As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, July 31, 2015

The Indigo Girls w/ Michelle Malone, Wolf Trap, 7/28/2015


Row F, Seats 31-32

Seeing the Indigo Girls twice in three days wasn’t planned – the Wolf Trap schedule came out long before they were added to the XPNFest roster – but it certainly wasn’t a burden, especially since they switch their set lists up quite a bit from show to show, and their performance at Wolf Trap was about 45 minutes longer than their one-hour slot in Jersey. They opened with “Share The Moon” and “Fill It Up Again” (a particular favorite of mine), and got to half a dozen of the 13 tracks on their recent CD. Other highlights that they didn’t perform Sunday included “Wood Song” and “Hammer And A Nail”, along with a powerful extended version of “Touch Me Fall.” The crowd (not a sellout) seemed a little more sedate than usual for the first several songs, but the enthusiasm level increased once they got to “Get Out The Map” and “Joking”.
 
Fellow Atlanta area native Michelle Malone opened with a 40-minute blues-rock set, with Amy coming out to join her on one song. Michelle also helped out the Girls on a couple of their songs, and they brought her entire band out to join them near the end. (The bass player didn’t have far to go, as he did both sets.)
 

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