Down Here in the County, ’cause my sister-in-law Liz (of Girls Night Done Right fame) knows a great songwriter when she sees one.
Category: Music
Soothes the savage beast.
Heroes
Healing thoughts, prayers and flowers for Gabby, friends and families. And mad props to Daniel, her intern, who ran toward the gunfire and likely saved her life. (And the wounded woman who ripped the second magazine away from the shooter.)
David Bromberg and The Angel Band (State Theater, Ithaca, 12/3/2010)
Packed the lumbar pillow and braved the State Theater for an excellent show by David Bromberg and company Friday. He and the band haven’t lost much since I first saw him 35 years ago as the opening act for Hot Tuna at SUNY Binghamton when I was still in high school.
Back in the day, says Bromberg (if you can believe him), he played a now-defunct theater here in Ithaca that had a strip club nearby that employed a dancer who danced to one of his songs, and she came over and danced for the concert. Here’s the story.
Sharon (from 20 years ago): ‘It won’t cost you no money, boy. You got to pay with your heart.’
Here’s what the band looks like now:
Hustling across the street into the theater I noticed a car with some bizarre bead work animals on the hood. Little did I know that it was the art of Bromberg’s wife, Nancy Josephson, who leads The Angel Band (they opened the show and sang back-up during the main act). Check out her cars/bead/other media art here (and click older to see more).
She’s also been working to raise money (and hope) for Haiti since long before the earthquake:
Black Friday
You can avoid the Black Friday blues by ordering Ellis Hollow calendars. Three designs for 2011. See box top of right hand column or follow the link to zazzle.com.
Weekend music: I can’t write left handed
If you were late tuning in to the rally today, you missed a truly inspired live performance by John Legend and the Roots of this Bill Withers classic. This one’s not bad either. Not since Hendrix.