Today's the Day!
I'm off to New York to see the Indigo Girls tonight at Radio City Music Hall. My friend Trish is coming with me. I can't wait!
I first saw the Indigo Girls perform on April 15, 1997, at Penn State's Rec Hall. I went with my friend Shannon, and it was just a great, great show. It was just the two of them, acoustic duo, and it was maybe a week or so before the release of Shaming of the Sun. I remember them talking about watching X-Files tapes on their bus, and joking about how much they loved Mulder.
The second time I saw them was February 17, 2000, at UCONN's Jorgensen Auditorium. Again, they were touring as a duo, without their band, and the show was just amazing. They were supporting Come On Now Social, which they'd released the previous September. I went with Marty, his friend Bill, and my friend Trish (who is coming with me tonight).
So today will be the third time I'll see them in concert. I think they are touring with their band this time, so that should be different. I love their new album, Become You, and I can't wait to hear them do the songs live. I am just so excited!
It's funny, because I was in college in Athens, Georgia, during the time the IGs were getting popular in Atlanta (1986 - 1990). I was living there when they played their concert at the Uptown Lounge (which became the video "Live at the Uptown Lounge") and I didn't even consider going. I just wasn't interested. It was a few years later, when I was living in Pennsylvania, that they became such big favorites for me. But now it's hard for me to remember a time when their music wasn't part of my life, even though I know that time existed.
I'm off to New York to see the Indigo Girls tonight at Radio City Music Hall. My friend Trish is coming with me. I can't wait!
I first saw the Indigo Girls perform on April 15, 1997, at Penn State's Rec Hall. I went with my friend Shannon, and it was just a great, great show. It was just the two of them, acoustic duo, and it was maybe a week or so before the release of Shaming of the Sun. I remember them talking about watching X-Files tapes on their bus, and joking about how much they loved Mulder.
The second time I saw them was February 17, 2000, at UCONN's Jorgensen Auditorium. Again, they were touring as a duo, without their band, and the show was just amazing. They were supporting Come On Now Social, which they'd released the previous September. I went with Marty, his friend Bill, and my friend Trish (who is coming with me tonight).
So today will be the third time I'll see them in concert. I think they are touring with their band this time, so that should be different. I love their new album, Become You, and I can't wait to hear them do the songs live. I am just so excited!
It's funny, because I was in college in Athens, Georgia, during the time the IGs were getting popular in Atlanta (1986 - 1990). I was living there when they played their concert at the Uptown Lounge (which became the video "Live at the Uptown Lounge") and I didn't even consider going. I just wasn't interested. It was a few years later, when I was living in Pennsylvania, that they became such big favorites for me. But now it's hard for me to remember a time when their music wasn't part of my life, even though I know that time existed.
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