decemberists[anonymous]

hello...

my name is eric...

and i am a decemberists fan...

that being said, it makes complete sense that a couple of weeks ago i traveled up to see colin meloy play in lawrence on his spring solo tour. i was excited for many reasons. first of all, i'm a huge fan of his music. second, it was a chance to see him play a smaller venue. third, i needed something to blog about other than shoes. mostly, however, i love acoustic sets. there's something very honest about a performer with nothing backing him up but a guitar, and in this case a glass of wine, a mermaid icon named consuela, and a crystal named cornwallis.

so i called a friend of mine, a fellow decemberist fan, and we met in lawrence to see the show. on a side note, i can definitely tell i'm getting older, as i was thankful we sat up in the balcony, instead of trying to cram as close to the stage as possible with all the other hipsters, but that's neither here nor there. the opening act, laura gibson, was amazing, which set the tone for the entire night. colin was incredibly entertaining, in between playing classic decemberits songs and a few new ones, he chatted with the crowd revealing "vh-1 behind the music" style commentary on a few songs. the biggest treat however was the cover of the song "cupid" originally performed by sam cooke. it's an amazing song, with timeless lyrics that go straight to the heart.... and as far as covers go...this one was beautiful.

after the concert, having purchased the "colin meloy sings sam cooke" album, my friend and i were, back out on the street,....somewhat near....kind of close....to the tour bus.....

as we were sitting there, chatting and discussing the fans waiting around the by the back door, colin came out. we watched them get autographs and photos taken....commenting on how star struck they were.

well...sitting there, watching this unfold....we thought to ourselves...."well he's right there...maybe we ought to just go and check it out".... before you knew it, we found ourselves in line with cd's in hand. being the last people in line, he not only signed our cd's, but chatted it up a little with us. yes....we were now star struck fans! there were so many things we wanted and could have said, but the conversation was short and sweet. but i'll tell you, i know it was brief, but he was incredibly nice. my friend and i left lawrence on cloud nine.....

"cloud nine"...who says that anymore?...i am getting old.