Even after a long career that’s seen him work with A-list blues talent, Gary Kendall still has a soft spot for some Sault Ste. Marie bands. Article content

The Fort William native has shared the stage with Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins and plenty more legendary talent. Article content Article content

But the multiple Maple Blues Awards winner is still impressed with Sault Ste. Marie bands, such as The Amen and The Vendettas, he saw in his hometown.

“ Those bands kicked ass,” Kendall told The Sault Star during a recent telephone interview. “They were great.”

He remembers The Vendettas playing The Fourth Dimension for about a year in the late 1960s.

“ Man, they were good,” said Kendall. “They were way better than anything we had in that town at that time. Those g

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