Fri, Jun 20
|Gibsons
Petunia & the Vipers
Petunia & The Vipers return to The Gibsons Legion with their genre bending eclectic mix of blues, western swing, alt country rock americana.
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2025, 7:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Gibsons, 747 Gibsons Way, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V9, Canada
About The Event
Most musicians will likely tell you that playing music was just a part of their upbringing. Not so for the man known as Petunia, and that’s only one of the things that makes him unique. In fact, there was no one in his family with any artistic inclinations, so when he eventually felt the urge to write songs, he made the rational decision to start at the source: Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. All three remain indelibly stamped on every song Petunia and his long time band The Vipers have ever performed or recorded.
That pattern continues on the ambitious new Petunia & The Vipers double album, Callin' Me Back, due out in 2025. Co-produced at Rain City Studios in Vancouver by Steve Loree, guitarist with Canadian indie legends and alt-country pioneers Jr. Gone Wild, the album has actually been in the can for several years. Callin'…