(6084,1,'2010-12-08 16:04:55','2010-12-08 21:04:55','<!-- http://twitter.com/gracepotter/status/12602569801076737 --> <style type=\'text/css\'>.bbpBox12602569801076736 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/168008821/gp_twitter_bg.jpg) #ffffff;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block}</style> <div class=\'bbpBox12602569801076736\'><p class=\'bbpTweet\'>The results are in!! We\'re playing Letterman on December 22nd!<span class=\'timestamp\'><a title=\'Wed Dec 08 20:21:01 +0000 2010\' href=\'http://twitter.com/gracepotter/status/12602569801076737\'>less than a minute ago</a> via <a href=\"http://www.echofon.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Echofon</a></span><span class=\'metadata\'><span class=\'author\'><a href=\'http://twitter.com/gracepotter\'><img src=\'http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1145211143/image_normal.jpg\' /></a><strong><a href=\'http://twitter.com/gracepotter\'>Grace Potter</a></strong><br/>gracepotter</span></span></p></div> <!-- end of tweet -->\r\n\r\nNOTE: Dave is prone to love sexy, soulful music. Example? 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A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars (even those with 2.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS) but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \r\n\r\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. Shared, tender moments like these are what being a fan of this band is all about.\r\n\r\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XSXM3Zg0eBo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XSXM3Zg0eBo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"></embed></object>','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 10, 2010',0,'','publish','open','open','','pearl-street-northampton-ma-december-10-2010','','','2010-12-12 18:48:39','2010-12-12 23:48:39','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6104',0,'post','',9),(6105,1,'2010-12-11 17:16:47','2010-12-11 22:16:47','','photo',0,'','inherit','open','open','','photo-2','','','2010-12-11 17:16:47','2010-12-11 22:16:47','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6106,1,'2010-12-11 17:17:17','2010-12-11 22:17:17','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\n\nShow review and thoughts upcoming . . .','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6104-revision','','','2010-12-11 17:17:17','2010-12-11 22:17:17','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/11/6104-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6107,1,'2010-12-12 09:10:11','2010-12-12 14:10:11','<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\"></param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\"></param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nVia Mallory\r\n\r\nApparently we\'re waiting on confirmation of front row boob flash from an audience member. Is that Rock n\' Roll?\r\n\r\nPlus, Scott is his second career as a country star. First Waylon Jennings, now Kenny Chesney\r\n\r\nScott Tournet, Grace Potter and Benny Yurco - \"You and Tequila\"\r\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/73DGkEdDvYo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/73DGkEdDvYo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nI will not be surprised to folks who attended one of the GPN shows in the last week speak of it as \"Their best GPN show ever\".','state theater : portland, me : december 11, 2010',0,'','publish','open','open','','state-theater-portland-me-december-11-2010','','','2010-12-13 12:36:27','2010-12-13 17:36:27','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6107',0,'post','',10),(6108,1,'2010-12-12 09:10:01','2010-12-12 14:10:01','','state theater : portland, me : december 12, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6107-revision','','','2010-12-12 09:10:01','2010-12-12 14:10:01','',6107,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6107-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6109,1,'2010-12-12 09:10:11','2010-12-12 14:10:11','<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\"></param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\"></param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nVia Mallory','state theater : portland, me : december 12, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6107-revision-2','','','2010-12-12 09:10:11','2010-12-12 14:10:11','',6107,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6107-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6110,1,'2010-12-12 20:23:22','2010-12-13 01:23:22','<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\"></param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\"></param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"></embed></object>\n\nVia Mallory\n\nApparently we\'re waiting on confirmation of front row boob flash from an audience member. Is that Rock n\' Roll?\n\nPlus, Scott is his second career as a country star. First Waylon Jennings, now Kenny Chesney\n\nScott Tournet, Grace Potter and Benny Yurco - \"You and Tequila\"\n\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mlQMhcqcsLQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mlQMhcqcsLQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"></embed></object>\nvia <a href=\"http://www.cursedmonkeypaw.com/\">CursedMonkeyPaw</a>\n\nI will not be surprised to folks who attended one of the GPN shows in the last week speak','state theater : portland, me : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6107-autosave','','','2010-12-12 20:23:22','2010-12-13 01:23:22','',6107,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6107-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(6111,1,'2010-12-11 17:17:18','2010-12-11 22:17:18','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\r\n\r\nShow review and thoughts upcoming . . .','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6104-revision-2','','','2010-12-11 17:17:18','2010-12-11 22:17:18','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/11/6104-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6112,1,'2010-12-12 14:42:49','2010-12-12 19:42:49','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\n\nJust before GPN hit the stage in Northampton I saw a tweet by Rihanna - \"Do you guys like Grace Potter+the Nocturnals?Grace Potter is perfection! A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \n\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\n\nOther highlights\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. Shared, tender moments like these are what being a fan of this band is all about.\n\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XSXM3Zg0eBo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/XSXM3Zg0eBo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"></embed></object>','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6104-autosave','','','2010-12-12 14:42:49','2010-12-12 19:42:49','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6104-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(6113,1,'2010-12-12 14:35:47','2010-12-12 19:35:47','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\r\n\r\nJust before GPN hit the stage in Northampton I saw a tweet by Rihanna - \"Do you guys like Grace Potter+the Nocturnals?Grace Potter is perfection! A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \r\n\r\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I show him my phone and he says \"That\'s me\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. Shared, tender moments like these are what being a fan of this band is all about.','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6104-revision-3','','','2010-12-12 14:35:47','2010-12-12 19:35:47','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6104-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6114,1,'2010-12-12 14:41:35','2010-12-12 19:41:35','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\r\n\r\nJust before GPN hit the stage in Northampton I saw a tweet by Rihanna - \"Do you guys like Grace Potter+the Nocturnals?Grace Potter is perfection! A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \r\n\r\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. Shared, tender moments like these are what being a fan of this band is all about.','pearl street : northampton, ma : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6104-revision-4','','','2010-12-12 14:41:35','2010-12-12 19:41:35','',6104,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6104-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(6115,1,'2010-12-12 14:55:30','2010-12-12 19:55:30','<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" title=\"photo\" width=\"640\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6105\" />\n\nJust before GPN hit the stage in Northampton I saw a tweet by Rihanna - \"Do you guys like Grace Potter+the Nocturnals?Grace Potter is perfection! A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \n\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\n\nOther highlights\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. 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A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars (even those with 2.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS) but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? 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The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. 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A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars (even those with 2.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS) but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? A feedback loop with the audience that resulted in the loudest cheers I\'ve heard during a concert at Pearl Street and a new cadre of fans who come to watch a visual performance that goes hand in hand with the always excellent musical side of the band. \r\n\r\n\"Hot Summer Night\" blasts things out of the gate in a big way for the band - it\'s one of the best opening numbers. I was surprised to hear \"Tiny Light\" become, essentially, a crowd sing along and the added Portishead tags at the end were especially cool. Grace did a playful take on the Roger Miller tune \"Not in Nottingham\" that left the crowd happy, if a bit confused. \"Treat Me Right\" closed out the acoustic portion of the show and when the band ended the set with \"Medicine\" the crowd was melting and the screams were deafening.  The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. 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A Victoria Secret model with a Mick Jagger swagger and that voice?\" Now, I don\'t normally read too much into the critical opinions of pop stars (even those with 2.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS) but I certainly enjoyed the phrase \"Mick Jagger Swagger\" and as I drove home over the snowy hills that night I kept thinking about it.\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nNot that Grace was ever the shrinking violet type on stage but, as Grace herself describes it, <a href=\"http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1653928/meet-grace-potter-kenny-chesneys-new-duet-partner.jhtml\">a conversation with Sharon Jones </a>some months back has exerted a strong influence on her performance style.  According to Grace, Sharon said, \" \"Girl, why are you always sittin\' behind that organ? Get out front! Involve people!\" In the last year we\'ve seen exactly that - Grace moving to the front of the stage and embracing her iconic looks and performance style. What does it lead to? 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The show closed with a triple punch of \"Paris\", \"White Rabbit\" and \"NBTW\" - a fitting end to a stellar show.\r\n\r\nOther highlights\r\n- While searching Twitter during a song break (yes, guilty) I see a picture of Grace that looks to be taken from 4 feet to the right of me. I pull up the users Twitter picture and scan the crowd. Bingo - he\'s right there. I turn my phone around to show him his own picture and he says \"<a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/meltingice\">That\'s me</a>\". Good job internet!\r\n- Longtime loyal fan WC confuses two skinny sixteen year old women with \"Amazons\" but reads it right when he implies that they wanted to snatch Grace up and take her home. A sentiment that seems more and more obvious in the crowd these days.\r\n- Finally, I was able to deliver a heartfelt message of gratitude and emotion from Catherine Popper to her band mate Benny. 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David consistently captures some great images of the band and I was looking forward to what he came up with. I was not disappointed. Head on over to <a href=\" http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/15056219_GiEB6#1124868299_2sfR9\">TheyWillRockYou</a> for the complete gallery.\r\n\r\nMore of David\'s Work\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/17/david-barnum-photography-from-massmoca/\">MASSMoCA</a>\r\n\r\n','david barnum images from pearl street at theywillrockyou',0,'','publish','open','open','','david-barnum-images-from-pearl-street-at-theywillrockyou','','\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/17/david-barnum-photography-from-massmoca/','2010-12-13 10:43:31','2010-12-13 15:43:31','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6127',0,'post','',1),(6128,1,'2010-12-13 10:32:39','2010-12-13 15:32:39','Just before Blues and Lasers hit the stage I glanced to my right and spotted photographer David Barnum in the crowd. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6130,1,'2010-12-13 10:38:59','2010-12-13 15:38:59','<img src=\"http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/613E9330GracePotter121010-copy/1124868926_BZ6Pq-L.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"grace david barnum\" />Just before Blues and Lasers hit the stage I glanced to my right and spotted photographer David Barnum in the crowd. David consistently captures some great images of the band and I was looking forward to what he came up with. I was not disappointed. Head on over to <a href=\" http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/15056219_GiEB6#1124868299_2sfR9\">TheyWillRockYou</a> for the complete gallery.\n\n','david barnum images from pearl street at theywillrockyou',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6127-revision-3','','','2010-12-13 10:38:59','2010-12-13 15:38:59','',6127,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/6127-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6129,1,'2010-12-13 10:37:32','2010-12-13 15:37:32','<img src=\"http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/613E9330GracePotter121010-copy/1124868926_BZ6Pq-L.jpg\" alt=\"grace david barnum\" />Just before Blues and Lasers hit the stage I glanced to my right and spotted photographer David Barnum in the crowd. David consistently captures some great images of the band and I was looking forward to what he came up with. I was not disappointed. Head on over to <a href=\" http://theywillrockyou.com/2010/12/concert-gallery-grace-potter-nocturnals-pearl-street-northampton-ma/\">TheyWillRockYou</a> for the complete gallery.\n\nhttp://theywillrockyou.com/2010/12/concert-gallery-grace-potter-nocturnals-pearl-street-northampton-ma/','david barnum images from pearl street at theywillrockyou',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6127-revision-2','','','2010-12-13 10:37:32','2010-12-13 15:37:32','',6127,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/6127-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6131,1,'2010-12-13 10:39:21','2010-12-13 15:39:21','<img src=\"http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/613E9330GracePotter121010-copy/1124868926_BZ6Pq-L.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"grace david barnum\" />Just before Blues and Lasers hit the stage I glanced to my right and spotted photographer David Barnum in the crowd. David consistently captures some great images of the band and I was looking forward to what he came up with. I was not disappointed. Head on over to <a href=\" http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/15056219_GiEB6#1124868299_2sfR9\">TheyWillRockYou</a> for the complete gallery.\r\n\r\n','david barnum images from pearl street at theywillrockyou',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6127-revision-4','','','2010-12-13 10:39:21','2010-12-13 15:39:21','',6127,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/6127-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(6132,1,'2010-12-13 10:42:59','2010-12-13 15:42:59','<img src=\"http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/613E9610GracePotter121010-copy/1124868702_e4U9M-L.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"grace david barnum\" />Just before Blues and Lasers hit the stage I glanced to my right and spotted photographer David Barnum in the crowd. David consistently captures some great images of the band and I was looking forward to what he came up with. I was not disappointed. Head on over to <a href=\" http://www.photos.theywillrockyou.com/TWRY-Live-Shots/Grace-Potter1/15056219_GiEB6#1124868299_2sfR9\">TheyWillRockYou</a> for the complete gallery.\n\nMore of David\'s Work\nMassMOC\n\n','david barnum images from pearl street at theywillrockyou',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6127-revision-5','','','2010-12-13 10:42:59','2010-12-13 15:42:59','',6127,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/6127-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(6374,1,'2011-01-03 12:26:57','2011-01-03 17:26:57','While I\'m aware that introspective navel gazing can be boring as all hell it doesn\'t mean I\'m not going to do it. \n\n<!--more-->\n\nThis week marks the three year anniversary of the site “This Is Somewhere”. That\'s the same sentence I started off my year two report with a mere 12 months ago. When I look all the way back to my one year anniversary report I can sense my own internal emotional ups and downs flowing through the posts in a way that only I am aware of.  In 2009 I reported on the highlights of GPN\'s year - the moments I treasured and those I thought were important to the band\'s development. A giddy sense of \"wow this is kind of fun\" seems to permeate the thoughts. I closed my one year piece with this . . .\n\n<blockquote>The year has been something special, who knows what’s next. I’ve been struggling with my own thoughts about all this, strike it up to needing a  recharge and a break to sort it all out. </blockquote>\n\nThe \"break to sort it all out\" never happened so in January of 2010 I started my report out with this\n\n<blockquote>This week marks the two year anniversary of the site “This Is Somewhere”. I would be lying if I didn’t say it was sometimes a fuckload of actual work.\n</blockquote>\n\nDifferent right? Eventually, the \"work\" did get to me. I took a break from the blog in June of 2010 for a few months but tripped over my own intentions by starting to post heavily on Twitter/Facebook during the same time period. I mostly successfully stayed away from TIS.com until one day <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/07/19/ode-to-the-crows-that-no-longer-caw/\">I posted a rant</a>just to make myself feel better - it did. I started the blog back up in September of 2010 always amazed at the sheer amount of \"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals information\" out there. I don\'t have to tell you the story of the last month or so when the VH1 Divas show alerted the world to things we\'d known here for years. \n\nI may be more aware than anyone of the increasing volume of \"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals\" information out there on Facebook/Twitter and the Interwebs. Trust me when I say it\'s 3-4x more than it was just a few months back.\n\nI\'ve already listed my<a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/my-top-three-of-2010/\"> top happenings of the year</a> which were indeed special.