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Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert

Last night Allison and I saw Vance Gilbert and Ellis Paul at the Rogers Center at Merrimack College.

Andrea drove Allison up and we met at Bertucci’s where Allison’s cousin Erin met the three of us for dinner. We had a nice dinner and fun conversation. Then we were off to the Rogers Center.

The Rogers Center is a great place to see a performance. The seats are nice and wide and the acoustics are great. We were in the third row and would have been even closer if the stage had been set up closer to the audience, A fact that Vance commented on many times.

Allison and I were impressed with Vance and his ability to make up songs on the spot and his humor. His musical talent was also great. Ellis as always was wonderful. We got to hear some of our favorites like “Put a Jukebox on my Grave” and “3000 Miles”. Andrea and Erin were Ellis newbies but I think that they also had a good time at the show. It was a great night and it was nice to share it with friends both old and new.

Music

Ellis at Stone Soup

Ticket to See Ellis Paul at Stone Soup

Last night Allison and I went to Stone Soup to see Ellis Paul. Rachel Davis opened for Ellis and she was quirky and fun. She had a good voice but I couldn’t always make out the words. We got her CD so we could listen to her more.

While waiting in line we met Audra and Patti.

Audra owns Mad Hatters Bakery in Newport. It is not on main street but you can get muffins there for half of what the main street shops get. So, if you find yourself over by the police station and homeless shelter in Newport look for Mad Hatters and grab your self a muffin and say hello to Audra. We’ll certainly be stopping by there when we get a chance to go to Newport.

Another chance meeting while at the concert was Steve Donohue from Saint A’s. Steve and I graduated together and worked at Saint A’s at the same time. He was in Admissions and I was in Public Relations and Residence Life. It was nice to see Steve and Kristen Skoglund, who is also a Saint A’s grad from the class of 1996. It is nice to find out that people are Ellis Paul fans and find out other folk singers that we should go and see.

I think we will be back at Stone Soup again real soon. And its wicked easy to get there from North Attleboro. About a 15 minute ride.

Oh yeah, the reason we were there, Ellis Paul. Last night Ellis Paul was a lot of fun. I felt that the show was even more of an intimate one than the other night at Club Passim. Not for nothing, but both shows were very good. I guess I just got more excited about this one because Ellis played ‘Roll Away Bed’ for us. It is a cute little song about sharing the sleeping arrangements with someone who, and I’m not naming any names, is an active sleeper.

Ellis also played ‘3000 miles’ which is my personal favorite song, especially with the travel that I do. Sometimes I feel like I’ve been living out of a suitcase for 14 days. And airplanes are nothing but buses with wings anyway, so it may as well say Greyhound on that American Airlines plane.

Can you tell that someone has missed Platinum status 2 years in a row and is a little miffed about it? But anyway, Ellis Paul was great, he invited Rachel Davis and a guitarist Brett, I think his name was, up to play on and unplugged rendition of ‘Let it Be’. What a fun evening.