We went to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones last night at the Birchmere. It's a small, intimate performance venue (night club sort of place) a couple of miles from where we live. Sits maybe six or seven hundred people. It was packed last night. You site at tables ranging in size from a two-seater to six. You order food. I got a burger. Kate, chicken wings. THen you eat and talk and wait for the performers.
Some pretty big names have been there over the years. Stephen Stills. Johnny Cash. Carly Simon. Last night it was the Flecktones. They were very good. A banjo picker (Bela). Bass player. Wind player. Percussionist. They played a mix of modern jazz and jazz-like Christmas songs. The latter were off their new album that is nominated for a couple of Grammy Awards. I can see why. They are each talented musicians in their own right. And together even better.
Tonight we walk downtown (downtown Alexandria). To see what King Street at Christmastime is all about. Alexandria was placed in the top 10 Christmas Places in the US by some list-placing group recently. Should be nice.
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About Me
- Mark Gorman
- I was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Susquehanna River, in the valley made up by Bald Eagle Mountain to the south, and gentle hills and valleys to the north. That place that sheltered me, gave me food and friends, and both physical and spiritual nourishment for 18 years. That is the space where I was physically and emotionally formed. Ever since growing up there . . . because of growing up there . . . I have been inexorably linked to nature . . . to the earth and to all life.