\n\nSo, or 2011 I would like to achieve some sense of self-realization that would allow me to answer the question \"<strong>why the hell do I do this</strong>\"? Because not only is it a <strong>Fuckload of Work</strong> (tm) it\'s also a confusing nightmare of contradictions. Some might look at me as simply an ardent \"superfan\", from time to time I\'ve been called an \"over the top obsessive\" by people who know me well. I know a few folks close to the band who certainly are vocal about their appreciation for what happens here - the work, the detail. Grace? Matt? Benny? Cat? Scott? - don\'t know, maybe to them I\'m the weird guy who knows too much about them? Therein certainly lies some of  the tension.\n\nSometimes, I wonder if we\'re on the verge of \"too much information\" and maybe we need to turn down the firehose a bit? When my thoughts drift in that direction I think that we\'ll all lose the repository of memories that this site has become. Just yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that there is no video and no audio of this years NYE show when last year I stood right up front and chronicled the whole thing for everyone\'s enjoyment. Is that necessarily a good thing though? Is it necessary that someone does it? Do we really need <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/all/1\">GPN ETEWAF</a>?\n\nIs the band goes where I think there going in 2011 that may not even be possible. \n\nAll I can say is, stay tuned. \n\nkc\n\nPostscript:\nAs an additional insight into all of this is the fact that I\'ve started a successful music marketing business. TIS.com looks pretty good on a resume\n\n\n\n','',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6373-revision','','','2011-01-03 12:26:57','2011-01-03 17:26:57','',6373,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2011/01/03/6373-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6375,1,'2011-01-03 12:27:45','2011-01-03 17:27:45','While I\'m aware that introspective navel gazing can be boring as all hell it doesn\'t mean I\'m not going to do it. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis week marks the three year anniversary of the site “This Is Somewhere”. That\'s the same sentence I started off my year two report with a mere 12 months ago. When I look all the way back to my one year anniversary report I can sense my own internal emotional ups and downs flowing through the posts in a way that only I am aware of.  In 2009 I reported on the highlights of GPN\'s year - the moments I treasured and those I thought were important to the band\'s development. A giddy sense of \"wow this is kind of fun\" seems to permeate the thoughts. 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Trust me when I say it\'s 3-4x more than it was just a few months back.\r\n\r\nI\'ve already listed my<a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/my-top-three-of-2010/\"> top happenings of the year</a> which were indeed special.\r\n\r\nSo, or 2011 I would like to achieve some sense of self-realization that would allow me to answer the question \"<strong>why the hell do I do this</strong>\"? Because not only is it a <strong>Fuckload of Work</strong> (tm) it\'s also a confusing nightmare of contradictions. Some might look at me as simply an ardent \"superfan\", from time to time I\'ve been called an \"over the top obsessive\" by people who know me well. I know a few folks close to the band who certainly are vocal about their appreciation for what happens here - the work, the detail. Grace? Matt? Benny? Cat? Scott? - don\'t know, maybe to them I\'m the weird guy who knows too much about them? Therein certainly lies some of  the tension.\r\n\r\nSometimes, I wonder if we\'re on the verge of \"too much information\" and maybe we need to turn down the firehose a bit? When my thoughts drift in that direction I think that we\'ll all lose the repository of memories that this site has become. Just yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that there is no video and no audio of this years NYE show when last year I stood right up front and chronicled the whole thing for everyone\'s enjoyment. Is that necessarily a good thing though? Is it necessary that someone does it? Do we really need <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/all/1\">GPN ETEWAF</a>?\r\n\r\nIs the band goes where I think there going in 2011 that may not even be possible. \r\n\r\nAll I can say is, stay tuned. \r\n\r\nkc\r\n\r\nPostscript:\r\nAs an additional insight into all of this is the fact that I\'ve started a successful music marketing business. TIS.com looks pretty good on a resume. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','three years',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6373-revision-2','','','2011-01-03 12:27:45','2011-01-03 17:27:45','',6373,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2011/01/03/6373-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6369,1,'2011-01-03 09:53:14','2011-01-03 14:53:14','The Big Vermontski? Anyway, the show ran like a Swiss Fuckin\' Watch\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lebowski.jpg\" alt=\"lebowski\" title=\"lebowski\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6362\" />\r\n\r\nJust about the only video we\'ve found\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KPSKeGmCxI8\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Setlist - \"Lebowski\" songs</strong>\r\n\"The Man In Me\" - Bob Dylan\r\n\"Run Through The Jungle\" - Credence Clearwater Revival\r\n\"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)\"\r\n\"Looking Out My Back Door\" - Credence\r\n\"Oye Como Va\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Setlist Complete</strong>\r\nSome Kind of Ride\r\nAh Mary\r\nOnly Love\r\nOasis\r\nOne Short Night\r\nGovernor Shumlin on stage\r\nHot Summer Night\r\nSweet Hands\r\n//////////////\r\nThe Man in Me\r\nRunning Through The Jungle\r\nMedicine\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nWhat Condition\r\nHotel California\r\nOut My Back Door - Lowell Thompson on Vocals\r\nMuch Muchacha\r\nJungle reprise\r\nWhite Rabbit\r\nWatching You\r\nParis\r\n//////////\r\nHotel California Reprise\r\nNBTW organ seque\r\nOye Como Va\r\nBig White Gate\r\nStop The Bus \r\n','the big lebowski',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6361-revision-4','','','2011-01-03 09:53:14','2011-01-03 14:53:14','',6361,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2011/01/03/6361-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(6370,1,'2010-12-06 00:11:45','2010-12-06 05:11:45','Paris\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602760\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653349%26vid%3D602760%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602760\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nCrazy On You\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:603090\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=vid%3D603090%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A603090\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nRocking In The Free World\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602904\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653355%26vid%3D602904%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602904\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nMedicine\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602905\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653355%26vid%3D602905%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602905\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nWas this it? Is this the \"moment\". Grace and the Nocs clearly blew this one out of the park. The guitar solo and then the scene where Grace strutted down the runway during Paris to the second mike and hit \"Shave you smooootttthhh\" - that was it - those fifteen seconds were it.','vh1 divas videos - grace potter and the nocturnals + heart',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6027-revision-12','','','2010-12-06 00:11:45','2010-12-06 05:11:45','',6027,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/06/6027-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(6371,1,'2011-01-03 09:56:43','2011-01-03 14:56:43','The Big Vermontski? Anyway, the show ran like a Swiss Fuckin\' Watch\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lebowski.jpg\" alt=\"lebowski\" title=\"lebowski\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6362\" />\r\n\r\nJust about the only video we\'ve found\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KPSKeGmCxI8\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Setlist - \"Lebowski\" songs</strong>\r\n\"The Man In Me\" - Bob Dylan\r\n\"Run Through The Jungle\" - Credence Clearwater Revival\r\n\"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)\"\r\n\"Looking Out My Back Door\" - Credence\r\n\"Oye Como Va\"\r\n\r\n<strong>Setlist Complete</strong>\r\nSome Kind of Ride\r\nAh Mary\r\nOnly Love\r\nOasis\r\nOne Short Night\r\nGovernor Shumlin on stage\r\nHot Summer Night\r\nSweet Hands\r\n//////////////\r\nThe Man in Me\r\nRunning Through The Jungle\r\nMedicine\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nWhat Condition\r\nHotel California\r\nOut My Back Door - Lowell Thompson on Vocals\r\nMuch Muchacha\r\nJungle reprise\r\nWhite Rabbit\r\nWatching You\r\nParis\r\n//////////\r\nHotel California Reprise\r\nNBTW organ seque\r\nOye Como Va\r\nBig White Gate\r\nStop The Bus \r\n','the big lebowski',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6361-revision-5','','','2011-01-03 09:56:43','2011-01-03 14:56:43','',6361,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2011/01/03/6361-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(6372,1,'2011-01-03 09:57:25','2011-01-03 14:57:25','Paris\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602760\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653349%26vid%3D602760%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602760\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nCrazy On You\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:603090\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=vid%3D603090%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A603090\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nRocking In The Free World\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602904\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653355%26vid%3D602904%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602904\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nMedicine\r\n<embed src=\"http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:602905\" width=\"512\" height=\"319\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" flashVars=\"configParams=id%3D1653355%26vid%3D602905%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A602905\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\"></embed>\r\n\r\nWas this it? Is this the \"moment\". Grace and the Nocs clearly blew this one out of the park. The guitar solo and then the scene where Grace strutted down the runway during Paris to the second mike and hit \"Shave you smooootttthhh\" - that was it - those fifteen seconds were it.','vh1 divas videos - grace potter and the nocturnals + heart',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6027-revision-13','','','2011-01-03 09:57:25','2011-01-03 14:57:25','',6027,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2011/01/03/6027-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(6373,1,'2011-01-03 12:37:14','2011-01-03 17:37:14','While I\'m aware that introspective navel gazing can be boring as all hell it doesn\'t mean I\'m not going to do it. \r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis week marks the three year anniversary of the site “This Is Somewhere”. That\'s the same sentence I started off my year two report with a mere 12 months ago. When I read through the posts on this site in the last three years I can sense my own internal emotions in a very personal way.  In 2009 <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2009/01/04/a-look-back-at-a-year/\">I reported</a> on the highlights of GPN\'s year - the moments I treasured and those I thought were important to the band\'s development. A giddy sense of \"wow this is kind of fun\" seems to permeate the thoughts. I closed my one year piece with this . . .\r\n\r\n<blockquote>The year has been something special, who knows what’s next. I’ve been struggling with my own thoughts about all this, strike it up to needing a  recharge and a break to sort it all out. </blockquote>\r\n\r\nThe \"break to sort it all out\" never happened so in January of 2010 I started <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/03/two-years/\">my report</a> out with this\r\n\r\n<blockquote>This week marks the two year anniversary of the site “This Is Somewhere”. I would be lying if I didn’t say it was sometimes a fuckload of actual work.\r\n</blockquote>\r\n\r\nDifferent right? Eventually, the \"work\" did get to me. I took a break from the blog in June of 2010 for a few months but tripped over my own intentions by starting to post heavily on Twitter/Facebook during the same time period. I mostly successfully stayed away from TIS.com until one day <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/07/19/ode-to-the-crows-that-no-longer-caw/\">I posted a rant</a> just to make myself feel better - it did. I started the blog back up in September of 2010 always amazed at the sheer amount of \"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals information\" out there. I don\'t have to tell you the story of the last month or so when the VH1 Divas show alerted the world to things we\'d known here for years. \r\n\r\nI may be more aware than anyone of the increasing volume of \"Grace Potter and the Nocturnals\" information out there on Facebook/Twitter and the Interwebs. Trust me when I say it\'s 3-4x more than it was just a few months back. In case you missed it I\'ve already listed my<a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/my-top-three-of-2010/\"> top happenings of the year</a> which were indeed special. Sadly, I missed <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/19/four-years-ago-today-as-told-by-the-folks-at-bigmethod/\">reposting a link to this</a> - go read it now.\r\n\r\nSo, in 2011 I would like to achieve some sense of self-realization that would allow me to answer the question \"<strong>why the hell do I do this</strong>\"? Because not only is it a <strong>Fuckload of Work</strong> (tm) it\'s also a confusing nightmare of contradictions. Some might look at me as simply an ardent \"superfan\", from time to time I\'ve been called an \"over the top obsessive\" by people who know me well. I know a few folks close to the band who certainly are vocal about their appreciation for what happens here - the work, the detail. Grace? Matt? Benny? Cat? Scott? - don\'t know, maybe to them I\'m the weird guy who knows too much about them? Therein certainly lies some of  the tension. Maybe some Jambase writer will pop the question someday and I\'ll get to read about myself? But, whatever, this thing is totally of my creation so I made my web and now I need to sleep in it, the truth is a complicated thing and pats on the head and back don\'t really solve it.\r\n\r\nSometimes, I wonder if we\'re on the verge of \"too much information\" and maybe we need to turn down the firehose a bit? This blog alone contains 1,412 posts. Can you believe that?\r\n\r\nWhen my thoughts drift in that direction I worry that we\'ll all lose the repository of memories that this site has become. Just yesterday I was bemoaning the fact that there is no video and no audio of this years NYE show when last year I stood right up front and chronicled the whole thing for everyone\'s enjoyment. Is that necessarily a good thing though? Is it necessary that someone does it? Do we really need <a href=\"http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/ff_angrynerd_geekculture/all/1\">GPN ETEWAF</a>?\r\n\r\nIs the band goes where I think they\'re going in 2011 that may not even be possible. \r\n\r\nAll I can say is, stay tuned. \r\n\r\nkc\r\n\r\nps\r\nAs an additional insight into all of this is the fact that I\'ve started a successful music marketing business. TIS.com looks pretty good on a resume. \r\n\r\npps\r\nThis post was mostly written while suffering from a severe lack of caffeine \r\n\r\nppps\r\n<a href=\"http://coilhouse.net/2010/03/children-by-the-millions-wait-for-alex-chilton/\">Never trust anyone who doesn\'t like Tom Waits</a>\r\n\r\npppps\r\nWow, that was borderline whiny wasn\'t it? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','three years',0,'','publish','open','open','','three-years','','http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2009/01/04/a-look-back-at-a-year/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/07/19/ode-to-the-crows-that-no-longer-caw/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/my-top-three-of-2010/\nhttp://coilhouse.net/2010/03/children-by-the-millions-wait-for-alex-chilton/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/19/four-years-ago-today-as-told-by-the-folks-at-bigmethod/','2011-01-03 16:13:40','2011-01-03 21:13:40','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6373',0,'post','',23),(6136,1,'2010-12-13 09:23:48','2010-12-13 14:23:48','Grace Potter and the Nocturnals\r\n<a href=\"http://www.archive.org/details/GPN2010-12-08.BuffaloNY\">Buffalo</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.archive.org/details/gpn2010-12-09.Syracuse\">Syracuse</a>\r\n\r\nBlues and Lasers\r\n<a href=\"http://www.archive.org/details/bl2010-12-08.Buffalo\">Buffalo</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.archive.org/details/bl2010-12-09.Syracuse\">Syracuse</a>\r\n\r\nThanks JT','live recordings of grace potter and the nocturnals + blues and lasers from buffalo and syracuse',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6116-revision-3','','','2010-12-13 09:23:48','2010-12-13 14:23:48','',6116,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/6116-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6137,1,'2010-12-12 20:23:30','2010-12-13 01:23:30','<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"> <param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\"></param> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\"></param> <param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><embed type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmalloryfinley%2Fsets%2F72157625580371494%2F&set_id=72157625580371494&jump_to=\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nVia Mallory\r\n\r\nApparently we\'re waiting on confirmation of front row boob flash from an audience member. Is that Rock n\' Roll?\r\n\r\nPlus, Scott is his second career as a country star. First Waylon Jennings, now Kenny Chesney\r\n\r\nScott Tournet, Grace Potter and Benny Yurco - \"You and Tequila\"\r\n\r\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mlQMhcqcsLQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mlQMhcqcsLQ?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"></embed></object>\r\nvia <a href=\"http://www.cursedmonkeypaw.com/\">CursedMonkeyPaw</a>\r\n\r\nI will not be surprised to folks who attended one of the GPN shows in the last week speak of it as \"Their best GPN show ever\".','state theater : portland, me : december 11, 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6107-revision-5','','','2010-12-12 20:23:30','2010-12-13 01:23:30','',6107,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/12/6107-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(6138,1,'2010-12-13 18:38:15','2010-12-13 23:38:15','<object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_jeNDbRdyFs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_jeNDbRdyFs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"></embed></object>','not in nottingham',0,'','publish','open','open','','not-in-nottingham','','','2010-12-13 18:38:15','2010-12-13 23:38:15','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/13/not-in-nottingham/',0,'post','',6),(6139,1,'2010-12-14 09:14:09','2010-12-14 14:14:09','<strong>Nice Acoustic \"Big White Gate\"</strong>\r\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object\r\n\r\n\"Medicine\" - which has, unsurprisingly, turned into a barnstormer. Scott\'s layered guitar delay adds a great backdrop to the drum jam for sure. One thing that I often overlook is this . . . \"HOLY SHIT LISTEN TO GRACE SING\". This song is the last up after probably an hour and forty five minutes of belting it out. Not that us longtime fans don\'t know it but girl can keep it up live can\'t she?