Crook and The Bluff start their set with a little smoke. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kirk is ready to rock. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kirk playing to the audience. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Sarah keeps the beat moving. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kirk sings in a cloud of smoke. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Ryan playing the guitar. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kirk treating the crowd to some guitar riffs. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Crook and The Bluff playing to the crowd. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kevin playing the bass. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kevin dropping some bass beats. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Kirk sings to the crowd. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Weekenders playing while the Crook and The Bluff watch. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Rob getting the crowd warmed up to his guitar. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Mike keeps the guitar sound going. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Shaun enjoys keeping the band on pace. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Rob shredded the guitar. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Rob put on a great show with his guitar playing. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Beer for the band. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Rob and a fan rock out during the show. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
The Weekenders played a great set. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Rob singing to the crowd. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Concert poster. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Candy’s River House begins their set. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
The crowd heard Jordan’s request for shots of whiskey. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Jordan plays a song with his cigar box guitar. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Jordan getting into playing his guitar. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Mike Sasich of the Weekenders play a song with Candy’s River House. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Nathan sings backup and plays the bass. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Joey keeps the beat going. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Jordan sings to the audience. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Joey doing some vocals while drumming. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Jordan having a shot of whiskey with the audience. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
The crowd is enjoying Candy’s River House. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
The crowd enjoyed the southern rock of Candy’s River House. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Nathan keeping the bass thumping. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Candy’s River House thanking the crowd. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Candy’s River House t-shirt on display to sell. table. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Candy’s River House merchandise. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Jordan talking to a fan at the merchandise table. Photo: Jayson Ross @JaysonRosPhoto
Candy’s River House had their first full length CD release show on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at The Urban Lounge. Their band is a mix between Bad Company, ZZ Top and Free. This new CD is taking Candy’s River House back to the South. They have been working on this new album for seven months and have put everything that they have into it. Supporting bands were Crook and The Bluff and The Weekenders.
Crook and The Bluff started the show with some smoke which filled the floor and began to play to the crowd with their psychedelic western blues music. Sarah’s drum playing kept the band on pace and the frontman Kirk Dath sang and kept the crowd going. They were a great opening band to get the crowd ready for Candy’s River House.
The Weekenders were up next and had no smoke and simple lighting as they did not need it. They have a simple ’70s rock feel to their band and are great at it. Frontman Rob Reinfurt proceeded to to wow the crowd with his amazing guitar playing and great voice.
Candy’s River House started in Tennessee and reformed locally here in Utah. They want to be known as a southern rock band and they play their shows “raw.” Jordan Young said that they “just plug in and play loud.” They are going to be heading out on their spring tour to keep southern rock alive. They opened the show with the raw guitars and and vocals and proceeded to ask the crowd where the whiskey was at. The crowd obliged and brought the band 8 shots of whiskey. They proceed to show the crowd what real southern rock is and the crowd loved every second of it, dancing to the songs all through their set. By the end of the show at 1 a.m., the crowd was still chanting for more music.
