Brandi Carlile

This past Thursday we took Grace and Sara Dahlin to the acoustic Brandi Carlile concert at the Aladdin theater. Since David's boss owns the venue we were able to obtain the 4 tickets for free! :)

Since the girls were underage they needed to be accompanied by someone over 21. Not a problem and David had already cleared it with the theater manger. He took the secret shortcut to the theater (through the bar) to save our seats while I stayed in line with Grace and Sara since they couldn't enter the bar. When we got to the front door the ticket attendant asked how old they were. I explained to them I was their guardian but he didn't believe me. I repeated myself and he dodged his eyes back and forth and then said said "Fine, but if I catch them with any alcohol I'll kill you." Dumbstruck, I quickly found David and told him what happened. He went straight to the manager and gave him a piece of his mind who in turn quickly found the ticket holder. I'm not sure what happened from there, but he really shouldn't get away with saying that to patron.

Anyway we got settled in the front row of the balcony (best spot in the theater) and waited for our concert to start.

The opening artist was some guy named Gregory Alan Isakov. I didn't really care for him, because I thought he sounded like Bob Dylan (bleh) while that was EXACTLY why David liked him. I didn't bother taking any pictures of his performance. :) I don't care if he becomes really famous, I still don't like that Bob Dylan sound. He did do a duet with Brandi Carlile during her set of You Belong to Me which I did liked.

Finally, Brandi Carlile came out on stage starting with an Elton John cover, Sixty Years On.

I obviously can't remember all the songs she did, but she did some of her own songs and some covers including more Elton John, Beatles, Radiohead and of course my favorite - Johnny Cash. :) (I didn't get a video of it, but someone else did and posted it on You Tube. Lucky me, I found it. :D)

Playingthe piano David had tuned for her.

Here's the best video that I got. It's a cover of I've Just Seen a Face:

All in all we had a really fun evening and I hope for many more free Brandi concerts in the future. :)