\r\n\r\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wO7fHDvLPuA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wO7fHDvLPuA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object>\r\n\r\nTalk about \"Down on the Floor\"\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ground.jpg\" alt=\"ground\" title=\"ground\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6143\" />\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks to Vekin for the videos','state theater portland maine',0,'','publish','open','open','','state-theater-portland-maine','','','2010-12-14 09:20:38','2010-12-14 14:20:38','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6139',0,'post','',3),(6140,1,'2010-12-14 09:08:10','2010-12-14 14:08:10','<strong>Nice Acoustic \"Big White Gate\"</strong>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object\n\n\"Medicine\" - which has, unsurprisingly, turned into a barnstormer. Scott\'s layered guitar delay adds a great backdrop to the drum jam for sure. \n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wO7fHDvLPuA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/wO7fHDvLPuA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object>\n\nThanks to Vekin','state theater portland maine',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6139-revision','','','2010-12-14 09:08:10','2010-12-14 14:08:10','',6139,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/14/6139-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6141,1,'2010-12-14 09:17:14','2010-12-14 14:17:14','<strong>Nice Acoustic \"Big White Gate\"</strong>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hoEdTbhDMwA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"></embed></object\n\n\"Medicine\" - which has, unsurprisingly, turned into a barnstormer. Scott\'s layered guitar delay adds a great backdrop to the drum jam for sure. One thing that I often overlook is this . . . \"HOLY SHIT LISTEN TO GRACE SING\". 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I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Unrankable Moments</strong>\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- Catherine\'s Twitter stream\r\n- Anais Mitchell and the Hadestown Orchestra in Woodstock\r\n- Our friend Garret\'s \"Reviews\" and <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/26/state-of-mind-review-dripping-with-disdain/\">subsequent back-pedaling</a>\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/06/03/the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-and-a-total-joke/\">Clara\'s Interview</a>\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','publish','open','open','','my-top-three-of-2010','','http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/06/03/the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-and-a-total-joke/\nhttp://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/26/state-of-mind-review-dripping-with-disdain/','2010-12-17 16:25:33','2010-12-17 21:25:33','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6157',0,'post','',9),(6158,1,'2010-12-17 15:59:56','2010-12-17 20:59:56','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\n\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\n\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\n\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\nSolid Sound Festival Sing Along\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\n\n\nUnrankable Moments\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \n\n\n\n\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision','','','2010-12-17 15:59:56','2010-12-17 20:59:56','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6159,1,'2010-12-17 16:00:39','2010-12-17 21:00:39','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-2','','','2010-12-17 16:00:39','2010-12-17 21:00:39','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6160,1,'2010-12-17 16:01:20','2010-12-17 21:01:20','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-3','','','2010-12-17 16:01:20','2010-12-17 21:01:20','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6161,1,'2010-12-17 16:16:36','2010-12-17 21:16:36','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\n\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\n\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\n\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\n\nUnrankable Moments\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \n- GracePotter.com\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\n\n\n\n\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-autosave','','','2010-12-17 16:16:36','2010-12-17 21:16:36','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(6162,1,'2010-12-17 16:03:05','2010-12-17 21:03:05','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-4','','','2010-12-17 16:03:05','2010-12-17 21:03:05','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(6163,1,'2010-12-17 16:05:35','2010-12-17 21:05:35','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-5','','','2010-12-17 16:05:35','2010-12-17 21:05:35','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(6164,1,'2010-12-17 16:07:17','2010-12-17 21:07:17','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-6','','','2010-12-17 16:07:17','2010-12-17 21:07:17','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(6165,1,'2010-12-17 16:12:51','2010-12-17 21:12:51','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-7','','','2010-12-17 16:12:51','2010-12-17 21:12:51','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(6166,1,'2010-12-17 16:14:30','2010-12-17 21:14:30','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-8','','','2010-12-17 16:14:30','2010-12-17 21:14:30','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(6167,1,'2010-12-17 16:16:30','2010-12-17 21:16:30','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-9','','','2010-12-17 16:16:30','2010-12-17 21:16:30','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(6168,1,'2010-12-17 16:16:54','2010-12-17 21:16:54','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- Catherine\'s Twitter stream\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-10','','','2010-12-17 16:16:54','2010-12-17 21:16:54','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(6169,1,'2010-12-17 16:18:40','2010-12-17 21:18:40','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- Catherine\'s Twitter stream\r\n- Anais Mitchell and the Hadestown Orchestra in Woodstock\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-11','','','2010-12-17 16:18:40','2010-12-17 21:18:40','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(6170,1,'2010-12-17 16:20:36','2010-12-17 21:20:36','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- Catherine\'s Twitter stream\r\n- Anais Mitchell and the Hadestown Orchestra in Woodstock\r\n- Our friend Garret\'s \"Reviews\" and subsequent back-pedaling\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-12','','','2010-12-17 16:20:36','2010-12-17 21:20:36','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(6171,1,'2010-12-17 16:23:10','2010-12-17 21:23:10','#1 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/11/levon-and-gpn-ramble/\">Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Levon Helm at the Midnight Ramble</a>\r\nEverything about the night bordered on perfect. I re-read my review <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/01/10/van-on-the-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-with-levon-helm-at-the-midnight-ramble/\">and Van\'s</a> over the last few days and got all teary just thinking about it again. Special and unforgettable\r\n<blockquote>the Nocs onstage during “The Weight”. Grace takes the first lyric with Matt beside her on stage. I’m fairly convinced that he’s floating about three inches above the carpet – as we all are. Floating.</blockquote>\r\n\r\n#2 - <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/05/30/lebanon-opera-house-old-school-new-school/\">Lebanon, NH show</a>\r\nMy reasons might be different than other folks so . . . This event is the kind of thing that makes fans love bands and bands love fans. Even though it\'s only the second time it\'s clear both groups know that this place and this night is special. Lebanon was the site of a great Meet & Greet / Interview session back in 2008 and it\'s emerging as a show not to miss. The band brought out \"Crazy Parade\" and a version of \"Paris\" that killed. Well - maybe I should upload that video someday. That night I told Grace and Matt that I was shutting down the blog for awhile - I got in the car to drive home, narrowly missed a deer on the interstate and almost crashed - pulled off the road to get sick an hour later and slept in my car on a Vermont dirt road. Rock n\' Roll baby.\r\n\r\n#3 - August 14th . . . while many of you reading here were in Burlington at the Maritime Festival watching GPN I was at home. But not really at home. I was at the Solid Sound Festival at MASSMoCA in North Adams, MA. Wait, how is this a GPN moment you\'re asking? It\'s a moment in reflection for this reason - what makes music great, the reason we connect to it - well, it\'s all complex. Part of it though is certainly the strength of shared experience. What this website, this band, you readers do is to contribute to that shared experience. I sat in the Berkshire Hills that night thinking of the band and the concert I wasn\'t at, thinking of the people I\'ve met both online and offline. I also sat there with twenty or thirty of my good friends who were with me. People who love music as much as I do, and I watched something unfold around me. I\'m reminded of<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROOnfchX5M0\"> Scott\'s words to Grace that night \"take a bite\"</a> - we all did. And here\'s to hoping we all continue to do so.\r\n\r\n<strong>Burlington</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Vy1OoBAL-E\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n<strong>Solid Sound Festival Sing Along</strong>\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/xZxP-jXvVrU\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\n\r\nUnrankable Moments\r\n- Staying up until 2AM after the Divas show aired chatting online with the tech support guys at the webhost to try and get them to help this website and that other one stay online. They were hesitant to give me any \"special\" help - then I sent them links to the videos. Crashing over. \r\n- Backstage hours before the show in Lebanon, NH show streaming \"Crazy Parade\" from my computer so that Benny and Cat can learn the song. \r\n- GracePotter.com\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/03/20/good-morning-this-is-your-wakeup-call/\">GPN in bathrobes in Austin</a> - brilliant\r\n- Somehow New Years Eve never makes it on the lists - which year does it belong to? \"You\'ve Lost That Loving Feeling\" was classic.\r\n- The Washington DC Zoo show is weird - like a drunken frat party with an out of control band. Best. 2:22. Ever.\r\n- MASSMoCA show because I harassed over 100 people into buying tickets - they all thanked me afterwards\r\n- The Justin Goldberg / Lindsay Lohan sex tape incident\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgc5l9X3Dn4\">Long Low Road Acoustic Video</a> - autotune get fucked\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/04/28/if-i-was-a-man-id-make-my-move/\">Earthday Dancing</a>\r\n- Catherine\'s Twitter stream\r\n- Anais Mitchell and the Hadestown Orchestra in Woodstock\r\n- Our friend Garret\'s \"Reviews\" and subsequent back-pedaling\r\n- <a href=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/06/03/the-most-important-thing-in-the-world-and-a-total-joke/\">Clara\'s Interview</a>\r\n- more? sure, I\'ll keep adding\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n','my top three of 2010',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6157-revision-13','','','2010-12-17 16:23:10','2010-12-17 21:23:10','',6157,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/17/6157-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(6172,1,'2010-12-18 18:00:21','2010-12-18 23:00:21','\"Medicine\", \"One Short Night\", \"Paris\", \"Tiny Light\" plus great interview segments:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2010/12/17/132078580/grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-on-world-cafe\"><img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5.54.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" title=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" width=\"419\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6173\" /></a>','grace potter and the nocturnals on npr\'s world cafe',0,'','publish','open','open','','grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-on-nprs-world-cafe','','','2010-12-18 18:01:33','2010-12-18 23:01:33','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6172',0,'post','',2),(6173,1,'2010-12-18 17:56:06','2010-12-18 22:56:06','','Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM',0,'','inherit','open','open','','screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5-54-18-pm','','','2010-12-18 17:56:06','2010-12-18 22:56:06','',6172,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5.54.18-PM.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6174,1,'2010-12-18 17:56:49','2010-12-18 22:56:49','\"Medicine\", \"One Short Night\", \"Paris\" plus great interview segments\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5.54.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" title=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" width=\"419\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6173\" />','grace potter and the nocturnals on npr\'s world cafe',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6172-revision','','','2010-12-18 17:56:49','2010-12-18 22:56:49','',6172,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/18/6172-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6175,1,'2010-12-18 17:57:40','2010-12-18 22:57:40','\"Medicine\", \"One Short Night\", \"Paris\" plus great interview segments:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2010/12/17/132078580/grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-on-world-cafe\"><img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5.54.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" title=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" width=\"419\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6173\" /></a>','grace potter and the nocturnals on npr\'s world cafe',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6172-revision-2','','','2010-12-18 17:57:40','2010-12-18 22:57:40','',6172,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/18/6172-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6176,1,'2010-12-18 18:00:21','2010-12-18 23:00:21','\"Medicine\", \"One Short Night\", \"Paris\" plus great interview segments:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.npr.org/2010/12/17/132078580/grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-on-world-cafe\"><img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Screen-shot-2010-12-18-at-5.54.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" title=\"Screen shot 2010-12-18 at 5.54.18 PM\" width=\"419\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6173\" /></a>','grace potter and the nocturnals on npr\'s world cafe',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6172-revision-3','','','2010-12-18 18:00:21','2010-12-18 23:00:21','',6172,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/18/6172-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6177,1,'2010-12-19 20:53:25','2010-12-20 01:53:25','What does rock and roll mean? For the purposes of this little disquisition, it does not mean “white people with messy haircuts.” It means the tyranny of the backbeat: Boom, bat, boom, bat, boom, bat. It means all things boom and bat. It means: Why is it so much easier to goose-step to supposed anthems of freedom like AC/DC’s “Jailbreak” than to the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde? It means: How did the drum become the drum machine?\r\n\r\nFrom <a href=\"http://nplusonemag.com/clocking-out\">Clocking Out</a> - J.D. Daniels','what does rock and roll mean?',0,'','publish','open','open','','what-does-rock-and-roll-mean','','','2010-12-19 20:53:25','2010-12-20 01:53:25','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6177',0,'post','',4),(6178,1,'2010-12-19 20:53:02','2010-12-20 01:53:02','What does rock and roll mean? For the purposes of this little disquisition, it does not mean “white people with messy haircuts.” It means the tyranny of the backbeat: Boom, bat, boom, bat, boom, bat. It means all things boom and bat. It means: Why is it so much easier to goose-step to supposed anthems of freedom like AC/DC’s “Jailbreak” than to the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde? It means: How did the drum become the drum machine?\n\nFrom <a href=\"http://nplusonemag.com/clocking-out\">Clocking Out</a> - J.D. Daniels','what does rock and roll mean?',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6177-revision','','','2010-12-19 20:53:02','2010-12-20 01:53:02','',6177,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/19/6177-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6179,1,'2010-12-20 06:28:31','2010-12-20 11:28:31','<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/js/1891084913/\"></script><noscript><iframe name=\"tp1891084913\" id=\"tp1891084913\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/1891084913/\" style=\"overflow: hidden; display: block; width: 500px; height: 200px;\"><p><a href=\"http://tweetpaste.thingamaweb.com/embed/1891084913/\" target=\"_blank\">View gracepotter&rsquo;s tweet</a></p></iframe></noscript>\r\n\r\nNo longer a day for the sluggardly.','the day after new years eve',0,'','publish','open','open','','the-day-after-new-years-eve','','','2010-12-20 06:28:31','2010-12-20 11:28:31','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6179',0,'post','',1),(6180,1,'2010-12-20 06:28:12','2010-12-20 11:28:12','','the day after new years eve',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6179-revision','','','2010-12-20 06:28:12','2010-12-20 11:28:12','',6179,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/20/6179-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6181,1,'2010-12-20 09:53:41','2010-12-20 14:53:41','<style type=\"text/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n</style>\n\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n	<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertloerzel/5268166724/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img src=\"http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5268166724_9e90562497.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" /></a>\n<br />\n	<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertloerzel/5268166724/\">Grace Potter</a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/people/robertloerzel/\">Robert Loerzel</a>.</span>\n</div>\n				\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n	\n</p>','yes, i have a tiger',0,'','publish','open','open','','yes-i-have-a-tiger','','','2010-12-20 09:53:41','2010-12-20 14:53:41','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/20/yes-i-have-a-tiger/',0,'post','',4),(6182,1,'2010-12-20 10:48:03','2010-12-20 15:48:03','Usually, it\'s slightly different. I\'ve seen a few references to drag queens doing a Grace bit - which makes total sense. Here though, we have some dude stripping the vocals off and making it a \"Male Version\"\r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KFrwOL2EF9c\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere at TIS Labs we have concluded (sadly) that what we\'ve got here is simply <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/salmonella4#p/u\">AutoTuneGoneWild</a> - check out \"Cherry Bomb\"!','concerns growing over grace potter male impersonator',0,'','publish','open','open','','concerns-growing-over-grace-potter-male-impersonator','','','2010-12-20 10:48:03','2010-12-20 15:48:03','',0,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/?p=6182',0,'post','',4),(6183,1,'2010-12-20 10:46:27','2010-12-20 15:46:27','Usually, it\'s slightly different. I\'ve seen a few references to drag queens doing a Grace bit - which makes total sense. Here though, we have some dude stripping the vocals off and making it a \"Male Version\"\n\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/KFrwOL2EF9c\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\nHere at TIS Labs we have almost concluded that what we\'ve got here is simply AutoTuneGoneWild','concerns growing over grace potter male impersonator',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6182-revision','','','2010-12-20 10:46:27','2010-12-20 15:46:27','',6182,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/20/6182-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6184,1,'2010-12-21 09:01:21','2010-12-21 14:01:21','I woke up this morning to find the heat didn\'t click on downstairs last night. \n\n[zdvideo width=\"640\"]http://www.thisissomewhere.com/video/Be_My_Husband_Voodoo.flv [/zdvideo]\n\nFixed. I\'m guessing plenty of new fans who are now coming to this website have never seen some of the awesome past performances. Here\'s the band at Voodoo Festival in New Orleans in October of 2008 with no Benny or Cat and Bryan on the bass. The video starts in the aftermath of Grace\'s amp blowing up and the rented Hammond B-3 catching on fire. 