Wow, Mary and I got blown away last night when we went to Seven Steps Up and their concert venue, Pin Drop Concerts, in Spring Lake, to see an intimate concert in what used to be the Masonic Hall, a venue that has tremendous acoustics.
Peter Asher, a long ago member of the singing duo Peter and Gordon, has joined forces with fellow guitarist Albert Lee, a session musician, solo performer, and a member of the 70s group, Head, Hands, and Feet to deliver a terrific evening of entertainment.
Those of us of a certain age, remember Peter and Gordon from their hit recordings of the 1960s British Invasion. Here are Peter and Gordon in an early appearance performing A World Without Love. Peter Asher is the one on the right wearing the Buddy Holly glasses.This #1 hit for the duo was penned by Sir Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Sadly, his singing partner, Gordon Waller, passed in 2009 @ age 64.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifG6aUUA3a0
Albert and Peter closed their current show with their own version of that song as seen here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeqV2SmmvlM&list=PLD5YqGjjmbQxExaR_vXDFJGgEoWfqJlpx
Included in the show were reminiscences about many of the performers with whom they have worked over the years. Plus. they also performed songs that they find personally appealing such as Green Day's Time of Your Life, as seen in the following clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euvs9Q4i1uo&index=2&list=PLD5YqGjjmbQxExaR_vXDFJGgEoWfqJlpx
They also chose to play James Taylor's mega hit, I'm Your Handyman, among others, with help from the audience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTchUI94uDU
Albert Lee is a guitarist with skills that I can only envy. Here he is with Head, Hands, and Feet, as they played a song entitled Country Boy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjSN6V6CpXM
All clips are courtesy of YouTube™.
Together Asher and Lee walked, played, and sang their way through over 50 years of musical memories. As I said, we got blown away!
Moving on down the road, the northbound run of the train on the RSTL completed the southbound passage from Wednesday. Locomotive #2057 passed by Wednesday @ 10:07 a.m. towing eight CHCs, 11 DBTCs, and six DWTCs. During the day, a single work truck passed through GH @ 10:37 a.m. Yesterday, that same locomotive finally passed by on the RSTL @ 12:50 p.m. towing two CHCs and one DBTC.
Since it rained yesterday morning, I did not have to water. However, I will have to water today since the NWS forecast for today shows only a 10% chance of showers under cloudy skies. Plus, I'll stay on spider patrol to attempt to stem the spider invasion that seems to be quite large this year. Mary can't go outside without risk of being bitten by one of the many spiders that have taken up residence on the PE. I have been bitten too, but they seem to have a lesser effect on me.
Baseball news yesterday was mostly bad.
The Cubs had the day off and they remain in 2nd place in the NL Central with a record of 49 - 45, one game behind the Brewers, The Cubs face the sub .500 Cardinals today @ "The Friendly Confines"
The Tigers, a bad baseball team, fell hard to the KC Royals, 4 - 16 last night. That loss keeps the Tigers firmly in 4th place in the AL Central with a record of 43 - 51. The Tigers visit the Twins tonight @ 8:15 p.m., as they continue their trip to the couch in the post season.
Sadly, as bad as the Tigers played, my beloved Red Sox, a better baseball team, were equally bad. They lost to the woeful Toronto Bluejays, 6 - 8. That loss still finds the Sox in 1st place in the AL East by 2.5 games as they head into a weekend series against the Angels in Anaheim tonight @ 10:07 p.m. C'mon guys, right the ship!
The Caps split a pair with the Beloit Snappers, winning the postponed first game, 6 - 3, but dropping the nightcap 0 - 2. That means the Caps were treading water as they remained in 1st place in the MWL East with an overall record of 19 - 7. The Caps and the Snappers play tonight in Beloit @ 8:00 p.m.
We got up late yesterday, as we had planned, and then repaired to the downstairs of the manse to have a meal of vegan hot dogs and cucumber salad that Mary had prepared the night before. Dinner was baked beans for Mary and a baked potato with all the toppings for me before we headed over to Spring Lake. Plus, we made another batch of our vegan jerky yesterday. It tastes good, but it is a work in progress.
We'll be taking the morning safari today and I'll be doing some indoor chores. I may bake some bread too if the mood is right. I have a small task to perform in the man-cave too, but it can wait. Mary may commandeer her kitchen today so my activities will be based on that eventuality.
Mary took another indexing job yesterday, but that won't be in her home office until mid-September. She still has a catalog index that is already here to complete.
The sun will rise today @ 6:24 a.m. and set @ 9:17 a.m. Ciao.
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