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by Steve Newton on January 23rd, 2021 at 12:14 PM 1 of 4 2 of 4 When COVID-19 killed concerts last year, professional musicians who relied heavily on revenue from live shows were put in financial peril. That fact wasn't lost on Vancouver guitar ace Paul Pigat, who normally chocks up plenty of gigs with his bands Cousin Harley, Boxcar Campfire, and the Paul Pigat Trio. "There's easier ways to make a living than being a musician," says Pigat on the line from Murfitt Guitars in East Van, "and this has made it a lot harder. But honestly I'm doin' alright, because I've been productive. I put ...

Elmore Magazine‘s pages, dating back to Boxcar Campfire in 2011 (the print days), and as recently as 2018’s Blue Smoke (from Iain Patience). This writer covered a Canadian collective with Pigat, Blue Moon Marquee, in July of 2019. All told, Let’s Go! is Cousin Harley’s seventh release, and it’s fair to say this latest outing is a mashup of Johnny Cash in rockabilly mode, the bluesy side of the Blasters, and the infectious rockabilly of the Stray Cats. In other words, this is the hard-rocking side of the immensely talented, versatile Paul Pigat. In the liner notes he describes the...