The Plaiders duo of Patti Bauer and Vic Nicoll will perform their brand of classic county and rock at a Legacy Centre supper and dance on April 12. Supplied Photo
The Plaiders musical duo of Patti Bauer and Vic Nicoll from the Olds and Red Deer, Alberta area, continues to build a mutual admiration society with fans in Lloydminster.
Their popular brand of classic country and rock will be heard for a third time at a Legacy Centre supper and dance on April 12.
“I call it hippie music. It was good music back then. Even the younger kids just told us they love the music we play,” said Bauer, who loves playing at the Legacy Centre.
“They are a great group to entertain and dance and we just like playing for them.”
Bauer does vocals and plays guitar beside Nicoll on lead guitar and vocals.
One of their biggest fans is their friend Vera Gallant who is well known for her work with the Lloydminster Kiwanis Club.
“Their music is fabulous. Vic’s probably the best guitar player I’ve ever heard,” said Gallant who invited them back one more time.
“They just put on an excellent show. That’s why I want to promote this so we get young people,” she said.
Gallant says she met Bauer just by attending dances in Olds years ago.
“I went to a fundraiser event and her band was playing. That was the first time I met her.”
Bauer calls Gallant a big asset for the band promoting them in Lloydminster.
Two other members of the group, Dick Handley on bass and a canned drummer who goes by his first name, Bruce, are sitting this one out.
Bauer and Nicoll have been playing together since 2017 and got together with Handley in 2019, playing in his garage until pandemic restrictions lifted and they started playing anywhere they could.
Nicoll by the way, was named instrumentalist of the year in Alberta in 2000 and Bauer had a brief brush with fame while on vacation in Nashville.
“I was lucky to get asked up on stage to sing with Vince Gill. That was really good,” said Bauer, who works at Olds College.