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Franks grilled cheese & ketchup. Covered Bridge. Taste like ketchup, followed by au gratin then culminating in a combo of the 2. CBmini ridged kettle cooked. You can taste the potato in conjunction w seasoning. Great chips, decent flavour. 
(The above is a direct cut and paste from my phone notes.  I saw and picked these up at a Canadian Tire [hence the Franks labeling] in Calgary this past November. Hadn’t had breakfast yet and they were more than sufficient to break my fast. Covered Bridge has so many interesting business partnerships. Hazzah!)

Calgary’s Knucklehead (that basically went on to become Territories [I believe I blogged about Territories self titled in Nov/Dec of 2018]) put out their last few releases through Pirates Press. You know who else has a history of releasing music through Pirates Press? Lenny (and the Piss Poor Boys) Lashley, most recently through the form of his sophomore Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One album, All Are Welcome. I got into Lashley through the Piss Poor Boys and haven’t listened to his debut Gang of One album, so this is my first into to his ‘solo’ output. In general it’s anthemic street rock with just the right amount of twang. It’s not a man with an acoustic guitar type of solo album, he’s enlisted friends to fill out his songs. There’s sax, slide guitar, harmonica, accordion..in addition to standard guitar/bass/drums..and Lenny’s thoughtful lyrics and gravely voice. I haven’t spent much time with the album yet but I can guarantee you I will be doing so in the future.

Stay hydrated,
marc 


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