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20:55:43','',6188,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/21/6188-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6198,1,'2010-12-22 06:53:58','2010-12-22 11:53:58','Ahh…it’s an impossible request Mojo has made. “<strong>Would I be willing to pull together my Top Ten shows all time?</strong>” I mean, I narrowed it down to 25 fairly easily, but after that it’s push’n’pull, a tug of war. Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\r\n\r\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\r\n\r\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\r\n\r\n<em>Editors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, without further ado,  Happy Holidays and enjoy the read. One more thing - Van, thanks. Without your insight and input the ride here would have been much less enjoyable.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \r\nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\r\n\r\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\r\n\r\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\r\n\r\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\r\n\r\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\r\n\r\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\r\n\r\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\r\n\r\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\r\n\r\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\r\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\r\n\r\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\r\n\r\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \r\n\r\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\r\n\r\nEncore \r\n\r\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\r\n\r\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\r\n\r\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\r\n\r\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\r\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\r\n\r\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\r\n\r\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\r\n\r\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\r\n\r\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\r\n\r\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\r\n\r\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\r\n\r\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\r\n\r\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\r\n\r\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\r\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \r\n\r\nFrom jambase:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\r\n\r\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\r\n\r\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\r\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \r\n\r\nOver Again\r\nMeantime\r\nStop the Bus\r\nBig white Gate\r\nEvery Mile- Delta\r\n\r\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\r\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\r\n\r\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Falling or Flying\r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\r\n\r\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\r\n\r\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\r\n\r\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\r\n\r\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\r\n\r\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\r\n\r\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\r\n\r\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\r\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\r\n\r\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\r\n\r\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\r\n\r\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\r\n\r\nRide: On from jump street\r\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\r\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\r\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\r\nLow Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\r\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\r\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\r\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her home field\r\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\r\n\r\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\r\n\r\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\r\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\r\n\r\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \r\n\r\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \r\n\r\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\r\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\r\n\r\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \r\n\r\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\r\n\r\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\r\n\r\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\r\n\r\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\r\n\r\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\r\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\r\n\r\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\r\n\r\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\r\n\r\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\r\n\r\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\r\n\r\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\r\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\r\n\r\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\r\n\r\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\r\n\r\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\r\n\r\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\r\n\r\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \r\nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\r\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\r\n\r\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\r\n\r\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\r\n\r\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \r\n\r\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\r\n\r\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\r\n \r\nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\r\n\r\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\r\n\r\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\r\n\r\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight:\r\n\r\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\r\n\r\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \r\n\r\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\r\n\r\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\r\n\r\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\r\n\r\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\r\n\r\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\r\n\r\nSet List\r\n\r\nAin’t No Time    6 string\r\nMeantime              “\r\nStop The Bus      piano\r\nRagged                   “\r\nGo Down Low       “\r\nGolden                12 string\r\nAngel>BWG      piano\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\r\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\r\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\r\nFallin                         “\r\nLose Some Time  12 string\r\nParis                     6 string, Matt\r\nDelta                       “             “\r\n//////////////////////////////////\r\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\r\nApologies              piano\r\nMystery Train        6 string\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\r\n\r\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\r\n\r\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\r\n\r\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/van-300x215.png\" alt=\"van\" title=\"van\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6201\" />\r\n\r\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\r\n\r\nAnd before we know it, Mojo is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Mojo!!\r\n\r\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\r\n\r\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\r\n\r\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\r\n\r\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\r\n\r\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\r\n\r\nIntermission\r\n\r\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\r\n\r\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Mojo had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\r\n\r\nBe My Husband\r\n\r\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\r\n\r\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\r\n////////////////////\r\nEncore\r\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\r\n\r\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\r\n \r\nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\r\n\r\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\r\n \r\nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\r\n\r\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/NYE2007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"NYE2007\" title=\"NYE2007\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6204\" />\r\n\r\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\r\n\r\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\r\n\r\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\r\n\r\nSET TWO:\r\n\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\r\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\r\nLow Rider    WAR  \r\nSlow Ride    Foghat\r\nMystery Train\r\nGetting in Tune   The Who\r\nFarmer John     Neil Young\r\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\r\n////////////////////\r\nNBTW\r\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\r\n\r\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\r\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\r\n\r\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/allen-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"allen\" title=\"allen\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6205\" /> \r\n\r\nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\r\n\r\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\r\n \r\nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \r\n\r\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \r\n\r\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\r\n\r\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\r\n\r\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\r\n\r\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\r\n \r\nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\r\n\r\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\r\n\r\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\r\n\r\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \r\n\r\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\r\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\r\n\r\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\r\n\r\nThis is about Matt.\r\n\r\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\r\n\r\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\r\n\r\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\r\n\r\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\r\n \r\nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \r\n\r\nAmen, sister, Amen\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\r\n\r\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. 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Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\n\nEditors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, Happy Holidays and enjoy the read.\n\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\n\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\n\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\n\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\n\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\n\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\n\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\n\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\n\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\n\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\n\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\n\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\n\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \n\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\n\nEncore \n\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\n\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\n\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\n\n\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\n\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\n\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\n\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\n\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\n\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\n\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\n\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\n\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\n\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\n\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\n\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\n\n\n\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\n\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \n\nFrom jambase:\n\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\n\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\n\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\n\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\n\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\n\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \n\nOver Again\nMeantime\nStop the Bus\nBig white Gate\nEvery Mile- Delta\n\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\n\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Big White Gate. \n\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\n\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\n\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\n\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\n\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\n\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\n\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\n\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\n\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\n\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\n\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\n\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\n\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\n\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\n\nRide: On from jump street\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\n Low Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her homefield\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\n\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\n\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\n\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\n\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \n\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \n\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\n\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \n\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\n\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\n\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \n\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\n\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\n\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\n\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\n\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\n\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\n\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\n\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\n\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\n\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\n\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\n\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\n\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\n\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\n\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\n\n\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\n</strong>\n\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\n\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\n\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\n\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \n\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\n\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\n \nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\n\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\n\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\n\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \n\nHighlights Tonight:\n\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\n\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \n\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\n\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\n\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\n\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\n\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\n\nSet List\n\nAin’t No Time    6 string\nMeantime              “\nStop The Bus      piano\nRagged                   “\nGo Down Low       “\nGolden                12 string\nAngel>BWG      piano\n\nII\n\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\nFallin                         “\nLose Some Time  12 string\nParis                     6 string, Matt\nDelta                       “             “\n//////////////////////////////////\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\nApologies              piano\nMystery Train        6 string\n\n---------------------------\n\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\n\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\n\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\n\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\n\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\n\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\n\nAnd before we know it, Doug is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Doug!!