I love Susan Tedeschi

February 26, 2009 By 1 Comment

I first saw Susan tedeschi in concert close to 10 years ago. She was playing at the Lilac Festival in Rochester and it was free to watch her. After playing her CD’s a buzzillion times, I saw her live in concert again- this time, she was the opening act for Etta James. No offense to the lovely Etta James, but I was more impressed with Susan’s performance.

Bob and I headed to the lovely Paramount Theater last night to check out Ms. Susan Tedeschi. James Hunter opened up for her. Though I had never heard his music before (that I know of) I was impressed. He had a British accent and a soulful voice and sounded like Sam Cooke a bit. After a 45 minute set by James and his band, Susan came on stage!

She stepped out wearing a sparkly haulter top, black skirt, and what appeared to be 2″ heels. Looking all dainty she strapped on her guitar and pounded a distortion pedal with her lady-like shoe then belted out her song. For a minute it sounded like I was giving a fashion-show play by play, but the juxtoposition amused me because she could look so girly but completely belt out the blues and played music.

She played some songs from her new album and some old crowd favourites such as Hurt So bad and Rock me Right. She did some nifty covers as well- Don’t Think Twice (Bob Dylan), Angel From Montgomery (John Prine), and in the Middle of Angel From Montgomery she sang a little bit of Sugaree by the Dead- which was an immediate crowd pleaser.

I can’t even start to tell everyone how fantastic she is, so check her out on Youtube:

 

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Music and rocks, but not rock music

February 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

On Saturday night Bob and I went to Toad Tavern to listen to Andy McKee. He plays the acoustic guitar, but he uses the entire instrument, not just the strings. He uses the body of the guitar as a drum and comes up with some amazing songs. Click the picture below for a sample of what he does.  Andy is from Kansas, which finally gives me hope that Kansas isn’t the worst state in the country.

Today we went to Roxborough State Park to check out some cool rock formations. Yes, I am aware that I just got really nerdy by saying “cool rock formations”. You’d think that after nearly failing geology in college I wouldn’t care, but these rocks were pretty impressive. There was a short road leading to the main part of the rocks and from there we had to get out and walk. After 5 minutes of walking, Bob’s herniated disk was bothering him so we couldn’t hike on any of the trails to get closer to the rocks. We’ll let him heal for a few weeks and try to check out that park again sometime this spring or summer.

Filed Under: Adventure, Fun, Outdoors

Valentine’s day weekend

February 17, 2009 By 1 Comment

Bob said he was going to clean the house as a Valentine’s Day gift for me. I was thrilled and left for a few hours so I could come home to a clean house. Lo and behold, he had only put a kitchen drawer back on its tracks and decided cleaning was too hard and offered to take me out to dinner instead. Then he decided he better step it up a bit and played me a song on his saxophone. 

We decided to spend Valentine’s Day at the Colorado mammoth lacrosse game. Colorado beat the formerly undefeated Calgary dudes. During halftime this game they had all of the Colorado mascots play and for some reason there was a random banana. The mascots played a mix of lacrosse and tackle football.

On Monday we took a scenic drive to Estes Park. There happened to be a dog park with an agility course so we took Coda to play and entertain us.

When Coda was done at the park we drove along the Peak to Peak highway.

I spotted a herd of elk on the side of the road, about 30 yards away. Bob decided this was the perfect time to wash the windshield of his car with the windex he happened to have in the trunk. I was picturing which headline the Denver Post would use: “Former New Yorker mauled by elk while cleaning window”… “Idiot deserved it”. 

 

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Paco and Coda Montage

February 15, 2009 By 2 Comments

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Good friends

February 7, 2009 By 1 Comment

Paco and Coda definitely enjoy each other’s company.

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