Ah, the sweet sounds of ... a beer fight?

James Taylor is magnificent. He opened up last night and the first thing i thought is "his voice is like gold." He started singing "Something in the way she moves" - one of my fave songs of his, because he sings "i feel fine anytime that she's around me now, and she's around me almost all the time" - i just like him.

The crowd was old. i guess that we were mostly HIS age or a bit younger, he is 58. Oh well, it was pleasant enough to see various local "socialites" out for the night, dressed in their silver glittery belt buckles and crop pants. Whatever, i guess.

The thing that concerned me was the people in front of me, OF COURSE. Just like in the bar brawl days, the worst ones are always right in front of you. I really tried not to pay attention, but the seriously frightening little lady swilling beer with her friends (looked like she stepped right out of 1988 in her "fashion sense") was kind of bugging me. Since i'm a christian now, i just said a prayer that she would catch a mental glimpse of herself and settle down.

Which seemed like a fine plan until the lady IN FRONT of her asked her to please be quiet (meanwhile, James is in the background, i'm not really paying much attention at this point). Anyway, said "drunk lady" DID sit down, but she was clearly peeved. Her other drunk girlfriends rallied around her, and the mortified husbands just sat there like logs, staring at JT...hmmmm. I thought it was probably over as JT went into "Carolina in my mind" except for the drunk lady decided to whip the remnants of her 5th beer at the lady in front of her (who is a local business owner, OMG, i would NOT throw beer at this woman!!) At that point i did start to think about the fact that i was missing Project Runway.

Ah. Good stuff. i don't think the affronted lady really noticed the beer whipping, she kind of felt her back, but she never turned around again. James was in full boat action with "steamroller" at that point, and the arena was rocking. So, not exactly what i expected for my night of entertainment, but entertainment nonetheless.

Today, i will listen to a James Taylor cd.