Music has always played such an important role in my life. Playing and listening, it has been a part of everything I have done, it is as if I have a soundtrack playing along every step I take. I am old enough to remember mix tapes and was lucky enough to find one in the back of our Land Rover on a jaunt last weekend (thanks Fibby!).
While I have been resting here listening to some of my favorite songs, I have also been reminiscing silently about some of my favorite concerts. Dylan at UVM (actually, Jewel stole the show). Neil Young. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at the Pepsi Center in Denver (Hope stood in line with me waiting to get tickets...she was here visiting oh so many years ago). Tom Petty at Red Rocks. Tristan Prettyman at the Fox Theater. Hell's Belles at the Fox (or out in Salt Lake City). Telluride Blue Grass Festival. The Wallflowers at UVM. Ray Lamontagne in Denver with my parents. Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds at Middlebury. Dispatch here in Denver. Ben Harper at Red Rocks. Bare Naked Ladies at the Pepsi Center. Pearl Jam at the Pepsi Center. Anything where Chris Farrell performed (though my favorite was probably at Alden Camps). The Folk Festival in Lyons. Steve Earl at Boulder Theater. Richard Thompson at the Boulder Theater. Kan'nal at the Fox.
And I am sure I'm missing a few in the list. I've been lucky, some of the shows I have recordings of. Some pure memories. My favorite? John Denver at the Augusta Civic Center. Why? A couple of reasons. It is the first concert I ever attended...Mom took me. And somewhere in that crowd, Hope was listening to the very same show. Before I ever knew who she was....
My soundtrack for tonight:
| Sorry I Am | Ani DiFranco |
| Blackbird | Evan Rachel Wood |
| Daughters | John Mayer |
| Untouchable Face | Ani DiFranco |
| Arms Of A Woman | Amos Lee |
| Make You Feel My Love | Bob Dylan |
| School Night | Ani DiFranco |
| Pink Moon | Nick Drake |
| La Mer | Kevin Kline |
| Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World | Melvin Amina |
| Dear Prudence | Across The Universe Cast |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen |
| The Story | Brandi Carlile |
| Fixing Her Hair | Ani DiFranco |
| Blackbird | Sarah McLachlan |
| Painters | Jewel |
| Romeo And Juliet | Dire Straits |
| The Only Living Boy In New York | Simon & Garfunkel |
| American Skin (Live) | Bruce Springsteen |
| Turpentine | Brandi Carlile |
| Love Love Love | Tristan Prettyman |
| Youngstown (Live) | Bruce Springsteen |
| Trying To Get To Heaven | Bob Dylan |
| Thumbing My Way | Pearl Jam |
| Til The Sun Turns Black | Ray Lamontagne |
| Streets of Philadelphia | Bruce Springsteen |
| Man of the Hour | Pearl Jam |
| Arms Of A Woman | Amos Lee |
| Time Has Told Me | Nick Drake |
| Always Feel This Way | Ray Lamontagne |
| Born In The U.S.A. (Live) | Bruce Springsteen |
| What Can I Say | Brandi Carlile |
| One | U2 |
| 32 Flavors | Ani DiFranco |
| Can I Stay | Ray Lamontagne |
| Love Sick | Bob Dylan |
| Boom Like That | Mark Knopfler |
| Mansion On The Hill (Live) | Bruce Springsteen |
| Standing In The Doorway | Bob Dylan |
| Barfly | Ray Lamontagne |
| La Vie En Rose | Madeleine Peyroux |
| La Vie En Rose | Louis Armstrong |
| If I Should Fall Behind (Live) | Bruce Springsteen |
| Gone Away From Me | Ray Lamontagne |
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