FollowingMyBliss

At the Red Line Tap, Chicago, Illinois.

What do you get when you mix Punk Rock and Polka? The Polkaholics!!!

So so so so so fun. Leiderhosen and sequined vests and all. Wireless guitars let the guys cruise thru the crowd. They were mixing Led Zeppelin with a polka beat and it was freakin’ great.

I was in Chicago for the Drinking Liberally National Conference so again…as at home…my friends and I owned the place.

So my friend Lynn calls me one Sunday morning to catch up. We chat for a while and eventually he says “well, do you have energy today or are you wiped out?” OK…so it’s Sunday and of course I’m wiped out. “Oh that’s too bad,” he says, “because Warren called me yesterday and he’s got tickets and backstage passes for us at the Widespread Panic and Allman Brothers show tonight in Charlotte.” Yeah, my friend Lynn is good friends with Warren Haynes, among others. So off to Charlotte we went. Free parking, free tickets and backstage passes make an $11 beer more worth buying.

Hung out with Dave Schools (bass/ WSP) before the show. Hung out with Warren’s Dad Ed during the show and with Warren and his wife Stef in between sets. Got some inside info on the Xmas Jam!!! Can’t wait for that! After the show we were all hanging out while Greg Allman walked by, and Derek Trucks and his wife Susan Tedeski (super power!!!) too. Took some pictures of them with other folks who had those oh so modern phones with good cameras in them (security wouldn’t let me bring in my camera – boooo!). I refrained from running my fingers thru Derek’s hair. So tempting.

I have to say the best part of WSP was when Warren came out to do the last 2 songs with them. The Allman Brothers set was fantastic…especially when Susan joined them.

Thanks Lynn!!!!

Piedmont Park, Atlanta Georgia. August 15, 2009 The Green Concert.

This is probably the most money I’ve ever paid for one concert ticket for one band…but worth every cent.

50 thousand people all singing Hey Jude….I mean…wow!!!

Paul McCartney 2009 Set List (not in order)
Back in the USSR
Band on the Run
Blackbird
Calico Skies
Dance Tonight
Day Tripper
Drive My Car
Elenor Rigby
Flaming Pie
Get Back
Give Peace a Chance
Got To Get You Into My Life
Helter Skelter
Here Today
Hey Jude
Highway
I Saw Her Standing There
I’ve Got a Feeling
I’m Down
Jet
Lady Madonna
Let It Be
Let Me Roll It
Live and Let Die
Mrs. Vanderbilt
My Love
Only Mama Knows
Paperback Writer
Sgt. Pepper
Sing the Changes
Something
The Long and Winding Road
Yesterday