Foldsey and Mayer

Well, lame I may be, but when two of my favorite artists play together in the most amazing outdoor ampitheater in the country (Red Rocks), I gets excited. My brother found the concert and suprised Gregg and I with tickets for our collective birthday. We arrived very early and scored 7th row center, out of several hundred rows. Much superfantasticness. Even tho it had rained early in the day, The towering rocks and sheer vastness of it all was magnificent. Everyone should have the experience of seeing a show there.

The approach to Red Rocks Ampitheater outside Denver, Colo

Anticipating the big show. much anticipation, since we came mucho early to get the good seats.

Lots of people, lots of rock. both natural and manmade. tee hee.

We drove the 8 or 9 hours to boulder for the weekend - and had the opportunity to catch up with a friend whom I met in Israel - how delightful it was to hang out in public with human beings! We are such shut ins here in SLC!
The opening act (to the opening act) was Brett Dennen, who I had never heard of before - he was wonderful! A little hawaiian, Jack Johnsoney Raggae-y.And he came out barefoot.

Brett Dennen

Then the fantastically amazing Ben Folds - 100x better then I was expecting. Hilarious, full of energy, and so damn good - in fact, the best performance of the night. Good Good Good. I can't wait to see him in concert again.



And then, John Mayer - who I was hoping would just be an acoustic, sitting on a chair - but instead it was a 8 or so piece band behind him, and a bunch of jamming out. Also, I was unfamiliar with much if Continuum, his new album - so I wasn't as plussed as I would have been, had he played all my old favorites (3 x 5 and comfortable - altho' he did play Why Georgia) with a guitar and no backup. Still, enjoyable though.






Good ol Johnny Mayer. Born In Bridgeport, Ct. (Your hero, me of course, was ALSO born in CT)