I request a song on Wilco’s website, knowing it will most likely be played, but without any personal acknowledgement. I ask anyway, for her. “his goal, in life, was to be an echo…” August the 18th, in the year of 2015, I sit back with a Maasai blanket wrapped around my shoulders, and wait…
Tag: Red Butte
Time for Three
Everyone likes it when you get so much more than what you were expecting. For me, what I thought would be a quiet evening of classical music turned into one of my favorite concert going experiences. When Red Butte Gardens announced a “Time for Three with the Utah Symphony” show, I bought a ticket due…
Alabama Shakes
There was no doubt that the four of us would be at the Alabama Shakes show this summer in the SLC. I didn’t know, of course, that it would be our last concert together for quite a while now that the countdown to leaving Utah is on. So last Tuesday ended up being a time…
the Wheels of Soul tour
When Ms. Sharon Jones and Tedeschi Trucks roll through your town, it’s sacrilegious to not get a ticket. Temps were pushing ninety degrees for my first concert of the year at Red Butte, but I didn’t care. The sweat felt good, and the ice clinked in my cocktail glass in that perfect mouth quenching way…
Ben Harper, the poet.
In a straw hat, flannel shirt, and unassuming swagger, Mr. Ben Harper quiets saunters onto the stage with guitar in hand. He sits and starts his acoustic set with a song about Trayvon Martin. On the night of Sept 11th, 2014, we all sit and listen to his message. For a political activist, Ben’s demeanor…
feeling love at David Gray
I really had no idea who David Gray was. I think I downloaded some of his songs back in 2004 when I was trying to build up my CD collection ( before IPods, smartphones, etc…) Once all of my CD’s were stolen though, David Gray fell off my musical radar. Until tonight, that is… The…
Sheryl Crow…songwriter
“I like a good beer buzz early in the morning And Billy likes to peel the labels from his bottle of Bud” “You get down, real low down You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train Well who hasn’t been there before?” “He’s got a daughter he calls Easter She was born on a Tuesday…
the evolution of Ray
The first time I saw Ray Lamontagne, it was a cold December day in Chicago, 2012. We both felt introverted and introspective, sad and melancholy. A sunset being choked out by smog and pollution. The time between then and now have brought about a change. The music is crisp and refreshingly hopeful. Songs that before…
a night with Taj Mahal & John Hiatt
I’d never heard a song from either Taj Mahal or John Hiatt before, yet I had my ticket in hand, ready for a Sunday evening on the lawn. Taj was first onto the stage. A beast of a man, he slowly makes his way to the stool by the microphone, and lets us know in…
Gary Clark Jr.
The summer storm passed as quickly as it came, and with the soft lights of the setting sun filling the valley, Gary grabs his guitar and strums out sweet love to the hypnotized audience. Some danced, most though sat back on the lawn and let the rhythm take hold, the riffs floating out into the…
Bob Weir & Ratdog
It’s hard for me to recall what stopped me from going to The Grateful Dead show here in the SLC back in the early 90’s. Probably a girl, or perhaps my own reluctance at that time to see a concert solo. Sadly, it was one of the last shows Jerry did before his death. Nowadays…
feeling my Aussie roots with JBT
I had the date marked on my calendar since April, and on August 14th, I arrived to be one of the first people in line, hours before the show started…John Butler Trio was in the house! Their music is amazing, and being half Aussie myself, I feel a deep and undeniable connection that can…