\n\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\n\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\n\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\n\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\n\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\n\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\n\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\n\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\n\nIntermission\n\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\n\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Doug had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\n\nBe My Husband\n\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\n\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\n////////////////////\nEncore\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\n\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\n \nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\n\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\n \nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\n\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\n\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\n\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\n\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\n\nSET TWO:\n\nAuld Lang Syne\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\nLow Rider    WAR  \nSlow Ride    Foghat\nMystery Train\nGetting in Tune   The Who\nFarmer John     Neil Young\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\n////////////////////\nNBTW\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\n\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\n\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\n \nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\n\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\n \nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \n\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \n\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\n\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\n\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\n\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\n \nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\n\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\n\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\n\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \n\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\n\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\n\nThis is about Matt.\n\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\n\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\n\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\n\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\n \nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \n\nAmen, sister, Amen\n-------------------\n\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\n\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. And it has been worth every penny…\n\nFacebook= Van Easton\nTwitter= Tedheadone\n','the top 10 . . . ever',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6198-revision','','','2010-12-22 06:47:37','2010-12-22 11:47:37','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/22/6198-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(6200,1,'2010-12-22 06:47:53','2010-12-22 11:47:53','Ahh…it’s an impossible request Mojo has made. “Would I be willing to pull together my Top Ten shows all time?” I mean, I narrowed it down to 25 fairly easily, but after that it’s push’n’pull, a tug of war. Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\r\n\r\nE<em>ditors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, without further ado,  Happy Holidays and enjoy the read.</em>\r\n\r\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\r\n\r\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\r\n\r\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \r\nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\r\n\r\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\r\n\r\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\r\n\r\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\r\n\r\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\r\n\r\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\r\n\r\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\r\n\r\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\r\n\r\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\r\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\r\n\r\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\r\n\r\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \r\n\r\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\r\n\r\nEncore \r\n\r\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\r\n\r\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\r\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\r\n\r\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\r\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\r\n\r\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\r\n\r\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\r\n\r\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\r\n\r\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\r\n\r\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\r\n\r\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\r\n\r\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\r\n\r\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\r\n\r\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\r\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \r\n\r\nFrom jambase:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\r\n\r\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\r\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\r\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \r\n\r\nOver Again\r\nMeantime\r\nStop the Bus\r\nBig white Gate\r\nEvery Mile- Delta\r\n\r\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\r\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\r\n\r\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Big White Gate. \r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\r\n\r\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\r\n\r\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\r\n\r\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\r\n\r\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\r\n\r\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\r\n\r\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\r\n\r\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\r\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\r\n\r\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\r\n\r\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\r\n\r\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\r\n\r\nRide: On from jump street\r\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\r\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\r\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\r\n Low Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\r\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\r\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\r\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her homefield\r\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\r\n\r\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\r\n\r\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\r\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\r\n\r\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \r\n\r\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \r\n\r\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\r\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\r\n\r\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \r\n\r\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\r\n\r\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\r\n\r\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\r\n\r\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\r\n\r\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\r\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\r\n\r\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\r\n\r\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\r\n\r\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\r\n\r\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\r\n\r\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\r\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\r\n\r\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\r\n\r\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\r\n\r\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\r\n\r\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\r\n\r\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \r\nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\r\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\r\n\r\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\r\n\r\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\r\n\r\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \r\n\r\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\r\n\r\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\r\n \r\nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\r\n\r\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\r\n\r\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\r\n\r\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight:\r\n\r\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\r\n\r\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \r\n\r\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\r\n\r\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\r\n\r\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\r\n\r\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\r\n\r\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\r\n\r\nSet List\r\n\r\nAin’t No Time    6 string\r\nMeantime              “\r\nStop The Bus      piano\r\nRagged                   “\r\nGo Down Low       “\r\nGolden                12 string\r\nAngel>BWG      piano\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\r\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\r\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\r\nFallin                         “\r\nLose Some Time  12 string\r\nParis                     6 string, Matt\r\nDelta                       “             “\r\n//////////////////////////////////\r\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\r\nApologies              piano\r\nMystery Train        6 string\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\r\n\r\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\r\n\r\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\r\n\r\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\r\n\r\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\r\n\r\nAnd before we know it, Doug is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Doug!!\r\n\r\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\r\n\r\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\r\n\r\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\r\n\r\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\r\n\r\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\r\n\r\nIntermission\r\n\r\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\r\n\r\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Doug had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\r\n\r\nBe My Husband\r\n\r\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\r\n\r\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\r\n////////////////////\r\nEncore\r\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\r\n\r\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\r\n \r\nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\r\n\r\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\r\n \r\nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\r\n\r\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\r\n\r\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\r\n\r\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\r\n\r\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\r\n\r\nSET TWO:\r\n\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\r\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\r\nLow Rider    WAR  \r\nSlow Ride    Foghat\r\nMystery Train\r\nGetting in Tune   The Who\r\nFarmer John     Neil Young\r\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\r\n////////////////////\r\nNBTW\r\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\r\n\r\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\r\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\r\n\r\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\r\n \r\nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\r\n\r\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\r\n \r\nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \r\n\r\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \r\n\r\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\r\n\r\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\r\n\r\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\r\n\r\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\r\n \r\nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\r\n\r\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\r\n\r\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\r\n\r\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \r\n\r\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\r\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\r\n\r\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\r\n\r\nThis is about Matt.\r\n\r\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\r\n\r\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\r\n\r\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\r\n\r\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\r\n \r\nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \r\n\r\nAmen, sister, Amen\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\r\n\r\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. And it has been worth every penny…\r\n\r\nFacebook= Van Easton\r\nTwitter= Tedheadone\r\n','the top 10 . . . ever',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6198-revision-2','','','2010-12-22 06:47:53','2010-12-22 11:47:53','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/22/6198-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(6201,1,'2010-12-22 06:51:52','2010-12-22 11:51:52','','van',0,'','inherit','open','open','','van','','','2010-12-22 06:51:52','2010-12-22 11:51:52','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/van.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6202,1,'2010-12-22 06:47:58','2010-12-22 11:47:58','Ahh…it’s an impossible request Mojo has made. “Would I be willing to pull together my Top Ten shows all time?” I mean, I narrowed it down to 25 fairly easily, but after that it’s push’n’pull, a tug of war. Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\r\n\r\nE<em>ditors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, without further ado,  Happy Holidays and enjoy the read.</em>\r\n\r\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\r\n\r\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\r\n\r\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \r\nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\r\n\r\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\r\n\r\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\r\n\r\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\r\n\r\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\r\n\r\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\r\n\r\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\r\n\r\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\r\n\r\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\r\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\r\n\r\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\r\n\r\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \r\n\r\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\r\n\r\nEncore \r\n\r\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\r\n\r\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\r\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\r\n\r\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\r\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\r\n\r\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\r\n\r\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\r\n\r\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\r\n\r\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\r\n\r\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\r\n\r\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\r\n\r\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\r\n\r\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\r\n\r\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\r\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \r\n\r\nFrom jambase:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\r\n\r\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\r\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\r\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \r\n\r\nOver Again\r\nMeantime\r\nStop the Bus\r\nBig white Gate\r\nEvery Mile- Delta\r\n\r\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\r\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\r\n\r\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Big White Gate. \r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\r\n\r\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\r\n\r\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\r\n\r\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\r\n\r\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\r\n\r\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\r\n\r\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\r\n\r\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\r\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\r\n\r\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\r\n\r\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\r\n\r\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\r\n\r\nRide: On from jump street\r\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\r\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\r\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\r\n Low Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\r\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\r\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\r\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her homefield\r\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\r\n\r\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\r\n\r\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\r\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\r\n\r\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \r\n\r\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \r\n\r\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\r\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\r\n\r\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \r\n\r\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\r\n\r\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\r\n\r\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\r\n\r\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\r\n\r\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\r\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\r\n\r\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\r\n\r\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\r\n\r\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\r\n\r\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\r\n\r\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\r\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\r\n\r\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\r\n\r\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\r\n\r\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\r\n\r\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\r\n\r\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \r\nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\r\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\r\n\r\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\r\n\r\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\r\n\r\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \r\n\r\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\r\n\r\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\r\n \r\nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\r\n\r\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\r\n\r\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\r\n\r\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight:\r\n\r\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\r\n\r\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \r\n\r\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\r\n\r\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\r\n\r\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\r\n\r\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\r\n\r\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\r\n\r\nSet List\r\n\r\nAin’t No Time    6 string\r\nMeantime              “\r\nStop The Bus      piano\r\nRagged                   “\r\nGo Down Low       “\r\nGolden                12 string\r\nAngel>BWG      piano\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\r\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\r\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\r\nFallin                         “\r\nLose Some Time  12 string\r\nParis                     6 string, Matt\r\nDelta                       “             “\r\n//////////////////////////////////\r\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\r\nApologies              piano\r\nMystery Train        6 string\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\r\n\r\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\r\n\r\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\r\n\r\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\r\n\r\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\r\n\r\nAnd before we know it, Doug is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Doug!!