What.A.Weekend!

This weekend was great! Friday night, I went with my friend, Lisa, to the All Good Cafe for Steve Poltz. She came up from Austin for the show. First, their food is ALL GOOD! I had never heard any of Steve's music, but I liked the show quite a bit. The man has so much energy, he's like an 8 year old in a 48 year old's body. Well, a 48 year old that has a 25 year old's body, anyway. The guy doesn't look his age except for the grey hair. Lisa's good friends with him, so we talked before the show and he's quite funny. She told me he co-wrote "You Were Meant For Me" with Jewel, and it's true, which is way cool. This show was a lot of fun and I can't wait to listen to the cd from it. He has SASBAS, see a show buy a show, so he sells recordings of it, afterwards. The show got started around 9 and went until about 1 am, I was ready for bed by then! Somehow, I managed to back into a car while I was leaving (not one drop of alcohol that night) and while I was leaving them a note to call me so I could take care of the 4-5" smudge of a scratch, they came out. I told them what happen and that I was leaving a note, the guy looked at the smudge and shook my hand, said thank you for being honest, don't worry about it. Wow, what a nice guy. Thank you dude who I backed into for being cool about the smudge of a scratch on your bumper. And, good luck to you and your wife that are expecting in the next couple of weeks.

Bring on Saturday. I stayed at Heather's so I wouldn't have to drive home and drive back Saturday morning, if I had been able to sleep, at all, that would have given 1 1/2 hours extra sleep. We head down to Gruene for Adam Hood Saturday morning. We pack Heather's car in with me, Cori, Amy, Leah, and of course, Heather. We made it down to Gruene around 1215, not too bad since we didn't get out of Dallas until 830 and had a stop at the Czech Stop. Adam played from 1-5, with just two short breaks, what a great show. It was the perfect temp inside, which doesn't happen often in there, not to me, anyway. There were so many people at this show, I can't even begin to name them all....but I was so glad to see everyone I spoke to. After what was suppose to be a quick dinner at the Gristmill (it was not quick) we were on the road back to Dallas. Heather can always be the driver because she makes great time!

We get to Gilley's just in time to get a spot before Boland starts. Well, just in time to get to the spot my friends were already at before Boland starts. Of course it's always a great show when Jason Boland and The Stragglers are up there...the crowd, however, was not so great. I had a good time, but being knocked into repeatedly after being annoyed when I got there, it ended up being an okay show. And, by the time we left Gilley's, I was so exhausted, all I could think about was my bed...and that's exactly where I headed!

Sunday brought on the Clubhouse Concert benefit show with more people playing than I can remember. It was a great show, really they do great shows there, I hope they raised what they needed for another year and then some. I hope to make more shows this year. And, I REALLY hope that the ass sitting behind and next to us doesn't go to another show, or at least not one I'm at. He not only acted like a five year old asking me every two minutes if he was quiet enough, but made a big deal when I moved seats to get away from him. I'm sorry, Heather, that I stuck you with him. Then, he starts yelling Obama, and then Obama n-bomb...for absolutely no reason. And, acted like he didn't know he said it and wanted to know why we were offended. I told him he's an ass and it'd be best if he STFU, that didn't go over well...I really need to learn to not say everything I'm thinking ;) Later, he throws ice at me...this man child is well over 40 and throwing ice. Good job ass of a guy, way to be a civilized grown up at a quiet listening show. Why don't you and your loud mouth friends leave the quiet show to those of us that came to listen to the people on stage. Needless to say, I was annoyed and got a headache, I ended up leaving 30 minutes early. It's too bad, too...they were sounding great.

I'm exhausted after this weekend, but for some reason, I wanna go get a beer tonight.