Had a great time at the James Taylor, Jackson Browne show. At 55, me and my S/O defintely brought the age demographic down a bunch. Saw a 70ish year old dude wearing his Hella Mega tour t-shirt. I am pretty sure he was me, time travelling. Didn't make eye contact just in case it would screw up the space time continuum. Confused about why I decided to grow that beard.
I had last seen JB in 1978 at Tanglewood in Massachusetts. Last night, I thought he sounded great. Strong voice, and talented band. Noticed that Jason Crosby, who I am best friends with having met him once and talked with for 20mins at a festival in Charleston, SC, is playing piano and singing with Jackson. So obviously, I reached out and he invited us to hang. /nope
James Taylor I had seen once, around 2 years ago, and he was still in good shape, and has surrounded himself with a bunch of talented singers to boost the songs, including his son. His band is great. Great songs, of my childhood, performed well.
Near the end JT and JB played the Eagles hit: Take it Easy, which JB had written for Glen Frey, or gave to Glen Frey, I don't know and will not investigate.
Merriweather looked and sounded great. This was a sold-out pavillion, heavily sold lawn show. I am guessing around 17000 people. A lot of them got very wet. I had four tickets and won 2 more through a contest, so we had 6 folks, and all of us enjoyed.
Bagley may have been present. Could not see him from my seats near the back, as his were up in first-class.
Next up: Wilco.
P.S. - The JB episode of the WTF p'dcast was cool. Listened today. Dude's been around.
