And a lot of music

I thought I would dedicate a blog to the music shows we've seen this summer. I don't have pictures of all of them, but here's who we've seen over the past few months.

Last year we hardly missed any of these free Thursday night shows at Shady Grove but this year it wasn't until last Thursday that we made it to an "Unplugged at the Grove" to see Paul Thorn. He was the opening act for Bonnie Raitt who we saw in the spring at Bass Concert Hall. Paul is from Tupelo Mississippi and has the most drippingly sweet southern accent you've ever heard.

On Saturday night we had dinner at Waterloo and then walked over to Tim's Porch at the Backyard to see Eric Johnson. Eric looks like he's about 25 but is really 55! He is one of the most talented guitar players of our time. There was a gorgeous sunset before the show and the evening was not oppressively hot as it has been all of August. You could just feel a turn in the weather - it was actually pleasant and not even buggy.

A couple of other shows we've seen recently

Carolyn Wonderland at the Nutty Brown

and Stoney LaRue at the Nutty Brown

Spoon at Stubbs

Bob and the Texas Bluegrass Massacre at Threadgills

Gaelic Storm at Threadgills

Sir Paul McCartney at the new Dallas Cowbabies Stadium

They had fireworks inside this huge stadium!

The godzilla tron goes from the 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line. No football games had been played yet in this stadium when we went to the concert, but I am totally not surprised that punts are hitting this thing - it sure looked too low!

I thought this was a cool picture with the drummer on the side screen and how small the stage was in comparison.

It's been a great summer for music. ACL Fest is 4 weeks away!! Then we go to U2 in Phoenix in October. Mike has tickets to another Bruce in October (but I am not sure we're going to go). We are so lucky to live in Austin to be able to see such great music all year round.