concert: Nickel Creek
* impressive
* delicate, deliberate
* creative
* unique
Their whole setup made me want to move back to Montana just to join my brother's band so that we can step into the needy hearts of all Nickel Creek's adoring fans when they break up at the end of this tour. We could SO do what they do. (I need desperately to learn a stringed instrument. cello preferably).
concert: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
* Ben Harper sings with an inspirational combination of peace and conviction in his delivery of every song
* I am never done being amazed at the amount of truth that come through in the lyrics and performance of each and every song this man writes
* the band as a whole was absolutely SEAMLESS in their musicianship together
* I stood on my chair (making me only slightly taller than the average male there) and found myself with an immediately perfect view of both the screen and the stage
* the sound technician for this show was brilliant, not ONE word missed, not one moment of wishing something was louder or softer or clearer, brilliant (rare)
* My slightly elevated postition made me right about the same height as the rising haze over the crowd - contact high??? or was it just that i was standing on my chair?
* this concert was the most passionate form of communication I have ever
Thanks to everyone who helped me go to this show. You're amazing!
