We took in the Tracy Chapman show last night at Wolf Trap. She was excellent. Her band was awesome. Her backing vocalist was great. Tracy played a great mix of her old stuff and her new stuff and a couple of surprises thrown into the mix. The inter-play between Tracy and the backup singer was really well done. You could tell they’ve practiced together a time or two.
The opener was Joseph Arthur. I was really very interested in seeing him since I really like his song “In the Sun”. What a big disappointment. He is old enough to remember what happened to Milli Vanilli and should have paid attention. He totally had a cd or tape or whatever they use in concerts. Dude, if it is just you and your guitar, don’t be afraid to just be you and your guitar. We don’t need or want a beat box soundtrack going on complete with vocals. We could tell you were screwing around with your guitar’s sound level half the time and not even making an attempt to pretend to sing. Heck, one time you weren’t even on stage but it sure sounded like someone was playing on stage. We decided you should more accurately bill yourself out as Joseph Arthur and his Invisible Band.
The crowd was huge on the lawn and it seemed like the seats were filled up as well. In fact, there were too many people on the lawn.
Here’s what we had for dinner: sushi vegetable rolls, squid salad (very good), shrimp with cocktail sauce, mediterranean pasta, dolmades, cheese, salami and bread. Wine to drink, of course. We did lots of prep work at home so we didn’t spend much time trying to figure out how to slice cheese, salami or bread this time around.
Our new chairs from Target worked really well. They aren’t all that padded but having the back support was awesome. 
This morning we ate breakfast at Anita’s. The better half had Breakfast Enchiladas (eggs and chorizo) and I had the Anita’s Famous Breakfast (burrito stuffed with eggs, cheese and chorizo). As soon as we got into the car we both blew and blew our noses. Ahh, that burn is a good burn and a great way to start the day.