A good sized crowd was at the Lethbridge Folk Club Wolf‘s Den for a fun show of “cow-jazz music,” with Back Porch Swing.
The four piece band featured Penny and former Lethbridge musician Jim Malmberg.
They entertained the audience with lots of stories, jokes and a variety of styles of music including a touch of fiddle powered western swing, jazz and a lot of bluegrass folk music.
their second set had the audience clapping and laughing along with entertaining songs about the Gladstone Mountains, for a touch of southern Alberta and runaway pigs.
Penny Malmberg sang sultry jazz and cracked jokes as her husband Jim Malmberg alternated between mandolin and guitar while adding excellent vocal harmonies. Seven Persons’ resident Cam Neufeld supplied a lot of fine fiddle playing.
He sang “Francis the Pig,” the catchy runaway pig song, which had the crowd laughing, while Penny sang a sexy song about , of all things, butter, which has been getting a lot of airplay on CKUA.
They also put their own unique twist on three upbeat gospel songs about Jesus on the cross and another posing the question of “how do you get to heaven,” if you haven’t sinned.
A rare serious moment came on a touching tune called “Old Home Number,” about Penny wanting to call her mother one last time.
