Monthly Archive for February, 2006

Heather surprised me last night for my birthday and took me to see Tift Merritt at the American Tabacco Historic District in Durham, NC. This was really cool as I didn’t even know that she was going to be in town. It is also interesting as this is the location my company will be moving to later this year. The show was a lot of fun, but different than how I have seen her in the past. This show was a bit more toned down and lower energy performance. She did not have Zeke Hutchins on drums as she said it would have been too loud for the small room. However, she did have Jay Brown on keys, Brad Rice on guitar, and Greg Readling on pedal steel. Many of the songs had a slightly different feel to them from when I have heard them live before, but this was a nice change of pace. There were only about 400 people at the show and Tift did a lot of talking to the audience. It was fun to hear some of her stories and jokes. I was able to finally pick up Tift’s live album, “Home is Loud” and get her to autograph it after the show.

All in all, a very cool night.