Lancefest 2005 w/ Bob Schneider and Sheryl Crow
On Sunday we had a mighty fun day. Lance Armstrong, who lives in Austin, threw a big celebration for the city. It was at a park in town, and featured music by Bob Schneider and Sheryl Crow. AND they encouraged you to bring food snacks and beer. nice.
So we went, and we had a blast.
Sometimes concerts are good listening events. I like those. I like sitting there-- focused fully and intently on the performer--soaking up every word and every note. Sometimes concerts are just a big social event, where there's music, but also food and fun and conversation, and you don't focus fully on the perfomer, but focus more on just the fun and social event. This was one of those times.
Everyone out there was just there to have some fun. And it was indeed fun. We packed some snacks and beverages, and met up w/ some of my old friends. We got there early and snagged a prime parking spot, and found a good spot for the blanket. I bought a big can of Steel Reserve for old times sake. Steel + Sun = Sleep. i had to rest a little during Sheryl Crow's set. she sounded good though. Bob Schneider was fun as always. He played a nice mix of his old songs and some from his most recent album. His set was a tad more "tame" than it sometimes is due to the family nature of the event, but it was still really good. "Tarantula" always makes me happy.
After some video clips, and some nice words from Lance, the soon to be Mrs. Armstrong Sheryl Crow took the stage with her band. As i mentioned, sometimes concerts are more social events, and since this one was, we mostly just had a fun time instead of totally focusing on the music. She played some of her old ones, but to my dismay not "leavin las vegas"-- my favorite Sheryl Crow song. as i rested my eyes at one point my mind wandered back to 1995 when my buddy ASS and i went to DC to see the Eagles on the Hell Freezes over tour. the opener, was a new musician named Sheryl Crow. she sang "Leavin las vegas" that night in front of thousands. (i remember her really a really short black leather skirt too....ahhh...memories). she was decked out in black at this concert too, but no short skirt here. for a great majority of the set, little kids danced onstage. not exactly a rock and roll moment, but this wasn't your typical R&R show. i think lance's kids were the first ones to start dancing and then sheryl invited more kids up, and then next thing you knew there were kids everywhere. sheryl made several comments about it, and seemed genuinely happy about the whole situation. they're all so cute (kids and lance and sheryl). so very very cute.
i almost threw up in my mouth a little bit.
just kidding. it actually was really nice, and everything was so laid back and fun.
sheryl played a couple covers including "the first cut is the deepest" and "black betty". the evening ended w/ a rousing version of a ZZtop song featuring Lance on drums. you don't see that everyday.
at least not anywhere besides austin.
have i mentioned lately how fun a town this is?
oh..
We took a ton of pictures at this one. Hopefully i'll figure out how to post some here in the next couple days. Please check back.
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