Filligar is currently promoting their excellent new album Hexagon, which was glowingly reviewed by Connect Savannah editor Jim Morekis.

Even though I’m a fan of the album and even though I saw both of Filligar’s Stopover sets, I still wasn’t prepared for just how good Saturday night’s show was.

The opener Mikaela Davis was pretty awesome too. It was almost certainly the only time a lead singer on The Jinx stage has been playing a harp — and the only time I can even recall there being a harp on stage.

I love taking photos at The Jinx, but there are some spots where the lights are a little hot and others where they’re a little too dim and cool. It’s really hard to get good shots of drummers with my current setup, so, sorry, in advance, to all the drummers out there.

First up here are shots of Fillgar during their set, and then some shots of their encore number — “I Shall Be Released.” Mikaela Davis and her excellent musicians joined in, as did Tony Beasley (aka Whiskey Dick), who briefly abandoned his post at the bar. Then the last shots are of Mikaela Davis and company.

I’ll crosspost these photos in a day or two to my Savannah Unplugged Facebook page.

Click for larger versions. Enjoy.

My Unplugged column in the Savannah Morning News this week is about Filligar’s show at The Jinx. The Chicago-based foursome have been playing together since 2000 and are now touring in support of their brand new album Hexagon, which was released just over a week ago. The gig is being produced by MusicFile Productions, parent company of the Savannah Stopover — Filligar played two sets at the festival this past March.

In addition to my piece at SavannahNow, check out Bill DeYoung’s interview with keys player Casey Gibson in this week’s Connect Savannah and Jim Morekis’ great review of Hexagon in last week’s Connect.

Here’s the first track from Fillgar’s Hexagon, which can be purchased on iTunes:

Harpist and singer-songwriter Mikaela Davis will open Saturday’s show.

Here’s a taste:

I took a few photos of Filligar at Savannah Stopover. The first ones are during an afternoon set on the patio at B&D Burgers on Congress Street and the rest from Congress Street Social Club late the next night.