jenny
04-21-2007, 07:00 AM
..... what an awesome evening. This was my first time at this venue as it is new and still a work in progress, however the concert hall is complete. Absolutely beautiful, a venue that will fit Janis perfectly. It is an old schoolhouse that has been completely renovated... the acoustics were unbelieveable.....
.....the stage was set with a ton of quitars, drums, fiddles, chairs etc.. and I made eye contact with Kathy's quitar pics, and thumb picks. I thought my seats were on the 3rd row and I was WRONG... they were front row...
....the lights go down and the dimly lit drapes in the background become bright, the band begins to play and out walks Kathy playing a flute to celtic - oriented music...Kathy looks great!!!...
She played her big hits, new songs and at one point asked for request... I shouted out "all roads to the river"..... after finally decideing which quitar to use and finding the right key to sing and play it... off they went... they did an awesome job and at the end mentioned that this was stump the band night however they were not stumped... afterall... her band last night included..."Jim Brock" on drums.... : "Rick Blackwell" on bass......"Fred Carpenter".. on fiddle.....and "Randy Leago" on keyboard. Half of Janis' band.
Kathy is full of energy when she plays the quitar... and she entertained us the whole time....
after 2 1/2 hours it came to a close and it was time to get run outside and get my quitar. Low and behold there was Jim Brock standing outside.. I stopped to say hello, shake his hand and asked if he wound mind signing my quitar? He was happy to do so.. An awesome man... and we talked about Janis and said he was very at home when playing "all roads to the river"..saying he was a part of that.. well of course!! Off I go to get in line for the meet and greet.. Kathy signed my quitar and we posed for pics... I told her I was wearing one of Janis' stage shirts from the past.... An awesome night....and a night to treasure.. I am still in shock of meeting Jim...he is a big man but very soft spoken and gentle... amazing man... Half of my special weekend is over.... On to Bonnie Raitt tonight.....
I am using a film camera so pics will follow when they get developed... You were'nt allowed to take pics during Kathys show so I only have the meet and greet pics....
thanks... Jenny ;-)
.....the stage was set with a ton of quitars, drums, fiddles, chairs etc.. and I made eye contact with Kathy's quitar pics, and thumb picks. I thought my seats were on the 3rd row and I was WRONG... they were front row...
....the lights go down and the dimly lit drapes in the background become bright, the band begins to play and out walks Kathy playing a flute to celtic - oriented music...Kathy looks great!!!...
She played her big hits, new songs and at one point asked for request... I shouted out "all roads to the river"..... after finally decideing which quitar to use and finding the right key to sing and play it... off they went... they did an awesome job and at the end mentioned that this was stump the band night however they were not stumped... afterall... her band last night included..."Jim Brock" on drums.... : "Rick Blackwell" on bass......"Fred Carpenter".. on fiddle.....and "Randy Leago" on keyboard. Half of Janis' band.
Kathy is full of energy when she plays the quitar... and she entertained us the whole time....
after 2 1/2 hours it came to a close and it was time to get run outside and get my quitar. Low and behold there was Jim Brock standing outside.. I stopped to say hello, shake his hand and asked if he wound mind signing my quitar? He was happy to do so.. An awesome man... and we talked about Janis and said he was very at home when playing "all roads to the river"..saying he was a part of that.. well of course!! Off I go to get in line for the meet and greet.. Kathy signed my quitar and we posed for pics... I told her I was wearing one of Janis' stage shirts from the past.... An awesome night....and a night to treasure.. I am still in shock of meeting Jim...he is a big man but very soft spoken and gentle... amazing man... Half of my special weekend is over.... On to Bonnie Raitt tonight.....
I am using a film camera so pics will follow when they get developed... You were'nt allowed to take pics during Kathys show so I only have the meet and greet pics....
thanks... Jenny ;-)