I've never gotten into Jim Bryson or the Weakerthans until seeing them together at the 2010 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Despite not knowing any of the songs, I dug 'em and picked up their new Album "The Falcon Lake Incident". I saw that they were playing on of my favourite Winnipeg venues The West End Cultural Center and decided to check it out...
What a treat. Jim Bryson truly loves to be on stage. Personally I'm not a huge John Samson fan... I respect him as a great Winnipeg musician, but his style of singing was never my favourite. Jim Bryson however is more my kind of style and coupled with one of Winnipeg's best bands, it made for an excellent show. The energy was great, John and Jim harmonized on a number of songs, the band was very into it, and with it being the second last show on the tour and in the Weakerthans hometown, Jim seemed to really appreciate the crowd and really enjoyed the show.
As someone who is an occasional fan, I thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed the show and would recommend it to anyone.