May 29, 2007

Nothin' But Smiles, Baby!

Behind the piano, but still beautiful as ever!

The boys wanted Amy to sign their hands...she signed our CD, too...

Big Fat Grins! (Sage was just waking up after a little snooze through "Gone", her closing number)
That's what we had last night! From the moment my sister arrived, and we shared a glass of wine on the porch, to loading up all of our precious ones into the car, with *my* mom behind the drivers wheel, it was a fun, fun evening out with the ever-amazing Amy Steinberg!! :)

We had some fine cuisine (err, uh, Taco John's! but, hey, we LIKE it!) for dinner, and then hit the road to Hot Springs. Naturally, we listened to Amy all the way to Hot Springs, and it was the first time Barb (sister) heard her, but mom and I were singin' along to every song (the kids were, too!) We arrived in time to grab front row seats in the very intimate setting that was the venue for the show...chairs arranged in a semi-circle around the piano/guitar/mike stand. When she was at the piano, we mostly only saw her boa floofing around while she sang, but when she was on her guitar, OH YEAH! Perfect! There were probably 40 or so (i'm a terrible guesstimator) people there, and I saw many of them leaving with CD's in hand, so Amy's Music is sure to be shared and the Love will be spread...

There were a few children there, other than my three and Barb's one, and at one point Amy commented on how she loved to see children at her shows, and that's it's great when they're running around and being noisy, because that's what being a child is all about, and how it's awful when people try to shush them, and shove pills down their throat to calm them down! Mmm, mmm, my kinda gal!

Well, even though my smiler muscles began hurting from over-use, it was just an over-all spectacular night and I am ever-so-Grateful that I got to share it with people I love so much!

4 comments:

Sue said...

How magical! So rare to be able to see such a talented performer in such an intimate venue. I wish we'd been able to join you!
Glad the boys enjoyed it and Amy enjoyed them...

hahamommy said...

She's in my bed right this very minute! With that ADORABLE boyfriend of hers!! I still can't believe it... I have AMY in my house!! She hugged me and we talked and the whole world didn't implode (yet!)... Oh man! Life IS Good!

Heidi Snavley said...

Awesome, awesome awesome!! Once again I'm insanely jealous!! I'm so very glad you had the chance to see her in concert. Someday, sigh.

kelli said...

Soo glad you got to meet her! :)

Great pic, the joy just radiates from it. Amazingness abundant there!