the Show

didn’t have many snags on the way in besides realizing i had forgetten the tix on the table when i left the house to have dinner with the wife…

got to the venue and i had arrived before the show started so i began drinking. figured since i had some traveling to do in the morning, i would take it easy and relax so i took a spot standing at the bar in the back of the room. the bars only about 20ft from the stage, so it became a great vantage point for various reasons ranging from being the only table on the floor of the venue, doubling as a makeshift coat-rack, a good view of the stage, a speakerphone stand and an area that has easy access to drinks. 4-5 of those and the show began. the opening act was a musician i had seen before and he did not disappoint, as usual. the show was great, some favorites were played, a new Christmas song and a shoutout to Jimmy Reed. then the Namesake of the 2nd band was called on stage to helpout with a Great tune... during this, i made a few phone calls to people that couldn’t make it and those who were on there way, couple of friends that were texting me with their travel progress. they too had taken public transportation to the show but had missed their train and drove to a different stop to catch it. then they waited copious amounts of time for the 2nd leg of their journey to begin… so i left the speakerphone on the bar and let it do its thing. ~Just trying to spread some good tunes around as best I can. Im told later that the whole train got an earful of music~

soon, the opener gave way to the headliner, a band i hadn’t seen or heard before. his Band plays the same style of toe-tapping rockandrollery as the opener. (probably why they are playing together, right) the energy in the crowd was apparent throughout the evening due to the music and everyone fighting the weather outside to get here. i had planned on only staying for a couple of tunes but before i knew it the lights were coming on and the crowd was dispersing…

Really looking forward to New Years Eve, that’s for sure!

~Life is Short, Get into it~