\r\n\r\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\r\n\r\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\r\n\r\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\r\n\r\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\r\n\r\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\r\n\r\nIntermission\r\n\r\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\r\n\r\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Doug had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\r\n\r\nBe My Husband\r\n\r\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\r\n\r\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\r\n////////////////////\r\nEncore\r\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\r\n\r\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\r\n \r\nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\r\n\r\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\r\n \r\nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\r\n\r\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\r\n\r\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\r\n\r\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\r\n\r\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\r\n\r\nSET TWO:\r\n\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\r\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\r\nLow Rider    WAR  \r\nSlow Ride    Foghat\r\nMystery Train\r\nGetting in Tune   The Who\r\nFarmer John     Neil Young\r\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\r\n////////////////////\r\nNBTW\r\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\r\n\r\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\r\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\r\n\r\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\r\n \r\nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\r\n\r\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\r\n \r\nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \r\n\r\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \r\n\r\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\r\n\r\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\r\n\r\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\r\n\r\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\r\n \r\nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\r\n\r\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\r\n\r\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\r\n\r\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \r\n\r\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\r\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\r\n\r\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\r\n\r\nThis is about Matt.\r\n\r\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\r\n\r\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\r\n\r\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\r\n\r\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\r\n \r\nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \r\n\r\nAmen, sister, Amen\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\r\n\r\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. And it has been worth every penny…\r\n\r\nFacebook= Van Easton\r\nTwitter= Tedheadone\r\n','the top 10 . . . ever',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6198-revision-3','','','2010-12-22 06:47:58','2010-12-22 11:47:58','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/22/6198-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(6203,1,'2010-12-22 06:53:58','2010-12-22 11:53:58','Ahh…it’s an impossible request Mojo has made. “Would I be willing to pull together my Top Ten shows all time?” I mean, I narrowed it down to 25 fairly easily, but after that it’s push’n’pull, a tug of war. Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\r\n\r\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\r\n\r\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\r\n\r\n<em>Editors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, without further ado,  Happy Holidays and enjoy the read. One more thing - Van, thanks. Without your insight and input the ride here would have been much less enjoyable.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \r\nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\r\n\r\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\r\n\r\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\r\n\r\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\r\n\r\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\r\n\r\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\r\n\r\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\r\n\r\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\r\n\r\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\r\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\r\n\r\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\r\n\r\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \r\n\r\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\r\n\r\nEncore \r\n\r\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\r\n\r\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\r\n\r\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\r\n\r\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\r\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\r\n\r\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\r\n\r\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\r\n\r\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\r\n\r\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\r\n\r\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\r\n\r\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\r\n\r\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\r\n\r\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\r\n\r\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\r\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \r\n\r\nFrom jambase:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\r\n\r\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\r\n\r\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\r\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \r\n\r\nOver Again\r\nMeantime\r\nStop the Bus\r\nBig white Gate\r\nEvery Mile- Delta\r\n\r\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\r\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\r\n\r\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Big White Gate. \r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\r\n\r\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\r\n\r\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\r\n\r\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\r\n\r\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\r\n\r\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\r\n\r\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\r\n\r\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\r\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\r\n\r\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\r\n\r\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\r\n\r\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\r\n\r\nRide: On from jump street\r\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\r\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\r\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\r\nLow Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\r\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\r\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\r\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her home field\r\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\r\n\r\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\r\n\r\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\r\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\r\n\r\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \r\n\r\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \r\n\r\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\r\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\r\n\r\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \r\n\r\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\r\n\r\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\r\n\r\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\r\n\r\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\r\n\r\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\r\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\r\n\r\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\r\n\r\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\r\n\r\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\r\n\r\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\r\n\r\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\r\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\r\n\r\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\r\n\r\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\r\n\r\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\r\n\r\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\r\n\r\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \r\nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\r\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\r\n\r\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\r\n\r\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\r\n\r\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \r\n\r\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\r\n\r\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\r\n \r\nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\r\n\r\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\r\n\r\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\r\n\r\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight:\r\n\r\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\r\n\r\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \r\n\r\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\r\n\r\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\r\n\r\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\r\n\r\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\r\n\r\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\r\n\r\nSet List\r\n\r\nAin’t No Time    6 string\r\nMeantime              “\r\nStop The Bus      piano\r\nRagged                   “\r\nGo Down Low       “\r\nGolden                12 string\r\nAngel>BWG      piano\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\r\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\r\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\r\nFallin                         “\r\nLose Some Time  12 string\r\nParis                     6 string, Matt\r\nDelta                       “             “\r\n//////////////////////////////////\r\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\r\nApologies              piano\r\nMystery Train        6 string\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\r\n\r\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\r\n\r\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\r\n\r\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/van-300x215.png\" alt=\"van\" title=\"van\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6201\" />\r\n\r\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\r\n\r\nAnd before we know it, Doug is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Doug!!\r\n\r\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\r\n\r\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\r\n\r\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\r\n\r\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\r\n\r\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\r\n\r\nIntermission\r\n\r\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\r\n\r\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Doug had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\r\n\r\nBe My Husband\r\n\r\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\r\n\r\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\r\n////////////////////\r\nEncore\r\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\r\n\r\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\r\n \r\nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\r\n\r\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\r\n \r\nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\r\n\r\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\r\n\r\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\r\n\r\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\r\n\r\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\r\n\r\nSET TWO:\r\n\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\r\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\r\nLow Rider    WAR  \r\nSlow Ride    Foghat\r\nMystery Train\r\nGetting in Tune   The Who\r\nFarmer John     Neil Young\r\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\r\n////////////////////\r\nNBTW\r\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\r\n\r\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\r\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\r\n\r\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\r\n \r\nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\r\n\r\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\r\n \r\nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \r\n\r\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \r\n\r\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\r\n\r\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\r\n\r\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\r\n\r\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\r\n \r\nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\r\n\r\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\r\n\r\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\r\n\r\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \r\n\r\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\r\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\r\n\r\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\r\n\r\nThis is about Matt.\r\n\r\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\r\n\r\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\r\n\r\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\r\n\r\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\r\n \r\nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \r\n\r\nAmen, sister, Amen\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\r\n\r\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. And it has been worth every penny…\r\n\r\nFacebook= Van Easton\r\nTwitter= Tedheadone\r\n','the top 12 grace potter and the nocturnals shows . . . ever',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6198-revision-4','','','2010-12-22 06:53:58','2010-12-22 11:53:58','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/22/6198-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(6204,1,'2010-12-22 09:25:27','2010-12-22 14:25:27','','NYE2007',0,'','inherit','open','open','','nye2007','','','2010-12-22 09:25:27','2010-12-22 14:25:27','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/NYE2007.jpeg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6205,1,'2010-12-22 09:26:39','2010-12-22 14:26:39','','allen',0,'','inherit','open','open','','allen','','','2010-12-22 09:26:39','2010-12-22 14:26:39','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/allen.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6206,1,'2010-12-22 06:55:14','2010-12-22 11:55:14','Ahh…it’s an impossible request Mojo has made. “<strong>Would I be willing to pull together my Top Ten shows all time?</strong>” I mean, I narrowed it down to 25 fairly easily, but after that it’s push’n’pull, a tug of war. Seriously , how can I leave one out at this point…there are 25 there for a reason. This is gonna be way harder than I thought.\r\n\r\nAnd what constitutes a best show for me is the sum of the parts, perhaps not just the music from the stage, but the experience as a whole.  Better labeled Top Ten Memorable Shows. I think I’ll make it the Dirty Dozen. And while there are a lot of personal moments, those stay personal…\r\n\r\nWhat you will find below are some comments of mine, but mostly pieces of my write-ups, culled from the archive. I am so honored and flattered that Linda, Jan, Mallory and Joester took the time to painstakingly go back, post by post, and copy all my old write ups to be transferred over to the new website, feeling that they were a necessary and vital part of the bands’ history. Thank you so very much!\r\n\r\n<em>Editors Note: While I was compiling a Top 3 list for 2010 I thought to myself - who better to ask for a \"Top\" list than the guy who\'s been there more than any of us have. So, without further ado,  Happy Holidays and enjoy the read. One more thing - Van, thanks. Without your insight and input the ride here would have been much less enjoyable.</em>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<strong>#12 - May 9, 2007 \r\nThe Troubadour -Los Angeles, CA </strong>\r\n\r\nThis was the official “This is Somewhere” release gig, the first time at the Troubadour, for both the band and myself, as well as the premiere of “Paris”\r\n\r\nOkay, I checked it out...36 hours door to door..5210 miles with American Airlines… a 7:40 Am flight Wednesday. 7:15 AM flight home Thursday. And I’m a witness to a big night in GPN history.\r\n\r\nI won’t bore you with details of my day (because I just spent an hour writing it all up, but there is some special key stroke combination on EZboard that magically ERASES the whole friggin thing..beware!) Suffice it to say that I checked out Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Rodeo Drive (not one, but two Bentley Coupes) Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drives , Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Old Topanga Canyon Dr, and surfers at Malibu. WHEW!\r\n\r\nThe Troubadour is about 100 yards outside the city limits of Beverly Hills. I plan to kinda blend in, slip in, and pop up at the edge of the stage. Santa Monica Blvd in front of the club is three lanes, a planted center island and two more lanes. I cross the first two and BUSTED.. I see Jen jumping up and down on the sidewalk and she darts out through three lanes, stopping traffic, to give me a big hug right in the middle of the road. That is what I call a welcome to L.A.!\r\n\r\nOn the sidewalk with Jen I get a chance to say hello to manager Justin, web czar Nate, and booking agent Hank. Ive met Justin and Hank before in Boston at The Paradise. Jen and Justin get back to the business at hand, managing the lists, and I wander off to see if there is a place for a quick bite, to no avail.