Paul Baribeau’s Grand Ledge

Adam - I'd love to go to Dia de los Toadies, I just never have time or money it seems like.

Jacob - I highly suggest checking them out, although it certainly doesn't make you any less of a musician for not having heard them yet. I had never heard Weezer's Pinkerton until a couple months ago (more on this in a future post) and I made it okay up till then.

Next album, Paul Baribeau's Grand Ledge.

It’s really amazing how certain albums seem to find you at just the right moments in your life, right when you need them most.  I had just gone through a bad break-up and was moving back home when I first heard this album. And that was apparently what Paul was going through when he wrote this album.

Aside from helping me through tough times, this is just a damn good album.  The DIY scene is still pretty young, but I feel that once it becomes the new “Indie,” this album will be one of the classics.  It just goes to show you that you can make an incredible album with just an acoustic guitar and the right words. And it doesn’t even clock in at 20 minutes!

I was fortunate enough to see Paul play at 1919 Hemphill a little over a year ago (I wanted to play that show so bad!), and it definitely made it into my top ten shows of all time.  If you’ve never known the ecstasy of crowding around one man and his guitar (I was an arms-length away) with 30 of your closest (and sweatiest) friends you’ve never met singing along at the top of your lungs, well, you’re missing out, is all I can say.

I wish I had a picture from that show to put below, but alas…. So here's a picture Sally took of some flamingos at the Ft. Worth Zoo.

Your turn, tell me about a favorite show you’ve been to—the sweat, the bruises, etc.