar ( J. Lee Appleby), and Two Ticks (Steve Knowles and Rollie Cummins).

Read more: “From Bear Country to the Heart of the Blues:” Cranbrook’s Ethan Askey, one of Canada’s top Blues harmonica players, releases debut solo album

Photos by Barry Coulter (above) and Murray Hayward (below)

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Keith Larsen (guitars, vocals), Ethan Askey (harmonica, trumpet), Ferdy Belland (bass, vocals) and Ben Dunn (drums, vocals) with special guest vocals from Shawna Plant (not pictured). (Barry Coulter photo
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Deep Cedar ( J. Lee Appleby). (Murray Hayward photo)
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Steve Knowles of Two Ticks. (Murray Hayward photo)
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Barry Coulter

About the Author: Barry Coulter

Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
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