Concert goers

Tonight we went to see the immortal Al Green at the Red Butte Garden amphitheater. It got a little too loud for Atty, so we had to leave early, but what we saw was amazing.
Al comes out with two very tall men in white suits who do nothing but dance, and he's carrying a bunch of roses. He hands out the roses to women in the audience, and random white women who've had too much chablis kept jumping on stage to give him hugs and get roses. Once he ran out of roses security got much better at keeping the women off stage. His latest album is definitely a must-have. Or just download my favorite, "Lay It Down."

Oh but the best part was that we got the tickets for free from SLUG, and we didn't know until we got there that they were VIP tickets. So we show up with our blankets and Subway sandwiches, and we get to sit in the section with comfy chairs and a free buffet of curried Israeli couscous, stuffed tomatoes, and all the free wine you can drink (I'll have that bottle of water, thank you). It was pretty posh.

And last week we took Atty to see the magnificent Neko Case. I absolutely love her. When we saw her last year in Park City we scored a place right up front, so we stared up her nose all night. This time it was a free concert at the Gallivan Center, so we were much farther back and surrounded by people who were there for the free show and not so much for Neko. But it was still fantastic. No one belts it out like she does.

For that concert we gave Atty earplugs, and he slept through most of it. I wonder if he would have slept better tonight if we'd remembered the earplugs. Oh well, maybe next time.