I just finished writing my preview piece about the Deep Dark Woods for next week's issue. They're coming through town for a show at the Gateway with Little Miss Higgins, who you may remember from a blog post I made aaaaaages ago. This is actually a pretty special occasion, because I very seldom submit copy by the actual copy deadline. Because I am a jerk. Of course, I think when Peter says "Friday" he means "during business hours on Friday," but whatever. Rules are for squares, right?

Anyhow, the point of blogging here was that when I was talking to DDW guitarist Burke Barlow (stage name? c'mon... it has to be...) he was absolutely effusive about another Saskatoon band called the Sheepdogs. I decided to cue up their myspace while I was putting the article together and man oh man... Now I really want to see this band! They've got all kinds of Skynyrd/Allman/CCR vibes going on but they're still in their prime, as opposed to being mostly dead and/or probably pretty expensive to go see.

Here's a video. Try to focus on the band being rad, otherwise you might fall into a saskdance-induced trance:

OH MAN, YES! Hey dudes at the beginning, why did you leave? Didn't you notice that this band is hell of rockin'? Even those two toddlers at the front had it figured out a few minutes into the song. Seriously. Get lives.

So yeah. Let's all go see the Sheepdogs. Apparently they played a show here recently, which was unfortunately off my radar. I won't make the same mistake next time.

In closing, here is another video, featuring a very different sort of sheepdog:

Yeah, it's an ad. An awesome ad.