\r\n\r\nReturning, the box office is open and I buy a ticket and head into this storied venue which sits directly on the sidewalk.. Inside the doors there is a small vestibule area, and a doorway on the left that leads to a small bar area, perhaps 4-6 tables and 6-8 bar stools. Picture windows to the street, and behind the bar into the back room. Walking into the back room, the stage is on the right side of a narrow room. Across the room is a rectangular bar recessed back under a small 4 row balcony that sits above it. Also under the balcony, is a small grill area, where I mercifully grab a sandwich and coke Getting off a bar stool and walking across to the stage, it is a mere 6 paces- perhaps 20 feet deep- and no more then 50 feet wide. Obviously, not a bad spot in the house. I see producer Mike Daly, and say hello. He remembers me from an earlier visit and is very friendly To the right of the stage, a staircase goes up to a narrow perch, where maybe 15 people watch the show. Behind this perch is a room that held many early arrivals on the guest list. I think this show is almost like a private party for the industry types and friends, with some tickets sold. My plebian mind assumes everyone in this room is eating lobster and sipping champagne. I could be wrong\r\n\r\nThe room is all wood…nice, dry, dark combustible wood. Place seems almost like a chalet. And they say the fire danger is huge right now in LA. Nearby, firefighters have contained an 800 acre fire in the 4200 acre Griffith Park, This park was a Christmas Day gift in 1896 to the city of LA from a gold speculator named Griffith Jenkins Griffith. I wonder if his homies called him Griff-Griff. Saved from the flames was the hilltop observatory, as well as the vintage Merry Go Round. Looking around the club, if flames ever reached this place I think it wouldn’t burn, it would just explode. Los Angelinos better have a healthy fear of fire. The normal fire season starts in October, but it is 5 months early this year. LAFD is talking about just stationing fire trucks out in the hills. Pre-deployment they call it. I would be VERY nervous living in one of the beautiful canyons or up a hill…. And Catalina Island, 26 miles across the sea, is on fire as I write this. I digress I hope you appreciate a little local flavor\r\n\r\nThe other side of the stage has a staircase that goes straight up to the green room. Scheduled for 8:30, the crowd files down and fills the floor about 8:50. I have been at stage edge for about 30+ minutes, since a familiar looking, pretty blonde and her husband grab center stage. No dummy me, I take my place next to FLPB at the corner of the B-3.\r\nThe band takes the stage. Grace is wearing boots, tight jeans, and a backless (and semi-frontless) printed, semi-shear, V to the waist, gotta have that J Lo tape, top. Ladies, you know what I mean. Gents, your loss.. The guys are wearing, well, jeans and a t shirt.\r\n\r\nThe show is short, but sweet. Stop THE Bus is a nice kickoff before likely single Ah, Mary. And Grace is up to her old tricks. She is pretty young to have old tricks, but tossing in a brand new unrecorded song before the new CD release is exactly what I would expect. I bet more new songs hit the setlist before the current new songs make it to the light of day. If I was From Paris is a bouncy, saucy number with a chorus of I would go Ooh La La The band looked like they were having a lot of fun playing it.\r\n\r\nDuring the show, Bryan pulled a camera out his pocket. {If Mae West were alive today-Hey is that a zoom lens in your pocket , or are you just glad to see me) While Bryan takes a few pics of the crowd, Grace says “Smile, you know you love it. That’s why you fuckers live out here”  \r\n\r\nApologies receives an extended ovation tonight, as do Big White Gate (announced as written as her Grandmother was ill, and knowing that someday it would close the next CD) If I Was from Paris, and closer NBTW.\r\n\r\nEncore \r\n\r\nAfter the show, a woman approaches me due to the Vermont T shirt I am wearing. She went to college with Graces parents, and her son went to high school with Scott. And the two girls with her are recent grads of Boston’s Emerson College. They were dancin’ away in front of the B-3 during the show. A man approaches us and asks if we know who the two little girls were. {Sidebar. Justin’s kids get a HEAVY dose of GPN for sure. Aged maybe 4 and 6, they stood at the side of the stage and sang every word of every song except for the new one. There is a LOT of dancin’ around the Goldberg house to GPN, I am certain} When I suggest to the gentleman that they are Justin Greenbergs kids, he corrects me to Goldberg. When I mistakenly try to restate Greenberg he says, “Nope, its Goldberg- and I should know, I’m the head of the label”\r\n\r\nI extend my hand hand and introduce myself! I tell him I have flown out from Boston for the show and he says remember Bob.Cavhalo@disney.com and send me your stuff. I have no idea what he means but I take it as some kind of compliment!!\r\n\r\nI’m beat. My plan was to hang, and then head to the airport and then decide if I was going to sleep in the front or the back seat. But I need a bed, and an AM hot shower so I speak briefly with each of the band and head to find Grace. Walking right by her as she chats with the Emerson girls, she grabs me for a big hug. I can’t tell who is more pleased to see who. She lets me go when I tell her Ill be at The Iron Horse next week.\r\n\r\nAnd I walk out of The Troubadour with a smile on my face, like a million other music fans over the last 50 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#11 - February 18, 2006\r\nThe Paradise, Boston, Ma</strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of those nights when you know the band has turned a corner, taken another step. After many visits to The Paradise, opening for other bands, tonight is the first time they top the bill….and sell it out to boot!\r\n\r\nThe venerable Paradise on Commonwealth Ave in Boston was SOLD OUT last night for Grace and the boys first headline gig there. The sell out happened about 15 minutes after doors opened, and as I entered I heard two different groups, disappointed, saying they had driven from Falmouth (on Cape Cod) and New Hampshire.\r\n\r\nIt caught me off guard, because I was without ticket myself. I had bought 20 tickets to spread the word, and one son and his girlfriend were LATE (1 PM SAT) responders, and so instead of having one extra, I was short one. (Good news, 18 of the 20 were virgins-word spreading mission accomplished).\r\n\r\nAs I waited inside near the empty merch table for people to show up, a woman looked at me and said \"anybody need an extra?\" and I accepted and she gave it to me and started to walk away. I grabbed her shoulder and asked her \"Don\'t you want any money?\" No, it\'s cool, she said and started to walk away again. I grabbed her shoulder again and said \" thanks, you gotta hear this. I bought 20 tickets and gave most of them away, and I didn\'t even have one for myself. This is KARMA!!. MY NAME IS EARL !!\" She had a good laugh and wandered into the club.\r\n\r\nI missed most of the opener, but caught the last three songs by Will Dailey and the rivals. His final song? Nothing other then John Lennon\'s \"Instant KARMA\" !!   I\'m getting’ goosebumps...\r\n\r\nGrace took the stage close to 10:30 to deliver an ambitious set that ran WELL over two hours. There were several songs that she introduced as new. Some of them are new in the sense of not on a CD, and some of them were new in the sense of one day old. \"Skinny Woman\" was brand new, played on a guitar I hadn\'t seen before with the \"fuzzy strap I just love\" said Grace, and played with a glass slide- first time she said she had ever performed slide as well. Four songs were first timers for me. One of the things I love about them, always seem to be new material mixed in and different versions or opens, witness Bryan\'s standup solo to open up \"Toothbrush\"\r\n\r\nScott is indeed clean shaven ( Jen likes the beard better) and was rippin’ it up all night. Matt cranked enough that after the show he had his left hand wrapped with some ice- from hittin’ the cymbal so hard with his open hand. And Bryan took some more good-natured ribbing from Grace about drinking and the ladies. (He \'lost time\") and responded with rock solid work taking care of the bottom line, actually mounting one of the speakers before leaping back on to the stage. He needed a spotlight!!\r\n\r\nGrace\'s mom Peggy was testifyin’ on my right, right down front and uber-fan Kelly (down from Burlington, VT) was spotted just behind her.\r\n\r\nGrace encored with a WILD version of Gumbo Moon which she opened with the first several lines of The Animals 1965 \"House of the Rising Sun\" Like I said, great example of why I love this girl. Some of my friends would have been delighted by the complete version of this, but then they never would have heard Grace Gumbo-size a song and ask \"Can you take me little higher?” !!!!!\r\n\r\nFinal song, with a story as she got tuned up and connected, lamented the need to travel in vehicles without a bathroom, and how natures call sometimes get answered with a can, and well, you know bumpy it can get on the road...the aptly titled ummm, errr, lets see, ahem, \"Piss on Your Hand\" Hey, I just report the news!\r\n\r\nGreat night, a long night indeed, no break like the set list contemplated. I hung around for a bit after, and my sons and girlfriends got a chance to meet all but Matt, and Grace was really enjoying the back stage scene. She said to me, \"Van, this is like my first VIP scene\" because all the peeps that were squished into the Paradise tiny back stage hallway and lounge. It was 1:45 in the morning when we stepped out into the cold Boston night, warmed by Grace Potter and The Nocturnals...\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#10 - October 20, 2005\r\nLandmark College, Putney VT.  </strong>\r\n\r\nThis show was one of seven in the “Ben & Jerry’s Bringing It All Back Home” tour to celebrate the bands return after a cross country tour in the van. \r\n\r\nFrom jambase:\r\n\r\n<blockquote>{Seven venues were hand-selected by the band to celebrate their return to Vermont. The tour inaugurates with a two-night stand in Burlington and finishes, almost literally, at the band’s front door in Waitsfield. The tour takes them from rowdy ballroom to intimate recital hall, from performing arts center to a 150 year old converted church, from one corner of the state to the other.\r\n\r\n“We love Vermont and we love the support its communities have given us. We wouldn’t be here today without that. We wanted to design a tour that covered the state geographically, but more importantly, made stops in some of our favorite towns. We’re looking forward to this series of hometown shows, each of which will be uniquely different and host some fun surprises, before we head back out on the road again,” says 21 year old Potter.}</blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt was my third show, and I wanted my friend Lance to experience. We got in the car headed NorthWest.  Lost for a bit on a dirt road, accompanied by deer, we finally found the venue. While not late, we were in the last row for the show. Landmark is a college for students with AD/HD and other learning issues, is small, and so is the auditorium. Sold out, and a great show, highlighted by my first time with “Falling or Flying”.  The audience was silent, giving room for Grace to let this song soar.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, the crowd thinned and we approached the merch table, where I was greeted with a big “Hi Van!” from merch girl  Zoom-Zoom. “I’ve got your shirt for you” I had spoken with her at the 2 prior shows, and loved the warm greeting. (Zoom has since graduated from law school!...)  Lance and I both loaded up with shirts and CD’s (one of them was a hand-made copy of NBTW). There was no one left in the lobby but us three and Jen when Matt came out. He came right to us to say hello. And as we were standing there talking, he looked down and noticed our merch laden arms and while looking at them, just said “Hey, thanks a lot!”\r\n\r\nWe wandered into the hall to try and find Grace to sign. I will never forget what we saw. The stage had been completely cleared of all gear,  and we walked down to the edge of the stage.  Grace was sitting on the stage cross-legged, talking at length with two Landmark students. When she finished with them, she turned to Lance and I with that brilliant smile,  explaining she was on voice rest, barely whispering. I think we all whispered our conversation for several minutes. This moment. I recognize, was the very moment that she lassoed my musical heart.\r\n\r\n<strong>#9  July 27, 2007 - WBOS Summer Series\r\nCopley Place Boston.</strong>\r\n\r\nThis was a 5 PM show in the park bordered by Trinity Church, Copley Plaza Hotel and the Boston Public Library. My friend Larry joined me for this show, seated on the ground in front of the stage. It was hot and sticky humid. The final 6 songs of this 9 song free show were just absolutely scorchin’. Starting with a screamin’ version of “Over Again” and ending with “that song not named in polite company” with only a slight pause to catch your breath with BWG, I honest-to-God, cross my heart and hope to die, seriously was worried that one or all of the band would suffer from spontaneous combustion. It felt like that moment in “Back To The Future” when Michael J Fox as Marty McFly is rippin’ Johnny B. Goode and gets into a guitar solo that has the whole dance floor stopped, slack-jawed, wondering who the hell this alien is. It felt exactly like that to me at that moment. \r\n\r\nOver Again\r\nMeantime\r\nStop the Bus\r\nBig white Gate\r\nEvery Mile- Delta\r\n\r\n<strong>#8 - September 8, 2007\r\nPearl Street  Northampton, Ma.</strong>\r\n\r\nClose to my heart, I got a nod from Grace on the intro and outro to Big White Gate. \r\n\r\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/dPMXMCmdOvo\" frameborder=\"0\"></iframe>\r\n\r\nHere are a few pieces of what I wrote that night:\r\n\r\nTurned loose from the shackles of the current, constrained, six song set list opening for Gov\'t Mule, GPN turned out, turned on, and turned up, for a memorable two hour powerhouse of a set last night in the old barn, the Pearl St ballroom.\r\n\r\nLike a balloon on a long string- cut- the sky was the limit in a night that featured a new song, new wrinkles, new twists, and new fans. Pearl St is the step up, capacity wise, in NoHo from The Iron Horse. I love that place, but the band is a bigger sound for a bigger room, and bigger crowds- tonight about 350 fans paid $12.50, getting big bang for the bucks.\r\n\r\nBut first, a word about Scott. Speechless. There. That\'s the word. I am running out of superlatives. The new Tele he introduced last night is one lucky guitar. This guitar will go around the world, thrilling celebrities, royalty, and you and me. Imagine the poor Telecaster that still hangs on the wall of that store today. A void on the wall next to it, where Scott\'s new buddy used to hang. Lonely. It might go home with some hacker that rarely picks it up.\r\n\r\nAin\'t No Time: Grace nailed lyric \"Purple mountains majesty\'s turned all black and blue\". We spoke later at The Basement, a tiny club where opener Amity Front went to play . I said to her, \"wow, the lyrics PMMTABB were, like\" and at the same time we both just reached our hands up to the sky to demonstrate where she took this line. We\'re on the same wavelength. She said, \"yea, I realized that I just wasn\'t giving that the emotion that it needed\" Grace, (like I have said here before), that is the megaton lyric of the album\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: what can I say, a special song, I felt the love.\r\n\r\nYou Don\'t Know: Grace movin/groovin. At the end, just when you thought it was over, Matt with a \"one more time\" or, if I could paraphrase..\"This song ain\'t over till I say its over!\" And he kept it going, with that great grin, for another 20-30 seconds\r\n\r\nNBTW: Grace had her guitar, put down the tambourine, and gave an electric intro (NBTW I). Definite first...The looks on the Nocs faces were great- \"Whoa! Let’s see where THIS goes!\"\r\n\r\n<strong>#7 - December 13th, 2009\r\nThe Fillmore  San Francisco.</strong>\r\n\r\nGPN’s first headline, and my first visit, to this legendary venue.\r\n\r\nThis is the first show to get a real, pro style video shot, multiple cameras, and, well, find a copy of this DVD to get the live show vibe!\r\n\r\nAnd not too long after 9 PM The Nocs strolled out and started into Ride before being joined by Grace on tambourine. This scorcher served notice to the SF crowd what they were in for this evening. Grace was in her element, playing for the vid, and letting’ it rip. As did they all. Great lighting, with even some green laser.\r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight (is the whole set): Great sound mix, Cat prominent, Benny not as much. I found myself having to listen hard to pick him up\r\n\r\nRide: On from jump street\r\nJoey: Only the hardcore would notice the word “Oh”, added softly by Grace. Scott monstrous.\r\nOasis: Such beautiful combined guitar work, but Cat just might own this song.\r\n2:22 Grace squeals, Scott nails\r\nLow Road: before the song, a crew dedication.. Last night of the tour, and she brings Justin Jr out for some love, which he accepts by putting his head on her shoulder. Ben comes out for a hug. At the end of the song, Grace has her head down, and while not tearing up, seems quite emotional.\r\nParis: Flying V fails, “I don’t need this thing, I hardly know how to play it.”\r\nWatching You:  Smoky open, smoky middle. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.\r\nWhite Rabbit: From one Grace to another..on her home field\r\nNBTW: At end, Grace motioned for band to take one more lap, so she could come off the B3 to the mic and deliver the line with force.  And Matt closed with a 15 beat!\r\n\r\nI had a chance to do a little exploring  post show, and the posters were amazing. Felt, truly, that I had completed a pilgrimage to a very special place in American musical history, a hall that counts only a handful among its’ peers, such as The Troubador, Whisky a Go Go, The Bottom Line, CBGB, Max’s Kansas City, with a shout out to my homefield, The Paradise.\r\n\r\n<strong>#6 - June 27, 2008\r\nSkowhegan, Maine.</strong>\r\n\r\nIt seems to me to be in the middle of nowhere. An auditorium on the second floor of the Town Hall, with  Police station below. Newly refinished wood floors, and white-washed walls. And about 90 degrees. This show was broadcast live on Maine Public Radio. And at the end of the show, EVERYBODY noted that it was the best sound of any show we had been to. Peeps that listened to it real time on the web said the same thing. And luckily, we have an official release of the show. Just this very morning, a friend approached me and asked me about getting some live music burned for him. I will give him a copy of “Live at Skowhegan” That will have to do until the next record….\r\n\r\nCongrats to Mark for delivering the cleanest sound that I can recall. Standing right at the oak bannister in front of the Rhodes, every note, every drum beat, everything was crystal clear. Not too loud, no ear plugs required, I frequently closed my eyes with a smile on my face as music just ran smoothly all around my head. Just the best sound! \r\n\r\nDuring the show, Grace warmly thanked the Town for the wonderful gift basket left for them, and for the Police Officers to flirt with. She also noted how warm it was, and that \"We\'re all sweaty it and kinda brings it together. we all got body odor tonight, so just let it go\" to laughter from the crowd. \r\n\r\n<strong>#5 -March 28, 2006\r\nThe Parish @ House of Blues  New Orleans  </strong>\r\n\r\nGumbo Moon only gets played for the first time in New Orleans once. That was my reason to go. But I decided I wanted to head over next day to Waveland & Bay St Louis in Mississippi to witness Katrina’s after effects. \r\n\r\n25 people in the crowd for this show…\r\n\r\nThere are moments and then there are MOMENTS..\r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS happen by chance.  \r\n\r\nSome MOMENTS are thrust upon us.\r\n\r\nAnd some MOMENTS can be forecast. Like the first time Grace sings \"Gumbo Moon\" in New Orleans. I decided that was a MOMENT I wanted to see, along with about 24 others...\r\n\r\nI told friends I wanted to see 2 powerhouses.. Grace and Katrina. Grace was great; Katrina was evil and kicked ass.\r\n\r\nI decided to head first to the Fairground, where JazzFest is held. I was there in 2004 to see Susan Tedeschi and Joss Stone. The area was hard hit, trash filled the sidewalks and gutters, and water lines 3-4 feet high surrounded every home.\r\nBlue tarps on roofs a common sight.\r\n\r\nAs I headed south towards the French Quarter, there were no stores open, and none of the traffic signals worked. Stop signs, placed on little easels about 3 feet high, were the sole traffic controls in place.