SHARING THE SHOWS
My stupid ass left my pad at Bistro du Jour last night, so I’m writing this blog from memory. Here goes… Mark came up, but this time, he stayed at the Days Inn up the street from me. Hey, I’ll take a hotel room with a bed over my couch any day if I’m a guest at my own place. And I don’t have to abide by the rules of the cat. Maggie would've followed suit, but she's ill, so this post is dedicated to her. I wish you well, friend! He gave me this lovely gift, and anybody who knows me knows that’s an accurate description :) We rode the Metro down to the Waterfront, walked around, and met Pete, Andrea, Mike, and Daryl at the restaurant. Stories were told: travel in snow, the history of Calvert County, Maryland, shows past. And Mark taught me a new word: portmanteau, a word made by blending two words. Example: cremains: a cremated body which functions as remains.
Mark and I got in at about twenty to eight and made our way toward the front. I usually stay in the back, but since I’m now on the one show per month plan, I was feeling much more energized, so I figured why not be as close as possible. One unique thing about JRAD is how they mash up songs. I’ve hyperlinked the setlist, but for me, the highlight was the Viola Lee Blues/China Cat Sunflower mash-up the boys did. They also teased “Let it Grow” and Talking Heads’s “This Must Be The Place.” Other highlights included “Shakedown Street,” “Throwing Stones,” “Cats Under the Stars,” and “Cumberland Blues,” which is becoming a new favorite, particularly after Daniel Donato encored with it last month at the Pearl Street Warehouse. I even liked their version of “They Love Each Other,” which is my least favorite Dead song; this one had an upbeat rhythm to it. Because I don’t have notes to refer to, and I’m fighting the back end of a cold, this blog is short. But at least there’s an appetizing picture of my preshow mussels at the top. And they were easy to scoop from the shells, so I didn’t have to use my muscles to get my mussels! Hahahhaha…eh?
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