Hell or High Water

For all of you that guessed Aaron Neville as the concert we were attending - you are RIGHT! He, and his quintet, played with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra last night. The guy to his left (in the black hat) is his brother, Charles Neville. Even feeling like popsicles by the end of the night, it was a super terrific time! Wow, you'd never think that he is 68 yrs old (and his brother is 70).

For some freakish reason, we are having a very cold snap right in the middle of July. It should be near 90, but the temp this evening was 65. We knew it was gonna be a cold evening, and dressed accordingly, but .....we weren't prepared for rain. While enjoying our pre-concert picnic dinner, they sky opened and got us all wet. It passed soon enough, but now we were cold AND wet. But you know what? I finally got to see Aaron Neville in concert. My "Big 3" is complete! (previously mentioned HERE)

As with any concert, there is always a couple of songs you hoped to hear, but I guess when an artist has SO many hits, some get shuffled off the list as time goes by. One of my favorites was missed - Louisiana 1927 (click HERE for a sampling). They did offer a moving version of Amazing Grace, which kinda caught me off guard and made me cry.

The photos are blurry like this for a reason. Not on purpose, but there is a reason. (my non-photography friends can just skip ahead of this explanation). I didn't end up dragging my tripod with me, so I had to freehand it. Then I found out, not only is No Flash photos allowed, but NO CAMERAS AT ALL. Yeah, whatever. I lugged this camera with me, sat in the cold AND rain...I am taking a damned picture at the Aaron Neville concert! So, this meant I couldn't be playing around with all my settings, and had to just wing it on the "no flash setting". (for my photo friends: shutter 1/10s, App f/5.6, ISO 800 and NO tripod...holy crap, I cant believe I even got 'em this good!)

However, this will always be my favorite song that Aaron Neville performs. I would be happy if it was set up on a continuous loop to play constantly inside my head. We played this same rendition at our wedding. Enjoy!

So, just like the Tshirt I was wearing said: "Hell or High Water"...I finally saw Aaron Neville.