\r\n\r\nI walk the 10 blocks down to HOB for the 7 PM doors and discover it is 8 PM with a 10:15 time for GPTN, so I walk back to my room to chill for while and then return later, have dinner next door, and then enter the Parish while the opener performs for a crowd of about 10. Jen freaks out when I appear at the merch table and we catch up on the Colorado swing.\r\n\r\nI was sitting in a plush chair at the back of the club when the band came out. Heading forward, I joined 24 others as Grace opened with \"Nothing But The Water\" Oddly, the crowd did not press to the edge of the stage but hung about 10 feet back. Highlights of the evening included \"Treat Me Right\", Lovers Lost and Found\", and \"Ticket to The Show\" with Bryan featured. Also a highlight was Grace\'s between songs comments. Particularly poignant was her intro to closer \"Gumbo Moon\" She said she had written it when she was 16 years old, dreaming about it during cold winter nights in The Mad River Valley, and what an honor and thrill it was to finally perform in New Orleans. Now that was a MOMENT.\r\n\r\nThe small crowd coaxed \'em back out for an encore, and Grace wondered if they should do the \"potty song\", delivering \"Piss on You Hand\" to great delight.\r\n\r\nAfter the show, breaking down, the band had a chance to speak with several in the crowd. Grace came out and after a few minutes yelled \"\"Hey, is that Van the Man?\" and came and gave me a big hug. While talking a woman approached and wanted grace to sign her....ummm, er....ahem.... boob. Grace laughed, agreed, and I ran to get my camera. The whole band signed \"Princess Bodani\'s\" breasts and I got a great pic of them all with what shall henceforth, and forevermore, be known as a mammograph, and shall one day come to be listed in Websters thusly:\r\n\r\nmammograph: mamm.o.graf noun\r\na breast with an autograph, entered usage 2006\r\n\r\nNot everyday I get to make up a new word!!\r\n\r\n(Insert your own joke here. I suspect it will have something to do with a penograph......)\r\n\r\n Encouraged to consider heading over to Jacksonville for their opener for Robert Cray, I was up after about 5 hours and found a library with web access in The Garden District. Adding it all up, the cost of a one way car and one way flight etc, etc, it was gonna be $500+ which I decided would be best put to use for future exploits and MOMENTS.\r\n\r\nI decided to stick with my original plan, which was to head to Gulfport/Biloxi area for the day try to grasp Katrina\'s wrath.\r\n\r\nBut not until after a few Bourbon street bars were closed down….\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>#4 The Solo Shows. \r\nOctober 4th, 2008  Tamarack Grille, Burke Mountain VT\r\nJuly 10, 2009  Bennington College, Bennington VT.\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nThe only solo shows Grace has done in the last 7 years, Matt has accompanied her on drums\r\n\r\nHere’s my Tamarack comments:\r\n\r\nI love a Fall day like this. Get in the car, transfer some wealth to the Middle East, head through and to beautiful country. Burke Mt is a straight shot up RT 93 from the Boston area, and I hit the road at 3 PM for the 195 mile trip north.\r\n\r\nI have forgotten how beautiful the drive is through Franconia Notch. Cannon Mountain appears on the left, a shear rock face, with eons worth of rockslides spreading out below it. The ski slopes fall right down to the base, as, above, the aerial tram whisks sightseers to the summit. Echo Lake at its feet completes this fantastic scene. I wonder if this is the only place in the US where the Interstate is permanently reduced to one lane each way for over a mile?  \r\n\r\nAnd watch out, folks. The summit of Lafayette, across from Cannon, is snow covered…and it’s not even peak foliage yet. But the hills, valleys and mountainsides are well along to the riot of color Autumn brings to New England. And, speaking of New England, go pick some apples, and break out the Cabot’s Cheese to go with it!!  May I suggest the Extra Sharp Cheddar?\r\n\r\nPulling into the parking lot approaching 6:30, John is right behind me. Seems like a lot of cars at this time…The occupants of the car next to me alight. They are the vision of the beauty of youth…perhaps 21, wearing an olive green suit, he offers his arm to her and they stroll towards to the stairs up to the Lodge. She, well, let me say, a bolt of raspberry satin cloth could not find a finer place to rest, and when she looks back on pictures of this day 30 years ago, I’m sure she will say “Damn, I looked good”  Stilletto heels and white shawl covered shoulders complete the look.  I don’t have to look back at any pictures..I just say “Damn, I feel underdressed!”  I did not see formal on the ticket anywhere. I mean, we’re in the sticks 40 miles from freakin’ Canada.. I’m happy to follow at a respectful distance  (ahem) right up the steps to the Lodge where they peel off for a wedding reception.  AHA. I am not underdressed at all.\r\n \r\nTables have been removed, and seats are set up, around the stage, in rows. The backdrop for the little 8” high stage is picture windows that during the day look out to the ski slopes. But it’s night and we can’t see them. What we see , instead, is a Steinway baby grand!  That some poor bastard hauled up the stairs! Yikes!!!  And he is sticking around to remove it after the show. Later, the first time Grace sits down to play, she says “One of the biggest honors of the night is they rolled this +$!!!!%%%%$% (HAHA yuku auto editor, she said MOFO)  in for me!”\r\n\r\nThis venue was either the perfect place or the worst place for Grace’s first “solo” show. The late starting time, coupled with an actual start of 9:47 resulted in a sufficiently liquored-up crowd that devolved into people on one side standing up, beer bottles in hand, and yelling at friends on the other side of the room, who returned the gesture. Laidback, it ain’t. But it also meant the quiet moments weren’t as quiet as perhaps most of us would have liked. Hell, the GA crowd at the Wilbur gave Grace silence to explore Apologies and Pain in My Heart.\r\n\r\nBut this was her crowd, Vermont, and they were thrilled to see her. Applause and cheers washed over her after opener Ain’t No Time. She seemed genuinely surprised by the adulation.  After the second song, she said “You know, I don’t do solo shows. (ed. Note…you do, now!) This is rare.” She smiled and added “ I feel like I have a front row seat to see how it goes…Got no backin’ band…naked tonight”\r\n\r\nDebut tonight, of a new cover, a new verse, and a new guitar, a Gibson 12 string. \r\n\r\nHighlights Tonight:\r\n\r\nGo Down Low: Reduced to it’s essence on the Steinway. (ed note I mentally inserted Jens harmony) (I hope) (I wasn\'t actually singing, was I Jan?)\r\n\r\nGolden: Twelve string with pearl inlays, and a “Grace”  nametag on the head, this beauty was premiered on Set 1 highlight My Morning Jacket’s “Golden”. The audios we have of her 2 prior takes on this are just pale projections of a standout, gem of a song.  \r\n\r\nSet 2: Matt joins for several songs on a sparse drum kit. He used a floor tom, on its side, taped to a stack of cafeteria trays to get it to the right height for the pedal, a snare, and two cymbals.\r\n\r\nTonight I’m Gonna Stay with you: Second set opens with Dylan’s 1969 Nashville Skyline cut. Talk about a deep cut chestnut!\r\n\r\nParis: No ka-kaw tonight\r\n\r\nDelta(!): audience provided claps as a background beat for this unexpected rocker that closed the second set.\r\n\r\nAnd Apologies, at the Steinway closed the night on a breathless note after Neil Young’s “out on The weekend”. Except they decided on one more, a rollickin’ harmonica-less Mystery Train.\r\n\r\nSet List\r\n\r\nAin’t No Time    6 string\r\nMeantime              “\r\nStop The Bus      piano\r\nRagged                   “\r\nGo Down Low       “\r\nGolden                12 string\r\nAngel>BWG      piano\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nTonight I’m gonna stay with you   Piano, Matt\r\nToothbrush          Piano,  Matt\r\nAh Mary               6 string, Matt\r\nFallin                         “\r\nLose Some Time  12 string\r\nParis                     6 string, Matt\r\nDelta                       “             “\r\n//////////////////////////////////\r\nOut on The weekend  6 string. Matt\r\nApologies              piano\r\nMystery Train        6 string\r\n\r\n---------------------------\r\n\r\nThe Bennington show was a benefit that Mojo organized for his kids’ school. A night anyone there will never forget. Nobody stumbled into this place, we were there for a reason.\r\n\r\nThe word for the day is GORGEOUS.\r\n\r\nGorgeous day.  Gorgeous drive across Southern Vt. on Rt. 9. Gorgeous campus.  Gorgeous venue. Gorgeous Grace. Gorgeous smile on Matty.\r\n\r\nThe entrance to Bennington is spectacular, thru a gate along a road accompanied by a winding gravel footpath. At the first fork in the road, a show poster directs me to the right, away from the main campus. I am stunned by the beauty, it is like a the entrance ot a Southern Gentleman\'s farm. In fact, at 5:30, there is haying going on in one of the fields, before I see a gorgeous stone home that is now a music building. Continuing on, the Deanne Carrieage House appears on my left. The placement of the barn, the curve in the drive, and the small home on the curve of this drive reminds me of someplace...and it strikes me that it is very similiar in appearance to the Haybarn on Goddard College campus where NBTW was recorded.\r\n\r\nThere are several Posse lounging on the patio and we catch up, before the doors open for a meet and greet.  a crowd gathers around Grace, before she leads the crowd outside for plenty of pics and laughs.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://www.thisissomewhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/van-300x215.png\" alt=\"van\" title=\"van\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6201\" />\r\n\r\n Ben and Justin are getting it all set to go. We nail down our seats for the show, and just settle in with anticipation.\r\n\r\nAnd before we know it, Doug is at the mic making a wonderful introduction...talking about the small 40 student school, of which he chairs the board, and of how this benefit came to pass. And doesn\'t mention it, but was pulled together in just over a month. Nice job, Doug!!\r\n\r\nAnd Grace finally takes the stage tonight, solo, in yellow dress and big smile. And I don\'t think I can do highlights tonight, the whole night was peak. So here is the setlist\r\n\r\nToothbrush and My Table: Solo on piano\r\n\r\nFooling Myself: Written on the fly at a soundcheck when they were out with the Benvenuto Rosso Duo. One of them asked, \"Did you just make that up? You are gonna be FAMOUS\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nAh Mary: solo on guitar\r\n\r\nFalling or Flying: New glissando across the words \"hittin\' gold\"  Grace talked about how having the new members in the band caused a revisit to the older songs, and how Benny and Cat keep saying: \"This is good, we should play this\"   solo on piano\r\n\r\nBig White Gate: Great story about writing this for her grandmother and jazzin up her life for this song. She said her grandmother heard it and said. \"oh, Grace\".  Grace says all her Grandmother really did was play golf and make margaritas....to much laughter.\r\n\r\nOutta My Tree: Calling Matt out, out of order, she moves this song up from the planned play in the second set. Rarely heard oldie.\r\n\r\nTonight\'s The Night: Again, rarely heard\r\n\r\nIntermission\r\n\r\nNBTW   Part 1, solo\r\n\r\nOne Short Night: This song was the first prepared for the new album. \"But it won\'t be on the album, it got leaked on the internet somehow (as she looked at Mojo) but Doug had nothing to do with it. So it\'s a soiled song, tossed out\"\r\n\r\nBe My Husband\r\n\r\nMedicine: On piano with Matt\r\n\r\nColors: This song is a completely different animal!   Solo piano\r\n////////////////////\r\nEncore\r\nI Shall Be Released: solo piano\r\n\r\n<strong>#3  - December 31, 2007  Higher Ground, Burlington VT</strong>\r\n \r\nThis is the first NYE that the band chose a theme for the second set..’70’s night.\r\n\r\nBut the first set was an absolute smoker.  Would have satisfied anyone as a free standing show in its’ own right. But for this fan, it’s extra special. At end of Auld Lang Syne, Grace reached over the Rhodes to clink glasses with me. Then leans further for a big NYE kiss. And after the show, in a quiet voice,  she tells me “You know,  Van, you’re the only one I kissed tonight…\r\n \r\nMatt comes center stage wearing a skyblue T-shirt with palm trees, big shades and tight pink hip hugger bell bottoms. For the sake of his dignity, let\'s call \'em \"coral\". In a southern accent he wonders if we are ready to party. And if we aren\'t, once we see Grace we are....she strolls out with big round sunglasses, in a tight knit low cut striped top over tight peachy bell bottoms. Oh, yea, red curly Afro. Little Orphan Annie goes over to the \'tart\" side. Yowza. Scott looks oh so seventies in a cannabis T-shirt, and Bryan has polyestersized. And managed to shave off his beard in the 9 minute break, leaving what was described post show as a \"70\'s porn star mustache\" or \"butch YMCA cop\". Double yowza.\r\n\r\nGrace leads a countdown, balloons are dropped, she heads to the Rhodes for a version of Auld Lang Syne. And when it’s over, leans over the Rhodes, and picks a fan to plant a big New Years kiss on.   Me. ;)\r\n\r\nAnd joined in by an additional guitarist, and later a sax player who both shall remain nameless, due to my incompetency, launch into a 70\'s dream set.\r\n\r\nHighlight highlight;  During WAR’s “Low Rider” the Fog Fairy parades out holding a sign overhead that says “More Cowbell”  Following him are two comely ladies playing cowbells. The one in the sparkly dress is Grace’s sister Charlotte.\r\n\r\nencore NBTW wowed with 4 way drum solo during which Grace called out the Cowbell Chorus for their own encore in support of the drum solo\r\n\r\nSET TWO:\r\n\r\nAuld Lang Syne\r\nSweet Emotion    Aerosmith\r\nRight Place, Wrong Time  Dr. John, The Night Tripper\r\nLow Rider    WAR  \r\nSlow Ride    Foghat\r\nMystery Train\r\nGetting in Tune   The Who\r\nFarmer John     Neil Young\r\nJet Airliner     Paul Pena, via Steve Miller\r\n////////////////////\r\nNBTW\r\nTuesdays Gone     Skynard\r\n\r\n<strong>#2 - February 21, 2008\r\nThe Allen Room   NYC</strong>\r\n\r\nGreat venue, great sound, great pre-show meal.\r\n \r\nThe room is spectacular, and is hard to do anything but look past the stage at W.59th St as far as the eye can see, along side Central Park. Then leaving the room and returning a few minutes later, the room has been darkened by a floor to ceiling curtain that has been lowered to allow stage lighting to be set during soundcheck. The band breaks with Meantime, and I can sense some concern by the venue over volume. God forbid a few decibles might go hide in a corner so they can jump out and startle  k.d. lang when she shows up in a few days...   Hey, venue-trons!... the room sold out FOR A REASON.\r\n\r\nThe band works on several songs including their newest. I move right in close to catch it. Finally, Grace casts a covetous glance at the Steinway & Sons grand piano, noting it\'s battleship sized. She slides behind the keys and eases into \"Apologies\". Next she does it with Scott\'s plaintive accompaniment., and finally with Matt and Bryan\'s muted rythmn. There is uncertainty about just staying with the B-3, or the other options just rehearsed. This one will be a game time decision. (Here\'s a clue...they made the right decision...)\r\n \r\nWorld\'s Biggest Fishbowl:  which side of the glass is the fish? ..philosophers start debating. \r\n\r\nStartling, enchanting, captivating, entrancing, enthralling, inspiring. Take your pick. Any one of these adjectives works to describe the feeling in the room when the house lights go down. It\'s the view that\'s \"on stage\" until the band enters to command our attention. They take their places, but frequently turn to take a quick glimpse during the show, each time turning back with a smile . It seems that there has been some attention to venue concerns, volume is comfortable, allowing Grace to sing in her sweet spot volume wise, as well. This is room that demands your talent be on display, as the focus- not your energy. And yes, there was a 4 way drum solo, but it\'s musical talent that impresses this sophisticated crowd.  (ed. note: since I was in this crowd, I am now \"sophisticated\". So is The Posse. Tipi, Carrjo, you are also now \"sophisticated\".) \r\n\r\nHighlights tonight:  The absolute clearest and cleanest sound for Scott, ever.\r\n\r\nMastermind: extended Scott strum open. After the song, Grace asks how everyone is.\"some of you look a little tense\" I think this was for venue folks, ha!\r\n\r\nMeantime: Grace adds a squeal\r\n\r\nCan\'t see Through: I love this ballad with harmony\r\n \r\nApologies:  Solo on the Steinway. Grace looks great with a spot on her. Makes her smile even larger seeing her only from the shoulders up. Clear and strong vocals. This was a NY moment. The bistro tables in the front had candles, it just felt like you were in a nightclub. I was caught up in the moment. I know a sigh escaped, because I felt the person next to me turn and look at me.\r\n\r\nOver Again: preceded by solo “Apologies” this is the yin and yan of GPN. Scott nails it, lot of audience smiling, song draws a standing O.\r\n\r\nAllen Room is the Urban Red Rocks: thus spake Sparky Potter, and I take his word for it. He has seen the band in both venues. I loved this day. I seriously expect people on the street to break into song and dance. Rhapsody in Blue runs constantly through my head. And the day ends in the lobby bar of the adjacent Mandarin Oriental Hotel....which is on the 35th floor....\r\n\r\nI Love New York: I do. I realize it\'s the Yankees I hate.... \r\n\r\n<strong>#1 - January 9th, 2010\r\nBearsville, NY The Ramble</strong>\r\n\r\nIn many ways, a culmination of 7 years work, a journey that started with “The Last Waltz”.  After standing in the bitter cold on the steps to Levon’s home, it felt like entering the Inner Sanctum of music.\r\n\r\nThis is about Matt.\r\n\r\nMake no mistake, there could be 100 lead lines to this night, but…. This is about Matt.\r\n\r\nAbout a man who, when he met Grace, sat her down and made her watch The Last Waltz. “This is the kind of band I want with you. You in?” Grace: “ahh, yeah”. And the first time he met Sparky, sat HIM down and made him watch The Last Waltz.\r\n\r\nAnd day of show “I was so nervous, I was pacing all day. I was pacing in the truck during the ride down.”\r\n\r\nAnd who, finally, sat down at the drum set of his idol, in (with apologies to Fenway Park) the “lyrical little bandbox” that is Levon Helm Studio, and knocked one out of the park, delivering the single most impressive performance of his career. The joy and delight on his face was in no way eclipsed by the mega-watt smiles on the face of each Nocturnal, clearing recognizing the culmination of a dream. You know he didn’t want the set to end. Have you ever had a long held, distant dream come true? I have, more then once, and Grace made it happen. And on the plane out to LA a few weeks ago, I sat next to the guitarist for a group that was going to be playing in his hometown of Detroit, in “the theater i always dreamed of playing, with my family there.” And on the ride home, I think of his dream, and my dream, and Matt’s dream coming true, and tears roll down my cheeks. My ride home is like that. 200+ miles, no radio, no CD…. why dilute the absorption of the night I just experienced? I need to reflect. And reflection bring emotions, and emotions bring tears. Happy. Grateful. Awed.\r\n \r\nGrace told the crowd “It is the thrill of a lifetime to be here” \r\n\r\nAmen, sister, Amen\r\n-------------------\r\n\r\nSo there you have it. I am tempted to deliver to you, someday, Moments 13-25.\r\n\r\nRereading all these posts has brought me to the verge several times as I realize how much time, money and emotion I have invested over the years in this band. And it has been worth every penny…\r\n\r\nFacebook= Van Easton\r\nTwitter= Tedheadone\r\n','the top 12 grace potter and the nocturnals shows . . . ever',0,'','inherit','open','open','','6198-revision-5','','','2010-12-22 06:55:14','2010-12-22 11:55:14','',6198,'http://www.thisissomewhere.com/2010/12/22/6198-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),