I Do Stuff…

I know these last few post have been about old stuff I did.  But I didn’t get the web site running till recently and I wanted to get at least a few cool things I have done in the recent past posted.

Chris Isaak @ Wolf Trap

So before summer started Nancy found that Chris Isaak was doing a summer tour and stopping by Wolf Trap in late August.  Now I am not a fan of Chris Isaak, but I also don’t not like him.  To me he is that guy with that one song from you know, back in the day (last Wednesday).  So when she said she wanted to go I was a little hesitant.  But since it was at Wolf Trap and I absolutely love that venue it couldn’t be a bad.  Since you can bring your own food and drink into the venue we got a couple of lawn tickets.  My only concern was going to be the weather.  Late August in Virginia is usually very hot and very humid.  Plus you can get the random thunder storm that decides to roll through the area, like moe. when I saw them at Wolf Trap earlier in the summer.   But I digress.

Fortunately on the day of the show the weather was perfect.  It was in the upper 70′s that day and the evening was going to fall into the low 60′s with no chance of rain!  I couldn’t believe our luck on that.  We both got off work early and headed over to Wegmans for some supplies.  Think of it as a picnic under the stars.  So all the food we got didn’t need to be cooked.  We stocked up on cheese, crackers, hummus, vegetables, and fruits.  And what goes better with this stuff than wine, so we got a couple bottles of wine for the evening.  We kinda got lost just walking around Wegmans and got out of there a little late.  Fortunately traffic was in our favor and getting to Wolf Trap took no time at all.

Little did we know the show was going to be so popular.  We arrived over an hour before the show and the lawn was packed with people, I am sure such beautiful weather didn’t hurt.  With limited seating we took a spot near the top of the lawn and setup camp.  In no time we were munching on food and sipping some wine.

The opening act, who I can’t remember at the moment, was a band from England.  They played the same style of music as Chris.  That rock-n-roll, sometimes slow, sometimes fast, mixed with the twangy electric guitar, you know what I mean.  Not a bad opening act.

Finally about 9pm Chris hits the stage.  I was very impressed with the show.  Not only the music but the entertainment factor.  Chris played several of his hits, stuff even I knew like Wicked Game, and some stuff from his as yet unreleased album.  When he was introducing one of his new songs he even talked about bootlegging.  Said he knows people do it and how much it upsets his tour manager.  He even walked through the entire crowd for one song, didn’t make it all the way to the top of the lawn.  By the time of the encore break it was getting pretty late and people started to leave in droves.  I know it was a school night, but you never leave early!  Nancy was ready to leave at this point but I told her no, not till the house lights come on.  For the encore he played several more songs, almost like he didn’t want to leave the stage.

Shortly after 11pm the show was finished.  The house lights illuminated the venue.  I stood there for a minute in amazement, it was a good show and I was thoroughly entertained.  Being so late on a school night we packed quickly and drove back to my house.  By midnight we were home, exhausted…..but not quite ready for bed.