A month ago I mentioned an upcoming surprise date night that I was going to try to get Michael to blog about. As that hasn't happened, I thought I would go ahead and explain.
I got us tickets to see Brandi Carlile at the Crocodile Cafe (The Croc). I think the show sold out in a couple of hours and it is a total fluke that I was online and noticed it in that window. The Croc is a small, but famous, venue and happens to be the first gig Brandi got in Seattle. She played from XOBC, but it was mostly a requests show. Very fun. We were center stage, fourth row back. (Is it a row if it is standing room only?) It was awesome. I never thought we would get to see her in a venue that small. I mean - the girl sold out the symphony hall in a matter of minutes. (I'm not exaggerating, though that doesn't count that symphony patrons had an early crack at the tickets.)
Here are
pics from a photographer that was standing next to me in the crowd.
Surprisingly enough - one of my favorite moments from the evening was sans Brandi. The twins did a duet of The Sound of Silence. There was a humorous quality to it since it was clearly not planned and they struggled to remember the words. But, mostly it was hauntingly beautiful. Their voices are so similar (They are twins after all) that it was like listening to someone sing a duet with themselves.
Anyway- I know most of you aren't as nuts about Brandi as I am and so you probably don't care about this. But, really a blog is half diary and I just wanted to write this special night down.
