Friday's Ted Leo & RX show was great and fun and included Ted presiding over a wedding from the stage and then going into "Walking to Do" as the couple's first dance. Control Top were a solid opener.
Saturday's Alejandro Escovedo house show was really a terrific night of songs and stories. I had only surface-level knowledge of AE, and had seen him once or twice. This guy has lived quite a life, and is like a music-industry Zelig - with stories of the punk days, to the Austin scene, to playing with Springsteen here and there.
I am taking an extended break.
No more shows for me until Wednesday.