Friday, September 25, 2009

Sweet Up and Down

The day has finally arrived. I am leaving shortly for Des Moines for a Dave Matthews Band concert. It is gonna be legendary. Not only is it the baddest band in the land rocking out for 3 solid hours, Robert Randolph and his Family Band are opening. I don't know about you peeps, but I think Big Show Bob is ridiculously good. He plays the Pedal Steel like no one you've EVER heard. It's a guarantee that he'll come out and play a song with DMB. The only question is which one. I love him on Bayou and Watchtower but I wouldn't mind seeing what he can add to Time Bomb off the Groo Grux King album. Timmy Reynolds and Bob could start some serious shit and I know I would dig it.

I hope Dave threw that hat in the fireplace immediately after this performance.

Yeah, Robert Randolph doesn't mess around.

If going to the concert isn't awesome enough, I am going to the Vikings 1st home game on Sunday. The Vikes are playing the 49ers and I am going with a 49er fan. On top of that we are playing each other in Fantasy Football this week. On top of that, I have Favre, AP AD, and Berrian on my team. On top of that, he has Franklin Gore on his team. That's like something right out of a storybook! It's a once in a lifetime happening and I'm going to enjoy it to the utmost. That also means I'm not working Monday, DOUBLE BONUS! Might even slide in a round of golf on Monday. I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time. Either way I literally cannot wait to see what hap

5 comments:

SSWY said...

Sounds like a nice little weekend. I hope you have time for golf.

Jum said...

I've got a correction of a typo in your post. It should've read "the baddest band in the land is playing for an hour, and then the Dave Matthews Band comes on after that."

No big deal.

Jum said...

And wow, you couldn't have picked out a much better Vikes game to go to.

BeachBum said...

I agree with Hammen (stop the presses!), Randolph blows Matthews out of the water. And possibly other ways, but I can't speak on such subjects.

The Hoff said...

I use that phrase 'baddest band in the land' for a reason. I was at a DMB show at The Gorge in WA where Robert Randolph was the opener. Of course, he came out to play a song during Dave's set and he just happened to proclaim "this is the baddest band in the land." Robert Randolph said it so it has to be true. If you want to hear it, that can be arranged. I have all the full length downloads of every show I've been to.

PS The game was hard to beat. So was the show (the parts I remember).

PPS Dave came out during the opener of one of those Gorge shows for Love Is the Only Way with Big Show Bob and his Family Band. It was a top 10 moment in my life.