SHARING THE SHOWS
Today’s blog post is dedicated to my friend, Kathy Hetrick. Happy birthday; glad you got to celebrate with awesome tunes and even better company! Well, my tenure packet is in, so now, all I can do is wait and hope for the best. After a day of meeting with students and running around campus, I was looking forward to heading back to Falls Church. I got there at about ten after seven, and the band was still setting up, so I walked around town. A dude in an SUV, sporting a Dead T-shirt, pulled up to ask where he could find parking. I got in and helped him find parking (“strangers stopping strangers to ask for directions”). He introduced himself as Dennis, and he’d moved from California at about the same time I did. I had planned to stay outside the barricade like I did at Jehovah’s Favorite Choir (JFC), but as the band opened with “Touch of Grey,” I was greeted by Kathy, whom I met 11/8/19. We’ve been friends on Facebook ever since, but this was the first time we finally got to connect. Thanks to her, I was able to sit at a table and be with the upper echelon of DMV Deadheads. Through her, I met a bunch of people. The ones I remember are Sally, who works near where I live, at American University. There was also Rick, the lead singer from JFC. Wendy from Takoma Park. Woody from Fairfax. Neil. And many others, who I’m sure I’ll see again. Along with the band of course. The setlist went as follows:
Touch of Grey Aiko Aiko Cumberland Blues Ramble on Rose Friend of the Devil (slow version, complete with fiddle, and a perfect time to sit down and indulge in some birthday cake) Jack Straw Dancing in the Streets Promised Land Hey Pocky Way (my highlight of the night) I Need a Miracle China Cat Sunflower into I Know You Rider Playing in the Band Throwing Stones Turn On Your Lovelight Sugar Magnolia It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue I love hearing bits of conversations, which give me ideas. The one that stood out the most went like this: “I walked by and just heard Dead playing, so I just came in. I probably look like a straight.” This person was dressed in a button-down white shirt (open-collar) and black slacks. Essentially, he looked like a Wall Street bro who was down to party after a day of wheeling and dealing. I thought, it doesn’t matter how you look. As long as you’re having fun! There was also a dude wearing bell-bottoms, as well as a handkerchief over a shirt. That’s the great thing about our tribe; we have no rules. It was nice meeting some new people. As Pete told me after reading my last blog, “For an introvert, you talk to a lot of people.” It’s hard not to at these shows. But quiet time on the Metro going home was much-needed. And I’ll get to do it again Saturday! And next weekend. And a couple of weeks after that. And the weekend after that. And after that. And after that. And then a break for a few weeks. And then, well, more.
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