Blue Rodeo gave us their all

The 2010 Juno nominees for group of the year can show thing or two to all the young up-and-comers hitting the road today.

The 2010 Juno nominees for group of the year can show thing or two to all the young up-and-comers hitting the road today.

Blue Rodeo, who've been an influential presence in Canadian music since the mid-1980s, played to an audience of about 1,300 last night at the Essar Centre.

Despite a few more grey hairs and that fact that this Sault gig was the second-to-last on the band's current tour, time and road-wear have had no effect on Blue Rodeo's creativity, desire and over-all spunk.

Full coverage of Blue Rodeo's appearance in the Sault, including a photo gallery, will be posted on SooToday.com Sunday afternoon.