Twice as lucky

I had the good fortune this evening to see Robert Cray preform at the Rams Head ON Stage tonight.  My friend MJ scored free tickets so it didn't cost anything more than dinner and parking.  Neither of us are big Cray fans but we'll see just about anyone for free.  I must say he was good.  He looked good, the sound was great compared to the recent Project/Object show and he really can play guitar.

The only down side, and the reason I feel lucky I didn't spend $70 on a ticket was that it was kinda short.  He did play for about an hour and a half and the band was tight so they just did one song after another but the show started at 8:00 and went to 9:30 with encore?   That just seems a little light.

Again, he put on a very good show and his backing band was top notch.  We enjoyed it but had we spent the ticket money we would have been disappointed by the brevity.  Also I'm not a huge fan of his singing voice.  It's good and he sings very well but I prefer my blues with more grit than his smooth jazz vocals, but that's just me.

Anyway, it was a good show and a good night out and I'm home in time to do a blog update.  Nothing wrong with that.